Sending files from Pages '06 or '08

Apple's Pages program (prior to '09) saves documents as directories, rather than regular files, which means that you can't upload them to a web site or attach them to an E-Mail unless you archive them first.

Unfortunately, they don't make this very obvious, so it will generally just not work without giving you any error message.

To send us a Pages file, please do the following:

  1. Find the ".pages" file in Finder.

  2. Control-Click on the file, then choose "Create Archive of...".

  3. Upload the new ".pages.zip" file, which will appear in the same folder, to the web site or attach it to an E-Mail.

Apple changed the file format in Pages '09, and it can now be uploaded or E-Mailed without any extra steps.