Opening Apple Pages file in Windows

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February 17, 2022, 04:02 PM

P250UA5

Opening Apple Pages file in Windows

Need to open a document that was written on a Mac & sent to me.
It's a .PAGES file, and I've only got Word, Notepad & Wordpad as options on this machine.

Tried to just change the extension & that did nothing.
Word tries to open it, but results in gibberish & symbols.

Is there a way to convert a Pages file to .docx or something that a Windows machine can read?

February 17, 2022, 04:05 PM

architect

If you can get your hands on a Mac, Pages will Save As in .doc and .docx formats. Maybe get your friend to re-send it?

If not, you might try OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice or whatever derivative there is for Microsoft operating systems. Most of these are FOSS (Free Open Source Software), free to download, install, and use. Some distributions can take significant disk space.

February 17, 2022, 04:11 PM

P250UA5

Thanks, I'll see if it can be resent in docx

February 17, 2022, 05:33 PM

4MUL8R

The pages software can “export” the file in a readable format. Word, PDF, etc.

February 17, 2022, 06:08 PM

Rey HRH

quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
Need to open a document that was written on a Mac & sent to me.
It's a .PAGES file, and I've only got Word, Notepad & Wordpad as options on this machine.

Tried to just change the extension & that did nothing.
Word tries to open it, but results in gibberish & symbols.

Is there a way to convert a Pages file to .docx or something that a Windows machine can read?

Here's one way to do it:

How to open .pages file using Microsoft Word

Here's another way to do it:

How to open .pages doc with google drive

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