10-12-2011, 02:00 PM

iWork apps updated with new features, iCloud integration

Apple's three iWork apps have been updated alongside iOS 5 going live. The updates are available now through the App Store and include the following:

Keynote

• Automatically store presentations in iCloud and keep them synced among multiple iDevices.
• Download presentations to a Mac or PC at icloud.com/iwork as Keynote '09, PowerPoint, or PDF files.
• Drag and drop Keynote '09 or PowerPoint presentations to icloud.com from your Mac or PC to have them automatically appear on iOS devices.
• Airplay added
• New builds and transitions including Anvil, Blinds, Color Panes, Comet, Confetti, Diffuse, and Sparkle.
• Advanced presentation controls including looped slideshows and autoplay.
• Support for slide-to-slide hyperlinks.

Pages

• Automatically store documents in iCloud and keep them synced among multiple iDevices.
• Download documents to a Mac or PC at icloud.com/iwork as Pages '09, PowerPoint, or PDF files.
• Drag and drop Pages '09 or plain text documents to icloud.com from your Mac or PC to have them automatically appear on iOS devices.
• Use your voice to create and edit Pages documents with dictation in iOS 5 on the iPhone 4S.
• Create footnotes and endnotes in documents.

Numbers

• Automatically store documents in iCloud and keep them synced among multiple iDevices.
• Download spreadsheets to a Mac or PC at icloud.com/iwork as Numbers '09, PowerPoint, or PDF files.
• Drag and drop Numbers '09 or Excel or CSV files to icloud.com from your Mac or PC to have them automatically appear on iOS devices.
• Use sliders, steppers, and pop-ups to easily enter data and explore results.
• Use Merge Cells to format your tables.
• Hide and show rows and columns.

These releases also include a number of other fixes and improved language support.

iWork apps updated with new features, iCloud integration originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.




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10-12-2011, 02:03 PM

This is awesome. Can't tell you how many times I have forgotten my USB with my presentation on it at home.

Luckily I always bring my Mac with me to school, but still this is a neat feature.