Get started with a template
All documents begin with a template — a model you can use as a starting point. You can create word-processing documents, like reports and letters, and page layout documents, like posters and newsletters. Simply replace the template text and images with your own content.
Add photos, shapes, tables and more
Add objects like tables, graphs, shapes and media (images, audio and video) to your document. You can layer objects, resize them and place them anywhere on the page.
Customise every detail
Change the look of your text, add a drop shadow to an image, fill shapes with colour, and more — you can modify everything in your document.
Let your text flow
Get creative with the way text flows through your document. Have an image? Wrap your text around it. Want text to flow in irregular columns or continue a sidebar onto another page? Link text boxes so the text flows from one box to the next.
Collaborate in real time
Invite others to work with you on your document. Everyone you invite can see changes as they’re made, but you control who can edit or only view the document.
This guide helps you get started using Pages 10.1 on your Mac. To see the version of Pages on your Mac, choose Pages > About Pages (from the Pages menu at the top of your screen). To browse this guide, click Table of Contents near the top of this page. You can also download the guide from Apple Books (where available).
If you need more help, visit the Pages Support website.
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