Hey guys, for anyone with a Mac using Pages that doesn't already know, if you save your stuff as a .doc thinking you can then just upload that to your application, be careful. For my resume it messed up the fonts and the length, and for my PS it made it a few lines longer taking me over the page limit.
If anyone knows any ways around this I'd love to hear it! Right now I'm just retyping my stuff on my roommate's laptop cuz he has Word and I'll just submit from there.
WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac Forum
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
Who cares if they gave you a $100 Apple Store gift care. This is why you by Microsoft Office for Mac.
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WhiteGuy5
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
Yeah identical fonts/sizes/margins produce different things on the two apps. You should convert EVERYTHING to a PDF before you submit anyway.
This will solve all your problems.
This will solve all your problems.
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sach1282
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
lol? You're not even allowed to submit a PDF using the flexapp.WhiteGuy5 wrote:Yeah identical fonts/sizes/margins produce different things on the two apps. You should convert EVERYTHING to a PDF before you submit anyway.
This will solve all your problems.
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kapital98
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
Unfortunately, no OneNote for the Mac version.174 wrote:Who cares if they gave you a $100 Apple Store gift care. This is why you by Microsoft Office for Mac.
Otherwise, yes, definitely buy Word. It's the industry standard -- the sooner you learn how to use it the better.
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WhiteGuy5
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
Oh...never mind then =).sach1282 wrote:lol? You're not even allowed to submit a PDF using the flexapp.WhiteGuy5 wrote:Yeah identical fonts/sizes/margins produce different things on the two apps. You should convert EVERYTHING to a PDF before you submit anyway.
This will solve all your problems.
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WhiteGuy5
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
sach1282 wrote:lol? You're not even allowed to submit a PDF using the flexapp.WhiteGuy5 wrote:Yeah identical fonts/sizes/margins produce different things on the two apps. You should convert EVERYTHING to a PDF before you submit anyway.
This will solve all your problems.
FYI -- this is what somebody from an admissions committee told me, so I just presumed it would.
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seanPtheB
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
yea for Harvard they explicitly say not to upload your stuff using PDFWhiteGuy5 wrote:sach1282 wrote:lol? You're not even allowed to submit a PDF using the flexapp.WhiteGuy5 wrote:Yeah identical fonts/sizes/margins produce different things on the two apps. You should convert EVERYTHING to a PDF before you submit anyway.
This will solve all your problems.
FYI -- this is what somebody from an admissions committee told me, so I just presumed it would.
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sailboat
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
Why buy Word when you can get OpenOffice for free? http://www.openoffice.org/
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kapital98
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Re: WARNING to people using PAGES on Mac
Because development of OpenOffice died when Oracle bought Sun. Also, OpenOffice still has the occasional formatting issue with .docx files.sailboat wrote:Why buy Word when you can get OpenOffice for free? http://www.openoffice.org/
http://thestockmarketwatch.com/stock-ma ... realm/7788 (THANKS ORACLE!)
(I love OpenOffice and it's a shame it died -- but, if everyone in your firm uses Word you better know how to use Word just as well as OpenOffice.)
