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While there has been a lot of coverage of the new features in Apple’s operating systems \u2013 primarily macOS Catalina, iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 \u2013 some of Apple’s productivity apps have also gained functionality recently. Today we’ll take a look at some useful new features that appeared in Pages 8.2, which became available on September 30th, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting Default Fonts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pages 8.2 for Mac provides a feature that I’ve personally wanted for a long time \u2013 the ability to set default fonts and font sizes for new documents created from templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, when I use Pages to create a new document, I generally grab the “Blank” document and begin typing. That blank page defaults to a specific font \u2014 Helvetica Neue \u2014 and 11 point font size. While that’s fine in most cases, I might prefer a different font like Avenir in a slightly larger size. In Pages 8.2 for Mac, that’s easy to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Pages menu, select Preferences. The General pane now has a setting for Default Font (highlighted in the screenshot below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The setting for choosing a default font and size for new documents is highlighted in red.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Checking the Default Font box opens a dialog for selecting the default font and its size. In the screenshot below, I selected Avenir as the font and 14-point as the font size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The default font for new documents has been set to Avenir, while the size is now 14 point.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One important thing to note is that this applies to “new documents using the Blank template and other Basic templates”. The new setting is also applied to the Body paragraph style “and other paragraph styles will adjust accordingly.”. What that means is that Pages automatically adjusts some of the other styles based on the relative sizes and weights of the original. Title, for example, becomes Avenir Heavy 38-point. In the default settings, a title would have been made in Helvetica Neue Bold, 30-point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Menu Command and Keyboard Shortcut<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s now easy to jump to a specific page in your document, thanks to a new menu command and accompanying keyboard shortcut (see screenshot below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Pages menu command: View > Go To > Page…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Selecting View > Go To > Page… from the menu bar displays an edit field into which a page number is entered. Click the “Go to Page” button, and that page of the document is displayed. This is very useful when editing large documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d rather keep your hands on the keyboard, there’s a new keyboard shortcut that brings up the same “Go to Page” dialog. Type Command (\u2318) – Control (\u2303) – G, type the page number you wish to view, and press Return to go to the requested page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed HEVC Movies Into Pages Documents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When sharing Pages documents with other who have the application, it’s now possible to add movies into the document in the HEVC (H.265) format. Those HEVC movies can be included in EPUB and Apple Books books as well, although they’ll be converted to H.264 format prior to publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you know that your document is being shared with others who have older Apple devices not running, there’s a preference that can be set to ensure that the movies are optimized for the older devices. Select Pages > Preferences from the menu bar, click General, and check the “Optimize movies for older devices” box under Adding Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add Accessibility Descriptions to Media in Pages Documents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One other useful feature can help those who are using assistive technology to read your document. Whenever you add an image, movie, audio, drawings, or image galleries to a Pages document, it’s possible to add a description that can be verbalized by a screen reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add those descriptions, click on the object (image, movie, etc…), to select it, click the Format button in the Pages toolbar (it looks like a paintbrush), then click Image, Movie, Audio, Drawing or Gallery depending on the media you have added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A description text box appears into which you can type a description (see image below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Adding
Adding a description for a screen reader to an image embedded into a Pages document<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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While none of these changes are groundbreaking, they’re certainly useful for anyone who uses Pages on a regular basis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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