Pages file

Pages is a word processor developed by Apple Inc. It is part of the iWork productivity suite and runs on macOS, iPadOS and iOS operating systems. It is also available in iCloud on the web. The first version of Pages was released in February 2005. Pages is marketed by Apple as an easy-to-use application that allows users to quickly create documents on their devices. A number of Apple-designed templates covering different topics (such as letters, resumes, CVs, posters and outlines) are included with Pages.

Pages is a word processor and page layout application. When Pages is first opened, users are presented with a template picker that allows them to start with a blank document or a predefined template - including a basic template, report, letter, CV, envelope, business card, flyers and posters, postcards, miscellaneous and a newsletter template section - that contains placeholder text and images that can be replaced by dragging and dropping photos from the Media Browser. The Media Browser provides quick access to media from iTunes, iMovie and Photos. Users can drag and drop music, movies and photos directly into Pages documents from the Media Browser window.

Each document window contains a toolbar, which gives one-click access to commonly used functions such as inserting objects (text boxes, shapes, tables, charts and comments), uploading the document to iWork.com and adding additional pages. In addition, the document window contains a contextual format bar that allows one-click formatting of text and adjustment of images. When text is selected, the format bar allows users to choose fonts, text size, colour, and adjust line spacing and alignment. When an image is selected, the format bar shows tools to adjust opacity, show and hide shadow and reflection effects and mask the image. A separate Inspector window provides almost all the formatting options available for any element in the open document.