Bullet and list formats are not being included in the paragraph style. Whenever I change paragraph styles, I have to manually reset any bullet and list formats that have been included when the custom paragraph style was created. Microsoft Word captures bullet and list styles automatically. Shouldn't Pages do the same?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.0
Barry, thank you for your kindness! I will investigate further. I did followup today on your recommendations, and posted both this issue and another concerning the page positioning functions. It seems they like to gray out both options (Stay on Page, Move with Text) if your image size approaches 95% of the page layout format. But that is another issue.
Am about finished with current book, 201 pgs, for Kindle Direct Publishing. Just a handful of tweaks would make Pages the preferred software for publishers. It is so close.
Take care, my friend. I hope we meet again.
Barry, thank you for your kindness! I will investigate further. I did followup today on your recommendations, and posted both this issue and another concerning the page positioning functions. It seems they like to gray out both options (Stay on Page, Move with Text) if your image size approaches 95% of the page layout format. But that is another issue.
Am about finished with current book, 201 pgs, for Kindle Direct Publishing. Just a handful of tweaks would make Pages the preferred software for publishers. It is so close.
Take care, my friend. I hope we meet again.
Hi redcedar,
You are welcome. The Provide xxxxxxx Feedback is a feature common to most (possibly all) Apple authored applications. There is also a Product Feedback webpage available for the same types of communication regarding software and hardware..
Be aware that you are unlikely to receive an email reply to a feedback post. Apple does read the posts, and does forward some (but not all) to the development teams, but is unlikely to contact the sender except in cases where they need more information about the issue.
Good luck on your request. It does seem a useful feature for the use you make of Pages.
Regards,
Barry
Redcedar writes: "Shouldn't Pages do the same?"
My response would be "No."
I assume your response would be "Yes," as it's unlikely you'd ask the question if that weren't your expected answer.
If my assumption is correct, you've chosen the wrong audience. The people reading and writing in these user-to-user communities are users of the software and hardware being discussed.
Apple supplies the space for these discussions, but Apples participation in the communities is minimal. Hosts and Moderators are tasked with monitoring for adherence with the terms of use that you read and agreed to before posting your first message here. Community Specialists scan the communities for questions that have not received a reply within abut 24 hours of being asked, and usually respond with a post that includes a link to a knowledge base document or user guide article they think will be useful to the person asking the question.
The rest of the replies come from users of the hardware and software, people who can advise other users on using the hardware and software as it currently exists, but who have no direct say in what the hardware and software 'should' or 'should not' do by design.
For that kind of question (or suggestion) you need to talk directly to Apple.
Fortunately, Apple has provided a path by which you can do that.
To make a Feature request (which is essentially what you are doing), go to the Pages menu (in Pages) and choose Provide Pages Feedback. Then choose Feature Request as ther type of feedback you want to provide, make your request, and make a case for its being a useful feature.
Regards,
Barry
I have spoken with support several times this past year. Every one of the senior techs was surprised to see the issue when I demonstrated it to them. They expect the paragraph styles to include indentation and bullets as well.
I am an author, and use Pages to write my books because it has so much better font and format control than does Word -- which is considered the standard for authoring books, to the point that publishers will accept .docx files as input. Up until a couple years ago, I did use Word for publishing. I only referred to Word as a point of reference for the situation I was describing. Now I am accused (yes, that is the right word) of wanting Pages to emulate Word. In fact, I wish both Pages and Word would emulate Aldus Pagemaker so far as publishing goes. At least Apple hasn't dumbed Pages down the way they have done to Word in Redmond. But I tell you, I am really surprised by the negativity in this community.
Thank you for pointing out that feature in Pages for submitting changes. I was unable to find that. I will use it. Take care.
There are list styles and paragraph styles. Never shall the twain mix… And, Pages is not a Word clone, so don't expect it to behave like Word… ever.
My what an attitude.
Zero attitude or I wouldn't have responded.
Your wording seems insulting to me. Please consider that when responding.
Pages: Bullet and list formats are not being reset when selecting a paragraph style.
