Emailing Pages Document

I have Pages v 5.2 and am trying to send a document through Yahoo mail, but I can't attach an actual Pages doc (only PDF versions). The recipient computer has Pages, so I would like to send it as a Pages doc. Any suggestions?

In Pages ’09, the default .pages document was a compressed zip that was renamed .pages by the application. There was an option in Pages preferences to output the file as a Package, that when not under the care of the Finder, it was a folder. Pages v5+ now exclusively uses the Package solution. This causes problems for applications and services expecting a file or compressed file object, not folder, paradigm.
Pages v5+ and Apple Mail are designed to work together, and the Pages v5+ folder gets zipped in this relationship. If you are using a third-party Mail user agent, then you will need to take the intermediate Finder step to right-click on the Pages v5+ document, and select compress from the contextual menu. The document is now a compressed folder, appears as a single document, and is now navigable across non-Apple software and services. The Mac recipient simply needs to double-click the compressed package, and the Finder now presents a accessible .pages document.

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