Create your first document in Pages for iCloud
To create a document, you first choose a template to use as a starting point. Templates are designed for some of the more common types of documents (such as letters, reports, and flyers), and they use coordinated fonts, text styles, and colors for a unified look. Most templates also have placeholder elements like headings and images that you can replace with your own content.
For example, if you want to advertise a dance performance, you could choose the flyer template with a placeholder graphic, and replace the graphic with a photo of your dance troupe.
In the document manager, click the Create Document button in the toolbar.
Double-click a template.
To create a document that’s mainly text, choose one of the Blank templates (these are all word-processing templates).
To create a brochure, poster, or something with a more complex layout, choose a template that looks closest to what you want to create. The choices include a variety of word-processing and page layout templates.
Note: If you want table and chart data in this document formatted according to the conventions of a different language, choose a different language in the top-right corner of the template chooser. See Create a document with the formatting of a different language.
Do any of the following:
Add text: In a blank word-processing template, just begin typing. The blinking insertion point indicates where your text starts. In a template with placeholder text, click the placeholder text, then type.
Note: In some templates, the placeholder text is written in lorem ipsum (scrambled Latin text, for example, “lorem ipsum dolor”), but the text you type to replace it appears in the language you use for iCloud.
Edit text: Select some text, then type to replace it. To format the selected text, use the controls in the Format sidebar on the right.
Replace images: Select the image, click Image at the top of the Format sidebar, then click Replace. Browse to find a new image, then double-click it.
Add new text boxes, images, shapes, or other objects: Click an object button in the toolbar.
Add a page: In a word-processing document, new pages are automatically added to the end of the document as needed; however, you can also add a blank page manually. To add a new page to a page layout document, click the Add Page button in the toolbar.
Undo or redo a change: Click the Undo button or the Redo button in the toolbar.
Enlarge (zoom in) or reduce (zoom out) your overall view of a document: Click the Zoom pop-up menu in the toolbar, then choose an option.
Click the document’s current name at the top of the document, type a new name, then press Return (on a Mac) or Enter (on a Windows computer).
Pages for iCloud automatically saves your changes as you work, so you don’t need to worry about saving your document manually.
To close the document and return to the document manager, move the cursor over the document’s title at the top, then click the X that appears on the left side of the tab.