Word document in Pages, table text disappears

I need to read Word documents involving large tables. The document is a university template document, with student work. If the text in a table cell becomes too long for the page, in Word the row just continues on the next page. When I convert the document to Pages, the next page shows the next row. The extra text from the long cell just seems to slip behind the lower margin of the page, and can sometimes be viewed by reducing the font size. But this does not always include all the missing text, and is hard to read. I use an ipad with ios7, and I don't want to upgrade to ios8, so using the new Office apps is not an option. Are there any other choices besides getting a windows machine?

iPad 2, iOS 7.1.2, Word to Pages format problem

Posted on Dec 7, 2014 9:48 AM

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Dec 7, 2014 10:39 AM in response to Khsd

No version of Pages is a Microsoft Word clone. It takes the native Word document format and translates it into the proprietary Pages document architecture — both on reading, and export. Office for Mac 2011 works in the native MS Word document architecture, and avoids all manner of Pages guesswork, or incompatibility.


Word for the iPad requires IOS 7.1, and now provides free creation, and editing of content. No IOS 8 requirement stated.

Dec 8, 2014 9:46 AM in response to Khsd

In typical Apple fashion, any attempt to update to IOS 7.1.2 from IOS 7.0.2 — will force IOS 8.1 on you. If one can find a link to prior IOS firmware releases for your phone model, one could download iTunes 7.1.2 outside of iTunes, then within iTunes press option+Restore to perform an initial iTunes backup, and then it would ask for the iTunes 7.1.2 firmware that you have in your downloads folder (unless Apple has blocked this capability in current iTunes releases). Apple does not publicize download links to previous IOS firmware, but these can be found on the web.

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Word document in Pages, table text disappears

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