So, this is about to be a lengthy review as I've done, literally, HOURS of research (reading, testing, etc.

I read the reviews and hoped for the best since most reviews were so positive

I wanted to avoid Microsoft Office in general and then read very bad reviews of the recent version for the

Bought this program having never have used it, but it got such good reviews

I was already using Microsoft and was researching their newer version, but kept seeing glowing reviews of iWork

Still, it has been an exercise in frustration for me to the degree that in spite of very bad reviews of Office for Mac and general not good feelings about Microsoft, I have and am considering moving to Office.

Rather than spreading myself too thin, I limit this review to `Pages', leaving commentary on `Numbers' to spreadsheet buffs

I take my frustration out here as Apple has disallowed any reviews of its new applications on the Apple Website.

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