The new version of iwork for mac computers, iwork 11 for mac was e released on January 2011. iWork is an office suite application that is developed by Apple for its computers on Mac OS X and also the iPad. This iwork application is comprised of a total of three applications which are; Pages, Numbers and Keynote. It was initially estimated that all three applications would cost the user $19.99 each to get. With that release, that version became the newest version of the office suite application from Apple.
There are three iwork applications that are included in the new iwork version. Keynote which was initially sold as a stand-alone application is a presentation program. Pages on the other hand, a combination of word processing and paper layout application is also available on iWork. For spreadsheet functions, Apple created an application which they named as Number. All these three office suite applications are contained in the new iwork version software.
What is the history of iwork 11 for mac
Apple created the first ever version for iwork back in January 11, 2005. This version was referred to as iWork ’05 and was released at the Macworld Conference and Expo but was made available in the US on January 22 and later January 29 to the rest of the world. However, this first version had only two applications in it. These are; Pages which is a word processing application and Keynote 2, presentation software program. People who wanted to have a trial had a 30 day trail window to review the product by downloading from Apple Inc’s website. To purchase it, you had to part with $79.0.
The following year on January 10, 2006 iWork ’06 was released which now contained updated versions of the two applications, Keynote and Pages. These two programs were initially released as universal binaries which meant that they would be able to run on PowerPC processors and Intel processors which were then being used in new iMac desktops. The next versions were iWork ’08 released on August 7, 2007, iWork ’09 released on January 6, 2009 and iWork 11 on October 12, 2011.
While Microsoft which is the developer for the Internet Explorer for Mac ceased developing further the software in 2003 with the last version being V 5.2.3, there is way you can install and run Internet Explorer 7, 8 or even 9 on your Mac computer. This is done using virtualization software such as VMWare or VirtualBox among others. This software enables you to run internet explorer or even other Windows applications atop Mac’s OS X directly.
One f the best software to use is particularly VirtualBox which is actually available for use for free of charge. This software is developed by Oracle one of the best software developing companies in the world. You will also need the IE testing virtual machines from Microsoft which are actually free. With these software applications, you will then need to convert the internet explorer virtual machines in order to enable them function under OS X.
This is an automated procedure which even makes it much easier for novice users. Something that you should however note is that the admin password for the internet explorer virtual machines is “Password1” but minus the quotes. This password has been tested and shown to function with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
Advantage of using this method to run internet explorer for mac
If you would have used any other method for doing this, you would have had to undergo the Microsoft’s 30 day limitation. You are able to circumvent this hurdle by using the snapshots which is a feature on VirtualBox. By doing this you will have enabled the software to preserve the original Windows virtual machine state and enables you access and use of the installed internet explorer virtual machine but without any limitation. It reverts to the original snapshot right after the 30 days lock happens. This in sense saves you a lot of time that you would have had to spend installing the internet explorer on your Macintosh computer.
After the 30 days limitation, you can still use the snapshot by opening VirtualBox and selecting IE VM which is the internet explorer virtual machine and then click “snapshots” option. Right after doing that all you will need to do is booting your system from the originally created snapshot and be able to use the internet explorer for another 30 days before you can repeat the same procedure again.
What are the components of iwork 11 for mac
Pages is the one contained applications in this software version. This is a word processing application that also has paper layout features and the basic word processing functions found in other word processing software. This application has about 40 templates that allow the user to create different types of documents from newsletters to resumes. A user can drag and drop movies, photos and music files into the documents using the Media Browser. Users can use this particular software to even open and edit Microsoft Word documents, both doc and XML files. It can also export the documents created in the PAD, DOC and even ePub formats.
Another application is Keynote which is an application that is used for creating and making presentations. It is similar in functionality as Microsoft’s PowerPoint application which is also used for similar functions. There is however some few differences from other like applications which include the fact that Keynote is integrated into the iLife application suite which is developed by Apple as well. Pages and Numbers also are integrated in iLife too. You can drop files such as iMovies, iTunes, iPhoto into this application to make your presentations. For that reason, Keynote is designed to support a number of media files which are saved as .key files when completed.
Numbers is the third application that is contained in iWork 11 for Macintosh machines. This application is a spreadsheet application that works in similar ways as Microsoft’s Excel. This application sis used to enable users to arrange and organize data in tables and even make calculations because there are formulas integrated into the application. One is able to create charts and graphs too using Numbers application in iWork 11. In iWork ’09, Numbers 2 was integrated which is an updated version that Number 1. The first version could not allow users to arrange data in columns but Numbers 2 is able to do that and even enable users to summarize and collapse the columns.