When Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), announced the update and release iWork free It was a big surprise, because it was the first time that an office package like iWork was free for users. The disappointment came when opening Pages, Numbers or Keynote, we discovered that many of the features were missing to which we had become accustomed, Apple has responded by stating that will come back the missing characteristics.
The disappearance of features
En Pages he missed one customizable toolbar, page counter I had disappeared with the anguish of not having the remotest idea of how many pages you were writing, a fact that made me very angry and I wasted a long time finding something similar. Besides the number of words it had also disappeared.
En Numberns and Keynote more of the same had happened. The toolbars to customize and putting those functions within mouse reach were gone, as were other features.
Many users have filled out support forums Apple with their complaints. It seems that this new update has missed many important features. Despite the new functions of iWork, such as the complete interaction and adaptation in both software, what users like the most is having new functions without forgetting the ones we are already used to, because there is nothing more annoying than going to write and not finding the bold or the number of pages.
Apple's response
Apple has responded to the outrage of users with a new support page in which it details the new functions to be incorporated into iWork and the reason whereby basic features in Pages, Numbers and Keynote had disappeared. «The new iWork applications: Pages, Numbers and Keynote, were made available to users on October 22. These apps were rewritten from scratch to be 64-bit compatible and to support a unified file format between OS X and iOS 7, as well as for the iCloud beta iWork. These applications have a completely new design, with a smart format panel and many new features, such as easy ways to share documents, object styles, interactive graphics, new templates and animations in Keynote. In the rewrite of these applications, some of the features of iWork '09 were not available for the initial release. We plan to re-introduce some of these features in future releases and will continue to add new features on an ongoing basis. "
Apple intends to include following functions and features for the next six months.
Updates for iWork
Pages
A loaf of customizable tools, a vertical ruler and improved alignment guides. In addition to the placement of objects, and the missing word counter. The possibility of importing elements with images; It is added that the pages and sections will be manageable from the thumbnail view, and the keyboard shortcuts for styles will also return.
Numbers
Returns the custom toolbar, upgrade to zoom and location of windows, retrieves autocomplete text in cells, headers, and footers, and improves the AppleScript supportwhich was one of the main complaints.
Keynote
Recover old transitions and compositions, an improvement in presentation screens, the return of the custom toolbar, and improvements in AppleScript support.
Apple advises users who do not want to wait until the new iWork suite of applications is updated to access the previous versions.
For documents that have not yet been edited with the new version of iWork, they can be opened with iWork 09 by selecting File - Back to.
If the document has been edited and you want to keep the different editions, you can save it as an iWork 09 document by selecting File - Export To, then selecting Pages 09, Numbers 09, or Keynote 09.
But if what you want is to go back to the previous versions of the programs, you can do it from Applications – iWork 09. Of course, this can be done if you have not done a clean installation of Mavericks.
Despite these problems that have arisen with the new iWork updates, it should be noted that even so, without the functions that are missing, Apple has achieved an office suite that is highly recommended, since it is true that the new functionalities still have to be take advantage of them to be able to say that they make our lives easier.
It is always difficult to re-learn where everything is.
If you are one of those who now that you have the new iWork and would return to iWork 09, let us know in the comments.
