martijar
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Q: why do i have to upgrade first to use pages already on computer

suddenly pages requires me to upgrade to latest OSX and have to upgrade Pages, it worked perfectly before with mavericks on iMac 2007

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on May 14, 2016 1:15 PM

by Yellowbox,Apple recommended
Yellowbox Yellowbox
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A:

Hi Bob,

 

Good to see you again in the Pages for Mac forum. It could be an Economic Stimulus, but see this User Tip by Wayne Contello

Wayne has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork (Numbers, Pages and Keynote).

Need newer version of Numbers to open file


That User Tip is not just for Numbers. It works also in Pages and Keynote.

 

Stay well, Bob.

Regards,

Ian.

Posted on May 15, 2016 8:26 AM

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Q: why do i have to upgrade first to use pages already on computer

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  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX May 14, 2016 1:24 PM in response to martijar
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    May 14, 2016 1:24 PM in response to martijar

    The version of Pages on Mavericks was ended at v5.2.2. When Yosemite was released, a new Pages v5.5 was required for that OS X release. Now, one must have OS X 10.10.4 or later to update to Pages v5.6.2 — the current, and only Pages release in the OS X App Store.

     

    If you are talking about Pages '09, then anytime that you attempt to open an incompatible Pages v5 document in Pages '09, it will tell you that an 'index.xml' file is missing, or that you need a newer version of Pages — depending on how you tried to open that Pages v5 document. It is really telling you in an obscure way that you can't open a Pages v5 document in Pages '09. If this is the scenario, then just quit Pages '09, and then double-click the document icon to open it in Pages v5.

  • by jkshpur,

    jkshpur jkshpur May 14, 2016 1:19 PM in response to martijar
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    May 14, 2016 1:19 PM in response to martijar

    Is this when you are trying to open a .pages file from a newer version, or are you opening the application and it makes the suggestion to upgrade?  I have the latter and just keeping ignoring it.  Annoying, true.

  • by Bob Novy,

    Bob Novy Bob Novy May 14, 2016 2:10 PM in response to martijar
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    May 14, 2016 2:10 PM in response to martijar

    Economic Stimulus?

  • by Yellowbox,Apple recommended

    Yellowbox Yellowbox May 15, 2016 8:26 AM in response to Bob Novy
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    Mac OS X
    May 15, 2016 8:26 AM in response to Bob Novy

    Hi Bob,

     

    Good to see you again in the Pages for Mac forum. It could be an Economic Stimulus, but see this User Tip by Wayne Contello

    Wayne has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork (Numbers, Pages and Keynote).

    Need newer version of Numbers to open file


    That User Tip is not just for Numbers. It works also in Pages and Keynote.

     

    Stay well, Bob.

    Regards,

    Ian.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 May 17, 2016 7:18 AM in response to Yellowbox
    Level 9 (50,103 points)
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    May 17, 2016 7:18 AM in response to Yellowbox

    Such a delightfully simple approach