How do I open a word document in pages

I brought a document created at work on microsoft word home and am trying to work with it on my mac using pages. But when I open it a lot of the form is in disarray and I can't work with it. Is there a way to open a word doument in pages without losing so much text? I am a new mac user.

Pages does not do Enter fields for forms so it sounds like those are simply being converted to some other space.
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