Pages to windows readable format

[Wayne s]

I wrote a new CV using pages last year and have been emailing it of to advertised jobs without getting many replies. I have had some replies saying my CV cannot be opened or is unreadable.

What is the best option to ensure it can be readable by a Windows PC. I have tried sending windows friendly files in mail and different file formats. I don't want to lose out on a job because of my ignorance.

Whats is the best way to ensure a text document can be read by any PC/Mac and to look like it does on my monitor.

Its bloody annoying the hell out of me because I could have lost out because of this.

 

[robbieduncan]

Open in Pages. Click Print. Choose the PDF->Save as PDF... option (bottom left). Mail the PDF.

 

[spinnerlys]

Sent it as PDF, as that is the most common format used for that kind of task.
You can also use Pages to save a document as Word file (.doc) if that is needed, but any respectable company not having the ability to open .pdf files is kinda redundant these days.

 

[blunderboy]

You can convert the file within Pages itself. Alternatively, you can 'get info' on the .pages file and change the file extension to .zip (a .pages file is just a .zip file with a different extension name). There'll be a folder inside the zipped file that contains a PDF. Open that up and see if that works if converting it doesn't work out (which it should).