Apple’s iWork suite of productivity apps – Pages, Numbers, and Keynote – work great on Mac OS X, but they’re not as easy to view on other platforms. Thankfully, there’s a little-known tip we’ll discuss on how to partially open these documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on any operating system, including Windows 10 and Linux.
First things first: I’ll admit I’m a hardened Apple enthusiast. My laptop, tablet, and smartphone are all made by Apple, and I absolutely love how productive they make me with their general ease of use, as well as excellent interoperability. 
However, therein lies Apple’s problem. Apple wants you, your friends and team mates to stick to Apple. Their apps an the output they create generally do not work well on other platforms as they do on Apple’s.
The best example of this is iWork – Apple’s version of Microsoft Office. These are outstanding apps but you’re usually just forced to share the documents, spreadsheets and slide decks in PDF which are just not the same.
Furthermore, it’s not uncommon for Mac users to just send Pages, Numbers or Keynote files directly to users of other operating systems like Windows and Linux without realizing they can’t be opened with a double-click.
That’s where Windows Clan comes in.
Opening Keynote, Numbers and Pages files on Windows 10 and Linux
This used to be difficult in the past, but ever since Apple brought Pages, Numbers and Keynote to iCloud.com, anyone can view, open and read these files on any platform as long as they have a suitably powerful web browser.
Head on over to iCloud.com and create a new Apple ID if you don’t have one already. Sign in, and you’ll see the iCloud homepage.
Keynotes, Pages and Numbers web apps can be seen in the bottom left corner. Click on Keynotes for presentations and slide decks, Pages for documents, and Numbers for spreadsheets.
Once you’re inside the web app, just drag and drop the file of interest into the app to begin uploading it. After uploading completes, you can just click on the file to open it. It will be as good as viewing the files natively on a Mac.
We have successfully tested this for all three productivity apps. Although you see screenshots taken on a Mac, you can rest assured this will work on Linux’s many different flavors, and all versions of Windows including Windows 10. Just be sure to use the latest version of browsers like Chrome, and Firefox. We’re not sure if this works on Microsoft Edge, but it should considering how well made it is.
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