Pages, a robust word processor that works with most Apple devices, allows you to produce beautiful documents.
Pages arranges all the necessary tools in convenient locations, making it simple to select a style, alter text styles, add eye-catching graphics, and change fonts.
Select from more than 90 exquisite Apple-designed templates and alter reports, letters, and other documents to your want.
Observe modifications, append highlights, and engage in threaded dialogues with your group. Your changes are automatically stored.
Fill your text with photos or color gradients to give it life. Add images, galleries, videos, audio snippets, equations, charts, and more than 700 editable shapes to elevate the entire page.
Pages makes it easy to switch between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Additionally, your information will be resized to fit the screen with iPhone Screen View, making reading and editing on the go simple.
Keep track of who joins, edits, or comments on shared documents, and use FaceTime and Messages to quickly communicate with your team.
With the configurable toolbar, you can quickly enter objects, locate settings, and use your favorite tools. Additionally, multitasking with several documents and apps at once is made simple with Stage Manager.
You may use mail merge to generate a letter, card, or envelope in Pages and then add a custom greeting or address from a Numbers spreadsheet or the Contacts app.
The handwritten words in Scribble for iPadOS and Apple Pencil will be automatically typed. Write a novel, annotate a paper, or take notes with ease and speed.
Potential Applications of Apple Pages
Pages can be used to produce any type of document you desire, including page layout documents with images, unique font treatments, and more, as well as basic word processing documents that are primarily text.
Every document you produce begins with a template, which you can then edit to your heart’s content.
The templates are made for particular uses, such as books, newsletters, and essays, and they provide you with an excellent foundation for your work.
You can add your own text, change or remove the placeholder images, and add additional objects (tables, charts, text boxes, shapes, lines, and media) after opening a template.
Use the formatting and layout controls located in the Pages window’s sidebar on the right to make changes to the text and objects within your project.
You can format your document, see comments and changes, view page thumbnails to navigate the content, and more with the options in the other sidebars (on the right and left).
By selecting one of the six styles located near the top of the Format sidebar, you may instantly alter the appearance of an image, shape, table, or chart that you have selected.
Apple Pages vs. Microsoft Word
Though I believe the majority of people would agree that Office is superior overall, some people prefer certain features in Pages over Word.
Word is unquestionably a superior option if you work in an environment where exchanging documents with Word users is a regular requirement.
Microsoft now supports macOS Big Sur (11.), Monterey (12.), and the current Ventura (13.*) with the single-purchase Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2021 for Mac, and their Microsoft 365 subscription service.
Upon first opening and exporting back to Microsoft document formats, Apple’s Pages, Numbers, and Keynote must translate documents because they are not copies of their Microsoft counterparts.
Apple does not warrant that the translation process is accurate.
When utilizing Microsoft programs, the content is opened, edited, and saved in its original document format without the need for translation.
Installing Office on a Mac is now limited to Office 2019 or 2021 (as well as current single-purchase licenses for both).