Hi, when using Pages, when you save a file that you want to be in .doc format, the best thing to do is go to export, then choose "Microsoft Word" format. When you open the document back up and make changes to it, you can then save changes to the original by choosing import and then save once you see the dialogue box to name the file (make sure you don't change the file name; you can simply press enter).
It will say that a file with the same name already exists, and you can choose to replace it. I actually just figured this out today. Pages defaults to its own format, so after saving files via exploit, when trying to exit Pages, it will say your document has not been saved. You needn't worry, however, as your file has already been exported in to .doc format. HTH, Harry On Jul 7, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hi all, have just been playing around with pages and the only thing I can't > grasp is how to save the same document over the original when one has made > some changes to it. > > Its as simple as that and yet it just won't happen for me! > > For instence. > I created a document called Test document and proceeded to save via command S > I successfully saved in my home directory under documents with the above file > name in the root of that folder. Now here's where I miserably failed! No > matter what I did the 1st time I ended up changing the file extension > from.doc to .pages .doc was the original one I was after because I move > between platforms and thus need that format so I then changed it the second > time. It still however created another file without overwriting the original > one. So I then tried two other things. I then tried to save it in the .pages > format it says iWork 08 I have 09 which I'm not sure if that's anything to do > with it but creating a new file with that extension adding a bit of text then > the save command my reaction was that it would just overwrite and the save as > dialog wouldn't appear. Again though, no luck. The other idea was to sit on > the file when I changed it to see if that would overwrite it with the new > changes but it ended up creating another file without the overwritten one > being changed at all. > > So in all this exparemential saving issue, (I'm glad I'm using Bean) how in > the heck does one overwrite the same file in pages without creating new ones! > LOL > > I lookforward to hearing the wonderful "work arounds" either that or I'm not > doing something right. Grin > > Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
