Like the Mac version, the Web app offers access to over 275 functions-more than enough to handle most everyday needs. This lag was consistent in all of the beta apps. Typing text in the app is the same as typing it in any other version of Pages, though I did notice an occasional lag when my wireless Web connection on a train from New York to Washington D.C. Pages in iCloud is works well enough, in most respects, for everyday use. Pages is a full-featured word processing and page layout app that lets you create and edit anything from basic text documents to more-sophisticated documents such as flyers and brochures.
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You can download or share most files either in the native iWork format, as a PDF, or as a corresponding Microsoft Office document (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). You have to either mail yourself a copy of the document by using the Share button while viewing it, or download the document from the index screen by control-clicking on it and choosing Download. One drawback of the beta tools is that they don’t let you print directly from them. The iWork beta lacks certain features and capabilities that would make it a complete stand-alone app. If you try to open a document that hasn’t completely synchronized with iCloud-whether you use the Web, Mac, or iOS version of the associated app-you won’t be able to open it until it has completely uploaded. The iCloud beta has a decidedly iOS 7 look, with access to Web versions Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.Įach app lets you add new documents to iCloud by dragging an iWork or Microsoft Office document from your desktop to the Web app’s document window. Once the document is open, you can begin working on it just as if you were using the desktop app. Clicking the Create Document button opens a small window where you can choose from more than a dozen templates or create a new blank document. Clicking one of these opens a new window displaying the app’s documents stored in iCloud, along with a single button for creating a new document. When you log in to the iCloud beta, three iWork buttons appear beneath the buttons for Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and Reminders-for online versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Given a decent Internet connection, the apps were quick, editing proceeded as I expected, and the overall experience nearly matched what I typically get with a desktop app. I’ve spent several hours playing with the iWork beta and my initial impression is that-beta bugs and caveats aside-the online versions of these apps could easily become the document, spreadsheet, and possibly even presentation tools of choice for almost anyone with an iCloud account. This online version of the iWork suite offers Web-based versions of the three iWork apps- Pages, Numbers, and Keynote-enabling you to create and edit iWork documents stored in iCloud from almost any Web browser. Over the past several weeks, Apple has been expanding the preview program for iWork for iCloud so nondevelopers can give it a try on Friday, the company finally opened the beta to the public at large.
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