Exporting Pages ’08 Documents for Someone Using Microsoft Word

Exporting Pages ’08 Documents in Microsoft Word Format

It’s easy to export the documents you create in Pages, so that colleagues using Microsoft Word on a Mac or Windows can read, review, or edit them.

To export a Pages ’08 document as a Microsoft Word file:

  1. Choose Export from the File menu.
  2. Click the Word icon in the resulting dialog; then click Next.
  3. Name the Word document, indicate where you want it saved, and click Export.

And you’re done. Friends or colleagues can open your document using Microsoft Word on a Mac or PC, and Word will preserve virtually all of the formatting, tables, graphics, footnotes, and other elements you’ve included.