PeterBreis0807
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Q: Pages 5 features checklist

As you go through the new Pages 5 can you please add an added, missing or altered features here please.

 

I will start with some culled from the general discussions and if you could correct any errors add them:

 

Added

 

1. Right to Left text ie Arabic, Farsi & Hebrew. Uncertain about Pashtu

 

2. Single model templates. You turn off document text to get rid of the default. Not sure if this then can be mixed and matched with Word Processing templates

 

3. Able to share outside iCloud

 

Missing

 

1. Selecting non-contiguous text gone

 

2. Outline view appears gone

 

3. Customizable Toolbar is gone

 

4. Many templates appear gone

 

5. Captured pages gone

 

6. Reorganize pages by dragging gone

 

7. Duplicate pages gone

 

8. Subscript/superscript buttons gone

 

9. Select all instances of a Style is gone

 

10. Retain zoom level of document gone

 

11. Facing pages gone

 

12. Endnotes gone

 

13. Media Inspector can't find iPhoto library on external drive

 

14. Update is missing for older installations, Apple is reportedly working on a solution via a redeemable code or update on the ir Support Download site

 

Altered

 

1. Language set under Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar now document wide

 

2. Subscript/superscript text is now a convoluted route Gear > Advanced options > Baseline > Subscript/Superscript

 

3. Header appears to be multi-column

 

4. New file format (but still .pages?) not backwardly compatible

 

5. Page numbering method changed

 

6. T.O.C. appears buggy

 

7. Template file storage location moved - to where?

 

8. Imported older .pages files are not translating properly

 

9. Text language is detected automatically now

 

Letting you know I can't test or verify any of these as I haven't got Mavericks yet.

 

Peter

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 7:57 PM

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  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Jul 9, 2016 6:21 AM in response to VikingOSX
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    Jul 9, 2016 6:21 AM in response to VikingOSX

    I've grown exhausted pointlessly listing what's wrong with Pages 5 Viking.

     

    Should I rebuild the list? Don't think anyone is paying the slightest attention. Particularly Apple.

     

    I only posted back here because I had a request for the list in another forum, from someone who "really knows what they are doing" but seems unaware of the in your face situation at ground zero.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Jul 15, 2016 3:25 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Jul 15, 2016 3:25 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Can add another bug/UI error/Bad design to Pages 5:

     

    Connecting Lines in Pages 5:

     

    Screenshot 2016-07-16 08.20.38.png

    Connecting Lines in Pages '09:

     

    Screenshot 2016-07-16 08.20.43.png

     

    Peter

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Jul 17, 2016 4:14 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Jul 17, 2016 4:14 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Barry has brought to our attention that somewhere along the way Apple added cross table cell references in Pages 5.

     

    Cross table references.png

     

    So Apple may have taken a very long list away but has added a short list of useful new features.

     

    Peter

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Jul 17, 2016 4:34 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Jul 17, 2016 4:34 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    I could be mistaken, but the average user is a time-challenged, mash a button, get an answer person, and lacks the patience to pour through 1500+ posts to this thread sifting for a specific [un]supported Pages v5 feature.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Jul 17, 2016 4:43 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Jul 17, 2016 4:43 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Barry showed you this information 14 hours after I posted a detailed solution that demonstrates cross table references in Pages v5.6.2, and that was marked solved by the OP.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Jul 17, 2016 7:03 AM in response to VikingOSX
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    Jul 17, 2016 7:03 AM in response to VikingOSX

    Sorry Viking,

     

    I quickly scanned the post, saw Barry's response and checked it to find that it does work now.

     

    As to listing all the points, that was a lot of work and my previous effort at fully documenting it in my iWork forum, was destroyed abruptly, so will not be respending the massive work involved, and it is after all just p¡ssing into the wind.

     

    Peter

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Jul 17, 2016 1:46 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Jul 17, 2016 1:46 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    I have updated this post to reflect how intra-table formula references work in Pages '09 v4.3.

  • by Barry,

    Barry Barry Jul 17, 2016 6:18 PM in response to VikingOSX
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    Jul 17, 2016 6:18 PM in response to VikingOSX

    Hi Viking,

    "Barry showed you this information 14 hours after I posted a detailed solution that demonstrates cross table references in Pages v5.6.2, and that was marked solved by the OP."

     

    Yes, I did.

     

    Peter's reply surprised me, because I'd dealt with a similar question a couple of days earlier (July 12), so I confirmed what I'd learned then—it does work—and replied with a heads-up to Peter, noting that.

     

    Regards,

    Barry

  • by Ecuador2012,

    Ecuador2012 Ecuador2012 Sep 11, 2016 10:42 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Sep 11, 2016 10:42 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    The sole loss of 2-up viewing (facing pages) makes Pages obsolete for layout. I have dozens of older documents that I can't fully support as a result. Probably just get a cracked version 4... and while I'm visiting the dark side, pick up some additional programs. *** is Apple thinking?

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Sep 11, 2016 3:17 PM in response to Ecuador2012
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    Sep 11, 2016 3:17 PM in response to Ecuador2012

    If you had Pages 4 you should still have it in your Applications/iWork '09 folder.

     

    Pages 5 is a total dud and whatever Apple is thinking it is still thinking. The disease is spreading to all their latest software and "MacOS".

     

    Peter

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