Apple Releases iWork '06

[Lacero]

On Apple's iWork homepage, the picture of this lady looks familiar.

http://www.apple.com/iwork/

Wasn't she on The Bachelor several years ago?

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​

 

[Sunrunner]

I believe the spreadsheet is coming. I asked a leading question about this to one of the Apple reps on the floor at MacWorld. He didn't come right out and tell me (Steve would toss him out on his hindquarters if he did), but I think I detected a wink and a nod when he responded by demonstrating the new table calculation features in Pages and Keynote. This suggests to me that the code is being developed for a freestanding spreadsheet application.

With the parcity of announcements at this Expo, I wouldnt be suprised if Apple announced that item along with more hardware here in the next couple of months...

 

[flaire]

Track Changes Compatibility?

Does anyone know if the new 'Reviewers Comments' feature in iWork '06 (Pages specifically) is compatible with Word's "Track Changes" ability?

 

[Project]

Just saw this on the Pages discussion board:

Reviewer comments (NEW):
A much needed addition. Works well and is very easy to use. I have tested this with Word and the comments make it to and from Word. Unfortunately it is only comments and not change tracking but it is a very useful addition none the less.

 

[aaagat111]

iwork 06 file size??

I just installed iwork 06 and the file size for both is a huge 1.83 GB compared to the 256 MB of iwork 05,

Can somebody else check if there files are this big, and if so why is it such an increase

thanks

AAA

 

[~Shard~]

I just installed iwork 06 and the file size for both is a huge 1.83 GB compared to the 256 MB of iwork 05,

Can somebody else check if there files are this big, and if so why is it such an increase

Really? That doesn't seem right... I don't have a copy to test, but it's not as though Apple added a new app to the suite or anything. Were there a ton of large HD themes to account for this? Even if that's the case, I wonder why it is so much bigger than its predecessor...

 

[PlaceofDis]

I just installed iwork 06 and the file size for both is a huge 1.83 GB compared to the 256 MB of iwork 05,

Can somebody else check if there files are this big, and if so why is it such an increase

thanks

AAA

yep 1.83 GB is correct. if you won't be useing the HD templates you can probably get rid of them. it is a bit much of a size increase though.

 

[EGT]

I just installed iwork 06 and the file size for both is a huge 1.83 GB compared to the 256 MB of iwork 05,

Can somebody else check if there files are this big, and if so why is it such an increase

thanks

AAA

1.85 GB here.

853.6 MB for pages and 1.01 GB for Keynote. Both are universal which could be a reason for the large file size.

 

[~Shard~]

1.85 GB here.

853.6 MB for pages and 1.01 GB for Keynote. Both are universal which could be a reason for the large file size.

Good point, that might contribute to the larger file size as well, hadn't thought of that. So, between the universal binaries and the HD themes I guess the application could indeed be significantly larger. That still seems like quite the jump comapred to last year's version though, even considering all of the above.

 

[PlaceofDis]

Good point, that might contribute to the larger file size as well, hadn't thought of that. So, between the universal binaries and the HD themes I guess the application could indeed be significantly larger. That still seems like quite the jump comapred to last year's version though, even considering all of the above.

if you show package contents the resources are the bulk of the size, not the universal coding. the Resources folder is a staggering 967.3MB for Keynote, in there i'm sure you could find and get rid of the HD Themes if you dont need or want them

edit: okay so digging deeper the bulk of the Resource folder is taken up in the Themes folder ~ 941MB so i'm sure you could get rid of sizes that aren't needed or of no use to you.

 

[Bern]

Take a look at my post here You can reduce the size of these apps safely by removing languages.

 

[EGT]

Take a look at my post here You can reduce the size of these apps safely by removing languages.

That is very useful. Thanks.

 

[aaagat111]

Thanks..

I removed these unnecessary languages, and that did save some space.

I was reading up on this issue, and it seems that the universal binary code is what is causing this dramatic increase in size. It would be nice if i could remove the intel code somehow, for this powerbook will never be an intel.

If anybody finds anything about this please post

thanks for the responses so far

AAA

 

[axisdrama]

2 Help Menus?

Does anyone else have 2 help menus in the iWork apps? It's odd. Both Keynote and Pages have 2 help menus -- one has more options, the other just has "Pages Help" or "Keynote Help". '05 version had this too. Is there a way the extra help menu?

 

[chmorley]

Extra Help

Does anyone else have 2 help menus in the iWork apps? It's odd. Both Keynote and Pages have 2 help menus -- one has more options, the other just has "Pages Help" or "Keynote Help". '05 version had this too. Is there a way the extra help menu?

Nope. Just one here.

Chris

 

[JangoFett124]

Does anyone else have 2 help menus in the iWork apps? It's odd. Both Keynote and Pages have 2 help menus -- one has more options, the other just has "Pages Help" or "Keynote Help". '05 version had this too. Is there a way the extra help menu?

Do you have an old version of divx installed? If so, update to Divx 6 and see if it fixes it.

 

[jsalzer]

Extra Menu

Does anyone else have 2 help menus in the iWork apps? It's odd. Both Keynote and Pages have 2 help menus -- one has more options, the other just has "Pages Help" or "Keynote Help". '05 version had this too. Is there a way the extra help menu?

I'm not currently having that problem with the iWork '06 apps, but I've had it in other programs. Either two Help menus or two Application menus. The latter is more annoying! Me thinks Apple has some work to do in this area.

Funny that it tends to be Apple programs (and their subsids - FileMaker specifically) that have these glitches appear.

 

[bbyrdhouse]

Well fine, then don't use it. But I still think it's an extreme judgement to call it a bad application because it doesn't have one, fairly obscure feature that probably the vast majority of people don't care about at all. Pages could use some added features, but I personally think it could easily be ruined if Apple tried to make it all things to all people. I also said this about version 1.0 -- I'd prefer Pages to do fewer things well than many things poorly. We don't need another Word. At least I don't.

Give the guy a break, for him that was the one feature that he particularly wanted/needed. So for him it was a deal breaker. Why should he buy Pages and have to buy Word anyway to use for what he uses it for. Should he get a copy of iWork just to take up hard drive space? Truth is there are pobably several folks who agree with his assesment.
Me on the other hand absolutely love Pages 1 and 2. It still needs a couple of features, but you are correct in Pages not needing to become a bloated program with features that will never get used.

 

[OCOTILLO]

Disappointed?

I purchased iWork 05 when it was introduced. I bought it specifically for Pages. I assumed (you know the problem with that) it would be a good Publisher from the screen shots on Apple's web page. It turned out that it is not even an average word processor and a klunky publisher at that. This is a case where Microsoft Word and Publisher are far better. From what I have read here, it does not seem that iWork 06 is any real improvement.