Dark Mode in Pages workaround

0_blu wrote:

Hi, I was looking for some info on how to enable dark mode in pages, and was unable to find an answer here. After a little more research in the app, I discovered a workaround:

Go to the Pages Menu

Go to Preferences

Go to Settings

Under "For New Documents" click on "Use template" then:

Click on Change Template

Scroll through the templates, and choose "Blank Black"

Now anytime you use a new document, it will be black. Just ensure you save it on a white background template if you plan to print it or send it electronically without "dark mode"

You left out export to PDF or Word as those backgrounds will also be impacted by using a black template. One would have to have another normal Blank template Pages document open and copy/paste the default white text from the black template onto the white document where the white text vanishes. One would need to select that white text and change it back to black text.

That is considerable effort when one could simply use the preferences setting for dark mode in MS Word, or LibreOffice Writer without all of the extra work of converting back to a white document with normal text appearance.

Hopefully this helps those of you, like me, who can't stand working on a white background!