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Some Power Users Are Unhappy With Lost Features in the New iWork
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The share tab is gone, too. I used this multiple times a week when emailing professors my research assignments/homework via PDF.
Before it was Share > share via email (PDF) send
Now it's: File > export > PDF > save to desktop > right-click PDF on desktop > share > email > send.
EDIT: i stand corrected; the share button is now located in the app window itself... by bad.
*walks away in embarrassment*
Before it was Share > share via email (PDF) send
Now it's: File > export > PDF > save to desktop > right-click PDF on desktop > share > email > send.
EDIT: i stand corrected; the share button is now located in the app window itself... by bad.
*walks away in embarrassment*
Well Microsoft don't even have a mobile version of their office suite out yet. The office on their Surface devices are still desktop versions.
They've been working on a mobile version with touch capable features for a while, and it's expected to be available for Windows 8.1 next year. I'm sure they already have an iOS version of it available, but they've been holding it back to give Windows a chance to gain traction.
apparently.
found it ironic that on the numbers site on apple.com they talk about advanced tools yet the only formula being used in the accompanying screenshots is the sum formula. i guess that makes you a super power user
They messed up Garageband too. You can't even export MP3 anymore or set the parameters you want.
Funny what they call an upgrade. Making the desktop less powerful to be parity with a weaker (IOS) platform is a mistake. Lowest common denominator.
While I like the interface of the new GarageBand (and I am sure some of the new features are great), I do miss the ability to apply effects directly to individual tracks. If anyone is able to do that, please let me know. I can't figure out how. Perhaps I am just missing something. Removing this capability seems pretty stupid to me.
First i was happy to see Apple give these apps for free, but after i tried to use them ... Well asking money for them would be an insult.
Not everybody works with footnotes, et cetera. I like Pages. Numbers I've never used. Keynote is not really important for me. I am a writer.
Not all doom and gloom
Couple points after using the new versions of iWork apps.
Couple points after using the new versions of iWork apps.
- After the upgrade, you have both version of iWorks on your computer so you can always use the old version until you are happy with the new version.
- I have been using the new version with no real negative side effects. A couple missed features, but nothing mission critical. And before you get in a huff and claim I must be a simpleton user, I am an ecological modeller working on some very complex projects.
- Common tasks I typically find myself doing are much faster in the new version
As do many of us, when forced by my employers. Thankfully some of us have been liberated from that world on our personal computers with iWork, Google docs, or Open office.
Well at least Google Docs is able to open certain work documents I have that make Pages and OpenOffice choke. But I will never ever use a product I can use online only. Or a product from a company that makes collecting my data their sole businessmodel. Using gmail for personal mail is one thing, using Google Docs for sensitive business documents is a whole different thing altogether.
Microsoft Office actually works, contrary to what the fanboys say, and can do complicated things the others can only dream of. And that it is the de-facto standard all over the world doesn't hurt either.
welcome to the world FCP 7 users have been living in. i make my living on FCP 7 and thanks to X have to use alternates that i find to be inferior to the years old product. they seem to be on course to simplify programs to the masses and cut out specialities seemingly hoping for an idiocracy style future. which is cool, because i crave more electrolytes.
The share tab is gone, too. I used this multiple times a week when emailing professors my research assignments/homework via PDF.
Before it was Share > share via email (PDF) send
Now it's: File > export > PDF > save to desktop > right-click PDF on desktop > share > email > send.
dont know which mac os you are using but can you not go to print > click the pdf button and mail pdf?
what kind of uber complex projects do you work on, what iwork apps do you use and what changes have made your workflow faster?
A bizarre situation. I use Windows Office 2010, running in Windows 7 in Parallels, because Mac Office 2011 is just too crashy to rely on.
But I downloaded the new Pages to check it out, as the interface looked quite nice. It was fine for a while, and then I went to change the language settings, as I need to use English (British) and English (US) within the same document.
Is it just me, or have they stripped out most of the language controls? I need to set language by paragraph sometimes, but the only option appears to be a generic spelling setting.
After that I went looking for advanced formatting and paragraph controls, and couldn't find much.
I'm not sure why they bother, really.
But I downloaded the new Pages to check it out, as the interface looked quite nice. It was fine for a while, and then I went to change the language settings, as I need to use English (British) and English (US) within the same document.
Is it just me, or have they stripped out most of the language controls? I need to set language by paragraph sometimes, but the only option appears to be a generic spelling setting.
After that I went looking for advanced formatting and paragraph controls, and couldn't find much.
I'm not sure why they bother, really.
Whats a power user?
I use Pages daily to make technical reports, mixing pictures, graphics, tables and text, way better than word do.
I'm talking of documents of hundreds of pages. I'm a power user?
I could do that with iWork 09, not with new version (that I already erased)
iWork '09 is NOT deleted when you update - in other words, you get to keep both versions (old and new). So what's the problem exactly?
No footnotes in new Pages?????!!!!!!
I didn't had time to note this before I erase the new iWork from my HD
So, it's worse than I suppose
I use Microsoft at the office, but at home, even when on a PC, I used Open Office. I never cared too much for Microsoft. When I went Mac, I also went iWorks. For Pages/Word, I have no complaints, but I am certainly not a power user. For Keynote/PowerPoint, Keynote is better IMO. It is really only in Numbers/Excel where I find that Excel wins big. Pivot tables and other capabilities are much stronger in Excel. So in the end, as others have said, iWorks works for the masses. For the power users, especially in Excel, iWorks has a way to go, but I frankly am not convinced that is the target audience.
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Character spacing
I'm slightly annoyed so far as well.
I haven't looked hard in the new pages (should I have too?), but where is the character spacing option?
I'm slightly annoyed so far as well.
I haven't looked hard in the new pages (should I have too?), but where is the character spacing option?
As do many of us, when forced by my employers. Thankfully some of us have been liberated from that world on our personal computers with iWork, Google docs, or Open office.
I still use Office, when I'm at work.
I must not be a power user because I can't figure out what went missing. If I can't accomplish it at home, then I must be doing something for work haha.
Completely agree.
There is NO NEED TO PANIC
This is just bringing OS X and iOS apps in line - updates to follow.
I'm sure Apple will listen to the feedback - they did and gave us the iPad mini with retina
