The productivity bundle of apps from Apple have just been updated with the release of Yosemite. Information about the updates and apps is below.
Design tools
- More colors to choose from
- New custom color mixer on iPad
- Use the color picker to sample any color in your presentation and apply it anywhere
- New Trace animation
- Build animations including Blinds, Fly In, Fly Out, Orbital, Pivot, Scale Big, Swoosh, Droplet, Grid, Drift, Scale, and Skid
- Transitions including Blinds, Color Planes, Confetti, Fall, Perspective, Pivot, Swoosh, and Object Revolve
Charting
- Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
Editing
- Take photos and videos without leaving the app
- Improved bidirectional support: switch direction from menu for text, lists, and tables
- Detailed presentation import feedback
Sharing
- “View only” setting lets you share presentations you want others to view but not edit
- Share password-protected presentations via iCloud link
- Support for iCloud Drive
- Support for third-party storage providers
Microsoft PowerPoint compatibility
- Export to PPTX format
Usability and performance
- Use multipeer connectivity to pair nearby iOS devices
- New Presenter Display layouts
- Highlighter — Use your finger to illustrate slides as you present
- Keynote Remote functionality integrated directly into Keynote app
- Updated file format makes it easier to send presentations via services such as Gmail and Dropbox
- Use Handoff to seamlessly switch between iPad, Mac, and iPhone
- Column and row labels in tables
- Print floating comments
- Usability improvements for resizing and positioning charts
- Improved accessibility
- Improved bidirectional language support
- Enhanced Presenter Display options
- Improved animation performance
- Search presentations by name
- Support for iOS 8
Numbers for iOS gets
Working with data
- Instantly rearrange data in tables with new Transpose feature
Charting
- Chart date and duration values
- Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
- Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Numbers ’09 and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
Design tools
- Take photos and videos without leaving the app
- More colors to choose from
- New custom color mixer on iPad
- Use the color picker to sample any color in your spreadsheet and apply it anywhere
Sharing
- “View only” setting lets you share spreadsheets you want others to view but not edit
- Share password-protected spreadsheets via iCloud link
- Support for iCloud Drive
- Support for third-party storage providers
Microsoft Excel compatibility
- Export password-protected spreadsheets to XLSX format
- Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel 2013 spreadsheets
Usability and performance
- Updated file format makes it easier to send spreadsheets via services such as Gmail and Dropbox
- Use Handoff to seamlessly switch between iPad, Mac, and iPhone
- Edit spreadsheets in landscape orientation on iPhone and iPod touch
- Search spreadsheets by name
- Faster CSV import
- Progress indicator for calculations
- Support for iOS 8
- Column and row labels in tables
- Inter-table alignment guides
- Print floating comments
- Usability improvements for resizing and positioning charts
- Improved accessibility
- Improved bidirectional language support
Pages for iOS gets update
Word processing
- View character count with or without spaces
- Start a list automatically using new special characters
- Arabic and Hebrew templates
- Word count for Hebrew
- Improved support for bidirectional text
- Create charts with date, time, and duration values
- Improved bidirectional language support
Design tools
- Take photos and videos without leaving the app
- More colors to choose from
- New custom color mixer on iPad
- Use the color picker to sample any color in your document and apply it anywhere
- Insert inline images in tables, headers, and footers
- Vertical ruler
- Customizable alignment guides
- Delete sections from the page navigator
- Better placement of inserted and pasted objects
- Inline images and shapes in table cells are preserved on import
- Control the z-order of bubble chart labels
- Export ePub files containing video
Sharing
- Support for iCloud Drive
- Support for third-party storage providers
- “View only” setting lets you share documents you want others to view but not edit
- Share password-protected documents via iCloud link
- Improved ePub export
Microsoft Word compatibility
- Export password-protected documents to DOCX format
- Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Pages ’09 and Microsoft Word documents
- Improved compatibility with Microsoft Word 2013 documents
Usability and performance
- Updated file format makes it easier to send documents via services such as Gmail and Dropbox
- Use Handoff to seamlessly switch between iPad, Mac, and iPhone
- Search documents by name
- Support for iOS 8
- Insert inline images in tables, headers, and footers
- Inter-table alignment guides
- Column and row labels in tables
- Usability improvements for resizing and positioning charts
- Improved accessibility
iPad Notebook 