Office for Mac 2011 Advice please

For many years I have been producing numerous documents using Office Professional 2010 on a PC.
Since purchasing a Mac I have being working with Pages 09 & Pages 5, neither of which in my opinion, has the versatility of Office.
I note that there is an app. Office for Mac 2011.
Could someone please answer the following?
Can I transfer documents, (some quite long) in Office Professional 2010 to Office for Mac 2011?
Can I transfer documents in Pages 09 & 5 to Office for Mac 2011?
Are there any issues I should be aware of in installing Office for Mac 2011?
Thank you.

1. Yes, the file formats are interchangeable (excel, word, powerpoint)
2. You will need to export them from Pages in .doc or docx format.
Pre 3: Backup first
3. Read the directions, and note that Outlook will be wholly incompatible with most (not all) online services, especially Apples. You can buy Office with or without Outlook, it's cheaper without.

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