iWork apps gain editing improvements, 500 shapes & more in latest update

Apple’s iWork productivity suite was updated today on Mac App Store and App Store with several new editing features and other improvements available across iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac devices.

For starters, Pages, Numbers and Keynote for Mac, along with their iOS counterparts, now come with a brand new library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes that you can readily use in your documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

Across all the iWork apps, users can now reply to comments and join threaded conversations, making collaborative editing even easier than before, while new auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing.

In Numbers, the new Insert Stock Quote feature and the Stock and Currency functions let you get data from the previous market day’s close. Keynote now lets you scroll like a pro on your Mac’s trackpad with new pan and zoom options and your presenter notes can be edited while displaying slides in Light Table view.

Here’s the full list of new features, fixes and enhancements in Pages 6.2, Numbers 4.2 and Keynote 7.2 for Mac, iPhone and iPad listed in release notes accompanying these downloads:

What’s new in Pages 6.2 for Mac

  • Enhance your documents using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • Add linked text boxes so text easily flows from one place to another
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • Export documents as fixed layout ePub books
  • Change margins, headers, footers and paper size while collaborating
  • Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic languages

Learn more about the new Pages for Mac features on Apple’s website.

What’s new in Numbers 4.2 for Mac

  • Enhance your spreadsheets using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • Support for print preview in collaborative spreadsheets
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • The Insert Stock Quote feature and the Stock and Currency functions now return data from the previous market day’s close

Learn more about the new Numbers for Mac features on Apple’s website.

What’s new in Keynote 7.2 for Mac

  • Enhance your presentations using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • Scroll anywhere with new pan and zoom options
  • Edit presenter notes while displaying slides in Light Table view
  • Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic languages
  • The Stock and Currency functions now return data from the previous market day’s close

Learn more about the new Keynote for Mac features on Apple’s website.

What’s new in Pages 3.2 for iOS

  • Enhance your documents using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • Add linked text boxes so text easily flows from one place to another
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • New page thumbnail view allows you to easily navigate your document
  • Export documents as fixed layout ePub books
  • Change margins, headers, footers and paper size while collaborating

Learn more about the new Pages for iOS features on Apple’s website.

What’s new in Numbers 3.2 for iOS

  • Enhance your spreadsheets using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • Support for print preview in collaborative spreadsheets
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • The Insert Stock Quote feature and the Stock and Currency functions now return data from the previous market day’s close

Learn more about the new Numbers for iOS features on Apple’s website.

What’s new in Keynote 3.2 for iOS

  • Enhance your presentations using a library of over 500 professionally drawn shapes
  • Easily rearrange your slides with the new Light Table view
  • Edit presenter notes while viewing slides
  • Reply to comments and join threaded conversations
  • New auto-correction and text replacement options save time while typing
  • Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic languages

Learn more about the new Keynote for iOS features on Apple’s website.

These apps used to be paid downloads, but Apple recently made them free for all users.

Grab Pages, Numbers and Keynote for free from Mac App Store.

Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iPhone and iPad are available free on App Store.