Editing Pages (word processor) (section)

==Features==
Pages is a word processor and page layout application. When Pages is first opened, users are presented with a template chooser which allows them to start with a blank document or with a predesigned template — including a basic, report, letter, résumé, envelope, business card, flyers & posters, cards, miscellaneous and a newsletter section of templates — that contains placeholder text and images which can be replaced by dragging and dropping photos from the Media Browser. The Media Browser provides quick access to media from [[iTunes]], [[iMovie]], and [[Photos (Apple)|Photos]]. Users can drag and drop music, movies, and photos directly into Pages documents from the Media Browser window.<ref name="pr05"/>

Each document window contains a toolbar, which gives one-click access to commonly used functions such as inserting objects (text boxes, shapes, tables, charts, and comments), uploading the document to [[iWork.com]], and adding additional pages. In addition, the document window contains a contextual format bar that allows one-click formatting of text and adjustments to images. When text is selected, the format bar enables users to choose fonts, text size, and color, and to adjust line spacing and alignment. When an image is selected, the format bar displays tools to adjust opacity, show and hide shadow and reflection effects, and mask the image.<ref name="pr08">{{cite press release|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2007/08/07Apple-Introduces-iWork-08/|title=Apple Introduces iWork '08|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|date=August 7, 2007}}</ref> A separate Inspector window provides almost all formatting options available for any element in the open document.

Beginning in iWork '08, word processing and page layout are two distinct modes. In word processing mode, Pages supports headers and footers, footnotes and outline,{{cn|date=May 2022}} and list creation. Users can collaborate with others on a document. Pages tracks changes by users by displaying each person's edits in different colors. Users can also add comments alongside the document. In page layout mode, users have complete control over the position of objects on the page. Images and text can be placed anywhere on the canvas.<ref name="pr08"/>

Pages used to feature several other advanced writing tools. Many of these have been stripped out of the current version. The "Full Screen" mode (introduced in [[Mac OS X Lion]]) and supported in Pages 4.1 hid the menubar and toolbars, allowing users to focus on a single document without being distracted by other windows on the screen;<ref name="pr09"/> however, after Pages 5, full-screen mode requires the user to manually hide various panes for focused writing and the page thumbnails pane does not automatically open when the cursor is moved to the left screen edge. Earlier versions featured mail merge, which automatically populated custom fields with contact data from the Address Book or [[Numbers (spreadsheet)|Numbers]] apps to create personalized documents. For example, if a user wanted to send one letter to three people, mail merge allowed the user to create a single document with placeholder fields that were populated when printing.<ref name='pr06'>{{cite press release| title=Apple Announces iWork '06| date=January 10, 2006| url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Announces-iWork-06/| access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> The mail merge feature was completely removed in version 5 and it did not return until version 12.1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/21/apple-iwork-updates-new-features/|title=Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote With New Features|publisher=[[MacRumors]]|language=en|date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> Tables and charts pasted from Numbers are automatically updated if the original spreadsheet is changed.<ref name="pr09"/>