Apple updates Pages, Numbers and Keynote to 11.0 | GeekComparison

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    Samuel Axon

  • There is an updated media browser in the Mac apps.

    Samuel Axon

  • You can now associate phone numbers with both Mac and iOS iWork apps.

This week, Apple updated its suite of iWork apps for both iOS and macOS. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are now in version 11.0, and while the changes aren’t dramatic, there are some minor quality of life improvements here.

On iOS, most of the listed updates apply to every app in the suite. They include on-screen keyboards for entering numerical values ​​in places where it wasn’t so easy before, the ability to make edit mode the default view mode for any document you open, new edit buttons in the Arrange Inspector, a new gesture to adding or deleting objects, and the ability to include phone numbers.

Numbers has one small, app-specific change: you can now exclude the summary worksheet when you export your spreadsheet to Excel.

Here are all the changes that apply to any iOS iWork app, according to Apple’s release notes:

  • Precise editing buttons in the Arrange inspector for adjusting the appearance and placement of objects
  • On-screen keyboards 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 them
  • Setting to always open spreadsheets in edit mode
  • Ability to add phone numbers to table cells, text objects and shapes

On the Mac, all apps got an improved media browser, phone number support, and “AppleScript functionality to change a spreadsheet password or open password-protected spreadsheets.”

In addition, Keynote now offers the ability to “view presenter notes and the next slide in a separate window while presenting”. Here are Apple’s release notes for iWork Mac apps:

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

Updates to each of these apps can be downloaded from the App Store today for all Mac and iOS users.

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