Pages and Word in page formatting? Same as Word?

[mktb]

Hi,

I'm a student, and I'm wondering if (if adjusted for identical margins and everything) if a Times New Roman 12pt page of text in Pages will look the same as a TNR 12pt page of text in Word.

Or will Pages be off by a degree?

Thanks.

 

[chilipie]

I don't know if it would be absolutely identical, but there shouldn't be a big enough difference to be a problem.

 

[r.j.s]

They should be the same, I dont have both, so I cant check.

 

[IJ Reilly]

That will depend. Margins are one variable. Another is line spacing. Another is widow and orphan control. The last two in particular aren't handled in exactly the same way by Pages and Word, or any other two word processors I suspect.

 

[Brammy]

There's a difference in how Pages handles line spacing over Word's. For short documents, you won't notice, but say a 7 page paper in Pages might be a 6.75 page paper in Word.

 

[portent]

That will depend. Margins are one variable. Another is line spacing. Another is widow and orphan control. The last two in particular aren't handled in exactly the same way by Pages and Word, or any other two word processors I suspect.

Even sometimes, between Word on two different computers.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Even sometimes, between Word on two different computers.

You bet. This is why I laugh when somebody says they need to use Word for "complete compatibility." Good luck with that.