So when you insert an equation you get a textbox to type the equation without clear process of how to write the equation and it does not accept latex. There is also not an option for mail merge. There are other features that I do not remember off the top of my head. As I have mentioned, I have access to two Microsoft subscriptions. Microsoft forced me to learn to use Apple iWork because Office did not exist for iOS at that point in time. I have used Pages on the iPad to write all of my papers for my first doctoral degree along with both dissertations for my current doctoral degree. I am very familiar with Microsoft Office on all platforms, but I now have found greater productivity using Apple iWork than using Microsoft Office, so much so that I will never subscribe to Microsoft 365. The school supplies access to Microsoft 365, but I prefer to not use the software.
Every business that I have worked at, three since Microsoft 365 was released, never integrated Microsoft Office into their processes, only downgrading business applications to some websites, so we have never taken advantage of any of the ecosystem around Microsoft Office. I developed a VBA macro in Microsoft Excel once to plot AutoCAD Maps with stars inserted on certain elements identified in the Excel Workbook. If the business would do something that would absolutely require Microsoft Office, I would use it. My preference is to use Apple iWork to be more efficient and effective than using Microsoft Office. It is not because I do not have experience with Microsoft Office, as I have used Microsoft Office since Word 2.0 and Excel 4.0.
