I heard that MS will be bringing out a more equipped version of Office for Mac in the near future.
Word & Publisher work quite well with each other in the Windows OS environment. I hope I haven't defeated the purpose of upgrading to a iMac instead of upgrading to another Dell. Working with Parallels and Office 2000 for Window xp works great. In order to get back real editing & publishing capabilities, I have had to take another route by installing Parallels and Windows xp home, then MS Office 2000. Unfortunately, no Mac version of Office has Publisher as part of the program. I find that Pages works okay, but it just does not have the editing features that come with word & publisher. When I made the switch to the iMac, I also installed iWork with Pages & Keynotes so I could get back into the newsletter editing. Needing an upgrade real bad, I elected to switch gears and go back to Apple and the newest iMac.
I was using MS Office 2000 on an outdated Dell pc. I worked with Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Publisher for several newsletters that I help out with.