Opening .doc (word) file on pages

Hi.
I'm having trouble opening word files on pages. Whenever I do, these "cells" cut off in the middle of the text. What I mean is, if the text is 2 pages long, only one page appears. I can only see it if I go to the section, "select all" and then paste it in another file. So I did that, and pasted it back. However, when I saved it as a word document and tried to open it with Word, there were no spaces, so the formatting was not quite right.
Any help, please?
Here is a screenshot: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/dreaming_freak/Picture2.png[/IMG]
As you can see, the text just abruptly stops. I don't know what to do about it.
Thanks for your help in advance!

Is it surprising ?
The User Guide clearly states:
*• Word files can be opened and edited in Microsoft Word on a Mac OS X computer or on a Windows computer.*
Because of text layout differences between Microsoft Word and Pages, an exported Word document may contain a different number of pages than its Pages counterpart. Also, special typographic features and some graphics may not display as well, particularly those using transparency (alpha channels). Tables and column layouts may not export identically. Charts created in Pages appear as MS Graph objects, which can be edited.
As far as I know, the only soluce available when you need absolutely identical display on two universes is to use Word itself.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 29 juin 2009 20:16:30)

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