Don’t have a copy of Word? You can open that document in Pages, no sweat. You can then save it as a Word, file, too.
If you use Microsoft Word on your Mac, you can save the documents you create and open them in Pages, Apple’s word processor. It’s a handy feature to use in case you can’ t access Microsoft’s apps—not to mention that Microsoft recently announced that its Office apps won’ t have “formal” support for Apple macOS High Sierra operating system.
Every Mac comes with Apple’s iWork apps: Pages (word processor) , Numbers (spreadsheet) , and Keynote (presentations) . And these apps can import Office documents. Here’s how you can open Word documents in Pages, as well as export Pages documents for use in Word.
This procedure works with .docx and .doc file formats. You can also import.rtf and .txt files.
Before you start working on your document, look it over carefully. Formatting may have changed and you may have to fix it. There’s always a chance that so much happened during the import that you can’ t use your document.
If you’ ve been working in Pages and will eventually return to Word, you can export your document as a Word file. Here’s how.
Here are some key points to know about running Office apps on macOS High Sierra.
