Apple addresses numerous issues with iWork '09 9.0.3 update
Apple on Monday released iWork '09 Update 3, bringing a number of fixes and improvements for the first-party suite of applications.
iWork 9.0.3 is recommended for users of iWork 9.0, 9.0.1 and 9.0.2. The 59.62MB download is available from Apple or via Software Update. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.6 and later.
Issues addressed by iWork Update 3, according to Apple, include:
All iWork 9.0.3 Applications
Addresses general compatibility issues
Updates the help
Adds a link to online resources in the Help menu
Improves image handling when reducing the file size of images with Instant Alpha applied
Improves file size management when inserting some movies
Keynote 5.0.3
Improves the reliability of guides by changing the display frequency and relevance
Resolves an issue with GarageBand exports
Fixes an issue when working with Move actions in chart builds
Addresses an issue with the preview of some charts in the Build inspector
Resolves an issue when pasting a Numbers table that has cells with wrap turned on
Resolves an issue where pasting multiple cells containing duration or date/time values into the Chart Data Editor would only paste zeros
Fixes an issue with Sleep when the computer?s battery has completely discharged while playing a presentation
Resolves an issue with updating thumbnail previews in Navigator view after sending a presentation via Mail as PDF or PowerPoint
Improves reliability when dragging and dropping text in Outline view
Adds a presentation preference for showing the slide switcher when scrolling
Pages 4.0.3
Resolves an issue where copying and pasting multiple cells containing duration or date/time values in the Chart Data Editor would only paste zeros
Improves reliability when working with objects in Full-Screen mode
Fixes an issue with saving documents with EndNote citations containing multi-byte characters when using Mac OS X 10.6
Resolves an issue with EndNote citations when using Mail Merge
Numbers 2.0.3
Fixes an issue with columns and categorized checkboxes
Addresses an issue with categories and CSV export
Improves reliability of import and export of some Microsoft Excel files
Addresses an issue that could cause formulas to stop working after formatting a cell
Fixes an issue with hiding or deleting rows in categorized tables
Improves reliability when reverting a document to the saved version
Addresses an issue caused by quitting without saving after editing some templates
Fixes an issue with deleting table columns containing chart data
Resolves an issue that prevented dropping an audio file into a media placeholder
iWork.com Beta
Enhances security with 128-bit SSL encryption and document password protection
Improves document reviewing capabilities with Comment notification features
E-mail invitations are now sent via iWork.com instead of using Mac OS X Mail
iWork 9.0.3 is recommended for users of iWork 9.0, 9.0.1 and 9.0.2. The 59.62MB download is available from Apple or via Software Update. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.6 and later.
Issues addressed by iWork Update 3, according to Apple, include:
All iWork 9.0.3 Applications
Addresses general compatibility issues
Updates the help
Adds a link to online resources in the Help menu
Improves image handling when reducing the file size of images with Instant Alpha applied
Improves file size management when inserting some movies
Keynote 5.0.3
Improves the reliability of guides by changing the display frequency and relevance
Resolves an issue with GarageBand exports
Fixes an issue when working with Move actions in chart builds
Addresses an issue with the preview of some charts in the Build inspector
Resolves an issue when pasting a Numbers table that has cells with wrap turned on
Resolves an issue where pasting multiple cells containing duration or date/time values into the Chart Data Editor would only paste zeros
Fixes an issue with Sleep when the computer?s battery has completely discharged while playing a presentation
Resolves an issue with updating thumbnail previews in Navigator view after sending a presentation via Mail as PDF or PowerPoint
Improves reliability when dragging and dropping text in Outline view
Adds a presentation preference for showing the slide switcher when scrolling
Pages 4.0.3
Resolves an issue where copying and pasting multiple cells containing duration or date/time values in the Chart Data Editor would only paste zeros
Improves reliability when working with objects in Full-Screen mode
Fixes an issue with saving documents with EndNote citations containing multi-byte characters when using Mac OS X 10.6
Resolves an issue with EndNote citations when using Mail Merge
Numbers 2.0.3
Fixes an issue with columns and categorized checkboxes
Addresses an issue with categories and CSV export
Improves reliability of import and export of some Microsoft Excel files
Addresses an issue that could cause formulas to stop working after formatting a cell
Fixes an issue with hiding or deleting rows in categorized tables
Improves reliability when reverting a document to the saved version
Addresses an issue caused by quitting without saving after editing some templates
Fixes an issue with deleting table columns containing chart data
Resolves an issue that prevented dropping an audio file into a media placeholder
iWork.com Beta
Enhances security with 128-bit SSL encryption and document password protection
Improves document reviewing capabilities with Comment notification features
E-mail invitations are now sent via iWork.com instead of using Mac OS X Mail
Comments
I didn't find enough new features to go to '09 (a.k.a. a bundled database app). We probably won't get one either because of FileMaker's Bento app. I just don't understand why Apple doesn't fold in FileMaker and round-out iWork with Bento.
