Cannot send my reports to Pages

[Terri Works]

I would like to send my reports to Pages and I get an error message that I can't do that. My report cannot be handled because Pages cannot open files in rich-text (RTF) format. Is there a way to change the format? I've seen wonderful things people are doing in Pages with their Reunion reports - what am I missing?
Thanks. Terri

[Dennis J. Cunniff]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

I would like to send my reports to Pages and I get an error message that I can't do that. My report cannot be handled because Pages cannot open files in rich-text (RTF) format. Is there a way to change the format?

The problem is that older version of Pages could read RTF files, but in the latest update Apple removed that ability. If you want to use Pages, you have to use an older version.

[Terry Medlar]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

The problem is that older version of Pages could read RTF files, but in the latest update Apple removed that ability. If you want to use Pages, you have to use an older version.

I still have an old copy of Pages, but cannot figure out how to indicate that one.

[Dennis J. Cunniff]

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I still have an old copy of Pages, but cannot figure out how to indicate that one.

I knew there had been former threads on this, but I didn't pay close attention (because I don't use Pages), and I had trouble at first locating it, but see if this answer is useful.

Essentially, you need to use "preferences" to set the old version of Pages as your word processor.

[Terry Medlar]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

Thanks. This works.

[Bob White]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

For those readers who can't read between the lines, so to speak, when the Mavericks version of Pages, Numbers and Keynote get installed, the installer creates a folder iWork '09 in the Applications folder and moves the old version of all three into that folder.

[Steve W. Jackson]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

For those readers who can't read between the lines, so to speak, when the Mavericks version of Pages, Numbers and Keynote get installed, the installer creates a folder iWork '09 in the Applications folder and moves the old version of all three into that folder.

If you're like me, you bought iWork '09 once upon a time and installed it from media, which resulted in it getting installed in a folder named "iWork '09" inside the Applications folder. I haven't yet moved to Mavericks or attempted to get the newer iWork applications, but where would it put them now, Bob?

[Terry Medlar]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

If you're like me, you bought iWork '09 once upon a time and installed it from media, which resulted in it getting installed in a folder named "iWork '09" inside the Applications folder. I haven't yet moved to Mavericks or attempted to get the newer iWork applications, but where would it put them now, Bob?

The iWork folder is still in applications and the new Pages is not in a folder. You may then use either the old or the new.

[Bob White]

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........ I haven't yet moved to Mavericks or attempted to get the newer iWork applications, but where would it put them now, Bob?

If you already have '09, the new installer just leaves the '09 versions right where they are. If you do not have the older version at all, the installer installs both '09 and the current version (in a iWork '09 folder created on the fly). At least, that is my understanding.

[TX Researcher]

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If you have a new mac then only new version will be loaded. Save report as text file, then copy and paste into Pages.

[Bob White]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

If you have a new mac then only new version will be loaded. Save report as text file, then copy and paste into Pages.

Nope. New install gets both as described above.

[Terry Medlar]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

If you already have '09, the new installer just leaves the '09 versions right where they are. If you do not have the older version at all, the installer installs both '09 and the current version (in a iWork '09 folder created on the fly). At least, that is my understanding.

Bob is correct. I am using both.

[Susan Park]

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I have the same question. Whether I save my reports to Pages or as Text Files, they all come out with .rtf extensions and can't be opened on my 1st ever iMac. Very disappointing. I haven't figured out how to even view the reports on screen yet either.

I am using Mavericks on iMac purchased in January, with Reunion 10. Constructive advice welcome!

[kmgenealogy]

Re: Cannot send my reports to Pages

I have the same question. Whether I save my reports to Pages or as Text Files, they all come out with .rtf extensions and can't be opened on my 1st ever iMac. Very disappointing. I haven't figured out how to even view the reports on screen yet either.

I am using Mavericks on iMac purchased in January, with Reunion 10. Constructive advice welcome!

Hi Susan...welcome! Hopefully, someone here can help you.

You can go into Reunion Preferences>Reports>Word Processor & choose Text Edit. That will open up your files but they will still be in rtf format. You can Print>go down to PDF button on bottom left and Save as PDF. Or, as TX Researcher mentioned earlier, you can copy the text from the open Text Edit file and then paste it into your Pages app.

Another option is to download the free OpenOffice or LibreOffice suites. Their word processors will open the .rtf format. You can "aim" the reports preference to that suite.

Also, if someone here can't recommend how you can get the old Pages 09 (which will open the .rtf format) for this, you can still buy the iWorks 09 boxed DVD set at Amazon for $26.99 & no shipping if you have the Prime service. The iWorks includes Pages 09, Numbers 09 & Keynote 09.

Hope this helps. However, I'm sure someone here can help you get the old 09 Pages.

[Susan Park]

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Thanks, Kaye, but wow, what a lot of work just to see a preview of what the report might look like! I tried the text editor last night and it only shows up as a tiny little box in the middle of the screen. I was able to make the letters bigger but the box size stayed the same. I have used many different DOS (those are really old) and Windows programs for genealogy since the late 1980s. Previewing and printing a standard genealogy report shouldn't be that hard. For now, I'm sticking with Reunion and will gain fluency in Apple, but I can't tell you how truly disappointing this "feature" is. How do the rest of you preview or print Register reports?