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<blockquote data-quote="Jaygray" data-source="post: 756880" data-attributes="member: 50033"><p>Pages sometimes has difficulty rendering forms created in Word. If you are using your Mac for business use, and you work with Word documents with forms, you will probably end up needing Office for Mac. If your Word documents do not contain forms, then you may find that Pages works perfectly. I use Mac Word daily and have no problems interacting with an office full of PCs.</p><p></p><p>I also use Excel for Mac, and it works perfectly. I've never had a PC vs. Mac issue with it.</p><p></p><p>Entourage also works well. If you need to transfer a substantial amount of emails and contacts from Outlook, I would strongly recommend 'Outlook 2 Mac'. It costs $10 and makes the transfer a breeze. There are some complicated ways to make the transfer for free, but it's just not worth the headache and the half a day of your life that you'll lose trying to save the $10.</p><p></p><p>You will find quite a few negative reviews of Office for Mac. Remember that many Apple users switched over to Mac after years of being frustrated by various issues involving Windows, and by extension Microsoft. Within the Apple community there tends to be a certain amount of anti-Microsoft bias with a few (but not all) Mac users--an 'if Microsoft makes it, it must be overly complicated and full of viruses' attitude. This sometimes carries over to the reviews of Office for Mac--not so much with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, but mainly with Entourage. </p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that if you like PC Office, then you will probably like Mac Office. They are very similar. However, many Mac users have found that they prefer Apple's Mail, Pages, Numbers, etc. When they compare these products to the Microsoft offerings, the reviews tend to be negative--not because Microsift Office for Mac is bad, but just because they prefer the Apple applications.</p><p></p><p>Also, the folks who prefer the Microsoft Office applications, don't seem to ever bother to write negative reviews of their Apple counterparts. They just ignore them. This results in a higher percentage of negative Office reviews compared to negative Pages & Numbers reviews.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaygray, post: 756880, member: 50033"] Pages sometimes has difficulty rendering forms created in Word. If you are using your Mac for business use, and you work with Word documents with forms, you will probably end up needing Office for Mac. If your Word documents do not contain forms, then you may find that Pages works perfectly. I use Mac Word daily and have no problems interacting with an office full of PCs. I also use Excel for Mac, and it works perfectly. I've never had a PC vs. Mac issue with it. Entourage also works well. If you need to transfer a substantial amount of emails and contacts from Outlook, I would strongly recommend 'Outlook 2 Mac'. It costs $10 and makes the transfer a breeze. There are some complicated ways to make the transfer for free, but it's just not worth the headache and the half a day of your life that you'll lose trying to save the $10. You will find quite a few negative reviews of Office for Mac. Remember that many Apple users switched over to Mac after years of being frustrated by various issues involving Windows, and by extension Microsoft. Within the Apple community there tends to be a certain amount of anti-Microsoft bias with a few (but not all) Mac users--an 'if Microsoft makes it, it must be overly complicated and full of viruses' attitude. This sometimes carries over to the reviews of Office for Mac--not so much with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, but mainly with Entourage. The bottom line is that if you like PC Office, then you will probably like Mac Office. They are very similar. However, many Mac users have found that they prefer Apple's Mail, Pages, Numbers, etc. When they compare these products to the Microsoft offerings, the reviews tend to be negative--not because Microsift Office for Mac is bad, but just because they prefer the Apple applications. Also, the folks who prefer the Microsoft Office applications, don't seem to ever bother to write negative reviews of their Apple counterparts. They just ignore them. This results in a higher percentage of negative Office reviews compared to negative Pages & Numbers reviews. [/QUOTE]
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