Apple's word processing software for Mac OS X, and iOS
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Recover in-memory Pages data from failed hibernation wakeup
My girlfriend's Macbook crashed while attempting to restore from a hibernated file. The progress bar stopped at ~10%, after which we restarted the computer for a normal startup.
This hibernated ...
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How do you use small caps in Pages?
I don't see any obvious options for small caps in Pages, either under styles or text formatting. Do I need a special font, or does Pages have small caps capability at all?
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How can I screen share and use Pages?
Via Remote Management (VNC) I am connecting to a virtual display on a Mac running Lion. VNC is working as expected, except Pages '09 documents show up blank. If, however VNC connects to the Mac and ...
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How to make Pages default to the folder of the opened file when exporting a PDF version?
I regularly create documents in Pages, then convert them to a PDF using File → Export. I always save the PDF versions in the same folder as the original document.
This save dialog that opens always ...
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Comparison of Microsoft Word to Apple Pages
I'm thinking about getting a word processor for my Mac. The two most popular options are probably Microsoft's Word or Apple's Pages. Before I decide to buy one I need to make sure that it will have ...
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1answer
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Continuing pages in Page Layout Document in Pages
I have a Page Layout document in Pages currently. Is there a way to convert part of the document into "word processing" mode where when you run out of room on one page, it automatically creates a new ...
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Pages templates for Resumes
I'm looking for some Pages templates for Resume (software developer CV).
Do you have any suggestions?
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Is there a way to number list items in reverse order in Pages '09?
I want to create an ordered list in Pages '09 with decreasing numbers, like:
4. Most Recent Item, 2010.
3. Another Item, 2009.
2. An Old Item, 2008.
1. Oldest Item, 2007.
But it looks like there is ...
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1answer
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How can I print a PDF X-1A from a iWork Pages document?
In order to use my university's printing shop, they said they need a PDF x-1a format.
I noticed in Pages that I can print as "Save as PDF-X" but a little googling says this is not exactly the PDF x1a ...
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1answer
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How to convert and adapt from a “Save As” person to a “Version” person?
I am so used to "Save As" on the PC, so that for example, if I remember I removed a line two months ago on my resume (also called CV) and now is April 2012, I can go back to
Resume 2012-01-23 ...
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3answers
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is it possible to use iCloud to share Pages files on a Mac amongst users
I find the iCloud product to be confusing. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a read only copy of a document pushed from one user to another user both on a mac. This would seem to be really ...
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Extract images from a pages document
I want to extract all of the images out of a large pages document. I found an article about it from 2006 ( see http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060324033125571 ) which states you can open ...
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PDF export from Pages document
Here is the dilemma that I'm having with the PDF export on Apple Pages. When I export my Apple Pages document into PDF and open it in any PDF viewer (let's just say Preview) then I don't get the TOC ...
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1answer
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How can I email a document from iWork without the recipient seeing the intermediate saved versions?
It looks like we don't need to keep different files like on Windows 7:
speech 2012 rev 01.doc
speech 2012 rev 02.doc
speech 2012 rev 03.doc
So on Lion, we can just use "Save a version" and all ...
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2answers
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Can I grab the content from a .pages file, without using Pages.app?
I’m interested in automatically extracting the content of .pages documents, preferably via a programming language on a web server.
There are quite a few references around the web that say Pages ...
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2answers
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How to make the “shake” commands easier?
When I want to undo some typing on Notes or Pages, I have to shake my ipod-touch like a crazy (and afraid that it may throw from my hand).
Isn't there a way to configure the "shake sensitivity", or ...
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3answers
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Why won't iCloud let me download Pages documents uploaded from a computer?
It often happens that I create a Pages document on my home laptop, upload it to iCloud, then want to download it from iCloud at school. For some reason, iCloud doesn't support this—I need to, at some ...
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Convert from OpenOffice to Pages
Does anybody has experience in how to best convert OpenOffice.org documents to pages documents.
Obviously, it can be read in a Text Editor.
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1answer
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Pages: Communicate between multiple tables?
I'm creating an Estimate template in Pages. Each chunk of the estimate (shown below as "Itemized List Hourly") has it's own table, with each row containing a task, such as "CMS Training" and a low and ...
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2answers
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How to delete a word accidentally added to the Pages dictionary?
I told Pages to learn the spelling of a character name I was writing about, without noticing there was a misspelling in the name.
Is there anyway to delete or correct the spelling of the name from ...
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1answer
2k views
How do I create HTML emails on Mac?
I'd like to know the best way to create gorgeous mail templates such as Jumsfot's Stationary Mail ones and send them without having to use Safari.
Is there a way to do this easily?
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1answer
435 views
What are some good sources for Pages and Keynote templates?
It doesn't matter whether they are for free or for purchase as long as they are compatible.
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1answer
138 views
What is the data type of background images in a Pages template?
I am trying to teach myself graphic design. The templates in Pages are really nice, but I want to be able to make my own. I was stripping apart a brochure template ("Elegant Brochure"), and found that ...
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2answers
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Pages for iOS won't let me insert or replace pictures (images)
When i click on the "insert stuff" button, the window pops up with the tabs that let me pick pictures, shapes, tables, etc.
If I select a table, shape, or anything but a picture, I can pick a ...
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How Do I Set the Default Language in Pages?
In Pages, you can change the default language to British English in the Inspector --> Text --> "More" tab --> Language: British English.
However, this reverts somehow in every launch of Pages. How do ...
