MS Sans Serif font missing

I receive a regular club bulletin which is in MS Sans Serif.
When I open it with Pages I get a warning that MS Sans Serif is missing, and I replace it with Microsoft Sans Serif.
But, neither before or after replacing it, is the pagination as the author intended. It is not the same as when opened in LibreOffice for example.
Is there any way I can download MS Sans Serif and have Pages use it?
Or any other way round this problem for Pages? or do I have to use LibreOffice
Thanks

fruhulda wrote:
It might or might not get the pagination wrong. It depends on which features used when creating the document.
My strong view is that the Sender has the obligation to make sure everyone who he/she wants to read the bulletin, should use a format or supply with alternatives, to make sure it can be read. The reader shouldn't be the one to adjust to the senders restricted view on which format or font to use. You have to ask for a pdf version at least. You can open in Preview, PC user have to get Adobe reader but they usually already have it on their computers.
I can't see it a a defeat on your part. Maybe I can see it on the senders part thoguh.
You are right of course, in this day and age PDFs and Adobe Reader should be the norm.
But this is a voluntary organisation where a lot of work is done unpaid by a few people. Neither the sender nor the members are particularly computer literate. I don't feel it is appropriate to tell them about their obligations!
I call it a defeat because my Macs can't handle such a document without third party software or requesting the sender to do something which all the Windows members don't need. This is the kind of problem which helps put people off Macs.
However, you said that there is a possibility that Pages would get the pagination right if it had the correct font, so can I ask again if it is possible to download MS Sans Serif? There are other Microsoft fonts in OSX, so why not this one? I have googled for it without success.
It isn't a big deal to use LibreOffice, but my tidy mind would like Pages to handle it if possible.
Thanks for helping

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