Is iWork what I'm looking for?

[DaveP]

I'm a college student just starting to write my thesis. Microsoft Word would the obvious choice of which program to use, but I will be dealing with a lot of images and I hate using Word with images. I know how to do it, but I always seem to have weird issues. Anyways, would Pages perhaps be better suited? I ask this because the vibe I've picked up about Pages is that is not really a word processor per se and more of a psuedo-desktop publisher. So would Pages be good for lots of text, lots of diagrams/figures, but only a little formatting? Any insights would be appreciated before I drop $60 for iWork (I wouldn't really care about Keynote though).

 

[mpw]

I'm a college student just starting to write my thesis. Microsoft Word would the obvious choice of which program to use, but I will be dealing with a lot of images and I hate using Word with images. I know how to do it, but I always seem to have weird issues. Anyways, would Pages perhaps be better suited? I ask this because the vibe I've picked up about Pages is that is not really a word processor per se and more of a psuedo-desktop publisher. So would Pages be good for lots of text, lots of diagrams/figures, but only a little formatting? Any insights would be appreciated before I drop $60 for iWork (I wouldn't really care about Keynote though).

Before you spend anything don't both have 30day trials? That would seem like a very good place to start.
I've only very briefly used Pages and can't say it did a great deal for me. MS Word I use everyday and find it fantastic on my XP PC but for somereason always had issues with it under OSX, that said I have Office v.X and was at first running it on a 700Mhz G3. I did think that it had more features than the PC version it was just really slow. I'd type a line look up and see nothing then the text would appear, that's like a 1sec. delay just typing? I'm convinced I had a problem but got round it.....by using TextEdit free and fantastic for plain old text which I'd then format in Word. I don't need a WP on my Mac anymore so am a little out-dated.

 

[wrxguy]

agreed...try the 30 day trials...although, you can't print from them i believe...if you have the extra cash it can't hurt to get them anyway...but use the 30 day trial just to see if its what you are looking for

 

[artired]

Before you buy think what you need to do

Well I begin my tesis to, but you need think if you go to use a lot of images maybe need other software, i begin to make my work in office but when i pass the page numer 30 with aprox 50 pictures in jpg, my work is so slow sometimes, and when i make a change in someplaces the pictures moves for every where, then I begin to do my work in Adobe in design , for me is great the best but a friend talk to me about PAGES.
Then I tried to use "Pages" is good software, and a great bargain, work very fast with a lot of pictures, for make the Index is so easy than in design. Is a great product.

CharlieRED

LOVE MACS

 

[devilot]

Ok, I know that this thread is about Taking College Notes w/ Mac OSX but there are mentions of Circus Ponies and it looks like it might fit your needs. I'm not too sure though.

 

[DaveP]

Good thinking those that recommended the trial. Where can I get the trial? I'm not sure, but I think they came with Tiger. However, as a student I was able to get Tiger from my school.