Add video and audio in Pages on Mac

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document, then do one of the following:

   • Drag a media file from your computer to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the page.

   • To add a video, click in the toolbar, choose Photos or Videos, then drag a video file to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the page.

   • To add audio, click in the toolbar, choose Music, then drag an audio file to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the page.

Click the Play button on the media to play it in the document.

You can add links from YouTube and Vimeo so videos play right in your document.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document, click in the toolbar, then choose Web Video.

3. Type or paste a link to the video, then click Insert.

4. To play the web video in your document, click the Play button .

   Note: You must be connected to the internet to play a video from the web.

When you paste supported video links into your document, they are inserted as web videos by default. To change this setting, choose Pages > Settings (from the Pages menu at the top of your screen), then deselect the checkbox next to “Paste YouTube and Vimeo links as web videos.”

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document with video or audio, then click the video or audio to select it.

3. In the Format  sidebar, click the Movie, Audio, or Web Video tab.

4. Click Replace.

5. Select a video or audio file, then click Open.

   If you are replacing a web video, insert a link to a new video, then choose Replace.

You can add a description to videos in your document that you added from your device, iCloud, or another service. Video descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your document. Video descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your document.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document with video, click the video to select it, then in the Format  sidebar, click the Movie tab.

3. Click the Description text box, then enter your text.

If you export your document as a PDF, video descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to Word, PDF, or another file format.

To add descriptions to an image or drawing, see Add an image description or Add a drawing description.

You can add a description to any audio in your document. Audio descriptions are read by assistive technology when someone uses that technology to access your document. Audio descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your document.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Open a document with audio, click the audio to select it, then in the Format  sidebar, click the Audio tab.

3. Click the Description text box, then enter your text.

If you export your document as a PDF, audio descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to Word, PDF, or another file format.

To add descriptions to an image, drawing, or video, see Add an image description, Add a drawing description, or Add a video description.