Why I can’t open pdf files on pages app?

pages app can edit , save , creat , and export files pdf format after convert it’s format!!

But can’t open any pdf file .

plz apple stop showing the pages app as 1st suggestion choice whenever we try to deal with files !! ^~^

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Posted on Jun 21, 2018 12:50 AM

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Mac Word processors don't normally open and edit pdf files. For that you need to use Preview, Adobe Reader, PDFPen, etc.

To ask Apple to add this feature, go to

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Pages can export to PDF, and you can drag/drop single-page PDF back onto a Pages document — as a positional document object. That is all that Pages can do with a PDF.

If you want to read, or annotate a PDF, then use Apple's Preview application, or Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. If you want to edit a PDF (change its original content), then you need to purchase a PDF editor from the Mac App Store, or Adobe. Apple does not include a PDF editor with macOS.

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Why I can’t open pdf files on pages app?

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