Q: Anyone put together a comprehensive list of missing features?
Any current list of missing features? After FINALLY updating to version 5 from Pages 09 I am finding that most of my projects can be done quite nicely in version 5. Knowing the missing features allows me to open 09 when needed. Here are the features I have found missing and that effect my work:
1. Linked text boxes. Amazing this has never been fixed. How do you do a newsletter without them?
2. Advanced search and replace options. I often put tabs in place of text in 09. Bummer.
3. Font activation of an inactive font with Font Explorer does not work. Works beautifully in 09.
4. Dynamic toolbars. The inspector window changes dynamically. Not as good as the toolbar changes. Really slows me down to have to use the inspector areas for EVERYTHING.
5. Mail merge. Will probably have to keep 09 around until it croaks for this.
Some brilliant additions to the new Pages:
1. Improved speed
2. Sharing works
3. Photo integration works.
4. Font Glyphs are rendered better than 09 ever achieved.
5. Alignment guides are improved.
6. Bye bye floating inspector. I don't miss it. The new inspectors are nice.
7. I like the way Paragraph styles and Character styles are done now.
8. Switching between layout and word processing with one click? Wow? No program on the market can pull this off.
9. Shapes are nicer.
10. Masks are handled better.
Posted on Aug 27, 2016 7:44 PM
The "missing features" thread is at
From my perspective, the inability to tag text by language makes Pages 5 useless for any multilingual work. Pages 4 and all serious word processors do have that feature.
Posted on Aug 28, 2016 6:26 AM



