I have a Docx document edited in word. I tried to open it and Pages continuously crashes, even after changing its format (Doc for World 2003, for example). Than I thought. Why not just copy and paste? Perfect! Except my document loses all footnotes. What should I do?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Pages divorces foot notes from what it classifies as body text. If the footnotes are not preserved in the Pages body text, you will have to perform insert footnote to in the corresponding location of the original Word text.
Select the actual footnote text in word, copy, and in Pages, single click the corresponding footnote text area at the bottom of the Pages document. This will display as a box around the footnote text area. Double-click in this specific footnote text area, and then paste the content from the Word footnote text.
Thank you very much for the reply. The problem is the fact that my paper has 150 footnotes. Therefore, it is easier just to ditch Pages altogether. What a nightmare!
Apple did not design any version of Pages to be a Word clone, work-alike, or replacement. Pages v5 is a special form of scatware — that single-handedly drives frustrated souls to alternative word processing solutions.
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