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Apple announces iWork '06

Postby Antony » Tue 10 Jan, 2006 8:07 pm

A new version of Apple's suite of productivity software, iWork ’06 makes it easy for users to create even more compelling documents and presentations with Pages 2 and Keynote 3.

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The new features of Keynote 3 and Pages 2 are not just the new templates, but also the advantage of 3D charts, iPhoto-like image editing and masking tools, spreadsheet-like tables and stunning new transition effects available for Keynote 3.

iWork '06 sells for US$79 and requires a G4, G5 or Intel Core processor, 256MB RAM (512MB recommended), 32MB of Video RAM, QuickTime 7.0.3 and a DVD drive.

For more detail, please visit http://www.apple.com/iwork/ (Apple iWork '06 official website)
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Postby Antony » Thu 19 Jan, 2006 2:47 am

Some more detailed information from iWork '06 read me file:

    Both iWork ’06 applications include:
  • Tables with calculations, enabling you to perform spreadsheet operations right in your presentation or document
  • Three-dimensional charts with realistic textures for displaying your data
  • Advanced image editing for perfecting your photos
  • Freeform Bézier curves and curved shapes that greatly expand drawing capabilities
  • New shapes, including customizable stars and polygons
  • Image masking using a standard or custom shape to create unique photo cutouts
  • Comments to use as notes or reminders when creating documents or presentations


    Pages 2 also includes:
  • New Apple-designed templates, including newsletters, posters, flyers, technical reports, invoices, project proposals, and storyboards
  • Mail merge using Address Book contacts or groups to quickly and easily personalize documents
  • Enhanced page navigation using page thumbnails to reorganize the pages in your document
  • New Search view for listing all the occurrences of a word or phrase in a document and jumping to any one

    Keynote 3 also includes:
  • New HD themes for presentations and portfolios, and themes for kiosks and storyboards
  • New cinematic transitions, including blinds, doorway, fall, reflection, revolving door, swoosh, shutter, and fade through color
  • Light Table View for displaying all your slides simultaneously so you can easily reorganize them
  • Multiple columns in body text
  • Export to iPhoto for use in photocasts, webpages, and book printing
  • Export to iDVD to burn a DVD of your presentation with chapter breaks between slides and builds
  • More animation control, enabling you to set unique timing and sequence of each bullet, table row, or chart series
  • Interleaved builds to mix builds of bullets, table rows, or chart series with other object builds


The system requirement is a bit high:
A Macintosh computer with a 500MHz or faster PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Core processor
256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
32MB of video memory
Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or 10.4.3 or later
QuickTime 7.0.3 or later
iLife ’06 recommended
3GB of available disk space
DVD drive required to install
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