Pages File Converter

A client sent a .pages file and you are on Windows or Android. Drop it here to read it, then save it as a Word document, plain text or a PDF. Client documents are fine to use: the file is read by your own browser and never transmitted.

Drop a .pages file here, or click to choose Several at once is fine. A .zip with a .pages inside works too.

Why the usual fixes do not work any more

The common advice is to rename the file to .zip and open the PDF inside it. That only worked for files from Pages 2009 and earlier. Since 2013 a .pages file holds Apple's own compressed data plus a picture of page one, and no PDF at all. This tool reads that data directly, so it handles the files clients send today, and it still uses the built-in PDF when an older file has one.

It converts the text, headings and tables. Images, charts and exact page layout are not converted, and it tells you when a file has any. For a filing or anything where layout matters, ask the client for a PDF.

Ask the client to send it properly next time

Copy this and send it back. It covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Thanks for sending this. My office cannot open Pages files, so please send it again as a PDF or Word document: On iPhone or iPad: open the document in Pages, tap the three dots (More) at the top, choose Export, then PDF or Word, and send it from there. On a Mac: open it in Pages, choose File, then Export To, then PDF or Word, and attach the exported file.