So, do you suggest that I work with creating a pages document in its own format 
and once its completed, export it as a word doc so it can be shared with other 
people and with other devices? 

Daniel 
On 19 Jun 2014, at 14:30, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> As far as I'm aware, this is not possible.  Pages is a Word Processor that is 
> meant to be a content creation tool across Apple devices and its focus is not 
> meant to just be an accessible tool that makes up for its competitors 
> accessibility shortcomings.  Including the export feature allows for 
> compatibility with such formats as Word but that's as far as it goes.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Jun 19, 2014, at 7:16 AM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> For  those who use the new Pages, I was wondering is there a way by default, 
>> to have the app save documents in word format. Currently, I have been 
>> messing around with the export function in the file menu, saving as a word 
>> doc and reopening the document, making some changes with it and finally 
>> hitting Command S to save again. However, once I've issued this command it 
>> brings up another dialog box as if it wants me to save as a new file again. 
>> I can understand how this would be useful if one was making drafts of a 
>> document but I don't want to do this. All I am wanting to do is to just 
>> overwrite the original file with the new changes.
>> 
>> So the question is, how do you use the revamped pages app to work with word 
>> documents if you know that most people may use Windows and Microsoft Word as 
>> the norm for word processing with computers.
>> 
>> It use to be that I'd use a free app called Bean on the Mac save a document 
>> once as a word doc and just keep issuing command S now and then to save this 
>> one file.
>> 
>> I'm sort of having trouble grasping how this is done effectively in Pages. 
>> So any input from anyone who uses Pages would be grate to know how you use 
>> it with saving as word documents.
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Daniel
>> 
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