2 steps to convert PDF to iWork Pages accurately online, for FREE! Upload PDF file. For Mac or iOS users, iWork pages is the most popular word processor.

If your goal is to convert a PDF that is predominantly text, or rich text to a text, or RTF document, that Pages '09 and Pages v6.2 can open, then that is a relatively straightforward task. There is an Automator action that does this. But, to convert a PDF with rich text, links, tables, artwork, and images into a Pages document — and retain the original PDF appearance is impossible with free tools, and difficult for paid applications to pull off.

I have used some of these so-called “magical” paid PDF to Pages converters, and you can be prepared for hours of reformatting productivity loss in the output document. This is because the content of a PDF is a quagmire of internal references to bits and pieces of non-contiguous objects instead of what we visually perceive as a PDF document.

Reordering that mess into an original word processing document format is very tough to do right programmatically. What you can do, is use the Automator action to get to the RTF document, and open that in the two Pages versions mentioned above that accept RTF. You will likely need to refer to the PDF for accurate formatting.

If you need to get original DPI images, artwork, and tables from the PDF, then I recommend that you open it in the most recent version of the free (currently 5.4.1.2). It will open with the LO Draw tool, and you can then select the individual non-text items to extract, and then later replace these in the RTF document. There simply is no mash a button, get a result — that does not require additional effort on your part. Thank you very much for your time Viking, I undertstand what you say but I work with two apple computers and two PC and they have different software. My new macbookpro has the silly pages program that can only be open with apple machinery. I have Word with my iMac but I can only access it on the week ends.

The college where I work has provided me with an online Word facility but I have to go to all the parabel of converting that ruins the documents. Non compatible programs mean MONEY.

Which seems to be what Apple is all about. ' I work with two apple computers and two PC and they have different software. How to remove pages in a word document. My new macbookpro has the silly pages program that can only be open with apple machinery. I have Word with my iMac but I can only access it on the week ends.