Convert word processing to page layout

Does anyone know how to do this? I know I can create a new document with page layout but can a word processing be converted to page layout?

No, you can't convert from one document type to the other. You can, though, copy & paste from one to the other.

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Combining word processing and page layout templates

Does anyone know how to (or if it's possible at all) merge or combine a Pages 09 document set up on the "Pages Layout" template with one set up on "Word Processing" template properly? Can these two templates "talk to each other"?
I'm trying to combine some of my separate class notes for my students into one file, and some were created in Page Layout, with visuals, charts, pics, etc. I also have some Word Document notes that I'd like to merge with the other notes to create one "class notes" file for my students. But I can't seem to do that, for some reason. I can copy individual pages from the Page Layout notes and paste them into my Word Document notes, but they paste as two pages (one page is blank). When I delete that page, the other one is deleted, too. I can't copy and paste from the other direction (word doc to page layout) at all, and like I said, the other way is a little off, as well.
Any ideas, or is this just not possible in Pages 09? Thanks.

Re: Jerry
I'd like to stay in one or the other, but I just like features that are only in one or the other. For example, I like in WP mode that when I get to the end of a page of writing and keep going, a new page appears (with formatting and layout intact on the next). If I'm in PL mode and writing in a text box, it just goes beyond the viewable screen. I also like the ability to select and move around individual pages in PL mode, and that doesn't seem to be available in WP mode (they're all stuck together and move in clumps). But you're right, I'm just going to have to stick with one and figure out some workarounds for some things I like. Since I think I'll be more in WP mode, I'll try to move stuff over from PL.
Re: Peter
Thanks for the advice... it's already helped me try to come up with some ways to fix things. The whole click away thing to give me floating objects has been great! You're right, this does seem like a design flaw, but I suppose Apple can't be all things to all people. Still, I'd like a little more...
Re: Yvan
Hang in there! You're right, Pages is tough when trying to use created projects in other apps! Like you said, I'm working to rebuild the layout. By the way, my PL document was 16 pages, which when transferred to WP mode doubled in size! Sheesh...
Thanks to all—I think I'm going to be able to work through this "issue" after all. I appreciate everyone's help.
Daniel

Word Processing to Page Layout???

I've just a whole 100 page document in word processing (with lots of pictures). Is there any way that I could change the formating of the document from 'word-document' to 'page-layout' after the fact? Like with ONE click maybe?
Or am I dreaming?
Ben

KOENIG Yvan wrote:
Magnus Lewan wrote:
dwb wrote:
What benefit do you expect to get from this?
I think I can see a potential benefit. If you could easily put your text in full page text frames throughout the entire document, you could then go back and adjust the frame size on certain pages, where the layout requires it.
We may do all these tasks in the WP mode.
Linked text blocks are our friends.
We can do it, yes, but not easily. If you have a hundred pages, you need to connect one hundred text boxes by hand. In InDesign, you basically just shift-click once, and all the one hundred pages are created with linked text boxes in just a few seconds.
It would also be a way to easily create blank pages in the middle of the document.
Insert two page breaks do the trick.
It works, if you do not care where the blank page is. But if you want page 14 to be empty, two page breaks will not do it, as you do not know how the text will float around. In word processing mode, my spontaneous solution would be to insert a white floating picture that covers page 14, and make sure the text wraps around it.
InDesign has simpler solutions for this, but then it costs almost ten times as much as Pages.
In France it costs quite 13 times the price of the complete iWork package !
Indeed.
Adobe's pricing policy is btw a mystery to me. InDesign's French version costs 1030 euro, but the English version is only 910 euro, even if you buy it in France. Do they really have to charge you 120 euro for speaking French?
Put another way, for the same price as one French copy, you can buy the English copy + iWork (in both French and English and a bunch of other languages) + dinner for two.

Convert from Word Processing to Page Layout?

I received a 26 page document that is in Word Processing mode, but I would like to convert to Page Layout mode.
Is this possible?
Thanks,
Phil

The question is whether the WP version is just main body text or has floating text boxes and image boxes.
If it is just main body text then there is no problem. Just click in the text and Select All (cmd a).
Open a suitable Layout document and paste into a text box, then create links from that to other pages/text boxes.
As fruhulda and Jerrold have said, WP is often the better choice as it generally includes everything that Layout has, but not vice versa. You will need to think through your layout however and construct it to whatever freeform layout you may want.
My personal opinion is that Layout mode is severely challenged.
Peter

Pages 4.3 was a useful technical word processing program; Pages 5 is not. Does anyone know if Apple intends to improve Pages 5, at least to the level of Pages 4.3?

Pages 4.3 was a useful technical word processing program; Pages 5 is not. Does anone know is Apple intends to improve Pages 5 at least to the level of Pages 4.3?

We used 4.3 as an effective tool for thesis production but in many ways it has become kind of a simplistic joke. Sad indeed and I wish there was some evidence they were remotely concerned. PeterBreis0807's response of "No" is spot on. We will continue to use 4.3 as long as it works as a time-saving substitute for Word.

My word processing program (pages) disappeared. It is not in the trash or Finder. How do I get it back? Thanks

My word processing program (Pages) disappeared. It is not in the Finder or the Trash and I can no longer open the files created there. Thank you if you can help?

