Apple Announces iWork '06

3-D Charts, Advanced Image Editing Tools & Spreadsheet-like Tables Highlight

New Features in Pages & Keynote

MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Apple(R) today announced iWork(TM) '06, a new version of Apple's suite
of productivity software with new features designed to make it easy
for users to create even more compelling documents and presentations.
iWork '06 includes major enhancements within Pages(TM) 2 and
Keynote(TM) 3 including stunning three- dimensional charts,
iPhoto(R)-like advanced image editing and masking tools, and
spreadsheet-like tables that make it easy to get great results in
minutes.

"By leveraging the power of Mac OS X and seamlessly integrating
photos, movies and music from iLife, iWork '06 brings productivity
software to life," said Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of
Applications Marketing. "With great new features in both Pages and
Keynote, iWork '06 offers even more ways to create, present and
publish professional-looking documents and presentations."

iWork '06 is highlighted by a set of new features within Pages 2 and
Keynote 3 that give users the ability to create more sophisticated
documents and presentations. Tables with spreadsheet-like calculations
can be inserted within any document or presentation giving users the
ability to add, multiply or average numbers in rows or columns. Users
can also create stunning three- dimensional charts featuring realistic
wood grain, metal and marble textures and fully control the viewing
angle. iPhoto-like advanced image editing tools help to perfect photos
directly within documents and presentations. Freeform shapes and
curves, including Bezier curves and shapes with perfectly smooth edges
are easy to create and use to mask images. iWork '06 also adds the
ability to include reviewer's comments to slides and documents without
affecting the layout.

The easiest way to create great looking documents from simple letters
and flyers to professional-quality newsletters and brochures, Pages 2
features mail merge with Mac OS(R) X Address Book, making it easy to
personalize documents with predefined fields within templates and
quickly drag and drop individual contacts into documents. Pages 2 also
features two dozen new templates for newsletters, flyers, posters,
school reports, scrapbooks, brochures, business proposals and invoices
to give users a head start in creating custom documents. New thumbnail
and search views make it easy to work with large documents and quickly
find any word or phrase within a document.

Keynote 3 offers more ways to create cinema-quality presentations and
interactive slideshows with new features designed to bring those
presentations to life. Keynote 3 features new cinematic transitions
including vertical or horizontal blinds, revolving door, swoosh and
more. Keynote 3 offers even more Apple-designed themes, including four
specifically designed to take advantage of HD displays. A new Light
Table view mode makes it easy to view an entire presentation
at-a-glance and reorganize slides using drag and drop while flexible
build animations provide more control of bullet lists, tables and
charts including unique timing and sequence of individual bullets,
rows, columns or series.

iWork '06 supports a wide range of industry standard file formats
including Microsoft PowerPoint and PDF. Keynote 3 imports and exports
PowerPoint files and exports presentations to QuickTime(R), Macromedia
Flash, HTML and iLife. Pages 2 imports and exports Microsoft Word,
RTF, HTML and plain text files. Both Keynote 3 and Pages 2 export to
PDF and import associated AppleWorks(R) files.

Pricing & Availability

iWork '06 is now available through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com),
Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested
retail price of $79 (US). A 30-day iWork '06 trial will be available
on new hardware and with copies of Mac OS X and iLife '06 sold at
retail. After 30 days, the trial becomes an iWork '06 player. iWork
'06 requires Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or 10.4.3 or later, a
Macintosh(R) computer with a 500 MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5
or Intel(R) Core(TM) processor, 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended), 32MB
of video RAM, QuickTime 7.0.3 or later, and a DVD drive required for
install. iLife '06 is recommended.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation
with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating
system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also
spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music
players and iTunes online music store.

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