Question 1

Why do I only see the first page of my Pages document?

Accepted Answer

Because since 2013 that is all Pages stores as a picture. The rest of the document is in Apple’s own compressed format, which this reads for its text - everything is under the Text tab - but not for its layout, fonts or page breaks. To get the document looking exactly as it did, the sender can export it to PDF or Word from Pages.

Question 2

Can it convert a Numbers spreadsheet to Excel?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Save as Excel writes an .xlsx with every table in the file, one per sheet, keeping numbers as numbers and dates as dates. Formulas come across as the values they had when the file was saved, and charts and cell colours are not carried over.

Question 3

What happens to a password-protected file?

Accepted Answer

It cannot be opened: the contents are encrypted, and only Pages, Numbers or Keynote with the password can decrypt them. The page says so rather than failing silently, and shows the preview picture where the file keeps one outside the encryption.

Question 4

Does the document get uploaded somewhere to be converted?

Accepted Answer

No. The file is a zip package, and it is unpacked and read in this page. Most online converters for Apple formats work by uploading the document to a server that runs the conversion; this one never sends it anywhere.

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