Article: Pages' 09: Apple's word processor learns some business-friendly tricks.(iWork '09)(Product/service evaluation)

Pages sees some significant changes in '09. Those changes make Pages '09 a much more viable option than Pages '08 (GOOD 1/2; macworld.com/4315) for business-related text processing and page layout.

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Templates

For starters, Pages '09 sports the same redesigned Template Chooser found in all three iWork '09 applications. While at first the features may seem like little more than window dressing, you'll find that it makes wading through Pages' collection of templates much easier. (Forty new templates have been added to the 140 that came with Pages '08).

Moving your mouse over a template now gives you a preview of all ...

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