Datasheet

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Part I: Introducing iWork ’09
If you choose one of the templates, it opens in Pages. You see in later chapters
how to explore that document, but here’s a sneak preview. A Pages pop-up
menu in the interface shows you the template’s pages, as shown in Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2:
Explore
the pages
within the
template.
You can customize the templates and the pages as you see fit. But before
you do so, take the time to look at what you have in front of you. It isn’t just
a matter of nicely formatted pages. In addition, the specific pages in each
template (they’re different in each template) should give you ideas not just
for laying out and constructing your document but also for the types of
information you should consider for different types of documents.
For example, the Program template from the Brochures set of templates
has a page laid out already for mailing information. Had you thought of
putting mailing information on your brochure? Maybe you did and maybe
you didn’t — but Pages did.
Numbers
Spreadsheet programs let you enter data in rows and columns. One of their
main features is that you can also enter formulas. That way, if you have
a column listing your grocery expenditures for a week, for example, the
addition of another bill will cause the column’s total to be recalculated.
Spreadsheets are about data (usually numbers) and fast calculation updates.
You probably think you know what a spreadsheet looks like, but take a look
at the Numbers document in Figure 1-3. This is a Numbers document based
on the Numbers Home Improvement template. A single document can have
a number of sheets (like sheets in a Microsoft Excel workbook). But there the
similarity ends. A Numbers sheet can contain a variety of objects: zero or