Seeking advice on learning Pages after using Word for

I have used Word for Mac for a long time (last edition I had was but to save $ I stopped paying for it and am trying to learn to use Pages. I find it very difficult Advice?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.1

Posted on Nov 25, 2025 7:21 AM

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Nov 25, 2025 11:15 AM in response to NJpsychout

Microsoft provided evolutionary feature updates to Word based on corporate user requirements for nearly 40 years. Apple's Pages was never designed to be a Word clone, or even compete on features with Word, or any other word-processing application. You are essentially starting over when moving from Word to Pages.


You have this documentation: Pages User Guide for Mac - Apple Support and this support community to ask questions.


I also happen to have the single-purchase Office 2024 for Mac Home and Student on macOS Tahoe 26.1. It cost me $159 on stacksocial dot com and does not have any Microsoft AI garbage in it.



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