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06 July 2009

Mac folks: Is there any way to print a document that's in ".pages" format if you don't own iWork? →[More:]Trying to print a resume and cover letter emailed to me by a friend, and it's in this weird-ass format that I can't print here even on the Macs. It just tries to sell me the "iWork suite." WTF? Help?

Also, said friend is out of town for a week, so I can't send it back to him. (And this is our second attempt at this anyway.)

I can take this to a Kinko's or something if you think I'd be able to print it there.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 12:36 | 10 comments

There is a .pages to TXT format converter on Sourceforge. But it appears impossible to convert the file to a rich text format because of the strange Mac file format. The .pages file is an XML container -- which theoretically, MS Office should be able to read but it seems they decided they did not want to play nice with Mac apps. Your best bet is to find someone with a Mac and iWork: you can export the file in MS Office .doc format when using iWork. In the meantime, see if the text converter is good enough.

posted by Susurration 06 July | 12:53

Could you e-mail it to someone who has Pages, who could then save it as a PDF? No idea if that would work.

posted by mdonley 06 July | 13:01

Susurration, that app says I have to extract an XML file, it can't open the .pages file directly. I'm not sure how to go about that.

mdonley, I could, but the only people I know who have Macs are in other states. Gah.

Well, it may have to wait till my friend gets back in town, then. I DID ask him to give this to me as a .doc file, and this is the second time has hasn't done that, so either he doesn't know how or is bad at following instructions.

posted by BoringPostcards 06 July | 13:05

Isn't there an iWork trial? Will that work for your purposes?

posted by NucleophilicAttack 06 July | 13:16

BoringPostcards, I have Pages and can convert it to something for you. A PDF perhaps to print, or a .doc if you need to edit it.

I'm in #bunnies, or drop me an email at terry (at) macluddite (dot) net.

posted by -t 06 July | 13:22

Nucleo, there is one, but you need admin privileges to install it.

-t, I will take you up on that. Thanks so much- email coming shortly.

posted by BoringPostcards 06 July | 13:44

Good deal BP, I'll keep an eye out for it.

posted by -t 06 July | 13:52

i ♥ metachat

posted by deborah 06 July | 14:55

Got them printed and delivered! Many thanks, -t.

And yes, MetaChat rocks. :)

posted by BoringPostcards 06 July | 16:16

My pleasure, good sir.

*tips hat*

posted by -t 06 July | 18:20

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