Paul wrote:Does anyone know how to set the default font for iWorks/Pages? There is nothing under Preferences and nothing under Help. So far I think AppleWorks is a better word processor.
You need to create your own default template in Pages. Set up your document with the margins, headers, etc. as you'd like. Redefine all of the paragraph & character styles to have your desired font.
While you're at it, you might want to set default styles for all objects, text boxes, tables, paragraph styles, etc. Start with a blank document & insert an object. Change the color, wrap, etc. to your choosing & then go to Format > Advanced > Define Default Shape Style then delete the object. Repeat with an image/photo, a text box & a table. Now, save this as a template then, in Pages > Preferences, select this template as the default for new documents. All of your new documents will have these settings for inserted objects, images & tables. Unfortunately, the settings won't apply to any other templates or "foreign" documents you open with Pages.
As far as AppleWorks being better or not, it depends on what you need. For everyday word processing, I think Pages is much better. But there are a lot of little things AppleWorks does Pages doesn't do or is easier. Of course, easier is often just what we're used to. Since I've used Pages for 4+ years, I'm pretty comfortable with it. But I used AppleWorks since classic AppleWorks on my IIgs 20+ years ago then from ClarisWorks 1 on my first Mac all the way to the current AppleWorks 6.2.9.