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pages file exported to word is corrupted

I have read similar threads, but they all are different to what is happening to me. If I export a file from Pages 4.2 to be saved as a Word file (.doc) the resulting file when opend has text missing as well as repeated lines. Sometime the same line is repeated 17 times. The only way I seem to be able to convert a file is to copy from the pages file and pasted it into a new document in word. What is strange is no matter how many times I try exporting the file, the resulting word file is always exactly the same as the other corrupted files. I went into the library and deleted the iwork plist file and that did not help. Any suggestions?

thanks,

Joe

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 750 gb hard drive, 4 gb ram, i7 pro

Posted on Oct 16, 2012 3:46 AM

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Sep 26, 2013 12:56 AM in response to kevbot96

Kevbot96

Makes sense. Do I have to start all over again working in Word, or can I retrieve the copyediting with tracked changes that I did to the Pages file and apply them to the Word file that I will create in the office?

Sep 26, 2013 1:12 AM in response to kevbot96

Makes sense. How can I rescue the changes i made to the Pages file and put them in the word file without starting all over again?

jazzhand Author

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Sep 26, 2013 2:26 AM in response to Miriamfromisr

My original post was way back in October of 2012. I have not had this problem for awhile. It seems that if I use "export" to word, the formatting does not change. I do most of my work on my iPad and don't really like using word very much at all..

thanks,

Joe

Sep 26, 2013 2:31 AM in response to jazzhand

So what were you doing?

Saving a copy as Word? You didn't say.

Peter

jazzhand Author

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Sep 26, 2013 5:21 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Good question Peter, I see in my initial post I said I exported it, but maybe was just saving as a word file. I have not had any problems in quite some time and I have created countless documents in the mean time. I will test out saving as and see if that was the problem.

thanks,

Joe

pages file exported to word is corrupted