Add and print comments in Pages on Mac
You can add comments to text, objects, charts and table cells. A small square appears in the left margin of a document to indicate a comment is attached to text (which is also highlighted). Comments attached to shapes are also indicated by a small square. Comments in table cells are indicated by a triangle in the corner of the cell. When you don’t want comments to be visible, you can hide them, and you can print a document with or without comments.
When multiple people are working on a document, each person’s comments appear in a unique colour and include their author name. Anyone can reply to a comment, which is especially useful if you’re collaborating — you can add a comment, then with back-and-forth replies have a conversation in real time.
With Pages on a Mac, you can also use the review toolbar or Comments & Changes sidebar to review and edit the comments.
Note: Comments aren’t visible in printed documents unless you select that printing option.
Add, edit or delete a comment
You can add and edit your own comments, and anyone can delete a comment.
Select text or click a table cell or an object you want to add a comment to, then do one of the following:
In the toolbar, click .
In the review toolbar at the top of the document, click . The review toolbar is visible if there are comments or tracked changes in the document.
Type your comment, then click Done (or click outside the comment).
To view, edit or delete your comment, do one of the following:
Open a comment: Click the comment marker (or move the pointer over the highlighted text).
Edit a comment: If you’re the comment’s author, open the comment, click in the text, then type. If there are replies to your comment, you can’t edit the original comment by clicking its text. Instead, move the pointer over the timestamp to the right of your name at the top of the comment. When the down arrow appears, click it, choose Edit Comment, then make your changes.
Delete a comment: Click Delete at the bottom of the comment. If there are replies to the comment, this action deletes the entire conversation. You can delete an individual reply only if you’re the author of the reply or the document owner.
You can also add, edit and delete comments in the Comments & Changes sidebar. To open it, click in the toolbar, then choose Show Comments Pane (or Show Comments & Changes Pane).
Change the size of comment text
Choose Pages > Preferences (from the Pages menu at the top of your screen).
Click General.
Click the Text Size pop-up menu, then choose a size.
The setting applies to all your Pages documents. You can change the setting at any time.
Review comments
Click the comment marker (or move the pointer over the highlighted text).
Do any of the following:
Review a comment or conversation: Scroll through the text. If a comment is truncated, click Show More. If replies are hidden, click “View [n] more replies”. You can also review comments in the Comments & Changes sidebar. To open it, click in the toolbar, then choose Show Comments Pane (or Show Comments & Changes Pane).
Go to the next or previous comment (or highlight): Click the arrows at the bottom of a comment.
Reply to a comment or edit your reply
Anyone you share the document with (by sending them a copy or inviting them to collaborate with editing permission) can reply to a comment.
Click the comment marker (or move the pointer over the highlighted text).
Do any of the following:
Add a reply: Click Reply at the bottom of the comment, type your reply, then click Done. You can reply as many times as you like.
Edit your reply: Move the pointer over the timestamp (to the right of your name) for the reply you want to edit. When the down arrow appears, click it, then choose Edit Reply. Make your changes, then click Done.
Delete a reply: Move the pointer over the timestamp to the right of your name (or if you’re the document owner, the person’s reply you want to delete). When the down arrow appears, click it, then choose Delete Reply.
You can also reply to comments and edit your replies in the Comments & Changes sidebar on the left. To open it, click in the toolbar, then choose Show Comments Pane (or Show Comments & Changes Pane).
Delete a conversation
Click the comment marker (or move the pointer over the highlighted text), then click Delete at the bottom of the conversation.
Show or hide comments
You can show or hide comments in the document and in the Comments sidebar if it’s showing.
Do any of the following:
Click in the toolbar, then choose Show Comments or Hide Comments.
Choose View > Comments & Changes > Show Comments or Hide Comments (from the View menu at the top of your screen).
At the top of the Comments sidebar on the left side of the Pages window, click View Options, then choose Show Comments or Hide Comments.
If change tracking is on and you hide comments, the review toolbar still shows, but comments aren’t included in the navigation.
If you send your document to someone else and they open it in Pages on their iPhone or iPad, the document opens in reading view, and comments are hidden until they tap at the top of the screen.
Manage comments in the Comments sidebar
You can edit and review comments in the Comments sidebar on the left side of the Pages window. If you’re tracking changes in the document, those changes also appear there.
To open the Comments sidebar, click in the toolbar, then choose Show Comments Pane (or Show Comments & Changes Pane).
To change what’s shown in the sidebar, click View Options at the top of the sidebar to sort by page or date, filter comments by author, and hide comments or hide changes.
If you choose Sort by Document from the View Options menu, the sidebar scrolls as you scroll the document.
If you filter comments by author so that your comments aren’t visible in the sidebar, then you add a comment, the filter switches back to Show All.
To close the Comments sidebar, click in the toolbar, then choose Hide Comments Pane (or Hide Comments & Changes Pane).
Print comments
When you print a document with comments included, the comments appear in a column on the left side of the page and numbered flags appear in the document next to the corresponding text and objects. If there are more comments than will fit in the left column, the comments continue on one or more additional pages.
Choose File > Print.
In the pop-up menu below the page selection controls, choose Pages.
If you can’t see the pop-up menu, click Show Details.
Select the Print comments tickbox, then click Print.
You can also export your document as a PDF and include the comments.
For more information about printing and print options, see Print a document or envelope. To include comments in a PDF, see Export to Word, PDF or another file format.