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Jesse Feiler has specialized in Apple technology for 20 years. As a developer, he has worked with Xcode and Cocoa; as an author, speaker, and consultant, he shares his expertise in a wide variety of Apple software. He maintains a blog at www.northcountryconsulting.com.

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Be productive the Mac way! Discover the creative possibilities of iWork '09

Not only can you do the same things with iWork that you can with that "other" suite of office productivity tools, but you can spend less and be more creative too. Here's how to start creating slick-looking documents and page layouts with Pages, knockout charts and reports with Numbers, and presentations with polish using Keynote. Why settle for less?

• Get down to work — find your way around iWork and discover how the tools let you work more efficiently

• Do it and reuse it — take advantage of iWork functionality such as themes and templates that you can customize and reuse

• Turn the Pages — work with Pages templates, set preferences, and create templates of your own

• Dress up your documents — see how Pages combines word processing with design capabilities for great layouts

• It's on the table — take advantage of tables in Numbers to make spreadsheets more visually appealing

• Chart it — display data in charts that communicate

• Capture their attention — choose from among Keynote's themes to create visually stunning presentations

• Finishing touches — add video and sound to your Keynote presentation

Open the book and find:

• Shortcut menus and commands

• How to manage and customize the iWork toolbar

• Tips for working with the Inspectors

• How to make the most of tables and formulas

• How to work with ready-made templates that you can modify

• Cool ways to dress up Keynote presentations

• Ways to automate your work with AppleScript and Automator

• What you can do with iWork.com

• How to use Keynote's multiscreen Presenter Display