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I can't open PDF documents in Pages.

I can't open PDF documents in Pages.

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Sep 4, 2021 4:13 AM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2021 5:19 AM

Thanks Roger. I see that Pages can convert documents to PDF so assumed Pages would also open PDFs.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202227

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Sep 4, 2021 5:21 AM in response to Ellibob

Pages is not a PDF reader. It will allow you to drop a single page PDF onto it and it then becomes a document object that you can rescale, position, but not edit.


If you have access to MS Word v16.31 or later, you can open a PDF in it and convert it to a Word DOCX document. That Word document can then be opened by Pages which will then translate it into Pages document format. Of course, if one has access to Word, it should preclude using Pages in the first place.

I can't open PDF documents in Pages.

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