How to open Pages file in Word There are two different methods that you can use to open Pages file in Microsoft Word on Windows 11/10. Also, you can open the same in Microsoft Word for Mac.

Editing a .docx file on Mac This one’s easy. A .docx file will open quite happily in Word for Mac, of course, but it can also be edited in Pages, the nearest thing to a first-party Apple equivalent.

In order to open a Pages file and actually be able to edit it on your Windows 10 computer, you'll need to use a third-party app like CloudConvert to convert it.

Normally, older Word files directly open in the latest version of Word. However, as with my very old AppleWorks files, these Word files apparently were too old for Word for Mac 2011 to handle.

Because most correspondents, including my wife, send documents as Word e-mail attachments, I wanted Pages to be able to open a .doc file with a click and then give me the option of saving it ...

However, it is still possible to open Word files in Pages, though formatting may be off and fonts might go missing. You can then save the file as a ".docx," or as a ".pages" file.