Tips To Being More Productive Using Mac Pages

[@macforme]

It is soooooo much easier to learn all these bells and whistles from your demos than plodding through a manual.👍 The quick green fox is exhausted now is going to take a break 🤣

[@JonHall005]

I've just got into using Pages as a substitute for Notes. I was tired of occasional sync issues with Notes; the big problem being that there is no easy way to back up Notes, so when there's a sync problem, there's no way of accessing them. Pages saved to iCloud can easily be backed up and it's perfect for my needs: not as complicated as MS Word, more functions than Notes (more functions than any of the third party apps), easy to back up, etc. Using Shortcuts means it's possible to have a decent menu system which acts as a substitute for tags and Smart Folders in Notes. The point is: thank you Gary for all these excellent videos, they're really helping me understand the best ways for my use of Pages. Along with all your other Mac videos, of course!

[@Rhyminrichie]

This guy is the most informative on all of the internet re: the mac…. No relation here, and I’m not being paid… I just find every tutorial exactly what I want to know !

[@davep6603]

I agree. Gary is a Mac master and gifted teacher. Even when I know (or think I know) the topic, I always learn *at least* one new thing from his videos.

[@georgee3401]

Excellent tutorial. Comprehensive and very helpful. Many thanks!

[@IamYogi]

All your videos are really great and very very helpful

[@PaulRWorthington]

I did not know I could rearrange text in the thumbnails with the Section Break function. Great tip - Thanks!

[@michaelkelly6583]

Thank you, Gary. Your instructions are second to none! I’ve written two novels and am writing a third with you making the process easier from a document management perspective. Pages is an elegant and powerful word processor for novelists.

[@_invencible_]

Always makes me happy to see examples of "real work done on Mac"

[@r.a.monigold9789]

At 78, I'm proud to say I was on the PageMaker engineering team as Adobe bought Aldus. It was retaliation for Quark's theft from Adobe in a devious way, then ridiculed Adobe for their weak defense. Once Quark was buried by destroying all Printer Description Files via Adobe's Copyrighted PDF format, PageMaker was shelved. The return of Jobs to run Apple led him to Adobe for help. Adobe gave him PageMaker and he made it Pages.

[@djs4254]

😊

[@meeluanistyn1644]

This is a really helpful video. I've moved to Pages from Word - something I used for many years for business and personal documents. Pages isn't an intuitive for me as Word was but I'm getting there. What you've done here is pulled together a whole bunch of tips that will enable me to use Pages far better than I do now. Many thanks.

[@MegaStarr10]

Honestly, as a loyal Mac user for nearly 20 years fumbling through photoshop and Indesign, finders many windows and settings, attempting Xcode.. and I didn’t even understand the basic concept of windows and keyboard shortcuts…and Mission Control!! you name it Gary made me passionate to learn my massive iMacs I have always insisted on but never actually utilised. just don’t even bother finding other channels now. Gary for Mac and Dan from ‘bring your own laptop’ for adobe. Life sorted. Gary you deserve millions of followers and hope your paid by apple to put these out because everyone else doesn’t even compare

[@notlimey]

Great! I have wondered about the Template ... now I know. And watching this was a great way to cleanse my palate after watching the debate!

[@carolinebarlow4795]

Thanks very much, Gary, for this informative video! Always learn something new about Pages from your videos.

[@gimbabu-bab]

Sir, your tutorial video is so neat, detail and easy to understand for slow learner like me. Thank you for making an excelent video!!!

[@Anikanoteven]

Three minutes in and I’m already blown away by what I’ve learned!!!

[@christinebryant9143]

Accessibility is a game changer. Thanks Gary as ever a great tutorial.

[@BugBobsWildWorld]

Excellent, Gary! I knew and use every tip, except the ability to drag sections to new places. Thank you!

[@CescoCDN]

Crazy how Styles can do wonders. But the best is the Accessibility version of Dictation. Thanks Gary.

[@weinbergfahrer4048]

Thanks for this video. Probably the most productivity-enhancing could be dictation. I really need to get in the habit of using it more regularly!

