Unable to open a Pages file on iPhone/iPad

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sw1945 Author

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Unable to open a Pages file on iPhone/iPad

I've prepared a large file of mostly photos and some text in Pages and "printed" it as a PDF. I want to send the PDF to some friends for comments and emailed to my self first. I can open it on my desktop but not on the iPad or iPhone. I thought it might be too large so divided it but nothing doing. The people I sent it to also couldn't open it. I've been doing the same thing for some while now and have never encountered this sort of problem. What am I doing wrong or what's happened?

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iPad, iPadOS 18

Posted on Dec 2, 2024 07:17 AM

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Answer 1

WheelieNick

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Dec 2, 2024 07:20 AM in response to sw1945

Are you exporting it correctly? Please see this on how to export a pages document on iPad to PDF

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’re automatically exported. If your document contains smart annotations or comments and you want to include them in the PDF, turn on the corresponding option, then tap Export in the top-right corner of Layout Options.

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Answer 2

sw1945 Author

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Dec 2, 2024 02:28 PM in response to WheelieNick

I am exporting from the desktop on which I created the files. I can open the PDF on the desktop after it's been exported but not on the iPad or the iPhone. The file is 557Mb in size but I've had no problems with files of 500Mb before over the past few months.

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