On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only the
new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. Microsoft
Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over Word?
The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was hardly a
word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents. How has it
changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only the
new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. Microsoft
Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over Word?
The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was hardly a
word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents. How has it
changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only the >>>>> new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. Microsoft
Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over Word?
The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was hardly a
word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents. How has it
changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is a chance of doing so. I
think my students would benefit from the documents I create no longer
being so bland and straight to the point.
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only
the new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. Microsoft >>>>> Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over
Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was
hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents. How
has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't complain, but
it would be nice to move away from it if there is a chance of doing
so. I think my students would benefit from the documents I create no
longer being so bland and straight to the point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents with
others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I don't
think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for how "nice- looking" documents will be.
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite
can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-
looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the
documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that
the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so
as unchangeable PDFs.
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite
can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-
looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the
documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that
the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so
as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any Pages documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only
the new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. Microsoft >>>>> Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over
Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was
hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents. How
has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't complain, but
it would be nice to move away from it if there is a chance of doing
so. I think my students would benefit from the documents I create no
longer being so bland and straight to the point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents with
others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I don't
think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for how "nice- looking" documents will be.
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only >>>>>>> the new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded. >>>>>>
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. Microsoft >>>>>> Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over
Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was
hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents. How >>>>> has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't complain, but
it would be nice to move away from it if there is a chance of doing
so. I think my students would benefit from the documents I create no
longer being so bland and straight to the point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents with
others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them as Word
documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I don't
think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for how "nice-
looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time ago in
comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that the
documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so as unchangeable PDFs.
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite
can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-
looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the
documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that
the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so
as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any Pages documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
On 4/16/26 5:01 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store. Now, only >>>>>>> the new versions from the Creator Studio suite can be downloaded. >>>>>>
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages over
Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early 2000s, it was
hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-looking documents.
How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't complain, but
it would be nice to move away from it if there is a chance of doing
so. I think my students would benefit from the documents I create no
longer being so bland and straight to the point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents with
others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them as Word
documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I don't
think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for how "nice-
looking" documents will be.
Fair enough. Document compatibility and Windows were a major driver for Office and Windows when I was running the consulting business. All of my clients were on those and the Office subscription was tax deductible. Neither applies now. Things change, like Apple's incredible M series CPU tech. It's not smart to be dogmatic and stuck in your ways. Heck, Mac OS
was not that hard to learn. Even for an 80 year old. :)
Having already converted to Safari, Photos, iCloud and Apple Mail, with
8 months before my Office subscription comes up for renewal, I'll
probably give Apple's Office-like apps a try. :)
On 2026-04-16 7:49 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite
can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-
looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the
documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that
the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so
as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any Pages
documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
As far as I know, it is entirely drag-and-drop and allows you to
manipulate it however you wish using only your mouse. When the program
was introduced in the 2000s, that was what was revolutionary about it.
Of course, Snit is the one who knows the most about it. On my side, I'mPages is free, so why wouldn't you give it a look?
just wondering if it's worth downloading or not.
On 2026-04-16 17:25, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 7:49 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite
can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-
looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the
documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that
the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so
as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any Pages
documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
As far as I know, it is entirely drag-and-drop and allows you to
manipulate it however you wish using only your mouse. When the program
was introduced in the 2000s, that was what was revolutionary about it.
Ummmmmm...no. Drag and drop manipulation for Word for Mac first started
with Word 6.0...
...in 1994.
Pages wasn't even released until 2005...
...and it's predecessor (AppleWorks) supported drag and drop...
...in 1994.
Of course, Snit is the one who knows the most about it. On my side, I'mPages is free, so why wouldn't you give it a look?
just wondering if it's worth downloading or not.
Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2026-04-16 17:25, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 7:49 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite >>>>>>>>>>> can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. >>>>>>>>>> Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any >>>>>>>>> significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice- >>>>>>>>> looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the >>>>>>> documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but
it's not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long
time ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to
agree that the documents themselves are probably hard to share
unless you do so as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any
Pages documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
As far as I know, it is entirely drag-and-drop and allows you to
manipulate it however you wish using only your mouse. When the
program was introduced in the 2000s, that was what was revolutionary
about it.
