Stephen, I just tried holding the Option key when clicking File in Pages - and didn't get "save as" - what am I doing wrong? It seemed such a useful tip...
Andrew On 4 Dec 2012, at 12:39 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Hello Jason, > > Pages doesn't let you edit Word documents - what it does is convert your Word > document into a Pages document and then let you edit the Pages document. That > is why it creates a new document each time. The only way to edit a Word > document directly is ... to edit it in Word. When it wants to save it then > just press Command-D for Desktop, name it and then file it later wherever you > want it to go. > > Conversely to get a Word document out requires File > Export > Word ... > > Hold down the Option (Alt) key when selecting the File menu in Pages and you > will see "Save As ..." listed. > > Cheers, > > Stephen > > > On 4 Dec 2012, at 12:08, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've just started using Pages on the Mac but mostly want to edit existing >> Word documents. What I'd like to do is right-click, open with Pages, edit >> the document and save. But Pages creates a new document each time and then >> wants me to save it somewhere so I have to go and hunt for it. I'm in danger >> of becoming one of those 'why do they have to keep changing everything?' >> people (also missing 'Save as...'). >> >> Is there a way to do this? >> >> thanks. > > > "The climate has shifted to a new state capable of delivering rare and > unprecedented weather events,” explained meteorologist Jeff Masters in Feb > 2012. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
