iWork for iCloud updated with fresh design, Mac and iOS apps updated with new features
Apple has updated the iWork suite today on both the Mac and iOS. The iCloud versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote now have Retina display support, a new design in the editor tab, and better sharing that allows for a "view-only" state to keep unwanted changes from happening. Also, documents can be opened directly via iCloud mail.
Other individual app changes, like chart editing in Keynote, better, more informative pop-ups in Numbers, and better page wrapping and chart editing in Pages.
The changes are live for iCloud right now, and updates to the iOS and OS X apps should be coming later today.
Update: The apps are live now, here's your list of changes.
Numbers: What's New in Version 3.2
- New "view only" setting lets you share spreadsheets you want others to view but not edit
- Set margins in print setup
- Create headers and footers in print setup
- New printing options: page numbering, page ordering and zoom
- Create custom data formats
- Create custom table styles
- Drag and drop a CSV file directly into a sheet
- Automatically update an existing table by dragging in a CSV file
- Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
- Cell-based import feedback
- Improved text box behaviour
- Media Browser improvements, including search
- Improved Instant Alpha image editing
- Improved Microsoft Excel compatibility
- Improved AppleScript support
- Usability improvements
Keynote: What's New in Version 6.2
- New "view only" setting lets you share presentations you want others to view but not edit
- Improved Presenter Display layouts and labels
- New transitions and builds: Object Revolve, Drift and Scale, and Skid
- Improved Magic Move including text morphing
- Apply motion blur to animations
- Show rulers as a percentage of document size
- Improved Instant Alpha image editing
- Media Browser improvements, including search
- Directly specify start and end points of movies
- Create custom data formats
- Export to PPTX format
- Improved AppleScript support
- Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
- Support for animated GIFs
- Detailed presentation import feedback
- Improved animation performance
- Improved bi-directional support: switch direction for text, lists and tables
- Allow objects on slide to layer with master
- Improved text box behaviour
- Usability improvements
Pages: What's New in Version 5.2
- New "view only" setting lets you share documents you want others to view but not edit
- Delete, duplicate and reorder sections using the page navigator
- Inline images and shapes in table cells are preserved on import
- Copy-paste style improvements
- Better placement of inserted and pasted objects
- Improved Instant Alpha image editing
- Media Browser improvements, including search
- Improved AppleScript support
- New Arabic and Hebrew templates
- Improved support for bi-directional text
- Word count for Hebrew
- Create custom data formats
- Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
- Show rulers as a percentage of document size
- Improved text box behaviour
- Improved EndNote support, including citations in footnotes
- Improved ePub export
- Usability improvements
- $9.99 - Pages for iOS - Download now
- $9.99 - Numbers for iOS - Download now
- $9.99 - Keynote for iOS - Download now
- $19.99 - Pages for Mac - Download now
- $19.99 - Numbers for Mac - Download now
- $19.99 - Keynote of Mac - Download now
Of course, they are all free for new devices.
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