Apple recently published updates to its core productivity applications for the iPhone and iPad.
Pages, Apple’s word processor, has a significant number of new features. The app now lets users share password-protected documents via iCloud or export them to .docx files. The app supports charts with date, time, and duration values, and makes it easier to start lists with new charactersThe app also improves support for bidirectional text, ePub export, and compatibility with Microsoft Word 2013 documents.
Keynote, Apple’s presentation app, includes many of the same improvements and also adds a new remote feature to control slideshows on other devices, adds new transitions, improves presenter display options, and adds custom number formats.
Numbers, Apple’s spreadsheet app, now permits spreadsheets to be viewed and edited in landscape orientation, adds iCloud sharing and .xlsx file export for secure documents, and improves compatibility with Microsoft’s Excel program.
Each app costs $9.99, but the update is free for customers who’ve already purchased the apps
