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How to save an Apple Pages file in Microsoft Word .doc format?I have switched from Microsoft Office on my Mac OS X system to Apple's iWorks package, which works great except every so often someone complains that my files are in .pages format, not .doc, which is what they want to see. I can't see how to save a file in Pages as an MS Word doc file, but I know it can be done. Help? I also migrated on my Mac from MS Office to iWorks and haven't looked back in the eight months or so since. Certainly Keynote is a huge improvement over PowerPoint, and my Keynote presentations look so much better I am kind of embarrassed it took me so long to switch, but Pages is a splendid replacement for Word too, and so far, for me, offers 100% of the functionality and capability I need. Even better, as I bet you've found out, you can open .doc files created by Microsoft Word in Pages without a problem. Saving Pages docs in Word format, however, isn't quite as obvious as you may imagine, because it's not a "Save As" it's an "Export". Let me show you... Open up your Pages document, then choose "Export..." from the File menu:  Chose that and you'll see that there are a bunch of formats you can create:  The default is a PDF document. Easy, straightforward. Click on "Word" and you'll see:  No options, just click on "Next..." and you'll be able to type in the doc name you desire:  Enter a good name, add ".doc" if you think it'll make it easier for the recipients, and click "Export". That's it. Done. Now you have a ".doc" file on your computer that's a Microsoft Word friendly version of your document. Not too bad!
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what version of word does pages export? the pages word export wont open in word 2003. Posted by: bill holton at May 4, 2010 9:23 PMI would like to use Apple Pages in a typical MSOffice environment (an Italian law office) and I always experience a huge problem: exporting to word seems to work well but, when my coworkers try to print the doc I created, even after modifying it, the printer acts funny. The page seems to be created in an horizontal format, with only a few (huge) lines per page. Changing the page format seems to solve the problem, but: If you can help me, even with a private mail, I will be really greateful Posted by: Furio at May 31, 2010 12:26 PMI've followed the instructions for exporting a PAGES file out as a Word document, exactly as you specified on your site. But, when I look at the file in an "explorer" mode, the PAGE version is 152 KB long, and the Word version is only 19 KB. What did I do wrong? Posted by: Barry at August 3, 2010 3:44 PMHi Dave, Dave...I'm so glad I found you! You made a frustrating problem disappear in a few well explained steps...you even have visuals! Thank you a thousand times! Posted by: Wendy at July 4, 2011 6:53 AMHi Dave This was very useful. Thanks! Posted by: Niti Gupta at August 24, 2011 1:42 AMHello. I have recently just downloaded Pages from the app store. I followed the instructions above about saving in a word format, however when I type in ".doc" after I type in my desired doc name, I'll go into my Finder and my document will only have my doc name not ".doc" after it. Should my friends with word have any trouble opening the document if I were to send it to them? Posted by: Jess at August 27, 2011 2:05 AMJess, if you are saving the file in "Microsoft Word" format, it should automatically have a .doc or .docx filename suffice. If not, try File -> Export (I think that's the menu item name) and specify an MS Word file. Posted by: Dave Taylor at September 2, 2011 8:33 AMvery good explanation, easy to follow and excellent presentation. Thank you Posted by: andrea at January 11, 2012 2:41 AMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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