Apple’s iWork Apps for iPad Updated – Improved Compatibility with MS Office Apps

iPad iWork Apps

Some big iPad app update news this evening. Apple has updated their suite of iWork apps for iPad and iOS – and the headline addition is improved compatibility with Microsoft Office apps.

The iWork suite for the iPad consists of the Keynote, Numbers, and Pages apps. Each of them has been updated to Version 1.7 today. The update description for each notes improved compatibility with their counterpart Microsoft Office app (Powerpoint for Keynote, Excel for Numbers, Word for Pages) and also with their companion Mac apps.

The list of compatibility improvements is specific to each app of course. Here are the change list details for Version 1.7 of each, starting with Keynote:

In this release Keynote for iOS is updated for improved compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote for Mac.

• Import and export all Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote for Mac slide sizes

• Import and export presentation themes, complete with master slides and preset styles

• Play back all Keynote action builds including Move, Rotate, Scale, and Opacity

• Add new slide transitions including Shimmer and Sparkle

• Preserve calculations in tables when importing from and exporting to Keynote for Mac

• Add reflections to shapes

• New print layouts include options to print with presenter notes, with builds, and without backgrounds

• Lock and unlock objects

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