Apple on Thursday released updates to its “iWork” suite of office apps, (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote), for both the iOS and Mac platforms.
The update debuts he ability to record, edit, and play audio directly on a page in a document, options to use the Apple Pencil to select and scroll, and more.
Release notes for all three iOS updates:
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 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.
- 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.
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.
Release notes for all three Mac updates:
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.
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.
Apple’s iWork apps are free downloads from the iOS App Store and Mac App Store.
- Pages for iOS [GET IT HERE]
- Keynote for iOS [GET IT HERE]
- Numbers for iOS [GET IT HERE]
- Pages for macOS [GET IT HERE]
- Keynote for macOS [GET IT HERE]
- Numbers for macOS [GET IT HERE]
