Export to Word, PDF, or another file format in Pages on iPhone
To save a copy of a Pages document in another format, you export it in the new format. This is useful when you need to send the document to people who are using different software. Any changes you make to the exported document don’t affect the original.
If you’ve added marks or edits using Smart Annotation, they won’t appear in exported Word or EPUB documents. In an exported PDF, annotations appear if they were visible when you exported.
Note: If the original file has a password, it applies to copies exported in PDF and Word formats.
Save a copy of a Pages document in another format
Open the document, then tap
.Tap Export, then tap a format:
PDF: These files can be opened and sometimes edited with applications like Preview and Adobe Acrobat. If you added image, drawing, audio, or video descriptions for assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver), they are automatically exported.
Word: These files can be opened and edited with Microsoft Word in .docx format.
EPUB: Use this format to make your document readable in an ebook reader (such as Apple Books). For more information about the EPUB options, see the task below.
Rich Text Format (RTF): Body text and tables are exported as formatted (RTF) text and tables. If the document has text boxes, shapes, lines, and charts that can be exported, they’re exported as images, and the document is exported in RTFD format. Other applications may not be able to open an RTFD file. Page layout documents can’t be exported in RTF or RTFD format.
Tap one of the options for sending, saving, or posting the document.
Choose a location, or provide the requested information (an email address if you’re sending an email, for example), then send or post the copy.
Export a book or other document in EPUB format
To make it possible to read your document in an ebook reader (such as Apple Books), you can export it in EPUB format.
Open the document, then tap
.Tap Export, tap EPUB, then enter the requested information:
Title and Author: Enter the title and author you want viewers to see if you publish it.
Cover: Use the first page of the document or choose an image file (save the file in iCloud Drive first).
Layout: For a word-processing document, you can choose “Fixed layout” to preserve the layout of the page, or Reflowable so readers can adjust the font size and style (which may change how much content is visible on each page). Page layout documents can use only a fixed layout.
Category and Language: Tap Advanced Options, then assign a category for the EPUB document and indicate the language of the document.
Use Table of Contents: Tap Advanced Options, then deselect this option if you don’t want to include the table of contents you created.
Embed Fonts: Tap Advanced Options, then select this option if you want to include TrueType and OpenType fonts in your EPUB document.
Apple Books Compatibility: Tap Advanced Options, then select this option to convert incompatible movies to images so you can offer this book on Apple Books. Unsupported audio files are removed.
Tap one of the options for sending, saving, or posting the document.
Choose a location, or provide the requested information (an email address if you’re sending an email, for example), then send or post the copy.
To make your book available for purchase or download from Apple Books, you can publish it to Apple Books directly from Pages. An EPUB file is created during the process—you don’t need to export the book in EPUB format first.