After the well-known arrival of Office for the iPad, which has allowed it to occupy the top positions in almost all the App Stores in the world, Apple has reacted and has just released new versions of all the apps in its iWork suite (Pages, Numbers and Keynote).
It has been a coordinated update on all platforms, implemented in the last few hours, and is already effective on Mac, iCloud and iOS. On iPad you can already download the new versions from a few minutes ago. The novelties are numerous, giving an idea that Apple wants to face the novelty effect caused by Office. Among them, the new “read-only” mode, included in the three apps, and which allows you to share files with third parties so that they can consult them without editing them, is striking. Below you can see a complete list with all the news of each one of them.
iWork apps became free, along with iMovie and iPhoto, on all iOS 7 devices purchased after September 1, 2013, when Apple introduced the iCloud version of this suite. If your device is older and you don’t plan to buy a new one soon, in order to use them you will have to buy each one for €8.99.
What’s new in versions 2.2 of the iWork apps
1.Pages
• The new “read only” setting allows you to share documents so that other users can view them, but not edit them.
• Allows the search of documents by name.
• Images and shapes embedded in imported table cells are preserved.
• Inserted and pasted objects have a better layout.
• Includes new templates for Arabic and Hebrew.
• Offers improved support for bidirectional text.
• Includes word count feature for Hebrew.
• Improved the ePub export function.
• Controls the Z-order of the bubble chart labels.
• Improves use.
2.Numbers
• The new “read only” setting allows you to share spreadsheets so that other users can view them, but not edit them.
• Allows you to search for spreadsheets by name.
• Shows a progress indicator for calculations.
• Controls the Z-order of the bubble chart labels.
• Speeds up CSV import.
• Improves compatibility with Microsoft Excel.
• Improves use.
3.Keynote
• Allows you to annotate slides during the presentation with one finger.
• The new “read-only” setting allows you to share presentations so that other users can view them, but not edit them.
• Includes a new vertical layout option on the presenter screen.
• Allows the search for presentations by name.
• Includes new transitions and compositions: “Object Transpose”, “Drift and Scale” and “Drift”
• Controls the Z-order of the bubble chart labels.
• It incorporates an export option to PPTX format.
• Provides detailed feedback on the presentation import.
• Improves the performance of animations.
• Improved support for bidirectional options: change direction for text, lists, and tables.
• Improves use.
Via: 9to5Mac
