For all of you cheapskates who have been complaining that MockApp only works in Keynote ‘09, I just posted a Keynote ‘08 version. It should work OK but since Keynote ‘08 doesn’t support advanced gradients, all those beautiful gradients I almost lost my sight reproducing in Keynote ‘09 are converted into hard cold images you won’t be able to mess with. If you weren’t planning on changing the colors or playing with the gradients you probably won’t care but otherwise it’s sort of a pain.
So how much is Keynote ‘09 you ask? (OK, now I’m going to sound like I’m trying to sell you something but I guarantee I’m not making a penny on this) Amazon sells the whole iWork ‘09 suite for $57. That’s not just Keynote ‘09 with the advanced gradients and all. You get Pages ‘09 and Numbers ‘09 too. Or if you prefer, for about the same price you might be able to get a dusty copy of MS-Office 1997 for PC on eBay…
FYI, iWork is currently $73 as of today (Dec 8). Also Apple normally updates after the holiday season, so it would be silly to purchase ‘09 at this point. I’m currently on ‘08 — not so much that I’m a cheapskate, just don’t use it much beyond basic Pages docs. I may update to ‘10, but for now this ‘08 MockApp template will help me out. Thanks!
Point well taken. Can’t wait to see what Apple has in store for iWork 2010!