Pages User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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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
on your Mac.Open a document with placeholder text, then press VO-U to open the rotor.
Press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key until you hear “Window Spots,” then press the Down Arrow key until you hear “content - Document layout area.”
To select the document layout area, press Return, then press VO-Shift-Down Arrow to enter it.
To scroll to the page with the text you want to replace, press VO-Up Arrow or VO-Down Arrow, then press VO-Shift-Down Arrow to enter it.
Press VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow until you hear the text you want to edit (for instance, Header or Body), then press VO-Shift-Down Arrow.
If a text group has multiple lines, press VO-Up Arrow or VO-Down Arrow to scroll through the lines.
To select the text in the VoiceOver cursor, press VO-Shift-A.
Type to add your own text.
If you want to edit more text in the same group, press VO with any arrow key to navigate to it. If you want to edit a different text group, press VO-Shift-Up Arrow, then press VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow to navigate to it.
Style text
Templates use coordinated fonts, text styles, and colors, but you can change the look of your text in the document layout area.
If you’re using a template from the Basics category, such as Blank or Blank Landscape, you can set a default font and font size for all new documents. See Align and justify text.
Spacing: Press VO-Down Arrow until you hear “Spacing” (make sure the disclosure arrow is expanded). Press VO-Right Arrow to navigate to the Line spacing button, then press VO-Space. Press the Down Arrow key until you hear the spacing option you want, then press Return to choose it.
To learn more about spacing, see Add an image description, Create your first documentKeyboard shortcuts for Pages on Mac