Pages (software)
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| developer | Apple Inc. |
| Publishing year | January 22, 2005 |
| Current version | 10.1 (July 9, 2020) |
| operating system | macOS , iOS , iPadOS |
| category | Word processing |
| License | Proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| Pages website | |
Pages is a word processor - software company Apple for the operating systems macOS , iOS and iPadOS . It is part of the iWork office suite and was first introduced on January 11, 2005 at Macworld as Pages '05 .
It stands out from other word processing applications because it has an operating concept similar to that of layout applications and their functions. In this way, images and text can easily be placed in a frame-based manner. This is also possible in some other word processing applications, such as MS Word, but there it was always a secondary function and was comparatively difficult to implement.
Pages comes with numerous graphically designed templates that can also be expanded.
Pages was developed by the same department that previously developed Keynote , which is why the two programs are similar. Central functions to which the program has been adapted are a context-sensitive formatting bar, changes made by different authors to be logged, as well as better handling when chaining continuous text in text fields.
On January 6, 2009, Pages '09 was the fourth version of the program, in which several improvements and additions were made.
Since the appearance of the iPad 2010, there has also been a version for iOS that can also run on the iPhone and iPod touch from iOS 5 .
During WWDC 2013, Apple introduced the beta versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote (iWork) for iCloud. Now you can edit Pages, Numbers and Keynote compatible documents directly on the web via a slightly modified interface.
At a product presentation on October 22, 2013, Apple presented new versions of iWork for OS X and iOS, which were primarily given a new, more modern design, but also some new functions, in turn many old functions were removed. Anyone who buys a new Mac or iOS device immediately can download these programs for free.
File format
By default, the program uses a file format with the extension .pages that is not compatible with any other word processor.
A Pages document is usually encapsulated in a ZIP file. Unpacked, it is a package , i.e. a folder that the Finder treats like a single file in OS X. This includes preview images (JPEG) as well as the placed original image files, XML plist files with metadata and binary files with the document content. Up to and including version '09, the document content was saved in a central, structuring XML file. A preview in PDF format was also included.
Import / export
The pages format changes from program version to version. Pages can therefore export in the format of the previous version. Older pages formats can always be imported.
Pages can export PDF documents (PDF 1.3, with transparency), but only offers three different quality levels (good, better, optimal). PDF documents can be placed in Pages documents, but not completely imported.
Pages can use Word files (.doc and .docx) import and export. However, up to Pages '07 this only worked with simple texts; The program failed on more complex Word documents with precisely positioned graphics or tables. With Pages '08 the import and export of Word documents has been improved. Text frames are correctly positioned and, in the event of problems, precise messages are used to describe the problems with importing and exporting Word files.
Pages exports into ePub format, for example for iBooks, as well as in unformatted “pure” text ( English plain text , UTF-8 , LF ).
The OpenDocument format is not supported.
See also
Web links
- Apple's website for Pages
- Video of the presentation ( Memento from January 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of August 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 17, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/01/steve_says.html , accessed April 17
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of September 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 17, 2010.
- ↑ iWork for iCloud beta - Apple. Retrieved October 6, 2013 .