If you have never heard of iWork, you must read this article. It's oldest component, the Keynote presentation program, has only been around since 2003, with Pages and Numbers arriving on the scene a few years later. Also, all of the programs are Mac-only, which means that more than 90 percent from the computing population never heard of iWork or doesn't care because darn it, there's new antivirus software to install!
Apple created this trio of programs to pay for much of the same ground as do Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect Office, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Google Docs, and any other software suite that contains the holy trinity of business productivity: a word-processing program, a spreadsheet program, along with a presentation/slideshow program.
Apple transformed the point-and-click desktop version of iWork into tap-anddrag iPad software, also it isn't just a half-baked copy of an overstuffed office suite, either. Who wants a screen clogged full of toolbars, menus, and floating palettes when your screen is your workspace? Apple's iWork re-engineering takes this into account, tucking your formatting, function, and design controls neatly into tappable buttons that deliver toolbars only when you need them - leaving most of the screen free and clear. And those iPad finger moves - zooming and pinching onscreen elements - work here, too.
You can purchase the iWork programs in the App Store - just tap the Categories button and appear in the Productivity area. Apple sells each program separately, plus they cost $10 apiece. This really is convenient if, say, you simply need to compose memos and wouldn't know a GPA calculator if it bit you - you don't have to buy the whole suite. And if you do purchase the whole suite, it'll cost you just 30 bucks - a good deal compared to desktop suites that cost $80 or more. Here's the iWork lineup:
Pages. Pre-stocked with 16 templates for those kinds of documents, the iPad version of Pages aims to make word-processing as efficient as you possibly can. Granted, it's no Microsoft Word in the features department, but it is versatile enough to let you do more than just type words. You can add photos, charts, and tables to documents, and format text with features like bullets and numbered lists. And here's one way Pages trumps Word: As with every the iWork apps, Pages automatically saves your file at least two times a minute.
Numbers. A spreadsheet-making alternative to Microsoft Excel, Numbers also has its own collection of templates so you can create such things as budgets and travel planners. It lets you convert a table right into a form for speedy data input and may create formulas with more than 250 functions. Numbers isn't about numbers, though; it can tap into the iPad's Photos app to jazz up those files with pictures, too.
Keynote. With 20 different slideshow transitions and 12 themes to choose from, Keynote was made for crafting slick presentations for audiences associated with a size. Although it isn't as powerful as Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote is really a nimble app, designed for making shows on the go. And once you get done designing your presentation on the iPad, you can run the presentation on the iPad by hooking it up to a projector with Apple's $29 Dock Connector to VGA Adapter.
You may be wondering at this point, "It's all well and good that the iWork can do all this stuff, but will it really matter if nobody besides iPad owners can open these files?" Here's the answer: iWork can export files in PDF format, the lingua franca of the computer world whose files everyone with the free Adobe Reader can open.
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