I saved one of the new Pages Templates (High School Newsletter) as a Word document and while it is not exact when opened in Word, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. The bulk of the formatting/layout remained constant with a few fills and gradients lost.
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Apple Releases iWork '09
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I saved one of the new Pages Templates (High School Newsletter) as a Word document and while it is not exact when opened in Word, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. The bulk of the formatting/layout remained constant with a few fills and gradients lost.
Bugs gone?
Heres to hoping that there are more bug fixes than enhancement (shouldn't be too hard since the enhancement list seems pretty short [especially if you don't count templates as enhancements] and the bug list was pretty long).
As an example does inserting Date and Time in Numbers actually insert the current time or does it still insert midnight?
Heres to hoping that there are more bug fixes than enhancement (shouldn't be too hard since the enhancement list seems pretty short [especially if you don't count templates as enhancements] and the bug list was pretty long).
As an example does inserting Date and Time in Numbers actually insert the current time or does it still insert midnight?
Numbers iWork '08 could do scatterplots.
I just downloaded and installed the iWork '09 trial. It fixes a showstopper bug for me from Numbers in iWork '08.
Numbers now can put dates on the X axis in a scatterplot!!!!!
That's all I've played with so far.
Error bars now supported in Numbers. I remember last year a huge thread was made on this topic. Someone blasted Numbers for not having this feature.
Maybe haters will like it now.
Maybe haters will like it now.
The addition of Endnote/MathType support is potentially huge --- writing grants (with tons of embedded figures) is sheer torment using Word, the *only* thing that kept me from going to Pages was Endnote.
Quickest way to make a research scientist swear is to ask about writing grants with Word -- try it!
I'm pretty thrilled.
JT
Quickest way to make a research scientist swear is to ask about writing grants with Word -- try it!
I'm pretty thrilled.
JT
Take the coupons to an Apple Store and you can exchange them for the latest version.
It is, but you can always type them in to Spotlight instead of a calculator if you have leopard.
I'd imagine that you can, just like you can upload files from MobileMe.
So Apple is saying iWork 09 can save documents as Word format, and open Word documents. Can iWork 08 not do this? Reason being, I JUST bought iWork 08 for school and I'm realizing now that it may not be compatible with Microsoft Office. Help?
With 08 you can open MS Office docs, but you must export them back to the office format to save them. It's easy but time consuming.
With 09, you can just save as a .doc file instead of having to export. It's a lot easier.
Oh ok great thanks for the answer. I will do that, and is iWork '09 out already. I could seriously use the error bars and trend lines now instead of going into my brothers PC for excel.
Chain said:
You could try automator to just automate the process that you do. i do not know how to use automator fully but I do think it is possible to automate such a task as yours.
That is something I was hoping Apple would add to their software suite. By the way I was wondering, is iWork now online as well. Or was that just a rumour. I haven't read the latest news yet.
P.S.
Got the answer.
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Anyone know where I can buy cheap 15" laptop sleeves?
I read somewhere on here and I can't find it now, but it said if you got a Mac within 90 days the iLife is a $10.00 USD upgrade. Is this true?
Keynote continues to make PowerPoint a third class citizen. Apple adds more to Keynote on a year to year bases than M$ adds to PowerPoint in a decade.
I'm currently downloading the iWork '09 trial, to see what the new changes have brought to Pages and Numbers. Anyway, will the '09 trial simply overwrite iWork '08, or is there a way to have both installed separately?
Debatable.
And if Apple adds to Keynote on a yearly basis, why are we just now getting iWork '09? We should be on iWork '10 already.
i just got a new macbook on christmas day with ilife and only a few days later purchased iwork 08. What the heck am i supposed to do right now. I want both ilife 09 and iwork 09 especially considering it doesnt do alot of things i need it to that iwork 09 apparently does.
what are my options...can i upgrade for a small fee or can i get on the phone with them?
what are my options...can i upgrade for a small fee or can i get on the phone with them?