Editing Pages (word processor) (section)

==Compatibility==

Pages can import some [[Microsoft Word]] documents (including Word 2007's [[Office Open XML]] format<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/en-mt/HT202227|title=Convert Pages documents to PDF, Microsoft Word, and more|at=Formats you can open in Pages|date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>). Pages 4 and earlier could also import [[AppleWorks]] word processing documents, and export documents to [[Rich Text Format|rich text]], but those features were removed in Pages 5.0 and not restored until Pages 6.1. Pages 5 can still export files in [[PDF]], [[EPUB]], and Microsoft Word [[Doc (computing)|DOC]] formats.<ref>{{cite web|last=Slivka|first=Eric|title=Apple Brings ePub Export to Pages With iWork 9.0.4|date=August 26, 2010 |url=http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/26/apple-brings-epub-export-to-pages-with-iwork-9-0-4/|publisher=MacRumors}}</ref>

Simple and complex mathematical equations can be written for a Pages document with macOS's [[Grapher]], offering similar capabilities to [[Microsoft Office shared tools|Microsoft Equation Editor]] (plus 2D and 3D rendering tools only Grapher can use).

As of January 2015, Pages does not support [[OpenDocument]] [[Document file format|file format]]. 

The only software other than Pages that can open its files are Apple's [[iWork]] productivity suite through Apple's iCloud, [[LibreOffice]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Larabel|first1=Michael|title=LibreOffice Can Now Import Apple Pages & Numbers Files|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LibreOffice-Apple-Pages-Numbers|website=Phoronix|access-date=May 30, 2015|date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> and [[Jumpshare]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jumpshare.com/file-formats |title=List of Supported Formats |publisher=Jumpshare |date=September 6, 2012 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Windows users can view and edit Pages files using iWork for iCloud via a [[web browser]]. The iCloud system can also read Microsoft Word files and convert Pages files to Microsoft Word format. Jumpshare can view Pages files.

Other than accessing iCloud through a browser, no program can officially view or edit a Pages file using [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] or [[Linux]]. Some content can be retrieved from a document created in Pages '09 because a .pages file is a bundle. A user can open a .pages file in an unpackaging program or by renaming files as [[ZIP (file format)|.zip files]] in Windows (XP and onwards) and will find either a .jpg or .pdf preview in its entirety for viewing and printing, although this is only possible if the creator of the .pages files elected to include a preview. The user will also find a [[.xml]] file with unformatted text.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xorglog.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-edit-mac-os-pages-documents-in.html|title=xorglog: How To: Edit Mac OS .pages documents in Linux|last=Madchine|year=2009 }}</ref> This process can also be used for users of the 2008 version of Pages to open documents saved in the 2009 version of Pages, which are not backward compatible.

Pages can also export documents into several formats; formatting is generally retained during the export process.