How to export an Apple Pages document to MS Word

The Apple Pages file format is unusual, and nothing except an Apple can open it. If you want to send a file to a faculty member, upload it to Blackboard, or print it on a school printer, you need to export it in a useful format.

The first time you save your new document, the default file name is “Untitled.” You can do better than that! Try for something that will help you figure out what this file is (and something that will help future readers when you upload it). Something like “John Doe Essay 1” would be excellent.

After you have done all your writing and editing, save your Pages document in the usual way. Then:

1. Click File in the upper left corner of your screen.
2. In the drop-down menu, click Export to >
3. In the pop-out menu, click Word…
4. In the next menu (Export Your Document), do not click “Require password to open.” There are six possible choices above, but “Word” should already be the one you are using. Click  Save… .
5. The next menu lets you navigate around your computer to find a place to drop this file. I suggest the “Downloads” folder. Click the  Export  button.
6. Your file will land in the “Downloads” folder.

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Revised 6/13/23 • Page author: Curtis Allen • e-mail: callen@ashland.edu.