Keynote: Software Part Two

Time to get some iWork done.

iWork's got two applications in it, the first being Keynote 2, featuring the animated text and graphics from this Keynote.  It also includes new slide animations, new themes, a presenter display with timers and on-deck slide views.  Keynote 2 now supports Flash and PDF output.

The totally new app is Pages, includes 40 Apple-designed templates, in the same vein as Keynote.  Family newsletters, restaurant menus, surf school brochures, as well as basic letters are included.

Phil comes on stage to demo Pages, which shows a drop-down template menu on startup.  Templates are organized by type, and Phil chooses a family newsletter.  Text and photos are already there, and Phil simply changes the text while typography stays the same.  He opens a tray that accesses his iPhoto library.  He drags a photo and the text resizes and shifts automatically.  Each document can add multiple pages with unique formatting, this time with mostly text and a table object in the middle.  Phil then selects two columns from the column tool.  (Sidenote: When the feed changes to show a system screen and Phil/Steve, the video reflections are rendered like iChat).

iWork will be $79 and be available on January 22nd.