[@peterthomson5155]

Brilliant video, so helpful, thank you Gary

[@StephaniePhilp]

This is great Gary! I'd set some templates for special documents, but hadn't thought about making a basic template for everyday writing. Thanks so much. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@stephenbridges2791]

How nice. I didn't know about the dictation in the Accessibility settings as I rarely look in that area. I've always been a bit lacking in my Pages skills. Picked up a couple of excellent tools, today. Cool.

[@artysanmobile]

Solid advice, Gary. I use Pages for literally everything except spreadsheets. It has come a long way through many updates, so much so that I don’t even do the start-with-notes dance anymore. Pages is a standout app from Apple, almost never closed on any of my devices. One feature I would welcome would make all the settings changes - and there are many - needed to instantly toggle between white text on dark background and the opposite. The change is so arduous I can’t keep the perspective to choose.

[@macmost]

Do you mean for the whole document? You can just create a template for that and use the template when you want it.

[@artysanmobile]

@@macmost What I mean is the ability to toggle a finished document between white background and black background, to decide which suits my mood. I am not talking about making that decision at the start. There is quite a number of settings that need changing to accomplish that on a completed document. Every style used on a black background needs changing. It’s quite a chore and I want instant results - back and forth.

[@macmost]

@@artysanmobile If it is just for reading, I suppose you can quickly select all, change the color to white, then change the background color to black. If you aren't writing, just reading, maybe exporting as an ePub and reading it in the Books app would work. Never tried that.

[@artysanmobile]

@@macmost That’s WAY too much work. I want an A/B switch. And also, try it sometime. You’ll be surprised how many issues come up that are way beyond selection and swapping colors. It’s really a mess.

[@macmost]

@@artysanmobile I'm still not clear on "why" you want to do this. But maybe some other app have a light/dark mode switch and fits your needs.

[@barrytipton1249]

Excellent as always, Gary. thanks for the valuable tips!

[@IvanferreroIt]

Now I know I can get rid of all the writing Apps I've used so far: I can manage my content production via the native Apps. Thank you for your informative videos!

[@nunuvyurbiz123]

For no. 10, although the replace image function opens an open dialog box, you can drag a photo from the photo library into the open dialog box, and it will select the photo from within the photo library.

[@PropheticSoakingwithSarahJER]

Always get great value from watching your videos, thank you.

[@GuyFromGeorgia]

Thanks, Gary. Another great ELI5 'how to'. I've used Pages for decades but I've never dug much past the act of simply typing in what I need. I feel like I'm 6 now. Except I'm almost 70. If I had a nickel for every minute I've wasted manually setting up my Pages documents... well, all I know is I'd have a ton of nickels. Thanks, again.

[@bobcubsfan]

Always great info, Gary. One thing I really loathe about Pages is Sharing and Collaborating Pages prompts to move the document to the Cloud.. Sometimes it opens the Cloud. Not always. But what is always does NOT do is actually move the document. I have also found that sometimes, not always. the shared document has a number appended to it. e.g. MyGreatBook becomes MyGreatBook 2, or 3 and so on. And Styles cannot be added to a shared document. I have reported this to Apple but no action has been taken.

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

[@tejacavalera]

thanks Gary, you just accelerate my writing

[@PjMonesII]

Great tutorial Sir Garry. Can you please make another video on how to make FOOT NOTES and END NOTES? Thank you in advance.

[@macmost]

This is old, but the basics are the same: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYrFhXagirp3adk

[@dom.andreacchio]

Thanks again, Gary. Most amazing tips.

[@ralphstadus3944]

Fantatic as always … thanks Gary

[@barbaraf.115]

Fantastic. Thanks so much, Gary!

[@SoNowWhat]

Gary - really useful tips! Thanks!

[@_invencible_]

Nice tips. I pretty much prefer using Pages over Word. I'll definitely take a look at Voice Control. Sounds so futuristic like "zoom and enhance" :)

[@terrienoll225]

Most excellent!

