How to set pages to save files in msoffice format (docx) by default?

need to be  compatable with outside world...  have current version of pages.

The native document architecture for any version of Pages is not .doc/x, but .pages. It cannot be configured to save in the MS Word format by default. If you must be truly compatible with the outside world, then use Word from Office for Mac 2011, which does save natively in .docx format.

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