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Apple Training Series: iWork 09
- By Richard Harrington
- Published Mar 26, 2009 by Peachpit Press.
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Description
- Copyright 2013
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-13-341502-3
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-341502-5
In the only Apple-certified guide to iWork ’09, you’ll learn to create everything from first-rate business presentations and newsletters to effective budgets and event planners. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The self-paced book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. You’ll learn to:
• Master the iWork suite of tools quickly through fun, real-world projects
• Design a Keynote presentation from storyboard to Web export
• Add animated charts and custom backgrounds to a presentation with ease
• Publish great-looking newsletters and brochures in print and on the Web
• Build a professional marketing package from scratch
• Create expense reports, track budgets, and plan special events
• Sort, organize, and chart data using sophisticated spreadsheet calculations
The Apple Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program. To find out more about Apple Training, or to find an Authorized Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/training.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Intro: Getting Started with the iWork Suite
CH 1 – Creating a Basic Presentation
CH 2 – Adding Images and Sound to Your Presentation
CH 3 – Adding Video and Animation
CH 4 – Building a Custom Theme
CH 5– Converting from PowerPoint & Working with Charts
CH 6 – Rehearsing and Delivering Your Presentation
CH 7 – Publishing Your Presentation
CH 8 – Word Processing
CH 9 – Building a Report
CH 10– Creating a Newsletter
CH 11 – Creating Promotional Materials
CH 12 – Creating Materials for the Classroom
CH 13 – Spreadsheet Essentials
CH 14 – Creating an Event Planner
CH 15 – Advanced Spreadsheet Operations
CH 16 – Advanced Charting Operations
Updates
Updates & Corrections
NOTE: Effective October 2013, references to taking the certification exam at Prometric are no longer valid. Please see training.apple.com for more details.
Due to changes in the availability and features of related products, please make note of the following to the book since it was published.
Page- Change step 1 to read "Before you reduce the size of an image or media file, save your document. Choose File > Save to write the latest version to your hard drive, or choose File > Duplicate to create a copy of the presentation."
- Ignore the tip for Step 3 as you can no longer use Save As to save a iWork '08 version of your document.
- Change step 7 to read "Choose File > Duplicate then Choose File > Save, name the file 05_Presentation Stage 01.key, and save it to your hard drive."
- In Saving a PowerPoint FIle, the Save As menu item is no longer available. Instead, use the following steps to save a PowerPoint file:
- Choose File > Export > PPT.
- Click Next.
- Modify the filename for the document (if desired).
- In the Where pop-up menu, select the location where you want to save the PowerPoint file. Click the disclosure triangle to the right of the Save As field if the file browser isn’t visible, and navigate to the desired folder.
- Click Export.
A new PowerPoint file is created.
- The answer for question 5 should be “Choose File > Export > PPT.”
- Under Proof Your Presentation, remove the last bullet referring to using iWork.com.
- The note for step 1 should read “You can also create a PowerPoint file by choosing File > Export > PPT.”
- Strike the Tip referencing iWork.com as iWork.com is no longer available.
- Ignore the MORE INFO note as MobileMe is no longer available.
- Ignore the section “Sending to iWeb” as iWeb is no longer available.
- In step 8, strike the second sentence “The controls are similar to the iDVD export options discussed later in this lesson.“
- Ignore the section “Sharing a Presentation with iWork.com” as iWork.com is no longer available.
- Ignore the section “Sharing a Presentation with iChat Theater” as iChat Theater is no longer available.
- Ignore the “Making a DVD: Exporting to iDVD” section as iDVD is no longer available.
- Ignore question 5 and its corresponding answer as iChat Theater is no longer available.
- In step 3, change “your Address Book” to “Contacts.”
- In step 8, change “an Address Book card file” to “a Contacts card file.”
- In step 9, change “Address Book” to “Contacts.”
- Change all references of “Address Book” to “Contacts.”
239 Change steps 5-7 to read as follows:
- Choose File > Duplicate.
- Choose File > Save.
- Name the file Phoenix Mission Revision 1.pages.
- Navigate to the Lesson_09 folder, and click Save.
- In the note for step 4, change “Address Book” to “Contacts.”
- Ignore the section “Sharing a Document on iWork.com” as iWork.com is no longer available.
- Ignore question 5 and its corresponding answer as iWork.com is no longer available.
- Changes steps 11-13 to read as follows:
- Choose File > Duplicate.
- Choose File > Save.
- Name the file 11Catering_Menu.pages and save it to the Lesson_11 folder.
- Change Steps 13-15 to read as follows:
- Choose File > Duplicate.
- Choose FIle > Save.
- Name the file 11Band_Flyer.pages and save it to the Lesson_11 folder.
- Strike step 6 as iWeb is no longer available.
- In step 3, change “Address Book” to “Contacts.”
- In the introduction to Exporting Your Spreadsheet, ignore the reference to iWork.com.
- Change the note for step 2 to read “You can also choose File > Export to save a copy of your Numbers document as an Excel file to your hard drive.”
- Ignore the section “Sharing a Document with iWork.com” as iWork.com is no longer available.
- Ignore the section “Publishing with iWeb” as iWeb is no longer available.