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I can't open some older docs in pages

I Can't open some of my older documents on my iPad. I can see the docs but the message says "document can't be opened"

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 10:59 PM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2015 11:51 PM

Pages 5 is not very backwards or forwards or sideways compatible.


It will not open Pages '08 or earlier files.


You will need to open them and resave them in Pages '09 or export them from the original Pages to Word .doc files.


Peter

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Apr 3, 2015 9:14 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I have the same problem because some of my documents are in old versions of "Word for Mac". However, I select the icon and use 'Open With' and 'Text Editor'. The latter manages to open all of these old documents. If I need to edit them, I simply use 'Select All' and paste the required document into a blank "Pages" document.


I used to have the same problem when people sent me Word documents with the "docx" suffix. However, Text Editor would do its stuff and everything could be accessed.


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I can't open some older docs in pages

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