Apple updated its iWork suite of productivity apps on Tuesday with helpful new features and tweaks that make the apps easier to use. Most notably, the iOS apps now have “Precise editing controls in the Arrange Inspector” to make it easier to fine-tune projects without a Mac. The update to version 11 affects the iPad, iPhone, and Mac versions of Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. The apps jumped to version 10 last March from 8.2.1.
According to the release notes, the iOS iWork apps all have the following updates:
Numbers specifically now has the option to exclude the summary worksheet when exporting your spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel.
Check out Keynote, Numbers, and Pages on the App Store.
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Here’s what’s new across all the iWork Mac apps, according to the release notes:
Keynote for Mac specifically has two additional updates:
Check out Keynote, Numbers, and Pages on the Mac App Store.