Save a pages document as a word document

My tip: revert to version 4.3

Exporting via the Share menu or the File menu does the same thing. You are given the option of a locations to save the file.

This is the text in the help file. http://help.apple.com/pages/mac/5.0/

Export in PDF, Word, Plain Text, ePub or Pages ’09 file formats

1. Choose File > Export > [file format] (the File menu is at the top of your computer screen).
2. Specify export settings, which differ depending on file type:
   • PDF: Choose an image quality. The higher the image quality, the larger the file size of the exported copy.
   • Word: Click the Advanced Options disclosure triangle to choose a format. If you select the “Require password to open” tickbox, enter the requested information.
   • ePub: Enter the title and author name, then choose a category from the pop-up menu if you want your book to appear in a particular category. Click the Advanced Options disclosure triangle to set the language and book cover.Note: If your document is a layout document (Document Body is deselected in the Document pane of the Setup inspector), you can’t export to the ePub format.
   • Pages ‘09: Select the “Require password to open” tickbox, then enter the requested information.The password you set protects only your exported copy, not the original file. If the original file already has a password, it applies to the exported file as well. To set a password for the original document, see Set a password.
3. Click Next, then type a name for the documentThe file format suffix is automatically appended to the document name.
4. Enter one or more tags (optional).
5. Choose where to save the document from the Where pop-up menu, then click Export.To see more locations, click the arrow next to Save As.

Thanks - I had this problem too - my recipient couldn't open the DOCX format. As you suggested, I went to the Advanced option of Word on the export menu and there was the option to save as either DOC or DOCX.

Hi, does anyone know how I can set pages to default save to .doc/.docx, so that I don't have to export everytime I exit the document.

There is no default to .doc/docx because Pages isn't Word. Do you know of any programme that will let you save in a different one by default?

What on Earth are you using Pages for if all you want is word .doc/x?

Like using a deep fryer when you want ice cream.

Peter

Ah, most editing programs do this by default, actually. Opening a file in textpad, notepad and TextEdit for example yields the same filename output when you ctrl+s. Never ask why when you clearly have not used "common" programs, or at least understood their functions at all too well.

There are a number of people, like me, who like this behaviour. It makes sense to me for it to be this way, it is unobtrusive as well as it is unassertive and has been this way since Adam was a boy. FileIN --> edit --> FileOut. Not FileIN --> edit --FileOut.Pages

Going over other forums has yielded an Info.plist (Open Package contents on the Pages application in Finder with TextPad/TextEdit etc) which worked as expected when one changed all Viewer entries to Editor for Pages'09. This latest iteration, however, has gotten sly and removed those entries... The search continues.

FYI - That is Show Package Contents.

I am quite familiar with programmes that use Save (Command S), Save As (Command Shift S), and Export. Good luck with your search for Control S. Perhaps you should be looking at Windows.

Notice first I used windows programs in my example. Secondly, it's this mentality to help that seperates me from you. I am platform agnostic. To each his own.

I think you mean separates.

Correct. And a seliberate mistake to illustrate my point. Errors occur, that's life. Deal with it. You're OT btw.

You could consider downloading and using Libreoffice. I use this for (basic) word-processing now that Apple has removed the option to choose a file type when saving documents. For more advanced word processing, consider buying a licence to Office 365.

Apple have not removed the options to save file types; It just is not as forthright as I would have liked.

Office 365 is not a justifiable option...