.Docx to .Pages

prime26 wrote:

Is it possible to transfer the many Windows files to the MacBook Air with .pages?

Yes. Pages on a Mac can open Word files and convert them directly to Pages format when you then save them.

so when I do, would they become .Pages?

If you save them, yes.

f they were .Pages that would be fine as long and I could send or export them as Word or PDF.

Yes. Pages can export into Word format directly. Do note, it's not a 1 to 1 export and some fonts and more complex Microsoft formatting may not correctly translate, but for the most part the conversion should work perfectly fine with most regular documents.

ow do I transfer the Word files formatted as NTFS to the Mac Air? I know it has its own APFS format and can read and write exfat.

Files are not formatted as NTFS. NTFS is a hard drive format not a file format. You can transfer the files in a USB drive without any issue.

o I copy and paste, or drag and drop, or import from Mac.

You can copy and paste or drag and drop. Whichever is easier for you. There's no real issue with just copying the files over.

hould I format the flash drive as exfat?

You only need to format as exFat is you need to write back onto the flash drive from the Mac. Macs can read from NTFS formatted drives , but cannot write to them, so the Mac will be perfectly able to copy the files off of the drive even if it is formatted as NTFS.

Also, there are other free alternatives to Microsoft Office for Mac such as LibreOffice, OpenOffice and even Microsoft's own online Office suite at https://www.office.com

prime26 wrote:

I would like to send the word files to the Mac Book Air M2from the easiest way possible. I am unclear about this because once they are in MB as .pages I would like to read and write.

I'm confused by your confusion. To transfer the files, yo do the same thing you would when transferring to Windows computer.

That is, you just plug in the flash drive and copy the files off of the flash drive. On a Mac the equivalent of Windows explorer is the Finder. You open the flash drive, and drag the files onto the desktop or into a folder.

Once on the Mac, you can use Pages to open them and it will create a pages version of the file, you can read and write and edit and do whatever you want with it.

The original .docx file will remain untouched and available should you need it.

These files are on flash drive and usually when I insert a flash drive into mac or Google it becomes corrupted

Not sure why this would happen. I often transfer files from my Windows laptop to my Mac using a flash drive, and it works fine, and no corruption has ever occurred. You copy the files or drag and drop them exactly the same as on Windows. No real difference.

The Flash drive will appear in Finder much like it would in Windows Explorer.

I don't know if I need to format or if there is an import in the MB?

The format of the flash drive as I said can be NTFS. The limitation is the Macs cannot write to NTFS drives. so it won't be able to save them back onto the flash drive. It can save them on the Mac's internal hard drive just fine though.

If you need to store them back into the flash drive as word documents or pages documents, then yes, the flash drive would need to be in exFat format so the Mac can write to it and save the files there.

There is no import method beyond just copying them onto the Mac, or just directly opening them in Pages from the flash drive.

It will convert them to pages directly when you open them, and can then be "exported" as Word documents again.

I recommend you keep your stuff in .docx and not convert to .pages. .docx is what most people in business and education use, and converting between formats can generate needless complications. Having Word yourself is a good idea, but as mentioned earlier there are some free clones that do the same format.

You’re welcome. good luck.