Can i open PAGES file on MS WORD 2003 (PC)?

i type my documents on my iBook's PAGES and i wonder, would i be able to open all these docs on the conference room's PC laptop running windows XP (MS WORD 2003) without me carrying the iBook to work i plan to bring the file i saved with PAGES on a flash drive.
what should i avoid in saving files in PAGES to avoid incompatibilities with MS WORD 2003?
thanks.

Hello Alvin,
you are only able to open Pages files/documents in Pages. I fyou want to open a document you have made in Pages in other apps, export the document to a file type the other apps can open. For word this is a ".doc" or try a ".rtf" file. But since there are a lot of incompatibilities between the different versions of Word documents for Windows, you have to try with what version of Word you are able to open the exported Pages file.
Frank.

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