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<blockquote data-quote="Mikeo1938" data-source="post: 1644103" data-attributes="member: 135375"><p>Thanks again “chscag" for your help and advice regarding MS Word.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't seem possible to buy Word on its own and I wouldn't need the other components. However, it does seem that I can do everything with Pages.</p><p></p><p>There are hundreds (thousands?) of Word 2004 files in Documents and I can read these via Pages. However, there are also some very old ones in Word 98 that will not open: these I have to open with Text Editor and, if necessary, then copy them into Pages.</p><p></p><p>If I need to edit an old Word 2004 document, I save the Pages version to the desktop and then delete the old Word (.doc) from Documents and replace it with the Pages version. Is this the best way?</p><p></p><p>I have also created a PDF from Pages. Pages Help suggests that this be done via Print (as with Word 2004) but it also seems to be possible to use “Export To” in the File menu. I have never been able to edit PDFs and wonder whether this will now be possible via Pages or some work-around.</p><p></p><p>It would be interesting to get tips and snags from anyone who is in this hybrid ‘Word-Pages’ situation.</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikeo1938, post: 1644103, member: 135375"] Thanks again “chscag" for your help and advice regarding MS Word. It doesn't seem possible to buy Word on its own and I wouldn't need the other components. However, it does seem that I can do everything with Pages. There are hundreds (thousands?) of Word 2004 files in Documents and I can read these via Pages. However, there are also some very old ones in Word 98 that will not open: these I have to open with Text Editor and, if necessary, then copy them into Pages. If I need to edit an old Word 2004 document, I save the Pages version to the desktop and then delete the old Word (.doc) from Documents and replace it with the Pages version. Is this the best way? I have also created a PDF from Pages. Pages Help suggests that this be done via Print (as with Word 2004) but it also seems to be possible to use “Export To” in the File menu. I have never been able to edit PDFs and wonder whether this will now be possible via Pages or some work-around. It would be interesting to get tips and snags from anyone who is in this hybrid ‘Word-Pages’ situation. M [/QUOTE]
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