This page contains information on the PAGES09 file extension (Apple iWork '09 Pages word processing document), a popular document file format
| File extension | .pages09 |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | Files with a .pages09 file extension are word processing documents which are generated by Apple's "Pages" application in versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 (these versions of the software were released between 2009-2012).
This is distinct from the pages file produced by more modern versions of iWork. Pages forms part of Apple's iWork office suite, a set of applications which run on the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems, and also includes Numbers (for spreadsheets) and Keynote (for presentations). Pages is a hybrid application, first released by Apple in February 2005, that allows users to perform both word processing and page layout tasks. |
| Actions | View other document file formats |
| Technical Details | Official file format specifications for iWork '09 pages files are not published by Apple but there have been attempts by some developers to reverse engineer them. At the top level iWork '09 pages files represent a zip file containing:
Files created by Pages in iWork '09 are not backwards compatibile with earlier versions of iWork. Pages files cannot be opened by programs other than iWork. |
| Associated programs | Pages 4.0 Pages 4.1 Pages 4.2 Pages 4.3 iWork '09 |
| Developed by | Apple Inc |
| MIME type | application/x-iwork-pages-sffpages application/vnd.apple.pages |
| Useful links | Working with iWork Pages 09 files Pages details on Wikipedia Information on iWork Pages mime formats More information from Apple on iWork |
Convert PAGES09 file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert PAGES09 files to a variety of other formats
