Questions tagged [pages]
Apple Pages is an application for creating documents. Use this tag for all versions of this app, web based, iPad and iPhone as well as macOS
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To grab a page from Pages document and convert it to PDF of image
I have never worked with AppleScript before. I need to create a script that will take a Pages document, convert each page to PDF (or some lossless image format) and then set this PDF or image as a ...
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What is that right scaling if you want "wysiwyg" in Pages? [duplicate]
I have for a long time been annoyed by the difference in appreciated size of a document viewed on screen in Pages and the actual printout, but haven't done anything about it until yesterday, when it ...
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To split a long table in a page layout document
If using Pages as a page layout app, you can continue text from one text box into another.
I'm looking around for a similar thing for tables. That is, I have a table on one page and I want to ...
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How to insert a link in Pages which allow me to redirect user to specific sections in the document?
This is the part of my document:
I would like to add links for line:
More info under points 3, 4 and 5.
I mean the same points as it is linked in Table of contents:
When I try to add link, there is ...
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iWork Pages - images move around in an unpredictable way when adding text above the image
In Pages, inserted images move unpredictably when adding content higher up in the document. Here is an example:
I have inserted an image (the green frame) below the paragraph with red text. The image ...
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How to change the number for the default "Number of Rows and Columns" when we create a new Table in Pages?
When I try to add a new Table in Pages, it automatically creates a table with 5 rows and 4 columns. How do I edit this default value of Rows & Columns to populate ?
Ex: I want to create a table ...
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Apple Pages weird table numbering
In Apple Pages for Mac, if I create a table, then enable its title, and then make a copy of this table, the second table will be titled Table 1-1 (and not Table 2). Is it a bug or what?
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How to change the default Document Margin settings in Pages with Blank Template
I want to set a default margin of 1cm (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) in Pages (version 12.2.1 (7035.0.161)).
Currently, I have the settings at 2cm (Don't know if it is the default value that was preset by ...
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Automator remove all but the first page of a pdf in Monterey
Under Monterey,
Is there an easy way to have automator delete all but the 1st page of a pdf file.
Or extract the 1st page?
My end goal is to create a thumbnail image from the 1st page, but the ...
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Why is "Apple silicon" with lowercase "s"? [closed]
Almost all products of all brands are in title case, including Apple Music, Apple Books etc. Why is "silicon" in lowercase? Perhaps someone has inside info... just curious.
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Pages quitting overnight, then not restoring pages to the right windows when you restart it
My favourite HTML editor no longer works with Ventura, so I needed a new tool to maintain my todo list (which I obviously use daily!) and settled on Pages. Unfortunately, Pages keeps quitting. It ...
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How to export paragraph styles in Pages?
Here for example are four Paragraph Styles I often use:
Notice I have them all set up nicely, even with the F-key.
My remote colleague was working on a similar document. I wanted to say to her "...
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Valid UUID for iWork database items
Starting with this post, I am trying to insert my own Shapes into Pages and one of the
challenges is being to generate a valid UUID for the identifier.
I have tried UUID version 1, 3, 4 and 5, none of ...
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"Date Modified" silently changes
I have a simple Pages document and sometimes when I open and then close it, macOS changes its "Date Modified" value to the current date and time.
The "Date Modified" silently ...
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How to import file to shape in Pages
I recently downloaded a resume template file for Pages, which has a some "shapes" in it and I'd like to add my own icons as shapes (for Github, StackExchange, etc), which I haven't come ...
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Print labels using "Mail Merge" in Pages
My labels are two labels per page so they are 5.5 in x 8.5 in (roughly).
I created four text boxes. Two of them have "Home Address" but are marked as Sender. The other two have "Home ...
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Automator (Applescript) and Pages: "could not be interpreted as a file URL."
I have the following applescript as the sole component of an Automator app:
on run {input, parameters}
repeat with theFile in input
tell application "Pages"
set ...
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Bizarrely, Pages does not share a custom dictionary with a document. Is there a way to fix this?
Say I create a Pages document, Example.pages.
In the document, I include the word "Fattie",
Fattie is a, for example, product or character name. I right-click, and have Pages "learn ...
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Why did the function key shortcuts in Pages, for text paragraph styles, just completely stopped working on in macOS?
On every single Mac I have (whether 2015 MBP with 12.6.1, or brand new latest Macs w/ Ventura),
The fn key shortcuts, for text styles, no longer works in Pages.
What could this possibly be?
When you ...
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How to reduce a Pages file's size?
Having been using Pages for more than 3 years but there is one thing that puzzles me so much. And it can be a problem since I have written so many Pages files, that is the Pages' file size.
It is way ...
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Increase text cursor/insertion point size in Pages
The thin line of the text insertion cursor is nearly impossible to see on a page of text. In order to find it, I have to "enter" and then hope I correctly maintained my count to move it from ...
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Adjust image mask opacity and colour in Pages
I've inserted an image into my Pages document and put a mask over part of it. The mask is white, and about 25% opacity. It seems like the only properties of the mask I can adjust are its size and ...
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Pages Export to PDF changes layout
I am using Pages. I have a 255 page document, which includes text and photographs.
I intend to export the document as a pdf when completed. Attempts to export drafts of the document, in all three &...
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In Pages, how to edit these immovable (but not locked) images?
Sometimes I import a Microsoft Word file into Pages, only to find that some portion of the document is not editable. Usually an image that is treated like part of the background, and although it can ...
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Apple Pages: How to display custom date format?
I want my date format to be [day] [month spelled out] [year]. Pages has a variety of options, but none match that particular order.
