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Apple updated its iWork suite of productivity applications on Tuesday with improvements related to shared documents, HEIC photos and iPad keyboards.
The collection includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote, which are all available for Mac but an also iPad and iPhone.
iWork 14 is out for Apple computers
Apple’s iWork applications don’t include all the advanced features of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel and Powerpoint). But Apple’s suite is free, and it offers basic and mid-range capabilities for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Plus, Apple keeps improving it, like it did with Tuesday’s updates.
All of the major changes in Pages 14.0, Numbers 14.0 and Keynote 14.0 are the same, no matter the application. According to Apple’s release notes, these are:
- Streamlined in-app notifications inform you when a person joins a collaborative document for the first time
- On iPad, press and hold the Command key on a connected keyboard to select noncontiguous words, sentences, or paragraphs using a trackpad or mouse
- Preserve file format and full quality when adding HEIC photos taken on iPhone or iPad
- Additional stability and performance improvements
Obviously, these are mere tweaks. This suite of productivity applications has been out since 2005 and have long since acquired all the standard features.
That said, it’s possible version 15 could be a game-changer. Apple has committed to adding AI to a range of its products starting later this year, and Pages is a particularly obvious potential beneficiary.
Install them today
The new version of iWork 14.0 is available now. You can download Pages 14.0, Numbers 14.0 and/or Keynote 14.0 for iPad/iPhone from the App Store. Or get Pages 14.0, Numbers 14.0 and/or Keynote 14.0 from the Mac App Store. They are free for Mac, iPad and iPhone.