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How to Use Reading View in Apple Pages, Numbers, and Keynote

Wednesday March 24, 2021 10:22 am PDT by
In Apple's Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps for iPhone and iPad, you can use the reading view feature to look at a document without accidentally editing it. In reading view, you can scroll a document and even interact with text and objects, all while avoiding accidentally moving objects or bringing up the keyboard as you view. To turn on the reading view, open a document in one of the...

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Apple Updates Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma

Thursday September 21, 2023 9:25 am PDT by
Apple today updated its suite of iWork apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, adding new features to Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. On the ‌iPhone‌ and the ‌iPad‌, the three iWork apps now support 3D objects in the USDZ file format. Apple says that these can be added to documents to "bring new dimensions" to your work. In Keynote specifically, embedded animations within USDZ files can be played,...
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Pages, Numbers, and Keynote Apps for iPad Now Support Apple Pencil Hover

Thursday March 30, 2023 11:48 am PDT by
Apple today updated its Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps for iPad with Apple Pencil hover support. Apple says this feature "makes it easy to navigate, write, sketch, and illustrate with greater precision" on the latest 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The latest iPad Pro models can detect the second-generation Apple Pencil while it hovers up to 12mm above the display, allowing users to...
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Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote With New iOS 16 and macOS Ventura Features

Tuesday October 25, 2022 8:56 am PDT by
Apple today updated its suite of iWork apps, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, with support for new features. In the latest version of Pages, Keynotes, and Numbers Apple has added support for easily sharing documents with co-workers through Messages and support for new collaboration features in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura, including integration with Fa...
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Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote With New Features

Tuesday June 21, 2022 2:27 pm PDT by
Apple today updated its iWork suite of apps, introducing new features for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on both iOS devices and Mac. These are minor version 12.1 updates, and each app has received a few new features, as outlined below. Keynote The Keynote apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad include an option to add subtle movement and visual interest to presentations with dynamic backgrounds that...
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Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote With New Features for iOS 15 and macOS Monterey

Tuesday September 28, 2021 9:09 am PDT by
Apple today announced updates to its iWork suite of apps with new features, including some that are limited to iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. This includes updates to the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Newly redesigned iWork icons on the Mac Apple says Keynote now offers an option to show a live camera view of the presenter directly in slides across the iPhone, ...
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Apple Updates iWork for iOS and macOS With New Linking Features and More

Tuesday June 1, 2021 9:20 am PDT by
Apple today updated its suite of iWork apps, including Pages, Keynotes, and Numbers for iOS and macOS, with new features related to Schoolwork and the ability to link web pages, email addresses, and phone numbers to different shapes and objects. For Pages and Numbers on iOS and macOS, the updates include the ability for users to link different elements, such as a link to a web page, an email ...
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Apple Updates iWork Apps for iOS With Support for Scribble, New Image Picker, Editable Shapes and More

Tuesday September 22, 2020 10:43 am PDT by
Apple today updated its iWork apps designed for iOS devices, introducing new iOS 14 features and support for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. All three of the apps now support the Scribble feature that was introduced in iPadOS 14, allowing Apple Pencil owners to handwrite anywhere in any text field within the iWork apps, with the written text then converted right into typed text. The new...
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Apple Updates iMovie and iWork Apps for iOS With Trackpad and Mouse Support

Tuesday March 31, 2020 5:37 pm PDT by
After releasing new Keynote, Pages, and Numbers updates for the Mac earlier today, Apple has also started rolling out updates for the iWork apps designed to work on iPhones and iPads. The updates to Keynote, Pages, and Numbers for iOS bring support for the upcoming Magic Keyboard, mice, and trackpads when using the iWork apps on an iPad. The new versions of the software also include support...
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Apple Updates iWork Apps for Mac With iCloud Folder Sharing and Other New Features

Tuesday March 31, 2020 12:13 pm PDT by
Apple today updated Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, its iWork apps designed for the Mac, to version 10.0 with a new set of features. The updates add support for iCloud Folder Sharing for collaborative files with macOS 10.15.4 installed, plus there are options to edit shared documents offline. There are also new templates and editable shapes to work with, a redesigned template chooser, and an...
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Apple Planning Updates to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote Apps to Take Advantage of Trackpad Support on iPads

Wednesday March 18, 2020 8:51 am PDT by
Apple today announced that its iWork suite of productivity apps, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, will soon be updated to take full advantage of trackpad support coming in iPadOS 13.4, which will be released on March 24. From its press release for new iPad Pro models today:Writing and editing text is a breeze in Pages, working with multiple objects in Keynote is easier than ever, and...
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Apple's iWork Apps for Mac and iOS Gain Text Styles, Apple Pencil Customization Options and More

