Import and Export Word .Doc in Pages
Pages actually makes formatting letters fun, doesn’t it? With all the templates for making newsletters, storyboards, even brochures and business reports, who could ask for more? Well Windows users, I guess.
Suppose my coworker has Microsoft Word and he needs to read the document I created in Pages. He won’t be able to open a .pages file on his Windows machine. In Pages, I can Export to Microsoft Word easily. But this comes at a price. The way Pages and Word format documents seems to be extremely different. They really do not like to talk to one another even. If I export a document from Pages to Word that has little formatting, like a standard letter, it will most likely export to and from Word nicely. But once I try to export a .pages file that contains a groovy design from one of the templates, Word freaks out and puts all the images where it thinks they should go.
The trick really is to do this like the professionals do: write the copy and design the document separately. If I must export from Pages to Word, then try to just include only the copy, or the text of the document. The export should work or be close to the original when opened in Word. When I want to make the document look fancy, copy and paste the text into the design template.
Here is the method to export a .Pages document to .Doc Word format:
Select File -> Export from the menu bar in Pages.
Click the Word Tab and Click Next…
Select where I want the .Doc to be saved.
Click Export.
If the guy using Word wants to print the .Pages document and doesn’t need to edit it, then exporting into a PDF would be the wiser idea. Just follow the direction above, but click the PDF tab instead of the Word Tab in Step #2.
I can open a .doc in Pages and even edit it and save as a .Pages file. If Pages isn’t set as the default application to open Word files, just Ctrl + Click the .doc file in Finder and Select Open With… Pages. Again, there may be formatting differences between the two applications.
I have been serching the web for an explanation on how to export a plain text document to a pc user who uses microsoft word. I have been to the apple store twice to have them show me - get home - try to e-mail a copy of my student report to a school using a pc (from my macbook pro) Pages program and I continually get the response “I can’t open your report.” I think my co-workers must think I am an idiot.
Can you write out the steps for me from the very beginning - ex. Pages - File - New - Blank document - I write my text - and help me out from there. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. I am new to Mac and have always used pc. I bought the mac recently because i love the graphics, photo quality, ext. Thank you
Cathy,
The steps are listed above in the post. After you are finished writing the document, save it. Then follow the steps in blue above.
You seem to have modded the picture. Pages is unable to export to Word.
Why does everyone think that I am a photoshop expert all of a sudden? If you follow the simple instructions in Pages that are outlined above, you will be able to export to Word. Some formatting may be lost, however.
thx a lot i think that others could opened the document, im not sure if its 100% the same or so, but at least they opened it, thx i was goin insane xD
so hes not a photoshoper, and its true the steps above.
thx dude
hey i get the pages to word but i was wondering what about word to pages? I’m creating a yearbook and I want the final edit on my pages but mostly every one else will be using word so i’ll have to bring it over to the Pages on my computer after putting the page itself on Word on my computer, I know i could always just copy paste everything but is there a simpler way?