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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1388278"><p>To answer your questions in reverse order:</p><p></p><p>I don't think most users have both unless they switched from on to the other.</p><p></p><p>That's true. The iWork apps can read and write to MS format, but Office can't read or write iWork format.</p><p></p><p>I suppose you can't say it's 100% perfectly compatible, but I find that all but the most advanced users (particularly in Pages) have little trouble passing documents back and forth.</p><p></p><p>I would vote for the iWork apps. They are significantly cheaper, substantially better from my point of view, and produce far more beautiful documents. However, that's not to say that MS Office is a bad product or not worth the money. Generally, my answer to this hinges on how much collaborative work you do with people using MS Office on PCs. If the answer is "a lot," then you should probably go with MS Office for Mac. If your answer is that you primarily produce documents for yourself, I think you'll really enjoy the iWork programs. Both have free trials I believe (not available from the MAS but from the Apple or MS websites) so you can give them a try, and I encourage you to do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1388278"] To answer your questions in reverse order: I don't think most users have both unless they switched from on to the other. That's true. The iWork apps can read and write to MS format, but Office can't read or write iWork format. I suppose you can't say it's 100% perfectly compatible, but I find that all but the most advanced users (particularly in Pages) have little trouble passing documents back and forth. I would vote for the iWork apps. They are significantly cheaper, substantially better from my point of view, and produce far more beautiful documents. However, that's not to say that MS Office is a bad product or not worth the money. Generally, my answer to this hinges on how much collaborative work you do with people using MS Office on PCs. If the answer is "a lot," then you should probably go with MS Office for Mac. If your answer is that you primarily produce documents for yourself, I think you'll really enjoy the iWork programs. Both have free trials I believe (not available from the MAS but from the Apple or MS websites) so you can give them a try, and I encourage you to do so. [/QUOTE]
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