In Depth Look: Pages on the iPad
Apple’s famous word processing application Pages has seen its first update of 2010, delivered as a touch-enabled little brother for the new iPad. But how does this version stack up to its OS X counterpart? After testing the app for almost a week, here are my thoughts.
Screenshot Plus and iWork: the poor man’s screenshot editing suite
Filed under: Productivity, iWork
Despite their office productivity leanings, the iWork suite of apps (Pages, Keynote and Numbers) also serve as good image editors. With each app, you can crop and mask an image, as well as create alpha...
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While no one was looking, the Apple Pasting with style in Apple’s iWork suite
Filed under: Software, How-tos, Productivity
In Apple's iWork suite, the "Paste and Match Style" or "Paste Style" options, as implied in their names, allow you to paste the style from one element onto another; or to...
iWork secret life as ZIP file revealed, includes PDF preview
Filed under: Tips and tricks, iWork
Former TUAW colleague David Chartier over at Finer Things in Mac has noted something interesting about the innocuous iWork '09 file format. What he found may surprise you.An iWork '09 file created from...
Using iWork as an image editor
Filed under: Software, Tips and tricks, iWork
I recently noted the image-editing functionality of Preview.app, which can act as a "good enough" image editor for many that don't have access to Photoshop. While it's difficult to argue with the free price...
Academic Appeal: Comparing Pages and Word 2008
This time of year, it seems almost inevitable. There’s a forum post somewhere, a plea for help in the middle of the night, asking a time-honored question. No, it’s not “the answer to Life, the Universe, Everything!” It’s more profound than that: “I’m starting school this fall and I want to know what to get,...
Predicting 2010: iLife, iWork & iTunes