Saturday, August 11, 2007

What is new in Pages 3.0?

  • Import (but not export) of Microsoft Office 2007 .docx files.
  • Change Tracking.
  • Instant Alpha (to easily add transparency to pictures).
  • Harddisk requirement down from 750 MB to 260 MB
  • >100 new functions available in table formulas.
  • HTML export removed and replaced by "Send to iWeb" functionality.
  • Fixed auto-correction so "may" does not automatically become "May".
  • Automatic "Proofreading".
  • Word count for part of the text.
  • Possibility to remove headers and footers completely.
  • Visual connection lines between linked text boxes. (Can be switched off with Format > Text Box > Hide Connection Lines.)
  • Split between "Word Processing" and "Layout" templates.
  • Character and paragraph background colour.
  • Paragraph borders
  • Text to table and table to text conversions.
  • Hotkeys to styles
This list is not exhaustive of course. Other people will notice other things and consider other things more important than some in the list above. However, I think the list covers all major changes.

Update: Somewhat updated after the first comment below. It contains even more new things, so feel free to read it.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Pages 3.0 is here

Pages 3.0 is here. A 470 Megabyte trial version can be downloaded here.

It contains plenty of new features compared to Pages 2.0, but a lot of the problems from previous releases remain. This FAQ is updated for Pages 3.0.