Ummmmmm...no. Drag and drop manipulation for Word for Mac first
started with Word 6.0...
...in 1994.
Pages wasn't even released until 2005...
...and it's predecessor (AppleWorks) supported drag and drop...
...in 1994.
I realize the point that I made some time ago was not expressed well,
but what you say there is not really relevant to the point I made.
On 2026-04-16 17:25, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 7:49 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite
can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app.
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any
significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice-
looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the
documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that
the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so
as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any Pages
documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
As far as I know, it is entirely drag-and-drop and allows you to
manipulate it however you wish using only your mouse. When the program
was introduced in the 2000s, that was what was revolutionary about it.
Ummmmmm...no. Drag and drop manipulation for Word for Mac first started
with Word 6.0...
...in 1994.
Pages wasn't even released until 2005...
...and it's predecessor (AppleWorks) supported drag and drop...
...in 1994.
Of course, Snit is the one who knows the most about it. On my side,Pages is free, so why wouldn't you give it a look?
I'm just wondering if it's worth downloading or not.
On 2026-04-17 1:45 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 17:25, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 7:49 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 16:37, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-16 5:01 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-16 04:01, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-15 8:57 p.m., Alan wrote:
On 2026-04-15 17:47, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-04-14 8:45 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
On 4/14/26 3:35 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
🐈 A minor loss
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - from the Mac App Store.
Now, only the new versions from the Creator Studio suite >>>>>>>>>>> can be downloaded.
i still see Pages, Numbers and Keynote as individual app. >>>>>>>>>> Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint right under those 3.
Considering I'm a recent switcher to the Mac, are there any >>>>>>>>> significant advantages that would cause me to favour Pages
over Word? The last time I used Pages back in the early
2000s, it was hardly a word processor, but it produced nice- >>>>>>>>> looking documents. How has it changed?
Thanks,
Speaking as one who mostly despises Microsoft...
...I'd stick with Word.
That bad? I get Office 365 for free from work and can't
complain, but it would be nice to move away from it if there is
a chance of doing so. I think my students would benefit from the >>>>>>> documents I create no longer being so bland and straight to the
point.
Ummmm...not so much "bad" as just not sufficiently widely used.
If you use Pages, you're going to have to share those documents
with others, and at some point, that's going to me providing them
as Word documents in all likelihood.
As far as making "bland" or "straight to the point" documents, I
don't think Pages has any advantage OR disadvantage over Word for
how "nice- looking" documents will be.
That depends on how you look at it. Pages, even from the very
beginning, makes it rather easy to add media to your documents and
to manipulate it from within the document. Word does okay, but it's
not as user-friendly. Snit actually showed this to us a long time
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy. Nevertheless, I do have to agree that >>>>> the documents themselves are probably hard to share unless you do so >>>>> as unchangeable PDFs.
I'll admit that I haven't played much with adding media to any Pages
documents, but I do it all the time in Word.
So how does Pages make it much easier than:
Insert (menu): Pictures (sub-menu) >
Photo Browser...
Picture from File...
Stock Images...
Online Pictures...
It also supports direct drag-and-drop.
So how do you do it in Pages?
As far as I know, it is entirely drag-and-drop and allows you to
manipulate it however you wish using only your mouse. When the program
was introduced in the 2000s, that was what was revolutionary about it.
Ummmmmm...no. Drag and drop manipulation for Word for Mac first started
with Word 6.0...
...in 1994.
Pages wasn't even released until 2005...
...and it's predecessor (AppleWorks) supported drag and drop...
...in 1994.
Of course, Snit is the one who knows the most about it. On my side,Pages is free, so why wouldn't you give it a look?
I'm just wondering if it's worth downloading or not.
According to the reviews for Pages on the Apple app store, it seems that
the new versions of Pages include a paywall for some functionality.
I
guess if I'm already getting Office 365 for free at work, I probably shouldn't bother with something that asks me to pay.
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