And you need to be on the latest update of Mountain Lion I think. 
Certainly, I now have it again, and it's BRILLIANT it's back...

Adam

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 1:28:31 PM UTC, andrew lancaster wrote:
>
> I did have a document open, which I wanted to save. But I didn't get "save 
> as"...
>
> Andrew
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> On 4 Dec 2012, at 12:51, Chris Webb <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
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> Andrew,
>
> You have to have a document open in Pages, even a blank one, for the Save 
> As option to appear whilst holding alt and clicking File.
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> On 4 Dec 2012, at 12:46, andrew lancaster <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
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> 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] <javascript:> 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] <javascript:>> 
> 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.
>
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