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iLife '10 book cover pulled from Amazon France, iWork '10 book shows up on Amazon Germany

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 21st, 2010)

We reported yesterday on an iLife '10 for Dummies book that appeared on Amazon France. The book was set for release on September 23rd, suggesting an updated iLife software release on or around that date. Twenty-four hours later the book's title ...

Is the iWork suite en route to iPhone?

by Michael Rose (Jun 7th, 2010)

Looking for more good news on the iPhone 4 front? Our eagle-eyed tipster iJcaP points out something that MacRumors also noted: on the iPhone 4 features page for Mail, a screenshot at the bottom lets a fairly large cat out of the bag. The picture ...

Integrate SMS polling into Keynote with Poll Everywhere

by Michael Rose (May 5th, 2010)

There's market prominence, and then there's sheer ubiquity. Even though it's been called a drain on our nation's military prowess, in the business world, you really can't get away from PowerPoint. Microsoft's presentation station within Office is a ...

Pinball HD for the iPad: It doesn't get much better than this

by David Winograd (Apr 30th, 2010)

Gameprom has taken their three popular iPhone/iPod touch pinball games, The Deep, Jungle Style Pinball and Wild West Pinball (US$.99 each), and rolled them into one amazing iPad app: Pinball HD selling at $2.99. The iPad app is much more than just a ...

Screenshot Plus and iWork: the poor man's screenshot editing suite

by Sang Tang (Mar 25th, 2010)

Despite their office productivity leanings, the iWork suite of apps (Pages, Keynote and Numbers) also serve as good image editors. With each app, you can crop and mask an image, as well as create alpha channels. While a handful of useful paid-for ...

iWork.com beta improves iPhone/iPod touch support, public sharing

by Dave Caolo (Mar 17th, 2010)

Apple has updated the iWork.com beta with improved iPhone and iPod touch support as well as 1-click sharing of documents publicly. Previously, iWork.com let you share Keynote '09, Pages '09, or Numbers '09 documents via a browser with invited ...

Microsoft may create Office for iPad

by Chris Rawson (Feb 11th, 2010)

T3 is reporting that Mike Tedesco, Microsoft's Senior Product Manager for WindowsBU, stated that a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad is "something that we're looking at." Tedesco stressed that he couldn't make any official announcement today, ...

Apple announces new version of iWork apps for iPad

by Chris Rawson (Jan 27th, 2010)

iWork wasn't the first thing that came to mind when thinking of the new features the iPad would have, but Steve Jobs thought of it and told Apple's design team to create a version specifically tailored to the iPad's strengths. A new version of iWorks ...

TUAW Tip: Get an instant definition of any word in a pop up window

by Mel Martin (Jan 15th, 2010)

Gee, I love stuff like this, and I wish I would have known about it a long time ago. The tip comes from OSXhelp.com and it's a great one. Need a quick definition of a word in Safari or an email? Yes, you probably already knew you could right-click ...

iWork a quiet hit with sales up 50% this year

by Mel Martin (Dec 30th, 2009)

While no one was looking, the Apple iWork suite jumped 50% in sales this year over 2008 levels. The retail sales analysts at the NPD Group say much of the current popularity of the program stem from the sales of Snow Leopard, which bundled the ...

iWork secret life as ZIP file revealed, includes PDF preview

by Aron Trimble (Nov 2nd, 2009)

Former TUAW colleague David Chartier over at Finer Things in Mac has noted something interesting about the innocuous iWork '09 file format. What he found may surprise you. An iWork '09 file created from Pages, Numbers, or Keynote actually lives a ...

Working with Keynote builds

by Sang Tang (Oct 9th, 2009)

In Keynote (and also in PowerPoint), a build refers to the appearance and/or disappearance of elements (such as text, bullets, images, audio and movies) within a given slide. Working with builds is relatively straightforward. You select the item(s) ...

iWork.com receives an update

by Joachim Bean (Sep 30th, 2009)

iWork.com, Apple's service for sharing documents from iWork '09 to the Internet, which our own Dave Caolo posted about it's shortcomings just last week, received an update a few days ago along with iWork '09. It added a few new features and ...

iWork '09 Update 3 is ready and waiting

by David Winograd (Sep 28th, 2009)

Fresh off Software Update, it's iWork 09 Update 3 which addresses a ton of issues in Keynote, Numbers, and Pages as well as the iWork.com beta. It's recommended for all iWork 09 users. General fixes include: General compatibility issues ...

How to create Keynote themes

by Sang Tang (Sep 25th, 2009)

Out of the box, Apple's Keynote is a gem. The app is intuitive and, like many Apple products, strikes a nice and delicate balance between ease-of-use for novice users and functionality for more advanced power users. While Keynote offers a nice set of ...

What's happening with iWork.com?

by Dave Caolo (Sep 23rd, 2009)

Last January, Apple released iWork.com at Macworld Expo. For the unfamiliar, it's a collaborative site that allows a team to share and review any iWork document. I've used it with Keynote and found it quite handy. Invited participants can comment on ...