FYI: Running Apple Pages v12.1 on MacBook Pro running MacOS Monterey ...
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How do I prevent Pages from hyphenating a specific word?
I have read Wrap words in Pages but my question is different. How do I prevent a specific word from being hyphenated (because Pages is wrong - "IS-P:er" (!!))?
I have a vague memory that ...
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Internal Links in Apple Pages not working when exporting to Epub
I made my own TOC, with links to different parts of the document. None of those links work when I export to Epub but they all work inside Pages.
I have tried with Reflow - No Reflow - Enable TOC - not ...
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How to make Epub generated from Apple Pages keep content on pages
This is for a book of poetry, and while it is not so important where poems end it is important they always start on their own page and are not part of another poem's page.
So I know that when I export ...
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In Apple Pages, is there a function to search for names and tell me yes or no?
In apple pages, I have a list of names created and it's gotten too big for me to scroll through and see if a name already exists. I was curious if there is a way to make a function/formula to help me ...
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Mac OS apps like numbers, pages, keynote & QuickTime freeze when closing unsaved files
I just upgraded to MAC OS 12.4 and if I do CMD+Q i.e quit an application with unsaved document I get the following
At this point none of the keys respond namely DELETE or CANCEL. And application ...
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How to Disable Auto-Hyphenation
I have had an iPhone 7 Plus since 2018. It is running on iOS 15.5 with Pages Document version 11.1. Today, for the first time ever, after finishing one Pages Document with no issues, it suddenly ...
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Automator action to paste a word in all fonts
How would I write an Automator action or Applescript to paste or type a word in every single font? The screenshot is what I have so far. The hitch I'm running into is in the "make a selection ...
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Globally change colors in Pages document
I need to experiment with various color schemes for a pages document. I want to find all instances of a certain color and change it to something else. I am using various color in table cell ...
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Apple Pages (desktop) - clear previous documents?
For years I’ve created and used a Pages template document that contains the various document and font settings I regularly use. This makes it easier to begin writing right away. I usually forget to ...
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Pages 12.0 on Monterey 12.4: Why can't I add or change certain parts of styles?
See screen shots. All the circled options are greyed out.
File is not locked or read only. I can edit text and other things no problem.
If it's relevant, collaboration is turned on and shared with ...
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How to switch a text to lowercase within Pages
Within Pages, how to switch a text selection to lowercase ( or to uppercase )?
My actual workaround is:
copy the text within Pages,
open vi without any file name,
paste the selected text,
keep the ~ ...
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Pages app corrupts the inserted hyper links
I insert a link that contains part like "+1%2B+%28%28%28%281" but Pages converts it to "+1++((((" but the link then totally stops working. How do I fix that?
It basically unescapes ...
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After opening a .doc/.docx, I would like to save the converted .pages in same folder as .doc was opened. Does anyone know an easy way to do this?
This drives me crazy. What I usually do is drag the original folder location temporarily into the Finder Sidebar so I'm quickly able to find it in the save dialog. Hopefully there is a setting or ...
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Add a little spreadsheet into Pages app document
Can I have a little spreadsheet within my Pages document, do a little bit of calculations?
I found the "Table" feature. But that seems to support only static content, not formulas for ...
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What is this ⌅ symbol?
As you can see in the image, there is a symbol that looks like a caret under a horizontal line.
I want to break page by this shortcut in the image but I don’t know what the second symbol is and where ...
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How to wrap a paragraph within its tab stop on ruler
I want a two-column format in my Pages word-processing document. The left column should be right-aligned while the right column is left-aligned. Like this:
In Pages I used the same approach as I have ...
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Automatically pull Google Doc into Pages to create PDF
Google Docs is handy for collaborative editing & referencing. But Pages makes the prettiest PDFs.
So my current process is:
from google docs, export as word doc
open in Pages
export to PDF
Is ...
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How do I create a subheader in Pages?
I am using Pages version 11.2
I don't see any Header 1, Header 2 options anywhere in the UI. Ideally there is a ribbon or control I click so the selected text changes its size like in Word.
How can I ...
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All links and formatting lost when copying text from Pages to another text editor
Steps to reproduce:
open a blank document in Pages
write some text
turn one of the words into a hyperlink and make one of the words bold
copy all text and paste it into another word processor (e.g., ...
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(Pages) Keyboard shortcut to change colour of selected text
Is it possible to make a shortcut in Pages to change just the selected text (not entire paragraph or part with the same style) to any colour of choice?
I am trying to achieve some sort of a quick ...
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Completing equations in Keynote using keyboard only
I'm making a Keynote presentation with a lot of equations. To add an equation, I can press option-CMD-E, and then I can type the LaTeX code for the equation. However, to complete editing the equation ...
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Pages change the words after exporting as PDF
As we know, most companies have their NLP applications to analyze the resumes they receive.
I recently noticed that if you export your PDF using Pages, the actual content will be changed after ...
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Tool to combine Pages documents?
Every new semester I have to paste the same updated information about my office hours, lecture schedule etc into syllabi (in Apple Pages docs) that have a lot of unchanged information about the ...
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App Keyboard Shortcut for Context Menus?
In Mac Pages there is a context menu item I use all the time: Look Up "[highlighted word]"
I would like to assign a keyboard shortcut to this menu item. However, because it is non-static (...
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How To Continue Footnote Across Multiple Pages in a Pages Document?
I have a footnote in a Pages document that I want to span across multiple pages. I essentially want the footnote to continue in the footnote margin on the next page, or possibly take up a whole page ...
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