iWork update should make it easier to create data-rich documents on an iPad
There’s a new update making the rounds for Apple’s iWork suite – Keynote, Numbers and Pages – that’s bound to make it easier to create data-rich documents using an iPad, be it a regular iPad, an iPad Mini or an iPad Pro.
The release introduces support for voice-recording in Keynote, Numbers and Pages, letting you record, edit and listen to sound bites – something students should find useful for taping lectures to review and take notes at a later date.
It also bundles the option to export Keynote presentations as movies for editing in iMovie, as well as a number of much-requested tweaks, including an enhancement that results in Smart Annotations wrapping to follow your text as you edit.
Related: iOS 12
Here’s a breakdown of all the changes:
Keynote
- Edit existing or create new master slides.
- Easily record, edit, and play audio directly on a slide.
- A new option in Settings > Keynote lets you use Apple Pencil to select and scroll.
- Export a presentation as a movie or images.
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Add mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation.
- Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Add gradient and image fills to shapes and text boxes.
- Improved support for Arabic and Hebrew.
Numbers
- Easily record, edit, and play audio directly in a spreadsheet.
- A new option in Settings > Numbers lets you use Apple Pencil to select and scroll
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Add mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation.
- Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Add gradient and image fills to shapes and text boxes.
- Easily browse templates by category.
Pages
- Easily record, edit, and play audio directly on a page.
- Smart annotation marks now stretch and wrap to follow your text as you edit.
- Quickly switch between drawing and smart annotation modes on iPad.
- A new option in Settings > Pages lets you use Apple Pencil to select and scroll
- Track text changes in shapes and text boxes.
- Add colours and images to backgrounds in page layout documents.
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Add mathematical equations to page layout documents using LaTeX or MathML notation.
- Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Add gradient and image fills to shapes and text boxes.
- Easily browse templates by category.
- Save a different auto scroll speed per document when using presenter mode.
- Improved support for Arabic and Hebrew.
A similar update is also rolling out for macOS – here’s what’s new:
Here’s what’s new:
Keynote
- Add mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation.
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Improved compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Improved support for Arabic and Hebrew.
Numbers
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Add mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation.
- Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel.
- Improved CSV and text import.
Pages
- Track text changes in shapes and text boxes.
- Add colors and images to backgrounds in page layout documents.
- Give charts a new look with rounded corners on columns and bars.
- Add mathematical equations to page layout documents using LaTeX or MathML notation.
- Enhance your documents with a variety of new editable shapes.
- Improved support for Arabic and Hebrew.
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