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What’s new in Pages ’09

Now getting started is quicker. Writing is easier. And the results are more impressive than ever.

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Full-screen view

See your work without distractions.

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Dynamic outlines

Organise and structure ideas.

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Mail merge with Numbers

Personalise your documents.

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Template Chooser

More templates. Even faster browsing.

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More ways to share

Open, save and email Microsoft Word files.

Full-screen view

When your desktop is cluttered, it can be hard to focus on what you’re writing. Now Pages ’09 lets you see your document full screen. With a click, distractions instantly disappear and your words become the most important thing on the screen.

Work without distractions.

In one click, desktop clutter disappears so you can focus on what you’re writing.

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Find out how to use Full-screen view

Fullscreen View
Outline mode

Dynamic outlines

It’s easier to write when your ideas are structured. The new Outline mode helps you organise your thoughts so your writing stays on track. Create a detailed outline with multiple levels. Collapse and expand topics and subtopics. Drag and drop to reorganise. Inline images and movies appear in your outline either as thumbnails or at actual size.

Outline your ideas.

With Outline mode, you can structure your thoughts into topics and subtopics. And view your outline as thumbnails or at actual size.

Find out how to use Outline mode

Mail merge

Mail merge with Numbers

Now it’s even easier to address invitations, create invoices, personalise letters and build mailing lists. Enhanced mail merge in Pages ’09 works directly with a Numbers table or Address Book. In just a few clicks, you can merge your contacts or any type of data and easily create customised documents.

Personalise your documents.

Merge your data from Numbers or your contacts from Address Book to create personalised documents.

Find out how to use Mail merge

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Enhanced Template Chooser

Find inspiration for your writing or design project even faster. Over 180 Apple-designed templates are included — professional letters, detailed lab reports, beautiful cards, modern flyer layouts and more. Use the new Template Chooser to quickly skim, preview and even resize each thumbnail. Choose one and you’re off to a great start.

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Explore great-looking templates.

Pages brings you new Apple-designed templates — now there are over 180 total. Just replace the text placeholders with your own words and drop in photos.

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More ways to share

Share your Pages documents with anyone on a Mac or PC. You can open Microsoft Word files in Pages and save your Pages documents as Word files. Thanks to powerful graphics tools in Pages, it’s easy to make Word documents look great. Pages also lets you export your documents as PDF files. With the new email option, send Pages, Word or PDF files right from Pages using Mac OS X Mail. Or upload your work to iWork.com Public Beta,1 Apple’s new document-sharing service. Reviewers can view your document on the web, make comments and download it in a format that works best for them.

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Share your documents.

Open and save as Microsoft Word files. Email documents right from Pages. And share with anyone on the web.

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Find out how to share your documents

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  1. iWork.com Public Beta is a pre-release version of the iWork.com service. iWork.com is not included with the purchase of iWork; separate account setup and activation are required. Fees may apply to future versions of the service. Internet access and Pages '09, Numbers '09 and Keynote '09 or later are required. Terms of Service apply.