Give it time, as you progress through education and build up more complicated and expansive documents the down falls of pages will come through. Even NeoOffice isn't all that good.
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iWork '08 for college
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Give it time, as you progress through education and build up more complicated and expansive documents the down falls of pages will come through. Even NeoOffice isn't all that good.
Maybe, but Pages is getting more advanced every year and by the time I get to Uni I'm fairly sure that an aquafied (assuming aqua still exists) OpenOffice or similar will be great instead of the "pretty good" I consider NeoOffice now...
I'm not very keen on the attitude MS are taking toward screen space - Pages takes up a minimum, but Office:'08 looks like it will have a massive toolbar that needs to be open a lot in order to take advantage of the app's features. This is not ideal for a student with a small-screened laptop like a Macbook.
I agree with you there. Although Word isn't all that good with extra long documents in all cases. I'm a bit scared of merging documents together because it can sometimes corrupt them all.
It also has a habit of messing up figure and captions numbering when I bring a document from Windows to the Mac. It starts to number at 0, and nothing can persuade it to start at 1. Take it back to Windows and all is fine again. Odd.
But for compatibility Word is necessary, I think.
I guess that means my work is nontechnical and unimportant. Thanks for letting me know.
iWork '08 looks great, and I've been trying it out myself. I'd use it for your "own" projects or when compatibility is not critical. If you can spring for the $70, why not?
As a professor however, I would suggest at least having MSOffice2004 around for those situations when compatibility is critical, particularly if you are into engineering, physics, or the sciences.
As a professor however, I would suggest at least having MSOffice2004 around for those situations when compatibility is critical, particularly if you are into engineering, physics, or the sciences.
This whole debate is going to start again when MS releases Office 2008 at MacWorld. I'm going to be using a combination of all the applications and upgrade to 2008 when it comes out. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation unless you don't have the money. Still, these programs are so cheap that you can install all of them and use what you need for the specific task. They all have their faults, but the most all around useful application for professional or educational settings is going to be Word. The primary drawback for Office is the cost and it's not UB. Pages and Keynote are pretty cool and worth the look. I like that Pages had a template for research papers that looks to be formatted correctly. A major feature that Pages doesn't have is "macros", so if you need those, go with Office.