Which 'Professional Level' Layout Application

I love Pages and think it is brilliant value for money etc etc. However I'm considering buying a more professional level layout application to make it easier for me to work with professional printers.
So you Pages users out there who have experience of higher end applications like InDesign and QuarkXPress...
1. Which pro-level app would you choose and why?
2. What features will I get that aren't in Pages?
I know this area is for discussion about Pages and my question is slightly off topic. I will be googling but I value the opinions of many contributors here.
Thanks
Ian

I'd vote for InDesign -- it integrates well with other Adobe apps, and is much more "Mac-like" than the versions of QuarkXPress that I've used before (although I can't speak about the most recent releases).
Compared to Pages, InDesign has a lot of features useful in a professional workflow: much finer control over text and type; more flexibility around professional colour printing options; the ability to "link" images and graphics rather that embed them in the document (allowing for very easy updating of changed images in a document); more capable built-in illustration tools; layers capabilities; and various other pro-level features.
But Barbara is also correct that both ID and QXP require substantial investment in both money and time. Unlike Pages, I found that neither were immediately usable without some background reading and training. And even with many years experience with both applications, I find that I use Pages for 80% of my work-related page layout, including a lot of professionally-printed material, just because I find it vastly easier to use, especially if one is experimenting with layout ideas. ID is more capable, but the price is a far more complex UI.
It sounds like the issues you face are not necessarily around what Pages can do, but how it interacts with printers. Given that, you might first try getting more information from what the problematic aspects are that printers have with your documents, and see if they can be resolved in Pages. I wouldn't suggest leaping to ID or QXP unless you need their more complex features, or if there is some critical function that your printer is demanding.

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