Pages and .doc/.docx

I recently purchased Pages with the understanding that it would be able to open .doc/.docx files. I downloaded U-0090-01_P.doc from http://www.avery.com/avery/enus/Templates-%26-Software/Templates/Blank-Templates/Labels/Mailing/Shipping-Labe l-10-per-sheetMicrosoft-Word.htm?N=4294967205&refchannel=93551b34dcf4a110VgnVCM1000002118140aR CRD . When I open U-0090-01_P.doc with WORD it is a one page document. When I open it with Pages it is a two page document. Can anyone help me understand this? Thanks, Gary

I gather the text at the bottom has spilled over?
There is a discrepancy with how Microsoft measures the distance between lines of type, this may have caused it to just run a little long.
If that is the case, select all and reduce the line spacing slightly to bring the text back onto 1 page.

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All the best...
Eduardo Rocha.
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