Hi - I have a imac 2010. I wrote an assignment for school, tried uploading it to the blackboard to receive credit. It only shows a link that won't open. I am new to iMac, I am used to microsoft word and compaq computer. I think I wrote it in pages. what t

Your school still uses Blackboard? One of the most horrible pieces of software I have encountered in decades!

You uploaded your file as a Pages file.

2 problems with this:

1. Who has Pages to open it with?

2. The new Pages 5 has a weird compressed package format that non-Apple servers can not read properly.

Menu > File > Export > Word

Then drag/attach that into wherever Blackboard accepts eMail or files.

Peter

The document you created automatically saves. And, you get an option on the first save, to save to a location on your computer or to the iCloud. You have to start using File<Export. This gives you options to export the file out as a different version. Now, the link and upload may not be based on your file, but on the browser your using. Safari is a very secure browser, but most companies/institutions still build their websites using PC-web based applications. I would try opening Blackboard with another browser and then, uploading your exported file then. Remember, once you export your file, export it to a location where you can find it. If you export it out as a Word doc, then you may want to open it up as a Word doc on a computer with Microsoft Word. I have actually grown to like Pages, it take getting use to, but usually, it doesn't hang like Word. I use to use Microsoft Word alot, because that is what we were used to, but I became frustrated with the many hangs, and no auto-recovery actually working. I would lose documents in Word, because auto-recovery would return a blank doc. Pages, however, when saved to iCloud, does an automatic backup, place the OS in Mavericks like in the previous have a thing called, "Versions". I can go back to several versions of a Pages document and choose restore, or open it, and copy and paste changes. When you get time, read the Help sections. It is worth it. I hope this helps.