iWork 09 For Dummies - Softcover

Feiler, Jesse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470433728 ISBN 13: 9780470433720

Publisher: For Dummies, 2009

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Dress up office documents the Apple way with iWork '09 and this friendly guide

If you're a Mac lover and want to explore life outside of that "other productivity suite," here's your chance to dress up your docs with Apple's iWork '09 and this easy-to-follow guide from Mac technology expert, Jesse Feiler. He draws on 20 years of experience with Apple software to share his secrets of producing fun and creative files using Apple iWork '09.

Explore iWork's word processing software, called Pages, and start cranking out text that not only reads well, it looks great. Add style to your spreadsheets with Numbers. And produce dazzling presentations with Keynote--all of it with iWork's special bells and whistles that will give your everyday documents extra Apple style. Discover how to:

Use this creative office productivity suite for your Mac
Harness the creative possibilities of iWork for home or office
Write text documents that look great, too
Crunch numbers and build spreadsheets that look great with Numbers
Easily build presentations that include multimedia and more

Why work when you can iWork with this great guide-and have some fun, too!

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Be productive the Mac way! Discover the creative possibilities of iWork '09

Not only can you do the same things with iWork that you can with that "other" suite of office productivity tools, but you can spend less and be more creative too. Here's how to start creating slick-looking documents and page layouts with Pages, knockout charts and reports with Numbers, and presentations with polish using Keynote. Why settle for less?

Get down to work — find your way around iWork and discover how the tools let you work more efficiently
Do it and reuse it — take advantage of iWork functionality such as themes and templates that you can customize and reuse
Turn the Pages — work with Pages templates, set preferences, and create templates of your own
Dress up your documents — see how Pages combines word processing with design capabilities for great layouts
It's on the table — take advantage of tables in Numbers to make spreadsheets more visually appealing
Chart it — display data in charts that communicate
Capture their attention — choose from among Keynote's themes to create visually stunning presentations
Finishing touches — add video and sound to your Keynote presentation

Open the book and find:

Shortcut menus and commands
How to manage and customize the iWork toolbar
Tips for working with the Inspectors
How to make the most of tables and formulas
How to work with ready-made templates that you can modify
Cool ways to dress up Keynote presentations
Ways to automate your work with AppleScript and Automator
What you can do with iWork.com
How to use Keynote's multiscreen Presenter Display

About the Author:

Jesse Feiler has specialized in Apple technology for 20 years. As a developer, he has worked with Xcode and Cocoa; as an author, speaker, and consultant, he shares his expertise in a wide variety of Apple software. He maintains a blog at www.northcountryconsulting.com.

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