Pages
Nine years after Pages first debuted, Apple’s cross-platform
word processor is finally giving Microsoft Word a run for its money.
Pages works seamlessly with iCloud, Apple’s cloud storage
service, which means you can start a document on one device and continue
working on it seamlessly from another device. This same option is available for
Microsoft Word users, but only if you spring for a pricey Office 365
subscription, which costs $12 per month or $119 a year.
Pages works
seamlessly with iCloud
Pages, on the other hand, is available for free on new Macs
and iOS 7 devices. For older Apple devices, it costs $10.49 on iOS and $20.99
on Mac. There’s also a free iWork for iCloud beta available online that can be
accessed through any desktop browser.
To be fair, Pages doesn’t have anywhere near the breadth of
features that Microsoft Word offers, but for day-to-day word processing, it’s
doubtful you’ll find anything missing. This applies doubly to the iOS client,
which is head and shoulders above any other mobile word processor - even the
official Microsoft Word client available for Office 365 subscribers.
Pages is available
for free on new Macs and iOS 7 devices
A toolbar at the top of the screen provides easy access to
common tools such as the undo button, text formatting and embedding rich
content, and the on-screen keyboard has also been given a once-over, adding
one-touch tools for things like text alignment, font settings and page breaks.
Business users will love the collaboration features in
Pages, letting you add comments and highlights, as well as track changes to a
document for other users to review. You can also share links to your Pages
document through multiple channels, and since all of your documents are stored
in iCloud, anyone that has a link to your Pages document will always have
access to the latest copy.
Business users
will love the collaboration features in Pages
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Specs
and price
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Price: Free for new iOS 7 devices
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Developer: Apple
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Platform: iPhone, iPad
Rating
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Ease of use: 6/6
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Features: 6/6
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Value for money: 6/6
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Overall: 6/6
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