iWork Apps For iPad Updated With Significant Features

If you've been hesitant about purchasing the individual iWork apps for the iPad, perhaps you should now reconsider. Apple just released what can only be called a significant update to each of its iWork apps: Keynote, Numbers and Pages. The updates include improved exporting capabilities which were lacking in previous versions of the apps. In addition, you can now copy files directly to your MobileMe iDisk or WebDAV service. The new features include: Keynote

- Export presentations to Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT) format. - Copy presentations between Keynote and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service. - Support for audio in builds when importing Keynote ’09 presentations. - Ability to group and ungroup objects. - Add animated builds to grouped objects. - Lens Flare, Spin and Wipe build animations. - Revolving Door, Swoosh and Wipe slide transition animations.

Numbers

- Export spreadsheets to Microsoft Excel (.XLS) format. - Copy spreadsheets between Numbers and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service. - Ability to group and ungroup objects. - Open CSV files from Mail and other apps.

Pages

- Copy documents between Pages and your MobileMe iDisk or a WebDAV service. - Option to display the word count for your document. - Support for opening .txt files from Mail. - Ability to group and ungroup objects. - Import and export existing footnotes, endnotes, sections and tables of contents. - Import and export Pages ’09 tables with image background fills in cells.

Now is a great time to finally download each of these terrific apps and begin using them on a regular basis. Keynote, Numbers and Pages are available now in the App Store.

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