Existing users, 
Apple Pages
Word processor & page layout (part of iWork 9.0.2 update)
Version: 4.0.3
I've tried, I really have!
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: smiles813 Monday, April 13 2009 @ 10:05 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 6-12 months
I bought the iWork Family Pack about 6 months ago and I have tried Pages for about as long as I can stand it. I have insisted that my family stumble along with inadequate templates, contact support, label usage and printing issues galore. I am frustrated that it seems that even a product that is not originally made for this computer (m. word) is better used on this computer than Pages. I have seen requests being made for years for some simple upgrades to user friendliness and problem solving with no improvements whatsoever. So, here it is, I am throwing in the towel. I really, really have tried because I wanted Pages to work so badly. I know defeat when I see it.
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I've tried, I really have! - afterhours
With a little research, you would have learned that MS Word was effectively born on the Mac for widespread use. While it existed on an older OS years before, Word for the Mac was around in 1985, and by the time it was growing up (v3.0.1 -- the first version I used in grad school), it eclipsed MacWrite. Windows users wouldn't see it for another few years.Much as Mac users like to mock MS, they made our machines business machines well before Windows was stable enough to be a 'real' OS. And we made MS a lot of money as Mac users of Microsoft applications.
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Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 08:06 AM PDT