[@Queeg500RD]

This is life changing info, thank you

[@iyoutome]

Awesome thanks brother!

[@PaulLeMay3218]

Very helpful. Thank you for sharing. ❤️❤️

[@notscot6788]

Excellent, as usual.

[@JayHuemann]

Nice Shirt! Thanks for this info. Very helpful.

[@macmost]

Thanks!

[@Oshotya]

Fantastic video! So many different things I can do on pages and I had no idea! Loved the video! I’m having trouble changing the body of my text to one font the way you did it. It makes me highlight everything. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

[@macmost]

Do you mean updating the style and applying that to everything else? Not sure why it isn't working for you. Keep trying.

[@nickt2159]

Very helpful

[@mahmood1212]

Great video. Thank you.

[@bevintx5440]

Thanks for the many tips.

[@bartkuk1]

This is gem. 👍🏻

[@weldo1948]

Outstanding!

[@bootsybero]

I have a question. When you change the font size at 1:09, the 'Update' sign highlighted in orange appears on the right side, but when I do the same, it does not appear. Why is that? Thank you!

[@macmost]

Are you changing the whole paragraph?

[@bootsybero]

No, I highlighted only part of the paragraph and then changed the font size just like you did... that's strange..🤔

[@5mepo5]

Starting watching your videos to learn Numbers enjoying them love your teaching style thanks I’ve got a question for pages I’ve got red lines under nearly ALL words and when I click the word it suggest the word in another language (Spanish) I’ve changed the language in settings on iPad to Australian and or US English but still got the red lines Cheers

[@macmost]

Check your Settings, Language & Region settings again carefully.

[@5mepo5]

@@macmost yep all checked I’ve just turned the iPad off and I’ll see what happens failing that Sir I will delete Pages and then re install Thanks 🙏

[@TedMattos]

Hi Gary, please forgive me for asking this here. Is there any way I could use my iPad to monitor my iPhone 14 Pro Max while I use the iPhone as a video recorder? I've searched and searched with no luck, I would think they would connect, but I can't seem to do it without investing in a third-party app that is relatively expensive. Thank you for any advice! :)

[@macmost]

Apple just released this. support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro-ipad/set-up-and-use-live-multicam-dev619b965f2/ipados

[@TedMattos]

@@macmost I'll check it out. Thank you!

[@kendeljoyce442]

Thank you for this information. I do have a question regarding comments. I’m in the process of writing a book using Pages that I frequently distribute (as I update it) by sending it as a PDF. Would Comments show in the PDF?

[@macmost]

When you go to Export as a PDF (or Print) there is a checkbox for that very thing. Try it and see.

[@greebo7857]

Oh, is there a setting to change punctuation commands in Voice? US punctuation, such as "period" and "parentheses" are not common usage in Australian English. We use full stop, and parentheses are {}, and () these are brackets.

[@macmost]

You can't customize it, but perhaps it already does what you want if your language and region settings are different.

[@venuuu564]

Thanks❤❤❤❤

[@chezchezchezchez]

Help! On my Mac, my Pages won’t update because it says this app was bought with a different Apple ID. (Years ago) How can I fix that?? Thanks.

[@macmost]

Delete it (from LaunchPad) and then get it again from the App Store.

[@scottlowell493]

Formatting....was my #1 mistake. Words on paper first, then format. I was interrupting myself too much by being concerned about appearance.

[@wiktorp7426]

Does it support Mongolian traditional?

[@fe7768]

Could you do one for numbers?

[@macmost]

I've done many: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZiyeGyLbKqqm7M and kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIndlH6jj5aoq5I for starters.

[@YouGotPropofol]

Pages is awesome. Hate word.

[@kdreamscosmos4279]

Pages should suport Zotero. Then everything will be magical.

[@sysavanemo]

1st comment

[@chanelledeasquith]

i erally wish that this man would chill and SLOW DOWN! Does he have ADHD?

[@macmost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/opq9hayfrp6BpLc

[@tonygreenwoodN10]

Really great and very useful - many thanks!