It might be possible just to save the RTF document in Word format then open it 
in Pages.

Cheers,

Anne


> On 20 Feb 2015, at 21:44, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I am afraid this is not correct.
> 
> Pages does not directly support rtf files, though I agree that this is 
> surprising.
> See 
> http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202227 
> <http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202227>
> 
> You can of course copy and paste text from an rtf file in TextEdit to Pages.
> 
> In terms of the original question I suspect that this has to be opened in a 
> version of Word somewhere and re saved as a Word document and then the track  
> changes may be available to Pages.
> 
> I believe that this may be possible in the Mac version of Office, as even 
> though the edit content is currently inaccessible I understand the menu 
> system is accessible.
> 
> It might be just easiest though to ask the originator of the file to resend 
> it as a Word document.
> 
> David Griffith 
> 
> On 20/02/2015 19:26, Tyler Thompson wrote:
>> Rtf files can be opened by any text editor. TextEdit can handle it and pages 
>> should be able to handle it. Surprisingly safari can open rtf files as well. 
>> I would check to make sure it's really an rtf and not a 
>> file.rtf.sneakextension 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Feb 20, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Aleeha Dudley <[email protected] 
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>> 
>>> hey all,
>>> I received an RTF with track changes in it. How can I access them on my 
>>> Mac? It appears that Pages won’t open the file.
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