Really? Cause Word and Pub are totally different in the MS suite.
Has Office o8 fixed their bugs? I read a lot of bad things about it when it first came out.
Agreed, that in the Windows world, Word and Publisher are different animals completely.
I'm not an expert, but at my MUG meeting just last night we had a 2 1/2 hour presentation from the Mac Office Product Lead from Microsoft taking us through Office 2008. During that time, he created a really nice looking brochure for a non-existent company and it was quick and easy.
And there are still some issues with Office 2008 for Mac, MS are aware of them (in particular long load times for Word) and are diligently working on them. I've been using it for a couple of months now and it's pretty solid. They've done some really good things with this version. If they can just speed it up a bit, I think it's a winner.
Check out a demo and see if it works for what you want.
Good luck and cheers.