Hi,

Basically, yes.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jun 19, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> 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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