IWork for Mac OS X cookbook / Alexander Anichkin.

"Over 50 recipes which go beyond the manuals and explore the incredible potential iWork to do the job of a full creative suite."

In Detail iWork is Apple on a shoestring: iWork costs a fraction of the price of full creative suites and yet is packed with the potential to achieve the same results. With its word processing and design application called Pages, spreadsheet program Numbers, and presentation creator Keynote, the elegance of iWork is its intuitive behaviour which makes it easy to learn and popular with Mac users. While Pages can open Word documents and be exported into Word, Numbers doesn't stumble over Excel and iWork documents can be created and viewed on portable devices. Lesser known is iWork's ability to give users great design capability which is comparable to top-end programs such as InDesign and Quark. "iWork for Mac OS X Cookbook" is the 'missing manual' which shows users how to exploit iWork's full potential. By taking a lateral approach to this relatively inexpensive software, you can find solutions to all your professional and creative needs, from designing logos and brochures to producing a high quality monthly magazine. This cookbook begins with simple ways to format and organize text with stunning graphic highlights and drop caps, as well as showing how easy it is to import and export MS documents in a couple of clicks. This well-illustrated, step-by-step guide then shows you how to create your own unique clip art, logos, and photo cut-outs and even how to draw your own pictures for home or professional projects, such as cards or magazines. Packed with the author's own tips and his 'beyond the manuals' approach to iWork, this book will convince you that, whatever you're working on, this is the only productivity suite you need. Approach This book is packed with illustrations and tips to master all the components of the iWork suite and the cookbook problem-solution approach eases the learning curve. Who this book is for This book will show both the new and the confident iWork user how this inexpensive software has all the potential of full creative suites to produce professional quality documents, from unique logos to glossy magazines.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Lateral Thinking; Introduction; What to do when color options disappear; Copying and pasting from Numbers to Pages; Stacking photos by using the Bring to Front and Send to Back options to layer photos; Using Command + F to search long documents when editing; Chapter 2:Working with Text; Introduction; Changing font (typeface)-when to use toolbar, menus, or Font Panel; Blank paragraphs versus space after paragraph

Fitting more text on a page than it can hold Using tabs to stop text sticking to the edges of a colored background; Creating smudged highlights for text; Creating drop caps with the Custom Image bullets; Chapter 3:Working Across Platforms and Applications; Introduction; Dragging a Word file onto the Pages icon to open it; Opening Excel documents in Numbers, editing them, and exporting them back into; Excel; Keynote and PowerPoint-working together; Using screenshots and PNG files-shortcuts, options, and tricks; Fitting files of other formats into iWork documents

Making JPEG images from iWork documents Making a good PDF from an iWork document, and CMYK PDFs for professional printing; Dragging and dropping files from one application to another; Chapter 4:Where to Find Shortcuts and How to Remember Them; Introduction; Shortcuts for opening new documents, new folders, and duplicates; Saving and autosaving-don't rely on Auto Save; Send to Back and Bring to Front-iWork-specific shortcuts; Grouping and ungrouping-making multiple elements into one; Undo and Redo-the most important shortcuts; Chapter 5: Working with Photos: Tips and Tricks; Introduction

Placing, cropping, editing, moving, and resizing photos Masking photos and the magnifying glass trick; Masking versus Image Fill: when Image Fill is easier than Masking; Background images: setting a photo as the background and finding suitable photos; Removing and changing the background in photos with Instant Alpha; Using ""patches"" to improve photos; Making cutouts with edited masks; Chapter 6:Graphic Design-Working with Clip Art and Making Your Own; Introduction; Making symbols from Character Palette into clip art. Where is clip art for iWork?

Using elements of iWork templates as clip art-clipping a photo to a hand-written noteMaking your digital photos into a piece of clip art; Putting images inside letters-filling letters with photos and other graphic images; Turning a star into a thought bubble-how to edit shapes; Chapter 7: Graphic Design: Making Your Own Logo; Introduction; Editing basic shapes to create a logo; Adding or deleting editing points to create a heart shape; Drawing logos with the Free Draw tool: Picasso's dog; Rectangle, oval, and arrow: stacking, editing, and finding the right color

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