Open a word or RTF document with table doen't shown right

I found some problem opening rtf or word documents with pages if they have a table
Rtf doesn't import table
Word has problem with merged cells

Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 23, 2006 5:14 AM

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Oct 23, 2006 9:29 AM in response to Rodcencko

I don't understand the point of your post.

If you're trying to report a problem or "bug" with Pages, that is not the purpose of this user-to-user forum. You should leave feedback for the Pages team on this page.

I've not had a problem opening Word files with tables in Pages. If you're saying Word can't handle tables with merged cells, then don't use merged cells in files you are going to export as Word. Word & Pages must handle merged table cells differently, as I know both can do that. As far as RTF, Pages can open & export as RTF. Again, if you are going to export as RTF, don't use tables. Neither of these is a fault of Pages, just limitations of the formats/programs.

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Oct 23, 2006 9:50 AM in response to Rodcencko

When it comes to rtf and tables, I am pretty sure it is a known problem, even though I cannot find the old thread on that subject. Anyhow, the only thing to do is to wait for the next version of Pages, and hope that it gets fixed.

Merged cells in Word is more surprising. I never heard of that problem. I both imported and exported Word documents with merged cells here, and it worked fine.

If you have a really complicated table, I guess that could cause problems in both applications. You could try simplifying it or splitting it in smaller bits.

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