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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 517868" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Pages is not 100% compatible with Word and Keynote is definately not 100% compatible with Powerpoint.</p><p></p><p>It's a question of degree though. For 99% of people, the differences are small enough to not matter. But if you're in a professional environment, use PPT and advanced word documents every day, then Office 2004 (and soon Office 2008) would be a better buy.</p><p></p><p>Keynote can mess with font sizes, spacing and other formatting. When you've spend endless hours getting that presentation 'just right', it's not worth the risk. Powerpoint is sensitive to this - things like bullet sizes and colours get corrupted.</p><p></p><p>Pages is a really nice program, but does lack some features, like automated numbered headings for example (it will import them, but messes them up when you update the fields on the content page). It sometimes messes up footers and headers too. This would not affect most users, but again if you're using these apps as a professional, stick to Office.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 517868, member: 21101"] Pages is not 100% compatible with Word and Keynote is definately not 100% compatible with Powerpoint. It's a question of degree though. For 99% of people, the differences are small enough to not matter. But if you're in a professional environment, use PPT and advanced word documents every day, then Office 2004 (and soon Office 2008) would be a better buy. Keynote can mess with font sizes, spacing and other formatting. When you've spend endless hours getting that presentation 'just right', it's not worth the risk. Powerpoint is sensitive to this - things like bullet sizes and colours get corrupted. Pages is a really nice program, but does lack some features, like automated numbered headings for example (it will import them, but messes them up when you update the fields on the content page). It sometimes messes up footers and headers too. This would not affect most users, but again if you're using these apps as a professional, stick to Office. [/QUOTE]
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