Tip: If you have a Mac with M1 or later, you can use Writing Tools with Apple Intelligence to summarize selected text with a click, proofread your work, and create different versions of the same text to help you find the right wording and tone. You can also use ChatGPT with Writing Tools to compose and refine text. Select the text you want to work with, then click on your Mac.
Open a document, then do one of the following:
For body text in a blank template: Just start typing.
For body text in a template with placeholder text: Click the placeholder text to select it, then start typing. To remove placeholder text completely, click it, then press the Delete key on your keyboard.
Open a document, then click on your Mac.
Open a document, add a text box, then change it however you want.
For example, you can change the font and font size, add a border to the box, and so on.
Click the text box to select it.
Choose Format > Advanced > Set as Default Text Box Appearance (from the Format menu at the top of your screen).
You can change the default text box style whenever you want, and it won’t affect any text boxes already in the document.
If you want to apply the same design changes to other text boxes that already exist in the document, you can save the default text box style as an object style, then apply the object style to other text boxes.
Go to the Pages app change the look of text inside the shape just like any other text.
To add a caption or label to an object, see Add pages in Pages on MacLink text boxes in Pages on Mac