Apple Training Series: iWork 06 with iLife 06 (Paperback)

~ Richard Harrington (Author)

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Product Description

The second generation of Apple's iWork productivity suite is poised to allow mac users to create, present and publish their work with style! iWork '06 features two powerful applications for creating everything from newsletters to business presentations. With Pages 2 you can quickly create a wide variety of stunning documents and with Keynote 3 you can produce quality presentations and more. Here to show users how to take their creative projects to new heights is the only Apple-certified curriculum for the iWork '06 suite. This self-paced learning tool takes readers step-by-step through practical, real-word projects, teaching all aspects of iWork '06. Coverage includes iWork’s new shared features including creating tables with calculations, three-dimensional charts and freeform shapes and masks. The reader will also learn about all of the exciting additional features including the new Apple-designed templates within Pages 2 and the new cinematic tranistions in Keynote 3.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; Pap/Dvdr edition (May 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321442253
• ISBN-13: 978-0321442253
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #813,925 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best REAL WORLD training for iWork, May 19, 2006

By	scottdesigns (Southbridge, VA) - See all my reviews

I usually don't write a lot of reviews but I felt I had to for this book. I'm not sure what that other guy was referring to. I recently had a project where I had to rapidly produce a presentation using iWork. I've never used the software before but this book got me up and running immediately. I had no problem following the instructions and was able to apply what I learned to my project right away.

This is a REAL WORLD book for people that have a general knowledge of similar applications. AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. I impressed the heck out of my client with some simple methods explained by Harrington in the book. The software allows you to do some pretty advanced looking stuff, and this book gives you a real jump-start on how to do it.

If you actually DO the steps in the tutorials without jumping around like crazy, you can be REALLY proficient REALLY quickly.

I went step by step through the book. Harrington gives you a strong foundation and then builds on it. After working through the book, I keep it next to me as a reference.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and fun, June 17, 2006

By	Gary Drum (Jackson, TN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've used iWork since the first version but I don't do presentations that often so I never delved into some of the really unique features.
I've used some "training series" books that seemed to be too basic, taking too long to get past introductory things that any person buying the book should already know.
While this book does "hand-hold" the absolute beginner, it also gets right into creating presentations and introducing handy shortcuts.
I've only worked through the first chapter but have already learned things I wished I had know in doing some recent presentations.
Well worth the money!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real world iWork, June 2, 2006

By	F. Nielsen (Denmark) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have spend the last two days in company with this book and I must say it is was a very fun and learning exercise. The pictures and the instruction are just on time, so You can see for Yourself that you are on the right track.

This is the best hands-on experience I have had so far - it matches the books from LYNDA.COM