Something promised, something finally due. After the macOS version updated last night, it's time for the iOS version of Apple's office suite to benefit from new features, along with iMovie! The main one was expected since iOS13.4: support for Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie with the trackpad and mouse on iPadOS, as well as with the future Magic Keyboard.
The main new features in Pages.
New themes in Pages.Armed with a Magic Trackpad, the desktop user of iWork applications should get the most out of it. The four software also supports shared folders in iCloud (just drag a document into a shared folder to activate collaboration automatically). Shared documents can be said to be offline; the changes will be synchronized once the network is back.
In the radius of new innovations, Pages and Keynote welcome new themes like on macOS. On iMovie, new keyboard shortcuts are appearing to switch from one inspector to another and to rotate the video 90 degrees. Many other new features, to be discovered in the release notes below, will certainly stimulate user creativity.
This update is obviously major for Apple, since the three office apps go from version 5.2 10.0, to be at the same level as their Mac counterparts.
Pages 10.0
- Use Pages on an iPad with the Magic Keyboard, mouse, or trackpad to work on your documents indefinitely. Requires iPadOS 13.4.
- Choose from a range of beautiful new models designed to help you get started.
- Add a Pages document to a shared iCloud Drive folder to automatically start collaboration. Requires iPadOS 13.4 or iOS13.4.
- Add a drop cap to make a paragraph stand out with a large, decorative first letter.
- Apply a color, gradient, or background image to any document.
- Touch and hold your finger on the screen, then drag it across multiple objects to select them.
- Easily access recently used models through a redesigned list of models.
- Print your documents or export them to PDF with comments.
- Edit shared documents while you are offline. Your changes will be made when you are back online. Requires iPadOS or iOS13 or later.
- Improve your documents with a large selection of new editable figures.
- What's new in Pages?
Numbers 10.0
- Use Numbers on an iPad with the Magic Keyboard, a mouse, or a trackpad to work on your spreadsheets indefinitely. Requires iPadOS 13.4.
- Create spreadsheets with an unlimited number of rows and columns.
- Apply color to the background of a sheet.
- Add a Numbers spreadsheet to a shared iCloud Drive folder to automatically start collaboration. Requires iPadOS 13.4 or iOS13.4.
- Edit shared spreadsheets while you're offline. Your changes will be made when you are back online. Requires iPadOS or iOS13 or later.
- Touch and hold your finger on the screen, then drag it across multiple objects to select them.
- Easily access the models you have used recently through a redesigned list of models.
- Print your spreadsheets or export them to PDF with comments.
- Add a drop cap to text in a figure.
- Improve your spreadsheets with a large selection of new editable figures.
- What's new in Numbers?
Keynote 10.0
- Use Keynote on an iPad with the Magic Keyboard, a mouse or a trackpad to work on your presentations in a unique way. Requires iPadOS 13.4.
- Add a Keynote presentation to a shared iCloud Drive folder to automatically start collaboration. Requires iPadOS 13.4 or iOS13.4.
- Edit shared presentations while you are offline. Your changes will be made when you are back online. Requires iPadOS or iOS13 or later.
- Choose from a variety of beautiful new themes designed to help you get started.
- Touch and hold your finger on the screen, then drag it across multiple objects to select them.
- Easily access the themes you've used recently with a redesigned list of themes.
- Print your presentations or export them to PDF with comments.
- Add a drop cap to highlight text with a large, decorative first letter.
- Improve your presentations with a large selection of new editable figures.
- What's new in Keynote?
iMovie 2.2.9
- Use iMovie on iPad with a Magic Keyboard, mouse or trackpad to explore a new way of creating movies and trailers (requires iPadOS 13.4);
- Use keyboard shortcuts to switch between the five inspector modes when a clip is selected: Action, Speed ​​adjustments, Volume, Titles and Filters;
- Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly rotate video 90 degrees to the right or left;
- Tap the Download All button at the top of the list of soundtracks to download all of the group soundtracks simultaneously;
- Add PNG, GIF, TIFF and BMP files to your video;
- Performance and stability improvements.
