Export Numbers file to Pages

That was a great idea but it didn't really work.

I copied the spreadsheet into Text Edit and saved it as a Word 2007 (docx) file and then opened the Word file with Pages.

The text was all there (wrong font) but the table was not.

The table was present in Text Edit, also wrong font.

I left the Text Edit file open so I could save it in other formats to try.

Saved it in Rich Text, Rich Text with Attachments and Word 97 (doc)

In the rtf file formats the files opened with Pages and the table and text were both present but the table formatting and the fonts and colours were VERY wonky, all over the map, and refused to be adjusted.

In the Word 97 (doc) format it was the same as the Word (docx) format; text (wrong font) but no table.

I will keep at it.

Yes, of course. That was my obvious first tactic.

It is extremely time consuming and I gave up on it before getting even a tenth of the way through the first file.

It won't let me select a table in Numbers to copy it for pasting into Pages.

I can select cell contents and paste them into a Pages table cell.

It requires I build a table in Pages, format it to the right size and right fonts, align the rows and columns properly and then copy and paste cell contents.

That will take days.

I find it interesting that there is a whole ton of info on the internet describing how to export Pages files to Numbers but I can find nothing that goes the other direction.

Thanks but that didn't work either.

Numbers > click cell > Cmd A > Cmd C > > > Pages > Click in document > Cmd V = no paste = document still blank. Select all reveals nothing highlighted so it's not a font colour issue.

I have tried every copy & paste method I know of.

The only one that works is C&P individual cells.

I'm wondering if it might be because I have reached the end of the development curve for my MacBook Pro and maybe it requires a newer version which I am unable to get without buying a new computer.

As stated in my OP:

MacBook Pro Retina (early 2013) Catalina 10.15.7 (no more MacOS updates available for this hardware)

Numbers 6.1

Pages 7.3

App Store shows no updates available for any of them.

Big Sur not available for anything older than late 2013 - does not appear in App Store search results.

Also does not show up in About This Mac > Software Update - says I am up to date - offers no upgrade path.

I think I will start searching for some kind of online file conversion website.

Force Quit is in the Apple Logo menu, top left corner.

Force Quit shows all apps running, including any environmental apps that may required for the operation of some peripheral devices and it allows you to force any of them to quit if they happen to freeze up.

That's what it's there for but it is also quite handy for seeing exactly what's running because it shows everything.

It's the same thing as Ctrl-Alt-Del on a PC.

The only app that will not actually quit is Finder.

It will ask if you want to relaunch Finder, which can be quite useful if an external disk or memory stick doesn't want to eject.

Tried that already.

Thanks anyway.

I can copy from Numbers well enough.

It's when I go to paste in Pages, nothing happens.

I'll keep trying.

I checked Force Quit to see what was open.

Safari, Numbers, Pages, Music, Finder.

The only non-Apple app that was running was Adobe PSE 20.

I closed it (without forcing).

Still nothing.