Thanks all We are back on the road wil try all when we stop again Regards Juliet
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Tom Hogarth <twshoga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ronni > > ''Firstly, Pages is not the best Application for really large documents.'' > > Would i be possible to advise the most durable or stable app for such > items? > > I have some old documents that I was planning to work on in the near future > and you have me interested in what is the best way to do so... > > hope you can help > > Tom Hogarth > > > On 29 September 2011 16:37, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > On 29/09/2011, at 2:22 PM, Juliet Kitson wrote: > > > > > Hello All > > > I have a pages file I have been working on for about 12 months it a log > > of > > > our travels around aus. was up to 104 pages, opened today added 3 pages > > > saved took a long time went to reopen message " could not open required > > xml > > > index file could not be found”. > > > > Hi Juliet, > > > > Firstly, Pages is not the best Application for really large documents. > > > > Are you using Pages’09 (version 4.1)? Are you using Snow Leopard? > > > > If you are using Pages’09: > > > > A pages document is an archive - unfortunately in the latest version > > (iwork09) it is not signed as such anymore, the trick is to rename the > file > > to.zip and unpack the zip file. > > Then it is possible to see if the “index.xml" is there, or if it is > renamed > > to something different such as "index-new.xml" or “index.xml.gz" > > (the name of course will appear without quotation marks). > > > > 1. Press the [control] key and click on the ‘bad’ Pages file. > > > > 2. Scroll to ‘Get Info’ and select it > > In the ‘Name & Extension’ box, delete the ".pages" extension so that > > "myfilename.pages" reads “myfilename.zip” > > You will receive a message window “Are you sure you want to change the > > extension from “.pages” to “.zip”? > > Select ‘Use .zip” > > (Don’t worry we’ll put the extension back to “.pages” when we are done. > > > > 3. The file will now display as a folder containing multiple files, on > your > > desktop (if that is where you selected to save the file) > > > > 4. Open the Folder and inside will be all the files contained within the > > Pages document. > > Scroll down and see if “index.xml” is there, or one named as I mentioned > > above. (without quotation marks) > > > > 5. If the file is named “index-new.xml” or “index.xml.gz”, change the > > extension to .xml > > > > 6. Then change the Name on the Folder back to the original by adding the > > extension “.pages” (without the quotations) > > You will receive the message window: “Are you sure you want to add the > > extension “.pages” to the end of the name” > > Select “Add” > > > > 7. Your pages document should now show as your Pages document icon again. > > > > 8. Double click it and see if it opens in Pages Application now. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Ronni > > > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > > > OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard > > OS X 10.7 Lion > > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
