I just bought iWork and I think Pages is a horrible application. What do I do now?

Oh dear! That is a philosophical question. There are a couple of ways out.

1. Do not accept defeat. Learn to like it. All applications have quirks, and Pages is no exception. You may be surprised at what things turn out not to work, and which ones turn out to work very well. Try to see what the application is able to do. Stop trying to make it do what you thought it should do. It cannot make coffee or read rtf files with graphics, but it can do a lot of other things if you explore it.

2. Take it as an experience. You bought an application that did not do what you wanted it to do. Ok, that was a mistake. However, did Apple say it would do it? You thought Apple said so, but if you really read all the fine prints, does it say it contained the function you are so disappointed about not finding? Did you try it out, before you bought it? There are probably methods you could have used to verify this before you purchased iWork. Go through them. Learn from them. And next time you buy software, it is more likely that you will use those methods than this time. You learnt something. You are now a more knowledgeable person. Congratulations!

3. Tell Apple what you think at: http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html