Pages User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
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- Use iCloud Drive with Pages
- Export to Word, PDF or another file format
- Open an iBooks Author book in Pages
- Reduce the document file size
- Save a large document as a package file
- Restore an earlier version of a document
- Move a document
- Delete a document
- Lock a document
- Password-protect a document
- Create and manage custom templates
- Copyright
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Select text and place the insertion point in Pages on Mac
To replace specific text, you select the text then type new text. To edit within text, you place the insertion point where you want to begin editing.
Note: To edit text that’s in a text box, you first click the text to select the text box (it appears as a grey rule around the text), then do any of the actions described in the tasks below.
Select text
Do any of the following:
Select one or more characters: Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want.
Select a word: Double-click the word.
Select a paragraph: Triple-click on the paragraph.
Select a range of text: Click in front of the first character, then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and click at the end of the text you want to select. You can select just a few characters or a large amount of text across paragraphs or pages.
For more ways to select text, see Use keyboard shortcuts.
Place the insertion point
The insertion point is a blinking vertical line or I-beam in text that indicates where the next character you type will appear.
In body text in a word processing document: Click where you want to start typing.
In a text box or shape: Click the object. If the object already contains text, click once to select the object, then click again in the text where you want to place the insertion point.
In a table cell: Click the cell to select it, then click again where you want to start typing.
After you place the insertion point, you can use the arrow keys to move it. You can’t place an insertion point in place holder text. When you click place holder text, the entire block of text is selected and you type to replace it.