Appleworks vs pages ?

Hello,
Can anyone tell me if pages offers more compatibility to Windows than Appleworks ? (i.e. Word docs)
And is pages supposed to replace Appleworks in the future ?
Thanks
MJ

Hello,
Can anyone tell me if pages offers more compatibility
to Windows than Appleworks ? (i.e. Word docs)
It is more compatible with Word than AppleWorks is. But it's still not perfect. Try NeoOffice/J if you need almost perfect compatibility with Word, but without the huge price tag.
And is pages supposed to replace Appleworks in the future ?
Yes. Apple's press release when iWork '05 was released stated that with iWork Apple were building a replacement for AppleWorks. It's not there yet though. We still need a spreadsheet, etc yet. Maybe this January at Macworld 2006.

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