iWork X maybe out next year and I'll upgrade then.
That... and i've converted pretty much all my clients offices and operations to Apple. Keynote has been selling tones of Macbooks to the medical industry and people who lecture. Power Point presentations look like complete crap compared to Keynote.
As more people switch, iChat will be huge as for the presentation power of Keynote. That will sell more .Mac accounts then anything else. At least thats the snowball effect I hope to see. Just need more business people to actually spend 5 min on a mac.
iWork, it's a freak'n awesome application set that puts Office to shame.
so yes... iWork is worth dropping Office.
so yes... iWork is going to be around for a very long time, Apple won't be dropping what is by far the best office and design production tools out there. (for presentation and document design tools - Illustrator and Photoshop are still needed.)
cheers
No iWork '08 update? :-(
I didn't find enough new features to go to '09 (a.k.a. a bundled database app). We probably won't get one either because of FileMaker's Bento app. I just don't understand why Apple doesn't fold in FileMaker and round-out iWork with Bento.
iWork X maybe out next year and I'll upgrade then.
I don't know what part of iWork 08 you use but if you use page layout in Pages at all, the update is worth it for that app alone. I do a lot of mixed page design and it is so enjoyable with the new processes in Pages ... instant alpha, etc. and the templates provided are superb ... Numbers as well has improved greatly. ..... Just my 2 cents worth.
Really like Pages, but every time Apple releases these "off-Broadway" apps I worry they'll decide at some point in the near future to drop them, then I'd be stuck with a bunch of useless files. Wouldn't be the first time.... Steve!
I've only been using Mac for about 12 years but have not lost any files due to format change ... was worried about applework files when iWork came out ... was very vocal and unhappy at first, especially since Pages was not free like appleworks, missed database as well, but I have to say ... Iwork, when you get used to it , at least for me, really rocks... still miss database 'tho ... still on tiger so can't use Bento. I'm going to upgrade to SL soon so then I'll get Bento . Specifically, what format change are you worried about?
Been using iWork.com lately. Very useful. Seems to be rather underrated, though.
How does it come in handy? I haven't really touched iWork.com since it came out (due to a lack of editing features) so am interested to hear from someone who finds it useful.
I just downloaded the trial from Apple, I'm looking to get out of MS Office. I hope this is as good as the reviews I've been reading.
I have Word installed as well but work almost exclusively with Pages. Having EndNote computability is huge for me - a deal maker really in the sciences. Of course, it is still early days. Numbers is only useful for the most basic tasks. Try parsing input files, hopeless but full of promise. (Mathematica for serious math work.)
iWork is worth the effort in my opinion.
All the best.
Apple tout the total compatibility with MS Office as one of the features of iWork but my experience shows that the Office compatibility is very limited. The content will import and you'll get some of the formatting, but beyond that it's very hit and miss. If you need to edit Office documents that need to stay in their Office format for sending to others then iWork compatibility is totally unacceptable and there's no substiture for Office itself unfortunately.
I'd really like to get rid of Office on my Mac but since most of the documents I edit are Office docs, and need to stay that way, I don't have any choice unles Apple dramatically improve their Office compatibility.
First time I used iWork was to edit a Word doc that someone had sent me. It didn't go very well. Pages opened the doc and it looked more or less like it did in Word, but there were a lot of minor formatting differences. I decided to carry on and fix the formatting as needed, especially as in this case the precise formatting was not critical. Once I was done I needed to convert the document back to Word to send it back to the person who had sent it to me. That's where it all went horribly wrong. The resulting Word doc was 6 pages long instead of 4 and the layout of the paragraphs and page breaks was completely wrong. What's more, the formatting was messed up in such a way that it was pretty much unrecoverable, even by editing directly in Word. In the end what I e-mailed back was a PDF which fortunately was acceptable.
