Apple iWork for macOS and iOS Updated with a Slew of New features

BY Mahit Huilgol

Published 25 Jun 2019

Today Apple has updated Keynote, Pages, and numbers across iOS and macOS. The update arrives with a slew of important features and is available for both iOS and macOS.

As part of the update, Apple is now using face detection to intelligently position subjects in photos and placeholders and objects. Apart from that, the update also offers new styling options and Apple Pencil customization on iOS. Let us take a closer look at the changelogs for each of the apps across both iOS and macOS.

Pages for iOS changelog

Pages for iOS snags the following features,

  • Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.
  • Create links from text to other pages in a page layout document.
  • Copy and paste pages or sections between documents.
  • Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.
  • Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned in placeholders and objects.
  • Reapply a master page so text and media placeholders return to their default style and position.
  • Create books using new templates for novels (available in English only).

Pages for macOS changelog

Pages for macOS now lets you choose Apple Pencil to draw, select and scroll. The detailed changelog is as follows

  • Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.
  • Customize lists by choosing from new bullet types, changing the size and color of bullets, creating custom bullets, adjusting indentation levels, and more.
  • Choose Learn Spelling to add a word to the spelling dictionary.
  • Create links from text to other pages in a page layout document.
  • Copy and paste pages or sections between documents.
  • Use new chart editing capabilities to change the style of individual series, adjust spacing between columns, add trendlines, and more.
  • Adjust the appearance of cell borders in tables.
  • Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.
  • Choose whether Apple Pencil is used to start drawing or to select and scroll — or toggle between these options via double-tap using a supported Apple Pencil.
  • Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned in placeholders and objects.
  • Reapply a master page so text and media placeholders return to their default style and position.
  • Create books using new templates for novels (available in English only).

Numbers for macOS changelog

Moving on, Numbers for macOS changelog includes

  • Greatly improved accuracy using the enhanced 128-bit calculation engine.
  • Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.
  • Create links from text to other sheets in a spreadsheet.
  • Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.
  • Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned in placeholders and objects.
  • Improved performance while editing and sorting tables.
  • Add rows to filtered tables.

Numbers for iOS changelog

Meanwhile, Numbers for iOS update snags the following features,

  • Greatly improved accuracy using the enhanced 128-bit calculation engine.
  • Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.
  • Create links from text to other sheets in a spreadsheet.
  • Add rows to filtered tables.
  • Use new chart editing capabilities to change the style of individual series, adjust spacing between columns, add trendlines, and more.
  • Adjust the appearance of cell borders in tables.
  • Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.
  • Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned in placeholders and objects.
  • Choose whether Apple Pencil is used to start drawing or to select and scroll — or toggle between these options via double-tap using a supported Apple Pencil.
  • Customize lists by choosing from new bullet types, changing the size and color of bullets, creating custom bullets, adjusting indentation levels, and more.
  • Choose Learn Spelling to add a word to the spelling dictionary.

Keynote Universal Changelog

Keynote for iOS and macOS, both will now let you edit master slides during the presentation and use face detection feature. Below is the universal Keynotes changelog,

  • Edit master slides while collaborating on a presentation.
  • Style your text by filling it with gradients or images, or by applying new outline styles.
  • Place images, shapes, and equations inline in text boxes so they move with text.
  • Using face detection, subjects in photos are intelligently positioned in placeholders and objects.

Keynote iOS Changelog

  • Adjust the appearance of cell borders in tables.
  • Choose whether Apple Pencil is used to start drawing or to select and scroll — or toggle between these options via double-tap using a supported Apple Pencil.
  • Customize lists by choosing from new bullet types, changing the size and color of bullets, creating custom bullets, adjusting indentation levels, and more.
  • Choose Learn Spelling to add a word to the spelling dictionary.
  • Use new chart editing capabilities to change the style of individual series, adjust the spacing between columns, add trendlines, and more.