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finerthingsinmac.com - 11/2/2009
iWork ‘09 files are really .zip files, contain PDF previews
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iWork ‘09 files are really .zip files, contain PDF previews

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Download Squad:  iWork files are really just zip files, and contain PDF previews

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):  iWork secret life as ZIP file revealed, includes PDF preview

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iWork files are really just zip files, and contain PDF previews
Download Squad — ... Have you ever received an iWork file created in Pages, Numbers, or Keynote on a Mac, and not had any way to deal with it? Next time, try changing the file's extension to .zip, then unzip it with your favorite zip utility. Inside you should find a PDF preview document containing a nicely formatted version of the document in question. ...

iWork secret life as ZIP file revealed, includes PDF preview
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Tips and tricks, iWorkFormer TUAW colleague David Chartier over at Finer Things in Mac has noted something interesting about the innocuous iWork '09 file format. What he found may surprise you. An iWork '09 file created from Pages, Numbers, or Keynote actually lives a secret life as a ZIP archive. This trick isn't a new one; the most common example of archive trickery by Apple is probably the iPod/iPhone software bundle which uses ZIP as a container format. Previous iWork versions actually created ...

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