Apple 'Pages' Pros and Cons?

I need a little help with a question I'm stuck on. What are some of the Pro's and Con's of Page's by Apple.

Is it only for iDevices (Mac, iPhone, iPad etc)?
Is it backwards compatible with older versions?
Is it feature rich?
Is it for only businesses?

Those kinds of questions. I appreciate the help.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to answer your question.

Pages is the word processing application of Apple's Office Suite called iWork.

Pages is feature rich and intuitive as most Apple software products are and incorporates well into the Mac OS experience. With the ability to draw in content from other Apple software products and your Mac or iOS device.

Pages has the ability to import and export Microsoft Word (.doc files) documents with some caveats when it comes to some formatting and macro programing. Pages does give you an itemized list of these conflicts upon opening and exporting a Microsoft Word document.

Pages has versions available for Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Again there are some features that are available in the desktop Mac OS version that doesn't translate completely to the iOS versions. Again there's a conflict window that gives you these warnings.

In my experience, I have found that most issues, have to do with exporting to Microsoft Word, come from the extra content rich parts that Pages provides. But again those are able to be adjusted once you find out what is causing a conflict and adjust the project before sharing with your Microsoft Office using friends and business associates.

Currently, Pages documents are backwards compatible with all versions of Microsoft Word and Pages.

Pages would not be considered a business only program. Apple does make Professional Software for designers and creators but this would not be one of those programs.

And finally, iWork is currently in a beta for use with iCloud. I have used it some as I'm a current beta tester and it seems to work well in the browser and therefore will work on Mac and PC upon debut.

Feel free to check out Pages at http://www.apple.com/...work/pages and http://www.apple.com/...ork/pages/

Thank you for your time and I hope I have answered your question to your liking.

Agent Alexis P
Badge # 56426
Consultation Agent at Geek Squad 1498
Miami Beach, Florida
Formerly an Apple Expert for Best Buy
8/21/13

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