Why can't Pages "save as" Word?

I'm trying to like Pages in lieu of my long use of Appleworks, but I can't figure out how to do a document in Pages and save it as Word. I do this all the time in Appleworks to interface with the PC folks, but I can't seem to find out how to do it in Pages. Word docs open up beautifully in Pages, but is the "save as" Word option a thing of the past? thanks, Bob Krist
G5 Tower Mac OS X (10.4.3)

A user coming from the old OS9 days would certainly have a problem because "Save As..." used to be a complex dialog that would have tons of options. "Save As..." with most OSX apps is now the simple dialog that allows you to save the current doc with a different name and "Export" is where all the complex stuff goes.
I have some apps that don't follow this, but these are meant to open old OS9 formats so many of the users may still be more familiar with OS9 conventions.

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