It's not just layout (which goes way beyond nested tables -- I always go for Hangul when I want sub-millimeter precision) but also typography that makes a huge

It's not just layout (which goes way beyond nested tables -- I always go for Hangul when I want sub-millimeter precision) but also typography that makes a huge difference. Hangul was built from the ground up to accommodate the needs of CJK typography. You can tell that Word was never designed with CJK typography in mind when you write a sentence in English, try to add a word in Korean, and watch in horror as the entire line (and sometimes the entire page!) jiggles up and down while Word tries to figure out the line spacing (leading). By default, Word doesn't know how to keep leading consistent when you mix CJK and Latin characters in the same line, resulting in a very unprofessional-looking document. Hangul gets it right the first time. On the other hand, Word blows Hangul out of the water when it comes to Latin typography.