Welcome to the Apple-certified training course for the iWork ’09 suite of products: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.
This book is about creating presentations, publications, and spreadsheets—but it’s also about how to take those documents a little further into the creative realm than they normally go.
iWork ’09 features three powerful applications for producing everything from school newsletters to business presentations. With Keynote ’09, you can produce cinema-quality presentations and slideshows. With Pages ’09, you can quickly create a variety of stunning documents. With Numbers ’09, you can produce innovative spreadsheets with over 250 functions to help you organize data, perform calculations, and manage lists.
Whether you are a student, a business owner, or a creative pro, iWork can help you organize your ideas and information and then publish them in compelling, accessible ways. The lessons in this book teach you how to use iWork ’09 to express yourself with style.
This book emphasizes hands-on training, with practical step-by-step lessons and project files. The lessons advance by progressively increasing the complexity of the media you use and the projects you create. For example, you start by working with text in a Keynote slideshow, and then add images, animations, video, and more. The exercises are designed to help you learn the best features of the applications. Above all, these lessons are meant to be practical—not esoteric projects to show off the software, but real-world projects for real-life people with time constraints, well-worn equipment, and concerns about budget.
If you are new to iWork, it’s best to start at the beginning and progress through each lesson in order, because each lesson builds on information learned in previous ones. If you have some experience with the application, you can choose to start with the section that addresses Keynote, Pages, or Numbers directly.
The book is divided into three sections: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Each of the 16 lessons in this book focuses on a different aspect of project creation and distribution.
Keynote: Making Great Presentations
In Lessons 1 through 7, you’ll work with presentations in Keynote. You’ll learn how to create compelling presentations quickly; how add photos, graphics, charts, video, and web links; and how to animate elements of your slides to keep your presentation moving. You’ll also take advantage of the versatility of Keynote, importing and enhancing documents from other applications and publishing your presentation in a variety of formats.
Pages: Publishing Made Easy
Numbers: Working with Spreadsheets
In Lessons 13 and 14, you’ll learn your way around Numbers, working with spreadsheets, reports, and budgets, creating beautiful charts and graphs, and designing a wedding planner to track the big event from beginning to end. Lessons 15 and 16 cover more advanced spreadsheet and charting operations.
This book is written for iWork ’09. You must install the iWork ’09 software before copying the lesson files to your computer or beginning the lessons.
Because iWork ’09 is designed to work with Apple’s iLife suite (which comes free with any new Macintosh computer), several of the lessons dip into iPhoto or other iLife applications, especially when you use photos or publish to the web. If you have an older version of iLife, certain exercises will not work exactly as written, but you will still be able to use this book and learn how to use the iWork ’09 suite. You will need to upgrade to the current iLife ’09 version to follow along with every exercise in every lesson. The upgrade can be purchased online at www.apple.com and is available from any store that sells Apple software.
Before you begin the lessons in this book, you should have a working knowledge of your Mac and its operating system. You don’t need to be an expert, but you do need to know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and how to open, save, and close files. You should have a working understanding of how Mac OS X helps organize files on your computer, and you should also be comfortable opening applications (from the Dock or the Applications folder). If you need to review any of these techniques, see the printed or online documentation that came with your computer.
For a list of the minimum system requirements for iWork, refer to the Apple website at www.apple.com/iwork/systemrequirements.html.
This book includes a DVD-ROM, which contains all the files you’ll need to complete the lessons. You must install the iWork ’09 application before copying the lesson files to your computer.
Insert the DVD-ROM into your computer’s DVD drive.
Double-click to open the DVD-ROM.
Drag the iWork09_Book_Files folder from the DVD to your computer’s desktop. The files will be copied to your computer.
The iWork09_Book_Files folder contains the lesson files used in this course. Each lesson has its own folder.
Apple Training Series: iWork ’09 is part of the official training series for Apple applications, developed by experts in the field and certified by Apple. The lessons are designed to let you learn at your own pace. If you follow the book from start to finish, or at least complete the lessons in each section consecutively, you will build on what you learned in previous lessons.
Apple offers Associate-level certification for the iWork ’09 product suite. Professionals, educators, and students can earn Apple Certified Associate status to validate entry-level skills in our digital lifestyle and productivity applications. As a special offer, this Apple Training Series book includes a discount code that lets you take the certification exam online for $45 (a $65 value). Details appear on the DVD.
For those who prefer to learn in an instructor-led setting, Apple also offers training courses that lead to certification at Apple Authorized Training Centers worldwide in iLife, iWork, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and Apple’s Pro applications. These courses are taught by Apple Certified Trainers. They balance concepts and lectures with hands-on labs and exercises.
To learn more about Apple Training and Certification, or to find an Authorized Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/training.
Apple Training Series: iWork ’09 is not a comprehensive reference manual, nor does it replace the documentation that comes with the application. For more information about program features, refer to these resources:
Companion Peachpit Press website: As iWork ’09 is updated, Peachpit may choose to update lessons as necessary. Visit www.peachpit.com/ats.iwork09.
The iWork ’09 Reference Guide: Accessed through the Keynote, Pages, and Numbers Help menus, this contains a complete description of all features.
Apple’s website: www.apple.com.