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This wikiHow teaches you how to view a Mac Pages file on your Android by converting it to the Google Docs or Microsoft Word format.
Quick Steps to Opening a Pages File on Android
- Download the .pages file to your Android device.
- Go to https://cloudconvert.com in your Android's web browser.
- Open the .pages file on the CloudConvert webpage.
- Select .DOCX or .PDF as the output format.
- Tap Start Conversion.
- Download the converted file.
- Open the file in the Google Docs or Microsoft Word app.
Steps
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Navigate to https://cloudconvert.com/ in your Android web browser. Chrome is the default browser on most Androids, but you can use any browser you wish.
- If you haven’t already downloaded the .pages file to your Android, you’ll need to do so first.
- If you don’t have Google Docs or Microsoft Word, download one of them free from the Play Store. You’ll need one of these apps to open the converted file.
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Tap Select Files. This opens your Android’s file manager.Advertisement
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Select the .pages file you want to open. This uploads the file to the server.
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Tap the select format button. A drop-down menu containing different file types will appear.
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Tap docx. If you prefer, you could convert it to a PDF.
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Tap Start Conversion. It’s the red button. The file will now convert to the new format. Once the conversion is complete, the “Start Conversion” button will turn green and say “Download.”
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Tap Download. This downloads the file to the Downloads folder on your Android.
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Tap the file in your Downloads folder. The file will now open in Google Docs or Microsoft Word.
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1. Go to https://cloudconvert.com.
2. Tap Select Files.
3. Select the .pages file.
4. Tap select format.
5. Tap docx.
6. Tap Start Conversion.
7. Tap Download.
8. Tap the file to open it.









