34 10 - 23 July 2019
Best Free Apps
Appof theFortnight
OFFICE
iWork
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11Apple has invested a lot of
timein improving its core iOS
productivity apps recently.
Last issue, wereviewed the
updated iMovie app. Now
Apple has released major
updates for its iWork apps –
Pages, Numbers andKeynote- all of which receive lots of
useful new features. Rather
than single one of themout,
we’ve made the wholesuite
App(s) of the Fortnight.
Pages, the suite’s word
processor, gains dozens of
tools, including new text
styles, customisable bullet
points, improved chart-
making tools andthe ability
to copy andpaste entire pages between documents.
Numbers, the spreadsheet app, has an all-new 128-bit
calculation engine for improved accuracy. The update also
adds new chart-editing capabilities that let you change the
style of individual elements, adjust spacing between
columns, addtrendlines andmore.
The latest version of Keynote, Apple’s presentation tool,
offers enhanced support for collaboration, so you can now
edit master slides while working on
your presentation with others.
All three apps benefit from
improved support for Apple
Pencil. If you have an iPad, you can
use Pencil as a drawing tool or for
selecting text andscrolling – a
quick double-tap toggles
between the two options.
A new Learn Spelling feature
lets you addwords to the
spelling dictionary across all
three apps, while an interesting
face detection feature helpsyou
place photos in documents,
spreadsheets or presentations,
positioning themautomatically
so that people’s faces can be
seen clearly.
To complement
the revamp, the
macOSversions of
all three iWork apps have been updated, too.
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To usePages’new ‘gradient
fill’text styles,opena
documentandselectsome
text, thenpress theFormat
(paintbrush)icon.^1 In the
box that appears,scroll down
andtapText Colour, followed
by theGradientheading.^2
Setyour gradientby selecting
a StartColourandEndColour.(^3) You canalsoflipthecolours
(^4) andalter theangleof the
gradient.^5
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To adda new word
to Pages’built-in
dictionary, typeit into a
document,ignoringany
suggested spellingcorrections
that appearin thepredictive
text barbelow. If your word
isn’tin thedictionary, it willbe
underlinedin red. Ta p the
word to reveal theLearn
Spellingoption,^1 thenpress
thisto addtheword to your
dictionary. The red linewill
disappear.
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To usePages’new bullet
pointtools,typea list of
itemsinto a document,then
taptheFormat (paintbrush)
icon.^1 Scroll downandselect
Bullets& Lists. Here you can
choosea presetbulletstyle.^2
You canalsotapthe‘i’ icon
next to any of thebullets^3 to
customiseits size, colour,
alignmentandmore. Ta p Edit,
(^4) then+ to addyour own
custom bulletstyleto the
bulletlist.
MINI WORKSHOP
Use the new text toolsin
iWork Pages
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