Non-Mac users have trouble opening my work on iPages. Is there something I can do to help them if I want their editing comments?

Hi Snowy,

Word will not open a Pages document.

Save your Pages document on your machine and Menu > File > Export to > Word...

Choose .docx or .doc

I suggest .docx

I don't think that comments in Pages will export to Word, neither will comments from your Word friends import to Pages. Pages is not a Word clone. Pages does its best, but export and import are not perfect. If you frequently collaborate with Word users, use Word for Mac, or a free Word clone such as LibreOffice or OpenOffice.

Regards,

Ian.

Pages documents are as useful to non-Mac users as a soggy dog biscuit. The only tool on the planet to open Pages documents is the Mac-only Pages application. That is why we recommend MS Word, or LibreOffice to open/edit/save native Word documents between mixed platforms, expressly so this Pages document issue never develops.

For viewing a Pages document, you export it as a PDF. For editing, you export it as a Word .docx. That simple, and that final.

Any computer user with an Apple ID can use iWork for iCloud to open the file & work with it there or share it via e-mail to themselves. If they do use the share route, share it as a Word document.

Note, this means using a computer, PC or Mac, NOT a smart phone.

Hi Snowy,

How can a non-Mac person edit or even read something in Pages?

I often Export as PDF to non-Mac people.

They can open and read, but can't edit.

Regards,

Ian.

It is not iPages it is Pages and says so clearly on screen.

Menu > File > Export > Word .docx