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| Original author(s) | Apple | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Apple | ||||
| Initial release | January 11, 2004[1] | ||||
| Stable release | |||||
| Written in | Objective-C, C, JavaScript | ||||
| Operating system | Online: Clients: All devices with a modern web browser Apps: iOS, iPadOS, and macOS[4] | ||||
| Platform | x86-64 ARM (A4 and M1 onward) PowerPC (until 2009)[4] | ||||
| Type | Office suite | ||||
| License | Proprietary Freeware and commercial | ||||
| Website | iWork Pages Numbers Keynote | ||||
iWork is an office suite of applications created by Apple for its macOS, iPadOS, and iOS operating systems, and also available cross-platform through the iCloud website.
iWork includes the presentation application Keynote, the word-processing and desktop-publishing application Pages,[1][5] and the spreadsheet application Numbers.[6] Apple's design goals in creating iWork have been to allow Mac users to easily create attractive documents and spreadsheets, making use of macOS's extensive font library, integrated spelling checker, sophisticated graphics APIs and its AppleScript automation framework.
The equivalent Microsoft Office applications to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, respectively.[7] Although Microsoft Office applications cannot open iWork documents, iWork applications can open Office documents for editing, and export documents from iWork’s native formats (.pages, .numbers, .key) to Microsoft Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.) as well as to PDF files.
The oldest application in iWork is Keynote, first released as a standalone application in 2003 for use by Steve Jobs in his presentations. Steve Jobs announced Keynote saying "It's for when your presentation really matters".
Pages was released with the first iWork bundle in 2004; Numbers was added in 2007 with the release of iWork '08. The next release, iWork '09, also included beta access to iWork.com, an online service that allowed users to upload and share documents on the web,[6] now integrated into Apple's iCloud service. A version of iWork for iOS was released in 2010 with the first iPad, and the apps have been regularly updated since, including the addition of iPhone support. In 2013, Apple launched iWork web apps in iCloud; even years later, however, their functionality is somewhat limited compared to equivalents on the desktop.
iWork was initially sold as a suite for $79, then later at $19.99 per app on OS X and $9.99 per app on iOS. Apple announced in October 2013 that all iOS and OS X devices purchased onwards,[8] whether new or refurbished, would be eligible for a free download of all three iWork apps: after device setup, the user can “claim” the apps on the App Store, after which they’re permanently linked to the user’s Apple ID. iWork for iCloud, which also incorporates a document hosting service, is free to all iCloud users. iWork was released for free on macOS and iOS (including older or resold devices) in April 2017.
In September 2016, Apple announced that the real-time collaboration feature would be available for all iWork apps.[9]
- ^ a b "Apple Unveils iWork '05" (Press release). Apple. January 11, 2004. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ^ Ed Hardy (2 April 2024). "iWork 14 brings useful tweaks to Pages, Numbers and Keynote". Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Pages". 2 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "iWork System Requirements".
- ^ "Apple Unveils Keynote" (Press release). Apple. January 7, 2003. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
pr08was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Eckel, Erik (21 July 2014). "Office vs. iWork: Which performs best in the real world?". TechRepublic. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ "Up-to-Date Program for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote". Apple. October 22, 2013. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013.
- ^ "Apple updates iWork for Mac, adding real-time collaboration beta to Pages, Numbers & Keynote". AppleInsider. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.