Microsoft Word vs Pages vs VoodooPad

[M@lew]

All 3 of these programs look very nifty for word processing/taking notes etc. but i'm wondering which is best for what or if there is a better program out there all together. Could someone please fill me in on the pro's/con's of them and what they're good for?

Thanks

 

[clevin]

never heard about voodoopad

 

[blodwyn]

All 3 of these programs look very nifty for word processing/taking notes etc. but i'm wondering which is best for what or if there is a better program out there all together. Could someone please fill me in on the pro's/con's of them and what they're good for?

Thanks

Pages and Word are word processing applications, focused mainly on a single document at a time. VoodooPad is a bit different and is more like a note database. All 3 could deal with word processing and note taking, but in my view VoodooPad is the better note taker and Word/Pages are better at WP

 

[Westside guy]

I wish Pages were more Word-compatible - I've run into several .doc files it couldn't even open, surprisingly - but it's a nice app. However I think its target is not quite the same as Word's.

Not quite sure why VoodooPad is in here, while the more widely known (and used) NeoOffice isn't... oh well.

 

[0007776]

I haven't heard about Voodoopad before, but between Pages and word I would go with pages, I've used both, and Most of the time pages does everything that I want easier than in Word.

 

[Quboid]

never heard about voodoopad

Not alone. Never heard of it either.

 

[Quboid]

I haven't heard about Voodoopad before, but between Pages and word I would go with pages, I've used both, and Most of the time pages does everything that I want easier than in Word.

pages gave me real hell yesterday. I was trying to draw a business chart and the objects(shapes) are immensly frustrating to work with, they dont stay where i drag them, and the arrows cant be put close enough to the rectagular text box (for business standards). I ended up doing it in keynote and exporting it as a PDF file . . So as of now i cant say anything good about pages.Whos knows maybe its just me.

 

[amfr]

I always thought that pages was more presenttion oreinted, better for making brochures, ads etc. and that word was more for writing text documents.

 

[dukebound85]

word just for the fact that it has a ton of features and yea pretty much the whole world uses it...

 

[mwpeters8182]

pages gave me real hell yesterday. I was trying to draw a business chart and the objects(shapes) are immensly frustrating to work with, they dont stay where i drag them, and the arrows cant be put close enough to the rectagular text box (for business standards). I ended up doing it in keynote and exporting it as a PDF file . . So as of now i cant say anything good about pages.Whos knows maybe its just me.

For something like this Omnigraffle is beyond helpful. If you make charts like this on a regular basis, it's well worth the money.

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

You guys can't be serious. Pages is virtually unusable. Microsoft doesn't get much right, but there isn't anything better than Office for true work (with the exception of Keynote as a sub for Powerpoint).

 

[Nermal]

While I liked the Pages trial, I'm going to have to vote for Word based on compatibility and price. Company discount wins again!

 

[IJ Reilly]

You guys can't be serious. Pages is virtually unusable.

Well if you say so.