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Pages 08 doesn't draw border around paragraphs correctly?
If I'm using Pages '08 and trying to draw a border around a paragraph that is inside a text box, I go to the More tab of the Text Inspector and select a solid line and full rectangle under Border and ...
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How can I save a a pages document as *.docx?
I've tried to save a pages document as a *.docx for Microsoft Office.
Pages is able to open, edit and (auto-)save existing *.docx documents.
However, there is no option to export or save a duplicate ...
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2answers
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How to generate Templates with Apples Pages?
I want to create a template, which is conform to the German business style DIN 676. Somehow I can't figure out how to achieve this. Is there a good Documentation for creating templates within pages?
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Pages 09 4.0.3 wants an update
When I open Pages 09 4.0.3, it tells me I need a software update; yet, running Software Update responds that all software is up to date.
I believe there is a later version of Pages with improved Lion ...
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1answer
810 views
Language setting for spell-check in Pages
I'm new to Pages (from iWork) and have troubles with the spell-check function. It's simply not working for me.
Almost everything is underlined red. No matter what language I write in. I did not write ...
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1answer
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son changed password on ipad, need to recover pages document
My son changed the password on his iPad and promptly forgot the new one... He was working on a lengthy document in Pages on it and was hoping to recover the work since his last save to iDisk. Will he ...
2
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1answer
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Print .docx without Pages.app
Sometimes I simply want to print Microsoft Word documents. If I view them in Quick Look, they display as I would like to print them. However, when I try to print them from the Finder, it opens ...
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iWork '09 Keeps asking to be Registered
I'm a teacher in a classroom with 8, 9 10 and 11 year olds who each have a macbook or a macbook pro. Fun job. We have a standard 10.6.6 image with iWork '09 (4.03).
In previous images, iWork would ...
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Pages: Formula/Equation Editor
Does Pages have an in-built formula editor? If yes how do I access it? If no, are there any third party software I can use?
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If I export a Word document (authored as a versioned document using Pages 4.1 on Lion),…
will it open on Word on Windows?
I don't have a Word on Windows and I've only Pages on my Mac.
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1answer
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In Pages, What is this Line Under a Rectangle Shape?
There is a persistent thing going on in Pages where there is a line under a rectangle shape when I make it. How do I get rid of it? I don't want it to show up when I export the document to a PDF.
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1answer
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Prevent image resizing in Pages
If I paste in an image into Pages '09, it scales the image, creating something that is either too small, or too large. Trying to resize these is driving me crazy, how can I either prevent this from ...
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What is the thinking behind pushing the writing area in Pages to the left? [closed]
For better or for worse, I am so used to Microsoft Word. The page is in the center of the window surrounded by gray. Pages pushes the writing area to the left. Why is this?
I don't like full screen ...
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1answer
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How to set a table of contents line numbering to not start at page 1, in Pages '09?
I am writing a document which requires the table of contents side-numbering scheme to start on the page after the table of content itselt. Basically the first 8 pages of the document should not count ...
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How do I use iCloud to sync Pages documents from iPad to iPhone?
I use pages on my iPad for documents. Apple says that I can have everything that is in Pages on my iPad shared on my iPhone using iCloud.
How do I configure that?
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1answer
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How can I change spell check to Turkish in Pages?
I started to use Pages. I want to change spell check language. But I don't find Turkish in the language menu (inspector of Pages). How can I add Turkish into the language menu? Thanks.
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1answer
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Is there a way for Pages to display an auto-updating date in ordinal format?
I am currently putting together a template document in Pages and would like the date to update each time it is opened.
However, I would also like to display the date as an ordinal number (for ...
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1answer
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Can I save iCloud documents to the Documents folder as well as to iCloud?
Basically, I want to be able to save a copy of my iCloud documents that I made in Pages (on both mac and iOS) to my documents folder, where all my pre-iCloud documents are still stored.
to note: I ...
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1answer
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Using VoiceOver to a braille display fails to output some formatting in Pages
I'm trying to help a blind friend of mine, to get her up and running on a mac. As her text editor of choice, she'd like to use pages, but there, the bullet points aren't shown on her braille display.
...
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2answers
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Hyperlinks missing in printed documents
I've noticed this on several occasions where I'll print a document (Pages file, RTF, PDF, etc) and any hyperlinks in the document don't appear on the printed page. Where the hyperlinked text appears ...
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2answers
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Where are pages files stored after I export them to itunes?
With my iPad connected to my MacBook, I exported some Pages files to iTunes in docx format. Now I'm using my laptop without the iPad, and I want to find these files. Where/how are they stored? Tks.
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1answer
771 views
How does the Docx rendering in Pages compare to Mac Office 2011
It's about time for me to bit the bullet and buy either iWork 09 or MS Office 2011. My main concern is rendering docx files (I've been using OpenOffice for many years, but the .doc and .docx ...
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Independent columns in Apple Pages
Is it possible to set two independent columns in Apple pages, so that the text in the left column continues in the left column of the next page and not in the right column. And the text of the right ...
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How to create nested folders in iCloud Documents?
I can’t create more than one level of folders in iCloud Documents from iWork. I really want to move my Documents folder (which is all iWork documents) to the cloud. It’s neatly arranged in folders on ...
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How to set default page size for Pages '09?
I'm not sure how I can set the default page size for Pages '09. For some reason, every time I set the page size as A4, it defaults back to US Letter.
I've tried setting these settings:
Settings: ...
