“Apple has begun sending invitations to iCloud users to try out the new versions of the programs in its iWork productivity suite — Pages, Numbers and Keynote,” John P. Mello Jr. writes for MacNewsWorld. “The editions of the programs residing in the iCloud are in beta, but you only have to work with them for a little while to get excited about their potential.”
“The three office productivity apps join several other native Apple apps in the digital nimbus that let you share information like contacts, appointments, reminders, mail and notes across devices, whether Apple or otherwise,” Mello Jr. writes. “Cloud Pages is as enjoyable to work with as its box-bound brethren, and it’s certainly easier on the eyes than something like Google Docs… Numbers is the spreadsheet app in the iCloud iWork suite. Like its counterpart on other devices, it has a visual bent. Its templates, for instance, include many samples that mix graphics — bar, pie and area charts — with tabular material. Like other cloud apps in the suite, changes made to worksheets in the cloud will be passed along to their kin on the Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.”
Mello Jr. writes, “Although only in beta, the iCloud versions of Apple’s iWork suite still meet the needs of many users. Nevertheless, we can’t wait to see what the Cupertino posse has in store for us as it brings the apps to the finish line.””
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