Winメインの会社で、厳しいアクセス制限が掛けられているにも関わらず、iCloudのアクセスが可能で、Excel、Word等のOffice系ファイルは、ダウンロードのみに留まるものの、Numbers、Pagesは、アクセスはもちろんの事、編集も可能で、重宝している。これが分かってから、Excel、Word等のファイルの作成が必要になった場合、Numbers、Pagesで、作成する様になった。Excel、Wordへの書き出しも、可能なので。

問題はエクスポートである。なぜなら、日本では「縦書きでWordフォーマット提出」という慣例があり、Pagesでエクスポートした.docxをWordで読み込むとフォント崩れや改行崩れが出てそのままでは使えず、結局Wordで編集して提出しているのからである。「ではなぜ最初からWordを使わないのか」という疑問が残るが、それは「Wordの使用を極力抑えたいから」に尽きる。Microsoft社がデファクトスタンダードを狙ったこの戦略が未だに納得できず、ささやかな抵抗をしているからなのだ。だからこそPagesには頑張って欲しいのだ。これからの日本で「縦書きでPagesフォーマット提出」という慣習が根付くことを心から願う日本の一人のユーザである。この言葉がApple社の上位に届くことを祈る。The problem is exporting.This is because, in Japan, there's a custom of submitting documents in Word format with vertical writing. When a .docx file exported from Pages is loaded into Word, fonts and line breaks become distorted, making it unusable as is, so people end up editing it in Word and submitting it.This leaves the question of why people don't use Word in the first place, and the answer is simple: they want to minimize their use of Word.I still can't accept Microsoft's strategy, which aims to make it the de facto standard, and I'm putting up a small resistance.This is why I want Pages to do its best.As a Japanese user, I sincerely hope that the custom of submitting documents in Pages format with vertical writing will become established in Japan.I hope this message reaches the higher-ups at Apple.

What is this nonsense, Apple?First, I get a popup saying an update is available. Then the download page says there’s a new version. Fine — I install it. Now Pages on my Mac looks like the watered-down iPhone version, stripped of the interface I actually liked. And on top of that, you’re hinting that “premium features” might require a subscription? Seriously?I paid top dollar for this Mac, in large part because the included software — especially Pages — worked beautifully for me. It was clean, powerful, and didn’t nickel-and-dime users. That was part of the value. Now it feels like you’re redesigning it to match mobile and laying the groundwork to charge extra for features that used to be included.What exactly am I paying for?If this is the direction you’re heading — dumbing down the desktop experience and locking core functionality behind subscriptions — then you’re going to lose the loyalty of customers like me. I invested in your ecosystem because it felt complete and thoughtfully designed, not because I wanted another software bill.If you decide to go down this road, you can kiss my hard-earned dollars goodbye.

Stop the new ad! Pages is great, but the ad "New Version of Pages Available" pops up too frequently if you still need the old version. Everyone already knew about it and it makes no sense to show that useless message again and again. The new features require major macOS update and subscription fee (which I can't do for my older computers for research for some specific reasons), and files edited with the new version became incompatible with the old versions. It's so annoying to see the message again and again and again while you basically CANNOT use it at all mainly becasue of the version incompatibility.