Keynote '07 Features?

iWork '07

Keynote is already superb. But it would be even better if you could import to QuickTime and Flash (.swf) while keeping the transitions and a low file size. That would be a dream for placing simple animations in web pages.

Edit: Sorry, that should have said 'export' not 'import'.

Keynote is already superb. But it would be even better if you could import to QuickTime and Flash (.swf) while keeping the transitions and a low file size. That would be a dream for placing simple animations in web pages.

You could always try Visual Hub

iExcel? :D

iWork 07 does sound like its shaping up to be a very competent suite. I would love to ditch MS Office, but most of my word processing needs have to eventually end up in Word format. Unfortunately thus far every time I've used another program and "Exported As Word" I've been burned. Maybe '07 will be different. But thats my hope.

Keynote has been amazing since version 2 for me. If I'm giving a presentation that allows me to use my own hardware Keynote is all I use. However, if I have to use on-site hardware its almost always required to be PowerPoint. I agree with the TS article though... they've already whipped PP so badly what else can they add to it? A "Keynote Viewer" for when you need to display a Keynote but don't have it installed on the host machine? That would be my top wish... and maybe a little better performance...

i hope animated themes does not mean the paperclip.

I'm eagerly awaiting the animated themes. There are quite a few very good 3rd party Keynote theme makers that put Apple's themes to shame. Although, Apple's Keynote themes put Microsloth's PowerPoint themes to shame.

Unfortunately thus far every time I've used another program and "Exported As Word" I've been burned. Maybe '07 will be different. But thats my hope.

I think it will allow export to OpenXML (the new Office file format) so it should be totally compatible with Office (as long as they have downloaded the OpenXML plugin for Office 2000 or later.)

the ability to export to iPod

Does that just sound more important than it is? I'd imagine that you could play the presentation from your iPod, all you'd need is the cable to hook it to a TV/Projector. That would be awesome.

Jephrey

The fact that iWork only costs £35 for students makes it ideal. I had some trouble importing some .docs into Pages, and same with .ppts, but no more than you get using OpenOffice.

I just bought a macbook, a big factor in which was to use keynote at presentations/lectures. The HD part may be overkill though - how many decently sized projecters display at anything above 1024x768 these days?

Finally, great accompaniment to iWork: latexit Check it out if you enter a lot of equations into your presentations.