How do I change the name of a document on Pages using a macbook air?

Rachel,

Locate the document file in Finder. With a Finder window in List view, click once on the line of your document file, then click again directly on the Filename. The name will be selected, ready to edit. After typing a new name, hit Return and you're done. If your document is open in Pages at the time, the name of the active document window will change to match the new name in Finder.

Jerry

Rachel,

While Jerry's explanation above is correct, I thought I might add a couple points.

• You don't have to be in List view.
• In the Finder, if you select a file and then hit the Return key it selects the name for editing. I use Column view almost all the time and this works more reliably for me than click – pause – click which is somewhat sensitive to timing. (Jerry's method in List view probably avoids the timing issue.)
• If you want to get here from Pages, open the Document pane of the inspector, and the info tab. The "Show File Info" button will open the Finder's "Get Info" window for the document. In the box under (appropriately) Name and Extension, you can also edit the name.

Jeff

Jeff,

I considered giving Rachel the entire litany of options, but decided to keep it simple, as she appears to be new to the device and the OS. Your list could also include approaches using Terminal, Applescript and Automator 🙂

Jerry

Jerry,

You are right, of course. I am somewhat of a newcomer to the Mac OS myself, having only started to learn it with the advent of OSX. That's probably why I haven't ever really found much use for List and Icon views, and thought your method through List a little circuitous.

Jeff

Jeff Shenk wrote:

Jerry,

...I haven't ever really found much use for List and Icon views, and thought your method through List a little circuitous.

Jeff

Jeff,

The method seems direct to me since List view is my default and favorite. Eech to his or her own. You don't say which view you prefer. I wonder if it's Cover Flow.

Jerry

Jerry,

I think I tried Cover Flow once, to look through a folder of images, but I didn't even like it for that.

I actually did say, in my first reply, that I almost always use Column view. I realize list view presents a lot more information, but since I am mostly just drilling up and down through the folder heirarchy, that's mostly noise to me, and I feel more comfortable with just the file names.

Jeff

Argh..., you did say, and I missed it. Sorry.

I don't know if I can remember why, but shortly after my eyes were opened to the variety of ways to use Finder, I tried the different views and settled on List. I think it may have had to do with the width of the display (number of columns required) on files in burried folders. What is a clean and efficient presentation to one user may be clutter to another, I guess.

The preview in Column View is nice, and I do use it at times. I get a lot of mileage out of Quick Look, giving the Spacebar a workout, and it works great in List View where you can turn Quick Look on and then arrow down the list seeing large format previews as you go.

Thanks for the comments.

Jerry