Pages creates archived folders on desktop

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out a bizarre quirk Pages has on my machine. Every single time I save a document, it creates an archived folder on my desktop (or wherever I save to) which is immediately unzipped by stuffit expander. It's very annoying. Working on a single document will fill my desktop with these useless folders quickly... as one is created every time I save. The folders are always named "documentname.pages.folder" and then "documentname.pages.folder1, 2, 3..." etc as it continues to create them.
Anyone know what is going on here or how to stop it?
Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Ryan

This tip was given several times in this forum.
The available search tool is efficient … *_when we use it !_*
The entry numbered 3 contains the wanted response.
The one numbered 10 does the same with more details;
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11022608
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 28 juillet 2010 23:04:25

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