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Tusinator

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Aug 17, 2008
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How do I transfer files from I work 08 to a windows computer?
when I send the file in my e-mail or I save it to a flash drive I click the check box that says for format to windows computer then when I try to open it on the windows computer says file not there.

Plzz help me
 
what is the exact error message you are getting? application not found type? or the file is actually missing?
 
iWork files are not files exactly, they are folders. If you zip the iWork file, you can copy it to the PC and e-mail it without problems. Of course you can't do anything with it on Windows except store it. Might be helpful to know what you actually attempting to accomplish.
 
This may help...

What I do is export the Iwork file into a word file. This can be done by going into file and selecting export. This allows you to pick the format you want. This is how I have done it, and it seems to work just fine. Yes its another step, but it allows windows users to open the document.
 
For starters, there is no 'real' iWork '08 files. There are "Keynote", "Pages", or "Numbers" files.

So which one is it? Regardless unless you want to store it on a windows box the best thing to do is what IJ Reilly said and 'zip' the document up.

Otherwise you'll need to export it in whatever flavor you wish.
 
For starters, there is no 'real' iWork '08 files. There are "Keynote", "Pages", or "Numbers" files.

So which one is it? Regardless unless you want to store it on a windows box the best thing to do is what IJ Reilly said and 'zip' the document up.

Otherwise you'll need to export it in whatever flavor you wish.

Thanks for this. I was getting a bit upset by the third appearance of "iWork File".

Either way, just go to File, Export, then choose the file format you want to save in as pertaining to you application of choice.

Pages Docs --> Word/PDF/RTF
Keynote --> Power Point/Flash/Quicktime
Numbers --> Excel/etc.
 
Well I do believe that all files produced by the iWork applications have one thing in common: they are packages (folders) not files. So for e-mailing they have that common issue, potentially. We still don't know what the OP was trying to do with these files on Windows, so it may not be entirely fair to complain about the generalization.
 
"Pages Docs --> Word/PDF/RTF
Keynote --> Power Point/Flash/Quicktime
Numbers --> Excel/etc.[/QUOTE]

thank you for telling me this what I needed to know thank you
 
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