Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Jul 2006 17:46 UTC, submitted by DigitalDame
PCMag reviews iWork '06. "For word processing, the Apple iWork '06 Pages program is no match for Microsoft Word or ThinkFree Office 3.0. But it's capable, and its ability to create gorgeous documents easily is unequaled on the Mac." My take: I concur. iWork is the best tool for the job when you need to create a document you yourself will distribute physically; however, since iWork uses a closed file format only iWork users can read, distributing it electronically is fairly useless.
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Member since:2006-07-12
Hey DevL,
The point I was trying to make, which is not necessarily contrary, is that RTF and Word files are very editable at a certain level. A basic publication with standard 1 column text, bold, italics, etc. works fine as an export from and into Pages via .rtf or .doc.
So, Pages and Word users CAN collaborate very easily if the .rtf or .doc files they are working on do not involve fancy layout or formatting. At least that's been my experience.
Edited 2006-07-12 21:52
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2005-07-06
The major flaw with Pages is the fact that there is no good editable format to export to.
RTF is very limited, WORD is proprietary, only a few can edit PDFs and only iWork users can edit PAGES.
So, while "useless" may be a too strong word, it's a very understandable opinion and yes, news sites are full of them. If you can't get used to that you've got a big problem.