iLife '06 and iWork '06: Apple.www.apple.com, Software, $79 each This application introduces iWeb, which creates professional-looking pages, online photo albums, blogs and Podcasts. The suite also includes iPhoto 6, which supports up to 250,000 photos and introduces Photocasting, a new way to share photos directly with friends and family; iMovie HD 6, which offers new audio-enhancement tools and sound effects and lets users preview effects in real time; iDVD 6, which allows users to take content shot with the latest HDV HDV - Heavy-Duty Vehicle HDv - Heeresdienstvorschrift (German Army) HDV - Hepatitis Delta Virus HDV - High Definition Video HDV - High Density Voice (Cisco) HDV - High Dollar Value HDV - Hochdruck-Direktverdampfung (German) HDV - Horse Drawn Vehicle (UK) and widescreen DV cameras and author custom DVDs with widescreen menus; and GarageBand for creating professional-quality Podcasts. Apple's new iWork '06 suite offers major enhancements within Pages 2 and Keynote 3 that let users 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. Page 2 features mail merge Printing customized form letters. A common feature of a word processor, it uses a letter and a name and address list. In the letter, Dear A: Thank you for ordering B from our C store..., A, B and C are merge points into which data are inserted from the list. See variable data printing, field squeeze and line squeeze. with Mae OS X Address Book and 24 new templates for newsletters, flyers, posters, school reports, brochures and more. Keynote 3 offers new cinematic transitions, including vertical or horizontal blinds and revolving door, and four specially-designed themes to take advantage of HD displays. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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