Have you tried a Spotlight search (top right of menu bar)? Pages normally resides in Macintosh HD>Applications>iWork folder.
If it has somehow disappeared have you got the iWork installer disk to re-install, or if you bought it from the Mac App Store you should be able to re-download it without having to pay again.
Edited to add the 'iWork folder' klaus1 mentioned - I forgot that bit ;)

Create pdf from Word fails at page layout change

I have an 87 page Word 2010 (Mac) document with both portrait and landscape pages. Acrobat 9 (Windows) converts it perfectly to .pdf. Acrobat XI (Mac) cuts file off at page layout change. Is this a bug or have I missed a setting somewhere ? I could convert in chunks and then remerge, but that would be silly, especially as the Windows version copes OK.

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Word docs vs. page layout margin questions, word docs vs. page layout margin questions

I'm trying to create an e.pub document from Pages. I notice that the Word docs in the templates have tabs that cannot be made bigger only smaller. Since this book is made of images I need to get the images a little bigger then the margins allow. I see if I go to the page layouts templates the margins are bigger but they do not allow export to e.pub. So, is there a way to make the margins bigger on word docs?
Can I create mt own doc that will have bigger margins and let me export to epub?
RD

The only way to create an epub from pages is from a word processing document, not a page layout template. If you haven't seen it, there's more informatin about epub from pages and a sample template here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4168

NEW FOLDER, for word processing, like Page and others?

We're with a new IMac & iWork. We want to start a folder for docs if not also templates. It is for a word processing folder under Page, iWork and new Mac OSX.

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When you choose to save as a template they will automatically be placed in HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Application Support > iWork > Pages > Templates > My Templates. This folder will be automagically created if it doesn't already exist. Of course, you can save them anywhere, but this folder lets them be seen in the template chooser.
You want to keep any documents you create in your Documents folder. You can create any number of sub-folders, even sub-sub-sub-folders. Many dialog boxes are "collapsed" by default. Click the triangle in the blue box to expand your options. Here are some other helpful (I hope) pictures.

Converting word 2003 to Pages 9

Will my documents from Word 2003 convert to Pages 9? Each time I attempt to open a document from my old laptop on my Macbook I am told that Pages is unable to open the doc file. I can open it with Text Edit, but I would like to have everything converted to pages for easy use in the future. Thanks.

Hi rlashley04
Welcome to the forum.
How have you tried to open the .doc files and what was the exact message you got.
There are 4 ways you can open .doc files with Pages:
1. Drag the file to the Pages icon on the Dock
2. Right mouse click on the file and select Open with… and them browse to Pages in your Applications folder.
3. From inside Pages open via the Open dialogue.
4. If you have set the Finder option to open .doc files with Pages, you can double click on the .doc file.
Are you certain the .doc files you are attempting to open are what you think they are and do not have passworded security on them?
Have you tested various formats from Word to see if any work?
The *Pages User Guide* only mentions Pages will open +Word 2007+ documents.
Apple's marketing is more absolute:
+*Compatibility and sharing*+
+It’s an easy read. In any format.+
+Pages makes it easy to share your documents with colleagues or friends. You can open Microsoft Word files in Pages and save your Pages documents as Word files.+
We have learnt to take this with a grain of salt.
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Appleworks Word Processing: Cancelling Page View

Can anyone tell me how to cancel Page View in Appleworks WP? All I can find in Help is how to set it.

The Help files in AW states the following:
Note: Word-processing and presentation documents always display in Page View.
In the Window menu Page View is grayed and can't be changed. The line will not print though!

Convert Word Docs to Pages - Newbie Needs Help

New Mac user, I have a CD with several hundred Word files that I am trying to convert to pages files. I am not sure what version of word was used but pages will not open them. I am in the free 30 day trial of both iWork and MS Office so I have been opening the files with Office, copy and paste into iWork, then re-saving the file as a pages file. Is there an easier way to change a large number of files all at once? At the end of the 30 day trial I plan to keep iWork but don't want to have to pay for Office as well. Is there another format (PDF?) that I could change the Word files into now that iWork will be able to read at a later date? Any 3rd party app I should consider to make this task easier? I looked at Automator but I think it is WAY over my head. Thanks...

What version of Office? I've seen reports that older versions of Office have this problem. One thing you might want to try is downloading NeoOffice (free download) and seeing if that opens it. If so, try saving it out of NeoOffice and into Pages.
It's kinda kludgy but it might work.
I'm assuming the version of Office you are running is the old version, not the version the files were created in. If you're running Office 2004, try just re-saving them from there.

Converting word documents to pages

when receiving word documents with linked text boxes the conversion to pages does not let me see the second or subsequent text boxes; I can view them using "open with" but I can't edit and send back.
There must be a solution for this; a lot of my work involves me editing partially completed forms and returning them to the original author ..who in government will always be sending me Word files.

Try an application like
Libra Office
https://www.libreoffice.org
Neo Office
https://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
Open Office
https://www.openoffice.org/
I think Libre Office has the most fans here.
Or buy MS Word, Office for the Mac.
The government is not changing....

Word processing in Pages

I am new to Pages. When I type, why doesn't the software capitalise the first letter of each sentence?

Try going to Pages > Preferences > Autocorrection and checking the box for capitalization.
Pages has a forum devoted to it here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1302

Does anybody know how to retrieve an app downloaded, it has actually come onto my iphone but i need it on my mac desktop, its the word processing app, PAGES, it is sitting in iTunes at the moment and I cannot get it onto my desk top??? can anybody help me

Can anybody help me retrieve an App from itunes onto my desktop???

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
iOS apps for the iPhone and iPad can not be used on a Mac. Apps for a Mac canot be used on iOS devices. iOS and OS X are two different operating systems and the apps developed for one do not run on the other. There are two separate Pages apps, one for the Mac and one for the iOS devices. If you want to use Pages on your Mac, you will also need to buy it from the Mac App Store.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id409201541?mt=12

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