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Apple Unveils iWork ’05

Create, Present & Publish With Style

MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO—January 11, 2005—Apple® today unveiled iWork ’05, productivity software designed to take advantage of both Mac OS® X and iLife® ’05 to help users easily create, present and publish professional-looking documents and presentations. iWork ’05 introduces Pages, an innovative new word processor with an incredible sense of style, and also features Keynote™ 2, a major new version of Apple’s presentation software that lets anyone create cinematic-looking presentations. Both Pages and Keynote 2 take full advantage of the advanced typography and graphics engine of Mac OS X, are seamlessly integrated with iLife ’05, and include a collection of themes and templates that make it easy to produce stunning results in minutes.

“With iWork ’05, we’re building the successor to AppleWorks by taking advantage of the latest innovations in Mac OS X and iLife ’05,” said Sina Tamaddon, Apple’s senior vice president of Applications. “iWork ’05 makes it incredibly easy for anyone to create really great-looking documents, newsletters and presentations quickly and easily.”

Pages gives users the tools to create great looking letters, newsletters, reports, brochures and resumes with advanced typography, multiple columns, footnotes, tables of contents and styles. Featuring dynamic text wrapping and alignment guides, Pages lets users create free-form arrangements of text, graphics, photos, tables and charts. An integrated iLife media browser lets users drag and drop photos from the iPhoto™ library directly into documents, and with over 40 Apple-designed templates, Pages makes it easy to create amazing documents in minutes.

Keynote 2 is a powerful application that gives users everything they need to create compelling presentations, portfolios, interactive slideshows and storyboards. Keynote 2 delivers powerful slide animations to synchronize the movement of multiple objects and cinematic real-time animated text. The iLife media browser within Keynote makes it easy to insert photos, movies and music directly into presentations and with image masking, it’s easy to frame the exact part of the photo users want to display. Keynote 2 comes with 20 great-looking themes making it easy to create stunning presentations in minutes. Keynote 2 also helps presenters stay on track with the ability to use a second monitor to display upcoming slides, notes and a timer.

iWork ’05 imports AppleWorks and imports and exports Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files along with supporting a wide range of industry standard file formats including PDF, Adobe Photoshop, TIFF, JPG and QuickTime®. Keynote 2 now includes the ability to export presentations to Macromedia Flash.

Pricing & Availability
iWork ’05 will be available in the US on Saturday, January 22 and worldwide on Saturday, January 29 through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $79 (US). Minimum system requirements include Mac OS X version 10.3.6, a Macintosh® computer with a 500 MHz or faster PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processor (G4 for PowerBook), 128 MB of RAM (512MB recommended), 8MB of video RAM (32MB recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or later and iLife ’04 or later 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.

Press Contacts:
Derick Mains
Apple
(408) 974-6264
dmains@apple.com

Natalie Kerris
Apple
(408) 974-6877
nat@apple.com

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