We’ve redesigned Pages, Numbers, and Keynote to work even better with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Now, more features are supported, including commenting, conditional formatting, and bubble charts. And each update adds greater compatibility. It’s never been easier to take a Microsoft Office document from your Mac or PC and import it into Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. So you can keep the workflow flowing.
As you write or at most when you first edit your text, select a line and click on the Format icon at top right of the Pages screen. When you do that, a pane full of options appears with the top. Add a highlight effect to text in Pages on Mac You can add color behind any selection of text—individual characters, words, or entire paragraphs—to create a highlight effect. Note: You can also highlight text for review purposes by using tools in the review toolbar and commands in the Insert menu. On a computer running macOS, you can change the color of highlighted text by following the steps below: Open the System Preferences application. Select the Highlight Color drop-down menu. Select one of the listed colors or Other to choose your color using the color wheel.
See all the ways our productivity apps support popular Microsoft Office features.
| Microsoft Word Format (.docx) | Pages for Mac | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Bidirectional Text | Supported for Arabic and Hebrew | ||
| Column Formats | |||
| Font Types | Fonts available for download are imported. Unsupported fonts are substituted. | ||
| Ligatures | |||
| Line Spacing | |||
| Subscript | |||
| Superscript | |||
| Tab Setting | Some tab settings may look different | ||
| Text Boxes | |||
| Linked Text Boxes | |||
| Text Colors | |||
| Text Effects | |||
| Text Highlighting | |||
| Text Wrap | |||
| Vertical Text | |||
| WordArt | Text is preserved, but formatting may not be maintained | ||
| Lists | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Image Bulleted Lists | |||
| Numbered Lists | |||
| Text Bulleted Lists | Stylized bullets replaced with plain bullets | ||
| Tiered Numbered Lists | Some lists may look different | ||
| Paragraphs | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Background Shading | |||
| Formatting | |||
| Paragraph Styles | |||
| Illustrations | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| ClipArt | |||
| Floating Objects | |||
| Images | Most image formats are preserved | ||
| Shapes | |||
| SmartArt Graphics | Imported as shape | ||
| Charts | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| 2D Column | |||
| 2D Stacked Column | |||
| 2D 100% Stacked Column | |||
| 2D Bar | |||
| 2D Stacked Bar | |||
| 2D 100% Stacked Bar | |||
| 2D Line | |||
| 2D Stacked Line | Imported as Line chart | ||
| 2D Marked Line | |||
| 2D Stacked Marked Line | |||
| 2D 100% Stacked Marked Line | |||
| 2D 100% Stacked Line | Imported as Line chart | ||
| 2D Area | |||
| 2D Stacked Area | |||
| 2D 100% Stacked Area | |||
| 2D Smooth Marked Scatter | |||
| 2D Smooth Lined Scatter | |||
| 2D Straight Marked Scatter | |||
| 2D Straight Lined Scatter | |||
| 2D Pie | |||
| 2D Exploded Pie | |||
| 2D Pie of Pie | Imported as Pie chart | ||
| 2D Bar of Pie | Imported as Pie chart | ||
| 2D Marked Scatter | |||
| 3D Column | |||
| 3D Stacked Column | |||
| 3D 100% Stacked Column | |||
| 3D Bar | |||
| 3D Stacked Bar | |||
| 3D 100% Stacked Bar | |||
| 3D Line | |||
| 3D Area | |||
| 3D Pie | |||
| 3D Exploded Pie | |||
| 3D Stacked Area | |||
| 3D 100% Stacked Area | |||
| Bubble Charts | |||
| Doughnut | Imported as single tier doughnut chart | ||
| Exploded Doughnut | Imported as Pie chart | ||
| Surface Charts | |||
| Radar Charts | |||
| High-Low-Close Stock | Imported as Line chart | ||
| Open-High-Low-Close Stock | Imported as Line chart | ||
| Volume-High-Low-Close Stock | Imported as Bar chart | ||
| Volume-Open-High-Low-Close Stock | Imported as Bar chart | ||
| Column Cylinder | |||
| Stacked Column Cylinder | |||
| 100% Stacked Column Cylinder | |||
| 3D Column Cylinder | |||
| Column Cone | Imported as 3D Column Cylinder chart | ||
| Stacked Column Cone | Imported as 3D Column Cylinder chart | ||
| 100% Stacked Column Cone | Imported as 3D Column Cylinder chart | ||
| 3D Column Cone | Imported as 3D Column Cylinder chart | ||
| Column Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Column chart | ||
| Stacked Column Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Column chart | ||
| 100% Stacked Column Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Column chart | ||
| 3D Column Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Column chart | ||
| Bar Cylinder | |||
| Stacked Bar Cylinder | |||
| 100% Stacked Column Cylinder | |||
| Bar Cone | Imported as Bar Cylinder chart | ||
| Stacked Bar Cone | Imported as Bar Cylinder chart | ||
