Can't open word docs in pages 08

recently upgraded to snow leopard then installed iwork 08. can't open any word docs using pages 08 or excel docs using numbers 08 upgraded to x.0.3 versions and repaired disc permissions. Help anyone!

I did discover I can open Word docs with Text Edit, but it's a multi-step process now. I really don't want to upgrade to iWork 09 and I'm not sure that would solve the problem. I also have to use Quick Time now to open movies in iPhoto. Another multi-step process. I'm not very happy with SL.

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I just installed the iWorks software because it said it would open Word docs. Now I can't seem to open any Word .doc files I had archived onto CDs, after abandoning my PC.
I've made Pages my default application for opening text, and that didn't help. I just keep getting the error message "The document "X.doc" couldn't be opened." Any ideas?
IMAC Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Welcome to Apple Discussions Paul
Pages - the word processing/page layout application in iWork (no "s") - usually doesn't have any problems with opening Word files, but I do believe it can't open any Word files older than version 6. It is also highly unlikely that it would be able to open any from the new 2007 version. If your documents are from a version in between those, they should open.
How are you trying to open them? There are at least three common methods, but, since you say the documents are on a CD, I suggest copying them from the CD to your hard drive first. To open one at a time you can use File > Open (where > means following menu commands with your cursor). To open more than one at a time, select the ones you want by Command- (⌘) clicking the files & then dragging them onto the Pages icon in the Dock or a Finder window or Control- or right-click & choose Pages from Open with in the contextual menu that appears.

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I did discover I can open Word docs with Text Edit, but it's a multi-step process now. I really don't want to upgrade to iWork 09 and I'm not sure that would solve the problem. I also have to use Quick Time now to open movies in iPhoto. Another multi-step process. I'm not very happy with SL.

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I'll also add that this "learning experience" has solved another issue that my wife had..."missing files". My wife has been complaining recently that her Pages files are disappearing. I would just shake my head and say that she was crazy. Now, I understand. Pages is now "beta" testing the iCloud storage of Pages documents. So, when she would save her Pages documents and quit Pages, her natural assupmption was that they were saved to her Documents Folder but they were actually saved to iCloud. Her normal routine is to go to Finder and go to Documents and look for a document she had created, and it wouldn't be there. Pages expects you to go to "Recent Documents" look either in iCloud or On My Mac.
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NH,
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**You, know what? I just tried to save a pages document and it won't even let me do that. Saying I don't have permission to move. I double checked my sharing & permissions and that's not the problem. I can't even export the file to anything else (pdf, word, etc). Says the same thing: "Document.pages couldn't be moved because you don't have permission to access folder. To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info."
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You have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.
Pages 5.2 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
Pages '09/'08 can not open Pages 5 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5.2 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Older versions of Pages 5 can not open files from later versions of Pages 5.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.
Anything that is saved to iCloud and opened in a newer version of Pages is also converted to Pages 5 files.
All Pages files no matter what version and incompatibility have the same extension .pages.
Pages 5 files are now only compatible with themselves on a very restricted set of hardware, software and Operating Systems and will not transfer correctly on any other server software than iCloud.
Apple has removed almost 100 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
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Opening word docs in pages

Hi
I have just upgraded from an 8 year old imac to a brand new one, and have decided to use pages, instead of Office for mac which I used previously on the old mac, but I am have great difficulty in opening word docs in pages.
I have selected a .doc, gone to get info,then open with, pages( default ), then change all, then try to open a word doc, which results in, unable to open.
I must be doing something wrong, hence I would be grateful for any assistance.
Many Thanks

You need to uninstall the iWork trial. Read second post on this link http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewtopic.php?t=105&highlight=reinst all&mforum=iworktipsntrick

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Also, is anyone else experiencing a serious slow down. My Macbook is choking, and I wonder if there is anything that can be done to improve the speed.
Thanks in advance for any insight/ support you can offer!

Be sure you are saving your Word documents on the PC for a Word version supported by Office 2004 X. The latest version of Office for the PC uses a file format that is no longer compatible with older versions of Office.
PC attachments have icons that do not carry any information that Mac applications use to determine what application opens a document. Drag the document from the email application to the Desktop. Select the icon and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. In the section labeled 'Open with' select Word from the drop down menu, then click on the Change All button. This should associate all similar documents to the Word application on the Mac. Word documents on the Mac also use the '.doc' extension. If the transferred file does not have the '.doc' extension then it doesn't hurt to add one.

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Microsoft inserted a propection scheme in their program.
It's not the job of Apple engineers to do reverse engineering to remove the key.
If someone send you a document that you must edit, it's it's duty to send you an unprotected doc … or buy for you a copy of Office so you will be able to open the doc if he give you the key.
In short, there is no bug but a logical deliberate feature.
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[SOLVED] Wine & MS Office - can't open word doc

I cannot open a Word (*.doc) document by double clicking it. It works with XLS documents which open in Excel. When I double-click a DOC file, Word will launch, but won't load any file. It gives an error saying
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* Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
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Last edited by windowbreaker (2008-08-13 14:51:38)

Sorry, I was just gonna add that I have solved the problem in a simular way.
After clearing old ~/.wine folder and re-installing wine and windows programs again, I have noticed there are loads of program duplicates in the Nautilus "properties">"open with">"add" list. Changing to the first occurance of the program enabled the file to be launched and opened.
I'm gonna try and rid myself of all the duplicates by removing all old occurances of mime/.desktop entries in ~/.local etc, hopefully after update-mime-database and update-desktop-database this will give me a clean list of programs.

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