Can MS Office or OpenOffice.org open Pages documents from an iPad?

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Maybe the asker doesn't want to buy Pages without knowing how useful it is. Or maybe the asker wants to know whether they can send Pages documents to their Windows-using associates.
I hope to buy an iPad this week. I'm considering my options here.

ghoppe · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-16 22:43:41Z

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As per the Apple Support Technote, Pages for iPad does support export to Microsoft Word 97 or later.

Opening the Pages documents directly, though, is an unlikely proposition.

This MacWorld article outlines the limitations of editing MS Word documents on the iPad.

answered Aug 16 '10 at 22:43

ghoppe
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Excellent article. – Moshe Aug 17 '10 at 0:18

paradroid · Answer 2 · 2011-08-09 19:39:36Z

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A good alternative is using the Office Web Apps on the iPad, which would allow to create and edit Office format files stored on Windows Live SkyDrive.

answered Aug 9 '11 at 19:39

paradroid
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	This works best with a 3G enabled iPad. Not everyone has that. – Moshe Aug 9 '11 at 20:02
	@Moshe: I spend 90% of my day in areas which have wifi, and I hardly ever need to use 3G on my laptop or smartphone. – paradroid Aug 10 '11 at 12:38

Don · Answer 3 · 2010-08-16 22:42:14Z

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Not sure about OpenOffice, but unfortunately Office cannot open Pages documents.

ETA: after a fair amount of Googling, it's safe to say that OpenOffice can't open Pages documents either.

edited Aug 16 '10 at 22:42

answered Aug 16 '10 at 22:28

Don
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What does ETA stand for? – Moshe Aug 17 '10 at 0:18

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I'm thinking "Edited To Add" but I'm not 100% sure. – Vervious Aug 17 '10 at 0:38

Ya, "Edited to Add".. It's an old message board acronym.. – Don Aug 17 '10 at 0:41

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