it'll probably do fine for your limited needs. as far as format checking, you can set VO to announce format changes and use that to format check the document. I just bought pages after being a die hard MS word/JAWS user. I still am, but I'm looking into Pages and it looks like it'll do a fair job for word processing.
On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > Someone on Twitter was asking me about getting a Mac for college. One concern > was word-processing, and whether Pages and Voiceover is good enough for > papers, resumes, that sort of thing. I don't use Pages much, so I can't > answer accurately, but I know people on here do. So, how is Pages (the > Mavericks version) compared with, say, Jaws or NVDA with MS Office? What can > you *not* do? What is easier? > > I've used Pages some, and I love that the header, body, and footer are all > separate areas visible at once. However, I've not gone beyond a basic, blank > template, except to look at a flyer layout and get very confused. I have no > need for page headers, numbering, inserting tables or images, and other > advanced features. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks! > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