| 100% Stacked Bar Cone | Imported as Bar Cylinder chart | ||
| Bar Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Bar chart | ||
| Stacked Bar Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Bar chart | ||
| 100% Stacked Bar Pyramid | Imported as 3D Rectangle Bar chart | ||
| Header and Footer | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Footers | Tables in footers are not supported | ||
| Headers | Tables in headers are not supported | ||
| Page Numbering | |||
| Symbols | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Equation | |||
| Symbol | |||
| Page Setup Options | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Borders | |||
| Margin Presets | |||
| Orientation | |||
| Page Sizes | |||
| Page Background | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Page Color | |||
| Watermark | |||
| References | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Bibliography | EndNote bibliographies are supported. In Word Citation Manager bibliographies, text is preserved but cannot be managed. | ||
| Citations | EndNote bibliographies are supported. In Word Citation Manager bibliographies, text is preserved but cannot be managed. | ||
| Footnotes | |||
| Table of Contents | Not all styling is preserved | ||
| Reviewing Tools | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Comments | Text comments are supported | ||
| Ink Annotations | Imported as shapes | ||
| Track Changes | Changes to body text continue to be tracked. All other changes are accepted on import. | ||
| Miscellaneous | Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| Breaks | |||
| Hyperlinks | Web, email and bookmark hyperlinks are supported. File hyperlinks are removed. | ||
| Macros | |||
| OLE Objects | |||
| Tables | |||
| Themes | |||
Pages is a powerful word processor that lets you create stunning documents, and comes included with most Apple devices. And with real-time collaboration, your team can work together from anywhere, whether they’re on Mac, iPad, iPhone, or using a PC.
From the start, Pages places you in the perfect creative environment. It puts all the right tools in all the right places, so it’s easy to choose a look, customize fonts, personalize text styles, and add beautiful graphics. And everyone collaborating on a document has access to the same powerful features.
Start with something beautiful.
Choose from over 70 beautiful Apple‑designed templates, and customize your reports, letters, and other documents any way you like. And, if you’ve ever dreamed of writing a book or fairy tale, it’s easy to create interactive stories right inside Pages.
Make progress you can see.
Track changes, add highlights, and have threaded conversations with your team. Your edits are saved automatically.
Stunning results. Effortlessly.
Liven up your text by filling it with color gradients or images. And, take the entire page to the next level by adding photos, galleries, audio clips, video, math equations, charts, or more than 700 customizable shapes.
What’s new in Pages.
NewTurn handwriting into text. Magically.
With Scribble and Apple Pencil, your handwritten words will automatically be converted to typed text. Take notes, write a book, or annotate a paper fast and easy.
NewMac Os X Pages Highlight Text Messages
Write reports easier.
With new report templates, there’s no staring at a blank page. Jump start an essay, research paper, or school report by choosing from one of the 3 new templates.
Skim through in style.
Now, on your iPhone and iPad, you can read through your document, zoom in and out, and interact with it — without accidentally changing anything.
Play videos right in your documents.
Play YouTube and Vimeo videos right in Pages, without the need to open a web browser. Simply add a link, and play your web video inside your document or book.
You don’t work in one place on just one device. The same goes for Pages. Work seamlessly across all your Apple devices. The documents you create using a Mac or iPad will look the same on an iPhone or web browser — and vice versa.
You can also work on documents stored on iCloud or Box using a PC.
Work together in the same document, from across town or across the world. You can see your team’s edits as they make them — and they can watch as you make yours, too. Just click the Collaborate button and invite people to join.
Use Apple Pencil on your iPad to sketch, illustrate, and create documents. Draw and fine-tune your idea, then press play to watch each stroke animate onto the page. Plus, with Smart Annotation, your edits stay with the marked-up text, making it easy for you and your team to incorporate changes.
Teaming up with someone who uses Microsoft Word? Pages makes it simple. You can save Pages documents as Word files. Or import and edit Word documents right in Pages.
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