Apple Updates iWork Apps for Mac and iOS With New Features

[MauiPa]

You gotta give Apple credit for keeping at this, but I’m sure the vast majority still use Microsoft Office. I use it occasionally like for printing envelopes, but manage my budget primarily in Excel because so much easier.

is it, is it really? Like you said you probably use Excel because your work makes you. so it is easier because of familiarity. I am the other way, I ditched Excel when I retired after using it for years. Now I use Numbers, free is nice, but the many separate tables on a sheet is awesome, so much better than Excel, try moving blocks of text around in Excel versus moving tables around. Try setting the columns width or row height in different adjacent ranges in Excel versus Numbers, LOL. And that disaster of a ribbon bar - yech, the kindergarten kids who came up with hat should be fired. The side panels are way better.

Not begrudging you your choices, just calling out that because you are very familiar with something, it is of course way easier for you than learning something else to an equal degree of familiarity.

And finally, MS crippling the Mac version of Excel over the years versus the windows version, just not going to do business with a dishonest company like that

 

[Unregistered 4U]

ummm, set the current page layout as the one that it defaults to?

Change “page layout” to “template” and that appears to be a feature. So I’m assuming that I don’t understand the feature that’s being asked for. Not being mean or snarky, I just like being aware of the limitations of an app to see if it’s something I would want to create a feature request for.

Create a custom template in Pages on Mac

In Pages on Mac, create a custom template that you can add to the template chooser or send to someone else.

support.apple.com

 

[MauiPa]

On a side note, does anyone use the pages app to take notes instead of the notes app?

There are some formatting features of pages I wish the notes app had although for “notes” in most cases the notes app is enough.

I actually Like Numbers best for taking Notes. check Boxes, multiple sheets, text boxes aren't a full WP but contain enough features for Note taking, and stuff all drags around to where you want it. I am actually surprised that Pages down't allow check boxes inside of tables, the feature is pretty well functioned besides that. But honestly, the premise behind Notes is for simply quick Notes, not full on note taking

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Change “page layout” to “template” and that appears to be a feature. So I’m assuming that I don’t understand the feature that’s being asked for. Not being mean or snarky, I just like being aware of the limitations of an app to see if it’s something I would want to create a feature request for.

Create a custom template in Pages on Mac

In Pages on Mac, create a custom template that you can add to the template chooser or send to someone else.

support.apple.com

If there’s anyone that just wish they could open up Pages for Mac in the Page Layout format instead of Word Processing format (when you open Pages, choose a template, then have to do File > Convert to Page Layout every time), try this. Open a new document in the template that you most often use, choose File > Convert to Page Layout, and then save that as a template. Maybe even give it a name like “Page Layout Template”.

Going forward, instead of choosing the “Word Processing” template, choose this template you just created and you’ll always open up Pages in your desired usage mode. If there are several different templates you’d like as Page Layout templates, open them, convert and save as template in the same way.

 

[shenfrey]

I use Pages weekly for my own documents. Also, I’ve been using it for over 5 years to proofread/edit Word documents using the Change Tracking feature. I export them as Word documents to the sender afterwards. It’s excellent.

I’ve also been using Keynote (almost exclusively on an iPad) for longer than I can remember. It’s intuitive and (almost) effortless. I even make the occasional GIF in Keynote, just for fun!

What happens if you have transitions that aren't supported with powerpoint after converting to powerpoint for viewing on a PC?