Versions (OSX Lion) - Only works with Pages?

This may seem like a "duh?" question but here goes: Does the "versions" feature in Lion only work w/Pages or will it also/can it be configured to work with OpenOffice or MS Word? Also, do you have to have Time Machine enabled for Versions to work?

Versions is independent of Time machine.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/
Versions only works with native Mac applications like Pages, Numbers, TextEdit and maybe a few others. Do not expectit to work with 3rd party editors like TextMate, Dreamweaver, Coda, etc, at least not now. My Word 2008 is not supported.
<blockquote>"Versions records the evolution of a document as you create it. Mac OS X Lion automatically creates a version of the document each time you open it and every hour while you’re working on it. If you need to revert to an older version or retrieve part of a document, Versions shows you the current document next to a cascade of previous versions — in an interface similar to that of Time Machine — so you can see how your work looked at any given time. You can revert with a click, or quickly copy and paste work from a previous version into the current version."</blockquote>
You can read more here: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/01/insider_mac_os_x_10_7_lion_auto_sa ve_file_versions_and_time_machine.html
(be sure to see page 2 of this article)
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8   com.apple.finder                                 0x000000010c98a548 0x10c966000 + 148808
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