Pages documents can be downloaded as Pages files, PDFs, or in Word format, and Numbers spreadsheets can be exported to the desktop version of Numbers, PDF, and Excel.

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In early digital days, every word processor had its own unique format and because of this, interoperability across applications was poor.

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Once you have finished your document, you can save it in a regular .doc or .rtf format and import it into your desktop word processor.

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The neuroscience of literacy suggests that, sometimes, the best way to make sense of a difficult text is to read it in a difficult format, to force our brain to slow down and process each word.

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But the distraction of label mergers caused the album to get lost in the shuffle, and The Format was soon left to promote its music through touring, online promotion and word of mouth.

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