Pages'08 vs MS Word 2008

I have been using Pages'08. I find it great. It's very straightforward and user-friendly. It works wonderful especially when I incorporate some pictures in my paper.
However, it's such a pain in the neck that I have to export to .doc or .pdf every time I finish my work;nevertheless, I've been using it because it's the best word processor ever as far as I know.
Now we have MS office 2007(?is it right?) for Mac. Even though I really hate MS stuff, if MS word 2007 works as well as Pages'08, I would switch to it.
How many times I cursed my self when I saw my Pages file in my external hard drive when I needed to print it out at other places?

WWJD wrote:
Example Page Layout Format from Word '08.
Yes, I know that a lot of things can be done with Word, already in 2004. However, I still have a feeling that one has to struggle more to make things work in Word.
Correct me if I'm wrong in this, but Word 2008 still does not snap objects to alignment lines? It still does not support advanced typography (except very basic ligatures)? It still does not support Services, does it?
Word 2008 does a lot of things that Pages does not do, and there are a lot of things that you can do, if you only sit down and take your time in Word 2008. However, the amount of functions in Word 2008 makes it more difficult to find the things you actually need. For many of us. Depending on the individual needs of course.

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