HT202879: About the new iWork for Mac: Features and compatibility

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Rachel U.
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Q: Newest version of pages and .doc compatibility

Will the newest version of pages in Mavericks open .doc documents created in Microsoft Office 2004? I was about to update my MacBook to Mavericks, and it says that Mavericks will no longer be compatible with Microsoft Office 2004. So instead, I was just going to buy Pages and open all of my .doc documents using that. Will this work?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 26, 2013 12:11 PM

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Rachel U.

Q: Newest version of pages and .doc compatibility

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  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Dec 26, 2013 1:12 PM in response to Rachel U.
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    Dec 26, 2013 1:12 PM in response to Rachel U.

    Pages should open .doc without problems.  But TextEdit which comes with OS X also does that, plus OpenOffice and various other apps.

     

    They all can also create such documents, but if you need to be totally compatible with Windows Office users, you should probably get Office 2011 for Mac.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Dec 26, 2013 4:54 PM in response to Rachel U.
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    Dec 26, 2013 4:54 PM in response to Rachel U.

    In another post, I mentioned that I tested Pages v5.0.1 opening Word documents created from August 1998, but not earlier.

     

    I work in an office space with mixed Macs and Windows machines. The Macs all use Office for Mac 2011. No Pages application is installed.

     

    Tom has good advice.