Word to iWork

NoWake200 · #1 January 20th, 2008, 04:13 PM

I was told when I purchased iWork '08 it was compatible with MS. I tried opening a Word doc and it would not open in iWord. The trial Word program opened instead. I would like to bypass all MS programs and just use iWork. Is there something that I have to do in order for this to happen or I am still stuck with having to use MS?

Thank for you help!
Rick

Satcomer · #2 January 20th, 2008, 04:19 PM

Try the free NeoOffice and see if that works. Plus remember you can make any program try to open a file by doing a Get Info on the file and selecting what program to open the file with.

NoWake200 · #3 January 20th, 2008, 04:21 PM

Thanks for the quick response! I will give that a try.

Rick

DeltaMac · #4 January 20th, 2008, 04:25 PM

Or, you can try dragging and drop the file on the Pages application icon. Pages should then attempt to open the file.

NoWake200 · #5 January 27th, 2008, 01:41 PM

Another problem I just found out about. Again the salesman said iWork 08 can be viewed by Word users. I emailed a resume to a friend and they could not open it.

Am I going to have to buy the Word program for MAC?

Thanks for your help.
Rick

DeltaMac · #6 January 27th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Yes, MS Word _can_ view documents created by Pages '08. But, not the default Pages format document. You have to export that document, choosing MS Word from the File/Export menu.
Pages can easily open and modify a Word document, even the newest .docx format that MS Word uses now, but you have to export a Pages document to have something that MS Word can use.

NoWake200 · #7 January 27th, 2008, 02:14 PM

Awesome DeltaMac!!!

Thank you very much for your help, as you told me that did the trick!

Rick