Working with .doc and .ppt in iWorks

Though Apple’s iWorks is generally a great Office suite to work with, one of the most annoying workflow issues is it’s requirement to always save files as .pages/.key e.g. if you open a Word document then you can’t just save it, you have to always “Save as…”. It turns out there’s an easy way round this, albeit one that requires editing the applications’ config files. I’ve used the fix described on Nothing To Say Here on my last two Macbooks without any problem, even editing the .plist file with a text editor if required. It goes without saying though, do backup the .plist file before editing it incase anything goes wrong.