Comments from word docs. Won't open in Pages for ipad.

I have pages for my ipad and can't get comments for word documents to open when I opened a essay my teacher sent me. Please help.

You may need to try one of the apps especially designed for compatibiltiy with MS Word instead of Pages.

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Just created a pages document on my Mac, saved it to my google drive and when attempting to "open in" from my google drive the file won't open in pages for iPhone or iPad (mini).
All versions of Pages are on latest release.
Messge reads:
Document can't be imported.
The file format is invalid.
I download both the mac app and ios app a week ago.
Thank you for any info!

I've been testing file structures via google drive this morning and have yet to find a solution.
Compressed files will not open in Pages on the ipad and an upload to Google Drive of a .pages document re downloaded to my desktop will no longer open in Pages on the Mac.
Somewhere in the google ecosystem during upload or download / "open in" (on the ipad) the file is being restructured so that it cannot be recognized.
An hour call with the team at Google hasn't supplied an answer yet and they have opened a case file to investigate.
I'll update when I hear back.
Thanks!

Pages for Mac document can't be opened on Pages for Ipad?

If I create a doc with any of the templates availables in Pages for Mac (Mountain Lion, and stored on iCloud), shouldn't be possible to edit it in the Pages for iPad (IOS 7) version? It just says "Document can't be opened" or something like that.

victoryhat wrote:
"Document can't be opened" or something like that.
When you create a document in iWork on the mac, a lot of formatting is lost when you save it to iCloud,
That is not true to my knowledge, as you can reopen the file from iCloud on the Mac without problem.
or you try to open it in iWork for iOS.
Again, where are you getting this from? My understanding is that formatting from OSX is retained but a degree of it can't be edited or created in iOS.
Sandro
Where are you? Generally you can get phone support depending how and when you bought either your device or software.
Yes unfortunately Apple periodically makes statements that are not true and has been held to account by the consumer authorities. It has happened here in Australia and the EEC has done the same. Unfortunately it is based in the USA where in recent times corporations have not been held to account.
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I broached this subject in another post on iCloud b/c I thought maybe that was the culprit. I was able to get things working that time by updating passwords...although NOT because any passwords were wrong.
Here's the post from that discussion (which got no response)
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21388375#21388375
Now I have the same $@%( problem. I worked on a doc on my iPad earlier today. Go to Pages on my Mac mini and see the doc in the iCloud window, click on it and nothing. In fact, nothing opens on Pages. I tried downloading from iWork through the web and downloading a Pages '09 version to my local drive, but that wouldn't work. Really frustrating and not just a simple case of being out of sync. Versions of Pages on the iPad and Mac are up-to-date.
lee

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Jeff,
Finally, I found someone who is actually having the same problem I am...!
I kept finding related, but not the same, problems.
I tried the plist suggestion. I can now open Word by launching it from the dock, which often didn't work before, and seem to be able to then open documents from within the program. But as far as opening a Word file on its own, I am having no luck.
When I try to open a document, the Word spash screen appears for probably less than a second before "opening" the document. I get a ghosty document and no toolbars, and before long that rainbow wheel greets me, and I have to force quit.
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PS, using Word 2004, version 11.2.3.
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We just got the new intel G5, and are wondering if we made a mistake, and should just get an old G5.
I burned a disc of my files from work- Appleworks word processing docs almost exclusively, and all recently converted to Appleworks 6- and they will not open in Pages.
We have Macs at work- all running OS 9.2- and I need to be able to use my files from work at home, or there is little point to having the computer. I'm sure I can import the actual text by using email and cut and paste, but that's a lot more work than I feel should be required.
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If you go with the copy-over method, you need to copy the AppleWorks 6 folder that has been installed on another Mac.
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I have a new iMac Intel with iWork. My old G3 had AppleWorks 6. I had a crash on the G3, and lost all my data. However, I had most of it backed up to cd's.
When I try to open one of the AW6 doc's, Keyote opens and tells me it can't open the doc. Can someone tell me how to get Pages to open instead of Keynote?
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It doesn't seem to matter if I have Pages open or
not, Keynote still opens with the same message.
Having Pages open makes no difference.
Don't double-click the file to open it. As you've discovered this will cause Keynote to start.
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* start Pages,
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* click the Open button.
I'm
about ready to go into my HD and trash Keynote to see
if that would help or re-install my AppleWorks 6.
Installing AppleWorks 6 might be a good idea regardless. You will be able to open any AppleWorks documents (Pages only opens word processing documents).
Yesterday, I was able to open some of my AW
documents with Pages, I don't know what happened.
The only thing I did this morning was to change my
password on my machine back to what it was on my old
G3, thinking that may have something to do with not
being able to access the old AW docs with Pages.
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Entering the words in settings would be cumbersome. I have a long document with many unfamiliar names and technical terms.
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