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.
Peter

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