Pages does in fact handle track changes. I can't comment on said featre though, since I haven't actually used it myself on the Mac. Still, it's worth giving it a try.u
On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Kimberly wrote: > One thing I think you can't do is track changes. If you use this function a > lot, as I do, you'll have to have your windows os with ms word to do that. > > Kimber > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:17 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iWorks - moving from MS Office > > > Hello Vince, > > I haven't used MS Office, but I know a bit about iWork09. It works very well > apart from handling Tables in Pages. If you wish to put a table in a Pages > document, you have to create it in Numbers, then copy and paste it into > Pages, where you can't see it for what it is. It will just show up as a > highlighted space, but if you copy that "space" and paste it into a Numbers > document, you'll find the whole table is there. > > Apart from that, you can set styles, change colours and font types, and so > on. > > There are a couple of VoiceOver On podcasts about iWork09 that might get you > started. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On Jun 24, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Vince Mistretta wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm contemplating on moving my day-to-day productivity work over to >> the Mac and was wondering from those whom had used MS Office under >> Windows felt about the ease of use of iWorks. >> >> I've never used Office versions later than 2003 so my experience is >> limited to those related to that and later versions. I do, however, >> receive documents, spreadsheets and presentations which were created >> under newer versions of Office and do have a need to move out the same >> to others. How well is this handled?? If I run W7 under VMWare or >> BootCamp, I'd still have to pull in a copy of Office compatible with >> W7 and that's even more cost so just trying to keep my expenses down. >> Otherwise, I'll have to find a Windows based notebook for this work. >> I'm still hoping my next notebook would be a MBP instead of a Windows >> notebook. Right now, for an investment of $79.00 for iWorks seems >> more economical for my iMac than doing it >> with W7 and Office plus VMWare. Then, once I get my MBP, purchasing >> it all again (of course I really wouldn't have to since docs and files >> are saved also under native iWorks file types). >> >> Also, I remember someone asking about an OSX compatible Database >> program to handle databases from Access but don't remember seeing an >> answer. Has anyone found such a program? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Vince >> >> -- >> Vince Mistretta >> My Tech / Programming mailbox >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
