Reverse black background/white text in a Pages document

how do I reverse a blackbackground/white text on a pages document?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Mar 25, 2026 9:09 AM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2026 9:15 AM

Pages was not designed to provide an appearance mode black background with white text. Although this is a feature of the current MS Word 16.107, and has been for quite some time, Pages is not a Word clone and Apple has not seen fit to make this appearance change.


You cannot game Pages by choosing a black template and switching the text color, as that does not export well to PDF or Word documents.

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Mar 25, 2026 9:15 AM in response to estelarev

Pages was not designed to provide an appearance mode black background with white text. Although this is a feature of the current MS Word 16.107, and has been for quite some time, Pages is not a Word clone and Apple has not seen fit to make this appearance change.


You cannot game Pages by choosing a black template and switching the text color, as that does not export well to PDF or Word documents.

Reverse black background/white text in a Pages document

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