My partner and I produce our 48 page village newsletter each month using only Pages and though it frustrated Chris at first (having only used Word at work on Windows) he now nips around like a pro with next to no cursing! I like it a lot and think it’s easy to use though there are still annoying excisions since the macOS/iOS version was born compared to the previous Pages.
That’s us though and it may be that the way you work and the way Pages works don’t mesh well. Don’t forget to have a look here: https://help.apple.com/pages/mac/6.0/#/ <https://help.apple.com/pages/mac/6.0/#/> though I think it’s identical to the in-app help but you may find it easier in Safari. Search on YouTube.com <http://youtube.com/> for “Pages 5 how to use” or similar and you may get something from that. Also, if there are specific things that you want to do in Pages, then let us know and maybe we can provide assistance. Cheers, Stephen Mr [George] Bush used the reduction as an endorsement of his climate policy, saying: "Our guiding principle is clear: we must lead the world to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. "We must do it in a way that does not undermine economic growth or prevent nations from delivering greater prosperity for their people." - Dec 2007 > On 28 Sep 2016, at 11:41, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me have another go! > > Virginia, > > I probably use Pages every day and am not really having problems with it, > other than if I want to use it in page layout mode - which is much less > flexible that it was prior to version 5. > > I might agree that the UI can be bewildering at times but the more used the > easier it has become. I suppose it depends what sort of documents you are > creating. Academic tasks requiring footnotes and citations isn’t really Pages > forte, for example. But for letters, reports, even forms, that sort of thing > I’ve found Pages easy enough to use. > > Difficult to suggest an alternative without knowing what sorts of documents > you are producing as so many document preparation apps are for specific needs > these days. Everyone seems to prefer simpler apps rather than the all > encompassing types like Word. > > I ought to mention that I usually draft my documents in a ‘notes’ type app, > such as Notes, or you could use TextEdit, and then copy and format in Pages > subsequently. > >> On 28 Sep 2016, at 11:03, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Virginia, I have Nisus Pro and I love it. >> >> Gilly >> >> From my iPhone >> >> >>> On 25 Sep 2016, at 23:58, Virginia Routh <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I am exasperated by Pages. On my MacBookPro it is driving me to despair. I >>> waste time every day trying to get the programme to do what I want it to >>> do. I could elaborate further but I suspect many other Mac users have had >>> the same experience with this unwieldy, infuriating programme. Could >>> smugglers recommend a more user-friendly word processor to use with a Mac? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >>> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > Regards, > > Tony > -- > Tony Crooks > ---------------------------------- > Mob: 07428706227 > <mailto: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > 2, Summer Meadow, > Lympstone > Devon > EX8 5BQ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
