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[–] ranbutann@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Does anyone even use iWork suite these days? Basically everyone I know uses Office or even Google Docs.

[–] WCSDBG_4332@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Still use Pages & Numbers. Doesn't compare to MS Office though.

[–] No_Island963@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I use it all the time

[–] MyHobbyIsMagnets@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I still use Pages every day. Habit I guess

[–] darkknight32@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Keynote is all I really use. I’ll use Figma one in awhile for a presentation (used to do it all in indesign). But keynote isn’t that bad. A ton of nuances to it but once you work with them, it clicks.

But google docs over pages for sure. Not even a competition imo.

[–] WhiteyMcBrown@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use it too but I might use it more if Apple looked like they cared to update them. They used to make a big deal about their big software features. I don't really know what's been done since iWork '09. (as in "the year 2009"). Going web only in some Google Docs copy or adding AI tools might be worth talking about.

[–] Shrinks99@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Hey the last update brought SVG support.

I swear it has a team of 2 people responsible for it or something. Pages and Keynote (Numbers is fine but will never be Excel for better or worse) are really great software and I wish they had more capital allocated to them.

[–] ElectroByte15@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Use it every day. Office makes me pull my few remaining hairs out. For generic use, iWork beats all the others in overall experience.

[–] NoRun1294@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I use it for home and personal stuff all the time.

[–] pleachchapel@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I think Pages is superior to Word for pure design & stock font options.

I don't know who tf is using Numbers instead of Excel though.

[–] Simply_Epic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I used them all throughout college. Office is just too unintuitive and Google Docs is missing too many basic formatting features. The iWork apps do everything I need them to do and it’s intuitive to use.

[–] _amethyst@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I still use Pages a lot of the time. It works on all of my devices and it has a few Microsoft Word-level features that Google Docs is missing. Mail Merge is a notable one for me.

It’s not super important for most people but if you need it it’s much easier to use Pages with its built-in Mail Merge than it is to fuck around with weird privacy-invasive third-party Google Docs addons.