Monday, November 11, 2024
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Apple updates Pages, Numbers, Keynote for macOS, iOS

Apple has updated its iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote), iMovie, and GarageBand to version 11 for macOS Big Sur and iOS. They’re available at the Mac App Store and Apple App Store, respectively.

Here’s what new, per Apple’s release notes, for the Mac versions:

Pages 11.0:

  • Updated media browser offers enhanced search options and new content categories such as Recents, Portraits and Live Photos
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes
  • AppleScript functionality to change a document password or open password-protected documents

Numbers 11.0

  • Updated media browser offers enhanced search options and new content categories such as Recents, Portraits and Live Photos
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes
  • AppleScript functionality to change a spreadsheet password or open password-protected spreadsheets

Keynote 11.0

  • View your presenter notes, current slide, and next slide in a separate window while presenting
  • Thumbnail images in the build order window make it easier to edit complex sequences
  • Updated media browser offers enhanced search options and new content categories such as Recents, Portraits and Live Photos
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes
  • AppleScript functionality to change a presentation password or open password-protected presentations

Here’s what new, per Apple’s release notes, for the iOS versions:

Pages 11.0

  • Precise editing controls in the Arrange Inspector for adjusting the look and placement of objects 
  • Onscreen keypads for entering exact values for text size, spacing, table size, and more
  • Ability to add or remove objects or table cells from a selection by tapping or dragging across them
  • Setting to always open documents in edit mode
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes

Numbers 11.0:

  • Precise editing controls in the Arrange Inspector for adjusting the look and placement of objects 
  • Onscreen keypads for entering exact values for text size, spacing, table size, and more
  • Ability to add or remove objects or table cells from a selection by tapping or dragging across them
  • Setting to always open spreadsheets in edit mode
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes
  • Option to exclude the summary worksheet when exporting your spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel

Keynote 11.0

Precise editing controls in the Arrange Inspector for adjusting the look and placement of objects 

  • Onscreen keypads for entering exact values for text size, spacing, table size, and more
  • Ability to add or remove objects or table cells from a selection by tapping or dragging across them
  • Setting to always open presentations in edit mode
  • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes
Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.