Export to Word... but Not Pages?

So I am liking the new Print/Export feature with one exception... Why is it that I can export to MS Word but not Pages?

I realize I can copy & paste but it would be nice to be able to export automatically to Pages using this feature, especially when there are graphics involved with text.

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Jack Caviness

Why is it that I can export to MS Word but not Pages?

Why not something that can handle Hebrew text, like Mellel? I realize that Logos had a Microsoft-connected beginning, but it is time to recognize that MS Office for Mac is a seriously crippled suite.

The Rev. Dr. John W. Sias

I concur wholeheartedly with Jack. I am increasingly frustrated with Word (due to the Hebrew problem) but also a little frustrated with the fact that indentation, etc. are not right when I copy/paste biblical texts into Mellel (due to a different paragraph indentation / tab scheme). Mellel is an important editor for biblical scholarship on Mac, handling Hebrew and also larger documents much better than Word. It is also much more stable than Word 2011, which crashes (for me) all the time.

I have been considering exploring Pages (due to its greater compatibility with Word format) but haven't ascertained its performance for Hebrew and book-length documents.

Stephen

I would also like to see an export to pages. There is a reason I use a Mac and don't use Microsoft products. I don't know about Pages handeling of hebrew it is the word processor I use. Why make a Mac product if you are going to tie us to Microsoft?

mab

Since L4M comes from L4, it's pretty clear why Word got the nod. Maybe the L4M development team would put Pages and Mellel on the to-do/wishlist for a future release when they aren't busy slaying the current crop of coding dragons.

I use Mellel. There's also all the Open Office/Libre Office folks who have ditched Word. My thinking is that if they can do one of these alternatives, they probably could carry most of it over to the others.

Dan

Another vote for Pages!

Jacques

Another vote, to pick ANY app of your choosing for Export - including Pages!

Kevin A. Purcell

MS Office for Mac is a seriously crippled suite

How so? I think it is very good.

Mike Binks

MS Office for Mac is a seriously crippled suite

How so? I think it is very good.

I think the test is to compare using Hebrew on the Mac Version and then on the Windows version.

But coming to word processors via !Impression and !Ovation Pro - I just never got on with the way Word decided what I wanted to do.

Jack Caviness

MS Office for Mac is a seriously crippled suite

How so? I think it is very good.

In that case, you have not attempted to paste a line of Hebrew text. I cannot even paste Greek from L4 or from Accordance without first pasting it into Text Edit. In a discussion on the Office for Mac forum, an MVP who claimed to have been on design decisions for Office 2011, this lack of ability is deliberate and permanent. That is, MS Office for Mac will never support right-to-left text. He claims there is no money there.

Kevin A. Purcell

In that case, you have not attempted to paste a line of Hebrew text. I cannot even paste Greek from L4 or from Accordance without first pasting it into Text Edit. In a discussion on the Office for Mac forum, an MVP who claimed to have been on design decisions for Office 2011, this lack of ability is deliberate and permanent. That is, MS Office for Mac will never support right-to-left text. He claims there is no money there.

You are right. I have never done so until just now. Is it the issue of the right margin? I fixed that with a right click and choosing paragraph. Other than that it looks fine in Word 2011. It is right to left text.