Tuesday June 25, 2019 12:01 pm PDT by
Apple today updated its line of iWork apps for iOS and macOS, bringing new features to Pages, Keynote, and Numbers on both iOS devices and Macs. All of the apps have a new feature designed to let you style text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles. Images, shapes, and equations can be placed inline in text boxes so they move with text, and using face...
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iWork Apps on iOS Will Be Updated Next Week With Enhanced Apple Pencil Integration and More

Monday March 18, 2019 6:44 am PDT by
Apple today announced that its iWork suite of apps for iOS will be updated next week with enhanced Apple Pencil integration. Keynote, for example, will gain new animation options that let users draw an animation path for any object, and an all-new user interface for implementing build effects such as move, rotate, and scale. iWork apps for iPhone and iPad include Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. ...
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Apple's iWork Apps Gain iOS 12 Support for Siri Shortcuts

Monday September 17, 2018 1:51 pm PDT by
Apple today updated its suite of iWork apps for iOS devices, introducing iOS 12 support for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. All three of the apps now support Siri Shortcuts, a feature designed to let you create automations with first and third-party apps that can be activated via Siri voice command. Several other new features have also been introduced in each of the three apps, as outlined in...
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iWork Apps for Mac and iOS Updated With New Features, Apple Pencil Support on iPad

Tuesday March 27, 2018 11:49 am PDT by
At today's education-focused event in Chicago, Apple announced several new features for its suite of iWork apps for Mac and iOS devices, and those updates have now been pushed out in new versions of the apps that are available for download now. All of the iWork apps for iOS, including Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, are compatible with the Apple Pencil both on iPad Pro models and the new...
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Apple Updates iOS iWork Apps With Drag and Drop Support, Other iOS 11 Features [Update: Mac Apps Too]

Tuesday September 19, 2017 2:19 pm PDT by
Following the release of iOS 11, Apple today updated its iWork line of iOS apps with support for the new update. There are new versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote available today, all with new features like Drag and Drop support. All three apps include a redesigned and updated document manager that makes it easier to access files stored in iCloud Drive or third-party cloud storage...
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Apple Releases Updates for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on iOS and Mac

Tuesday June 13, 2017 11:14 am PDT by
Apple today released updates for its suite of iWork apps on iOS and Mac, introducing new features for Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. All of the apps have access to a new library that includes more than 500 professionally drawn shapes, and there's a new feature that allows users to reply to comments and join threaded conversations. Apple is also introducing new auto-correction and text...
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Apple Makes iMovie, GarageBand, and iWork Apps for Mac and iOS Free for All Users

Tuesday April 18, 2017 10:55 am PDT by
Apple today updated several of its Mac and iOS apps, making them available for all Mac and iOS users for free. iMovie, Numbers, Keynote, Pages, and GarageBand for both Mac and iOS devices have been updated and are now listed in the App Store for free. Previously, all of these apps were provided for free to customers who purchased a new Mac or iOS device, but now that purchase is not...
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Apple Updates Numbers, Pages and Keynote for iOS and Mac With New Features

Monday March 27, 2017 10:14 am PDT by
Apple today updated its iWork apps for iOS devices, Numbers, Pages, and Keynote, to version 3.1, introducing a range of new features and improvements in each app. Pages, Apple's word processing app, has gained new text formatting options, bookmarks to link sections of a document, support for equations, Touch ID support for password protected documents, and more. A full list of changes for...
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Apple Updates iMovie, GarageBand, Xcode and iWork Apps With Support for MacBook Pro Touch Bar

Thursday October 27, 2016 3:07 pm PDT by
Though the new MacBook Pro models equipped with a Touch Bar won't be in the hands of consumers for at least two more weeks, Apple today updated many of its Mac apps with support for the feature. GarageBand, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and Xcode are now able to work with the Touch Bar built into new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro machines. In Xcode, the Touch Bar offers up...
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Apple Updates iWork Mac and iOS Apps With Support for OS X El Capitan and iOS 9

Thursday October 15, 2015 1:37 pm PDT by
Apple today updated its three iWork apps for the Mac, adding new features and OS X El Capitan support to Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. All three apps now support the new Split View multitasking feature in OS X El Capitan, allowing them to be used side-by-side with another app while in fullscreen mode. There are also new Force Touch gestures in each of the apps, which work with the new Force...