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chas_m
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I think you just answered your own question, Exodist. Since there is already one app included on all Macs that does support RTF (and dozens of free third-party options), and since you still have your old Pages which still opens RTFs (and does all the other things) why should it be a priority on the "returned features" list in Pages? I have full confidence that they'll get to it.
Certainly its annoying that they took it out, but they didn't just do that for grins. This Pages is a total rebuild with a larger goal (wider compatibility, 64-bit futureproofing) that was not accomplishable by just updating the old version, and it was consumers themselves that were the ones who lacked the patience to wait another year or two for a new version, not Apple. So they issued the programs with all the core functionality intact (I use Pages and Keynote every day, and find them better than the old versions for my purposes) and promised to add back in the old features and more, which the latest update proves they weren't kidding about.
If the company didn't have a VERY VERY LONG track record of doing this, and the end product inevitably ending up WAY better than the old version, I'd be furious. But they do, and they didn't overwrite my old Pages, so I'm not in the least bit concerned.
Certainly its annoying that they took it out, but they didn't just do that for grins. This Pages is a total rebuild with a larger goal (wider compatibility, 64-bit futureproofing) that was not accomplishable by just updating the old version, and it was consumers themselves that were the ones who lacked the patience to wait another year or two for a new version, not Apple. So they issued the programs with all the core functionality intact (I use Pages and Keynote every day, and find them better than the old versions for my purposes) and promised to add back in the old features and more, which the latest update proves they weren't kidding about.
If the company didn't have a VERY VERY LONG track record of doing this, and the end product inevitably ending up WAY better than the old version, I'd be furious. But they do, and they didn't overwrite my old Pages, so I'm not in the least bit concerned.