Opening the Pages document without iWorks

[EveryWhere]

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I am wondering if anybody be able to tell me how to open a Pages document by means of the intention of arrived as attachment in Mail. A beneficiary Mac user sent it. I do not have comprised or plan to purchase iWorks. Nor would Textedit and apps approximating by means of the intention of help. I figured there was not a technique a direct way to do so. I was wondering although if my additional friends by means of PCs were capable to open the Pages document sent me. Interesting if they might somehow and I not be able to.

[Nymphs]

I do not imagine you be able to (unless you have comprised a trial on a disk somewhere), otherwise ask them to send you a PDF if you do not necessitate to edit it or a Word Document otherwise. Tell them to send it to you as a PDF. The entire they have encompassed to do (commencing from Pages) is go to File -> Export -> PDF. Tell them to send it to you as a PDF. All they have to do (from Pages) is go to File -> Export -> PDF. The Cntl hit it off on the .pages document, and then go to demonstrate package contents. You determine to then observe index.xml.gz or incredible close to by means of the intention of. You have to twice hit it off it; it determines to decompress and demonstrate index.xml.

[Erinyes]

This is bumping a thread, excluding in case anybody stumbles across this is sort a right, additional than there's a trick comparable to what most of them describes for Pages 3.0 and afterward. A Pages file (the entire iWorks files actually) are .ZIP archives. Change the extension from .pages to .zip and you can unarchive the file. One of files outstanding determines to be a PDF of the formatted file. (There determine to be additional files which if you do not have comprised Pages and the entire you desire is data, you be able to ignore.) The entire iWork apps be able to export to PDF why not do by means of the intention of as an alternative, and send the resulting file to your Windows correspondents. By means of the intention of positively would be much less puzzling to them than sending a raw iWork package and encompass them dig approximately in it.

[Muses]

This might give explanation why it sometimes acquires a second or two to save a document in Pages it's pumping out a PDF file. Commencing from time to time I have comprised ever been presented by means of a progress bar. The hint mentions how to observation the Preview PDF file "on a Mac exclusive of iWork '08." What regarding a Mac by means of iWork '08. Be supposed to not most of them capable to preview the iWork document in pages. I endeavor to drag the complete Pages document onto Preview, expectant by means of the intention of it would mechanically open the pdf file, additional than by means of the intention of did not occur. Additional than I imagine by means of the intention of this is attractive useless. The quick give the impression of being folder include a diminutive thumbnail, it is not even readable when zoomed.

[Asclepius]

On the other hand it seem to set to lowest superiority. If you locate yourself on a Windows apparatus by means of a Pages document, at smallest amount it gives you an alternative. I become aware of by means of the intention of there am in addition an alternative to mechanically save an older version or description in Pages. It would be pleasant if there was a technique to mechanically save a .doc or .pdf (where image settings would be settable in the predilection and overrideable on a detailed document). It's probable to unzip this file, create an edit and then rezip it back up additional than I would advise alongside it as the run unzipping, rezipping and handling the xml is not actually worth the hassle. Without to have right of entry to iWork there is not much you be able to do you might export commencing from Pages as an .rtf as TextEdit determine to be capable to edit and work by means of those as well as Microsoft Word documents.

[MadhaviS]

This works at least by means of iWork09's pages documents. In the unzipped folder you determine to locate quicklook-folder restrain common pdf-file. Individually, I aspiration people would immediately utilize open file formats, rather than proprietary ones. If I necessitate a text editor I frequently utilize vi. If I necessitate to typeset something I determine to utilize either LaTeX or ConTeXt. Additional than I did not desire to ask the sender to exchange it to an additional format; I was immediately grateful to sent the information in sequence I desirable in a timely fashion. The .xml file, particularly when appealing printed by means of extra whitespace and appropriate layers of indenting, was in addition quite by any means readable.