App Updates: iWork Suite for iPad

Apple recently updated its iWork suite for iPad to version 1.1. Changes include several updates and bug fixes to Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Here’s the breakdown:

Pages (Version 1.1)

• Support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
• Toolbar and ruler are now available in wide-screen landscape view
• Documents automatically fit to page width in landscape view
• Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel
• Improves reliability when exporting Microsoft Word documents
• Addresses issues with exporting documents previously imported from Microsoft Word
• Fixes an issue with text wrapping in Microsoft Word after exporting a document with a frame around an image
• Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting documents previously imported from Microsoft Word
• Resolves an issue with scrolling after inserting and playing a movie

Numbers (Version 1.1)

• Support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, – Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
• Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel
• Improves reliability when importing Numbers ’09 spreadsheets
• Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting spreadsheets previously imported from Microsoft Excel
• Fixes an issue when formatting a table pasted from Keynote or Pages
• Addresses an issue where formulas did not properly update when dragging and dropping cells
• Fixes an issue with applying a new style to a table in a template after an Undo

Keynote (Version 1.1)

• Support for French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish
• Enhanced Back/Front slider in the Arrange panel
• Added the option to show additional alignment guides at smaller intervals
• Improves reliability when importing Keynote ’09 presentations
• Improves reliability when importing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
• Addresses a chart font size issue when exporting presentations previously imported from Microsoft PowerPoint
• Fixes an issue preventing access to some table cell color fills in landscape mode with an external keyboard