Overview of pages – Apple Pages User Manual
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Overview of Pages
This chapter introduces you to the windows and
tools you’ll use in Pages.
When you create a Pages document, you must first select a template to start from.
Pick the one that best fits your purpose and design goals. If you want to start from a
plain document, without a lot of pre-formatting, use the Blank template.
You can drag or place objects on a page, including imported graphics, movies, and
sound, or text boxes, charts, tables, and shapes that you create within Pages. New
pages are added automatically as you type into your document. You can also add pre-
formatted pages, before or after existing pages, by selecting from those available in
each template. For more information about this, see “Expanding the Template by
In Pages templates, pages contain text and image
placeholders
, which demonstrate
the look of the finished document. You can replace the placeholder text with your
own text by just typing. You can replace placeholder images by dragging an image to
the placeholder. For more information about working with placeholder text and
images, see “Step 2: Add Text” on page 32, and “Step 5: Save and Share Your
The Pages Window
When you first open the Pages application, the Template Chooser presents a variety of
document types from which to choose. If you don’t want to use one of the templates,
you can create a Blank document. To begin working in a Blank document, select it and
just begin typing.