Pages or Word?

[bense27]

I haven't had a chance to use Pages yet. I like word.

 

[bousozoku]

unfortunately and despite what people think, you can't count on perfect compatiblity between the PC version of Word and the Mac version. At work we get PC Word files from consultants who work on and there are often little formatting issues that get messed up between the platforms.....

when the formatting and layout of a document is an important concern, then you're much better off sending a PDF file instead of a .doc file

I'm surprised that most people would think that MS Word + MS Word have perfect compatibility, given all the problems mentioned in these forums over the years. Any version seems slightly incompatible with any other version. Graphics move constantly...uggggh. Never try to build manuals with Word.

 

[Macky-Mac]

I'm surprised that most people would think that MS Word + MS Word have perfect compatibility, given all the problems mentioned in these forums over the years. Any version seems slightly incompatible with any other version. Graphics move constantly...uggggh. Never try to build manuals with Word.

Word has had page layout capabilities added over the years, and they're fine if you're going to print directly, but if you're keeping them digital for distribution then PDF is a better idea

 

[IJ Reilly]

I'm surprised that most people would think that MS Word + MS Word have perfect compatibility, given all the problems mentioned in these forums over the years. Any version seems slightly incompatible with any other version. Graphics move constantly...uggggh. Never try to build manuals with Word.

Right. And if you deviate from the standard fonts, you can forget about anyone else seeing your document as you created it. Maybe that's why probably 95% of the Word documents I see don't use any fonts but Times and Arial. Thanks to Microsoft, our computers have been turned into high tech typewriters.

 

[Glenn Wolsey]

I started with Word and Office 04, but I have recently switched to Pages and iWork 06. Great app is Pages.