Can you open .Pages files in Linux?

brent

just received one, work-related.
According to the internets the answer is NO.
(no I am not counting the jpg preview of the single first page that Mac makes as a 'yes').

I'm going to ask the sender to resend as a pdf, but was wondering for future reference. Thanks.

Axios

brent Uhhhhh ya Libreoffice opens them on linux.

tomscharbach

brent I'm going to ask the sender to resend as a pdf, but was wondering for future reference.

That is a sensible idea. We've made pdf our standard at the museum -- all documents are converted to pdf and sent in that format. That way everyone can use their own format to create, and everyone can read the work product regardless of the original format.

minh

https://www.icloud.com/pages/

brent

minh "Anyone can use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iCloud
Create your free Apple ID and get started today"

Thank you for the fast reply! I can't abide by these terms, however.

brent

Axios that actually worked.
it did not preserve any of the formatting like fonts-pages-numbers-spacing-indents** (as expected) but when I right-clicked it originally to open it Libre-Office was NOT in Solus's suggested 'open with' programs list...so I assumed it was unopenable.
Yeah I know what happens when we ASS-U-ME🙂.

In the end Libre Office gave me a document that kinda resembled** the source doc in Mac. Good enough.
Will work in a pinch. Thank you.

brent

tomscharbach the one thing I dislike is absence of meaningful editing in a pdf universe---not all NPOS or businesses can afford adobe pitstop etc. But pdfs are stable.

I'm going to ask you some train questions down the road. I love trains.