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[Antony]

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.



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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[Antony]

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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