You can also add images, charts and other objects. If you want to add text that’s separate from the main body text, you can add a text box. When you open a word processing document (or template), you can just start typing.

These documents have a body text area where you type, and the text flows from one page to the next, with new pages created automatically when you reach the end of the page. Word processing: Used to create documents that include mainly text, like reports or letters. Before you choose a template to get started, decide which type of document you want to create: Pages is a word processing and page layout app rolled into one. Intro to word processing and page layout documents in Pages on Mac

If you can’t remove something from a document.

Restore an earlier version of a document.

Save a large document as a package file.

Export to Word, PDF or another file format.

Change the look of chart text and labels.

Add a legend, gridlines and other markings.

Change a chart from one type to another.

Functions that accept conditions and wildcards as arguments.

Ways to use the string operator and wildcards.

String operator and wildcards in formulas.

Calculate values using data in table cells.

Fill shapes and text boxes with colour or an image.

Set pagination and line and page breaks.

Format hyphens, dashes and quotation marks.

Format Chinese, Japanese or Korean text.

Use a keyboard shortcut to apply a text style.

Create, rename or delete a paragraph style.

Bold, italic, underline and strikethrough.

Select text and place the insertion point.

View formatting symbols and layout guides.Intro to images, charts and other objects.

Mac word processor with macros