Office Suite Smackdown: PowerPoint vs. Keynote

Is Apple’s iWork a viable alternative to Microsoft Office? To find out, we asked Franklin N. Tessler—our go-to expert on presentation programs—to use PowerPoint 2008 and Keynote ‘08 to create the same project, progressing from the basics (data entry and formatting) to more-advanced features.

iPresentee offers free images for iWeb, Pages and Keynote

Section: Software + Apps, Design, iLife, iWork, Mac + Computers, SoftwareiPresentee, a developer of add-ons for Apple’s iWork and iLife applications, has released free Keynote Objects, a package of images for Apple Keynote, iWeb and Pages. The package continas 100 easy to use Keynote Objects for decoration in iWeb websites, Keynote or PowerPoint presentations and Pages or Word documents. All Keynote Objects contain background transparency, and can therefore be used on any colored background. Each image can be changed in size, rotated, increased or decreased in opacity, fitted with shadows or even overlapped with one another to create extra effects.  Keynote Objects requires any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X with any version of Keynote, iWeb or Pages. They are also compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint and Word. The kicker, of course, is that Keynote Objects is being offered free of charge. Samples and more information about Keynote Objects are available immediately at the iPresentee website Product [Keynote Objects] Full Story » | Written by Kirk Hiner for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

New Keynote motion themes from iPresentee

Section: Software + Apps, Design, iWork, Web Applications, Mac + Computers, SoftwareiPresentee is at it again with more Keynote additions. This time, they have rolled out their new theme package, Motion Themes 2.0. For only $25, you can get these five new themes which iPresentee has named Money, Rain, Exercise Book, Story and Curtain.  However, you can also buy them individually for $10 a piece. The product description reads, “Each Keynote Motion Theme comes with 14 or more master slide layouts and 1024x768 pixels in size moving background graphics. Keynote Motion Themes contains everything you will need to create unforgettable presentation.” Keynote Motion Themes 2.0 is the second group of templates iPresentee is offering for Keynote as they are already selling Keynote Motion Themes 1.0. Both of these packages require iWork ‘08 to be installed, and they can all be purchased at once for a price of $50. iPresentee offers a slew of Keynote and iWeb templates, themes, and objects, so be sure to check them out if you you want to help make your next presentation more appealing. Product Page [Keynote Motion Themes 2.0] Full Story » | Written by Josh Holat for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Jumsoft offers Aperture Web Themes, Pages Templates 2

Jumsoft has recently released new Aperture Web Themes and Pages Templates 2.0 for iWork, which includes 40 high-quality and professional templates. The new Aperture themes include five separate designs: The Frames Gray Theme produces pictures that have a photo frame, with shadows that imitate the real 3D look of the photo; Grid Black Theme offers a...

Office 2008 vs. iWork ’08: Can they get along?

We’ve compared Word and Pages, Excel and Numbers, PowerPoint and Keynote. But one question is still on readers minds: What about file compatibility?

One way to 'link' to files, folders, etc. in iWork documents

iWork apps only allow hyperlinks to web pages, to create email messages, and to bookmarked pages in your iWork document. However, I find it useful to have links to other files in the iWork document, as it saves digging around the file system. I normally create links by selecting the file in the Finder then going to Services » TextEdit » New Window Containing Selection. This opens a TextEdit window with a link to the file, which I can then copy into any Cocoa based document. iWork apps, however, only paste this link as text. To overcome this, I type in a line of text in the document (or in a comment) that specifies some combination of Spotlight type, attribute, and search text. I can then highlight this text and use a keyboard shortcut for the Spotlight Services menu item to bring up a Finder window containing matching items. This search can be very precise if required, and has the additional benefit that if the files are moved, they can still be found -- a traditional l...