Pages over Office for new iMac?

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Mac81 Author

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Pages over Office for new iMac?

After getting a new iMac, I found that my old office:mac software will not work on the new iMac with El Capitan.

I can't get an upgrade discount from office:mac to the newest office version, so I would like to try Pages.

All I really need to do is use Pages to update existing docx Word files (and save them as pages files).

And then save them back to Word - from time to time - so I can work on them at work when I have free time.

Is there any reason why Pages would not do well in this situation?

Thanks.

Mac

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 28, 2015 10:43 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Nov 28, 2015 11:12 AM in response to Mac81

Mac81 wrote:

Is there any reason why Pages would not do well in this situation?

Yes. Converting .docx to .pages and then back to .docx could generate a huge amount of extra work for you correcting formatting and other changes.

Get Word or use the free clone LibreOffice.

Pages is really not suitable for serious business or academic use when the people judging your work are using Word.

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Answer 2

Nov 28, 2015 1:40 PM in response to Mac81

Don't ignore Tom's astute advice.

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Answer 3

Mac81 Author

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Nov 28, 2015 1:57 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks.

Maybe I will see about an upgrade path to Office 2011, which does not have horrible reviews (unlike 2016).

But I cannot seem to find any MS page on upgrading.

Nor can I find a sales phone number by which to ask this question.

Thanks.

Mac

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Answer 4

Nov 28, 2015 2:06 PM in response to Mac81

MacMall. Subscription free version of Office 2016 for Mac. El Capitan 10.11.1 and subsequent Microsoft updates have smoothed out the prior reported functionality issues. Office for Mac 2011 is likely clueless of Office 2013 specific functionality that would make your business document interchange compatibility more difficult.

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Answer 5

Nov 28, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Mac81

That should be:

Pages over.

Office for new Mac.

Make it LibreOffice [free].

Peter

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