Apple tout the total compatibility with MS Office as one of the features of iWork but my experience shows that the Office compatibility is very limited. The content will import and you'll get some of the formatting, but beyond that it's very hit and miss. If you need to edit Office documents that need to stay in their Office format for sending to others then iWork compatibility is totally unacceptable and there's no substiture for Office itself unfortunately.
I'd really like to get rid of Office on my Mac but since most of the documents I edit are Office docs, and need to stay that way, I don't have any choice unles Apple dramatically improve their Office compatibility.
Which version of Pages were you using? Compatibility has improved markedly with '09 (version 4.0.2) in my understanding.
I prefer working in Pages too. But when you edit in Pages a document that originates in Word, things can sometimes get muddled in things like footnotes, or the use of graphics within tables.
Some clients as me to prepare documents based on their seriously over-baked Word power-templates. If I pull those templates into Pages, edit, then return to Word for delivery, some things get lost in translation. I don't always have the time to make the fixes.
Tom
How does it come in handy? I haven't really touched iWork.com since it came out (due to a lack of editing features) so am interested to hear from someone who finds it useful.
With over 40 years writing ad copy, business and marketing plans, education programmes, etc., as a copy writer, author, editor, management consultant, etc., and owner operator of a advertising agency, the last thing I have learned never to do was to allow another to personally modify my master electronic file or vice versa.
In the old days, we would send a hard copy to management/client/editors and they would mark up the document, delete/add copy and make recommendations. It was up to me to take none to all the suggestions. Obviously, the higher the hierarchy, the more importance the directions were to be taken, but often with further discussions.
When computers came on board, a lot tried to circumvent and shortcut the process. Unfortunately, a significant number of changes were made to documents without consideration, in error and with dire consequences.
As such, we found that those who initiated the documents were in a better position to take the marked up copy and revise is as necessary. Send it back in circulation. And repeat the process as necessary. A process that I use with iWork.com.
The major issue with letting somebody take another's document and make changes unilaterally is that there is no record or assurance that all the necessary changes in the manuscript have been incorporated properly. Many times, I would hear, "why wasn't this changed made? to "I made the change and somebody else must have reversed it."
There is nothing that I have found that is better than a hard copy, history of the editing process and a signed off signature. Of course it all depends on your job and how important it is to your future.
I use iwork.com and I love the convenience. Others can make notes, they can be discussed immediately, clients can output a copy in Word if they prefer. Certainly, I make certain that everybody understands that formatting may change and that is why they are to use the PDF as a formatting guide. They can edit in Word, but a much simpler method is to use notations. A lot of times, changes are made because the reader misunderstands the content or the writer misunderstands the commentator. In that case, a rewrite to clarify the content may suffice. Often though, the reader may have just simply read it wrong.
In addition, sending a document that allows others to see the recommended changes often reverses suggestions that others have made. Even a boss's.
this is absurd. it's a fourth iteration software and they missed this despite the irate customers at apple discussion foruns saying that they've discovered this the very hard way! (me included...)
hoped they would correct with this update. apparently the all mighty Apple developers stand high on they horses to look at us the peasants that buy& use their software...
and yes, very much pissed off on this.
Brilliant.. an entire, supposedly superior office suite that lacks the most basic and fundamental feature of all! NO Autosave.. what does it takes to Apple to simply correct this mistake?!
this is absurd. it's a fourth iteration software and they missed this despite the irate customers at apple discussion foruns saying that they've discovered this the very hard way! (me included...)
hoped they would correct with this update. apparently the all mighty Apple developers stand high on they horses to look at us the peasants that buy& use their software...
and yes, very much pissed off on this.
So, automatic backups aren't enough then?
So, automatic backups aren't enough then?
errr.. no!? firts automatic updates are hourly based. on a hour you could as well just written 20 pages or something, done half of a database and programmed a couple of subroutines...
second, not always are we with the timecapsule disk around. mine is at home, i kind of used my macbook in the portable sense of a laptop... let's say, at work /university?
third, i'm a phd candidate, doing phd research and prefer to have my data encrypted. wich means that the timemachine backups are only done when i logout and i'm connected to my backup disck. wich is usually once a week.
again, is it too much to ask for a simple routine of save a backup copy every 5 minutes? wanna compare every office application outthere that doesn't provide this feature?