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I mean is this seriously even a discussion? Microsoft Word is not only superior for absolutely every use imaginable, but no other software (aka Pages) comes even remotely close to the feature set. It's not like these features in Word are superfluous and unnecessary, but quite the contrary. If your argument is price, and you have little desire to be a professional in any sense of the word, then by all means use Pages only or OpenOffice. But if you desire to ever apply for a job now or in the future (one somewhere other than McDonalds that requires a resume or CV), you really have got to use Word and you don't really have a choice. Sheesh these arguments never make any sense.
Microsoft Word is not only superior for absolutely every use imaginable
Well, not really. Have you tried to use Hebrew in an English Word document? Doesnt work. If you use Hebrew with English and other languages, Word is not superior. Mellel is top quality for this kind of writing and Nisus Writer Pro does well.