OK, You've convinced me to buy it from the App Store. If it's pants it's your fault, though knowing Apple, I don't think it will be...
Frank. On 13 March 2011 20:39, Patrick James <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tony > > I think many people overlook Pages and it would be great if more tried it > out. > > I have used many word processors over the years and I do think that Pages > is the best I've used. > > It is not perfect, nothing is, but the design is superb. > > I love the way, for example, you can so easily move sections and pages from > one document to another. > > No other Word Processor that I know of has made this so simple. > > It means that if you write, like me, in several different documents at > once, then you can just merge them to create the final one with great ease, > all by just copying the thumbnails from one document to another. You can > see these thumbnails by going to the "View" menu then to "Page Thumnails", > this shows a vertical stripe on the left with the thumbnails. > > In Pages you can combine "Page Layout" and "Word Processing" documents as > well, which is truly very flexible. > > These things can be achieved in MS Word, and Nisus Writer of course, but it > is not done with the ease and simplicity of Pages. > > Patrick > > On 13 Mar 2011, at 19:52, Tony Crooks wrote: > > > I'm inclined to agree that Pages is worth serious consideration. I > co-edit a quarterly history magazine and we use Pages. Footnotes, end notes, > indexing, TOC, and citation (just about to start using BibDesk for this), > etc. Much easier than Word especially with combining character, line, and > paragraph adjustments, and my co-editor is a longstanding Word user who > agrees. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tony > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On 13 Mar 2011, at 19:38, Patrick James <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In your earlier email you write: > >> > >> > >>> Last time I looked, Pages didn't even do footnotes! indexing? > cross-referencing? citation systems? And it doesn't handle custom graphics > in headed paper. I'm not even going to mention Track Changes... > >> > >> Well I repeat, that it does all of these things superbly well. > >> > >> I have used Pages for years, and I have a massive experience in using > word processors and in using mark up languages. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- www.thehelpfulcomputer.com <http://www.thehelpfulcomputer.com>www.shorelinkwriters.org.uk www.shortfuseat1066.org.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
