Is there a feature like MS Word's 'Navigation Pane' in Pages?
Im organizing my long document and can view thumnails of individual pages (page thumnails) but not of the hierarchical headings?
Many thanks for potential answers.
MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1
In the View menu, choose Show Document Outline.
Jerry
Thanks for the response but all 'Show Document Outline' does is indicate the bulleted and tabbed headings within my document rather than allow a quick navigation to a particular section of my large document (e.g., Chapter 1, methods).
It may appear so to you, but that is not all that Outline View does.
Jerry
Continuing, see page 98 of the Pages User Guide for the specifics. There's a bit of overhead in setting up the outline. The function doesn't have E.S.P, so you have to declare some levels and hierarchy in order for the outline to perform for you.
Jerry
Have you tried View > Page Thumbnails?
Thanks for the suggestion. Page Thumbnails show minature versions of the each page but it does not provide a quick or direct way to navigate to a particular section unless you can read VERY small text and remember where you want to go. I wish the page thumbnails would provide an option to view headers rather than the whole page ...
"I wish the page thumbnails would provide an option to view headers rather than the whole page ..."
"If wishes were horses..."
Don't wish. Ask. Choose Provide Pages Feedback from the Application menu (in Pages, the "Pages" menu) and request that this feature be added.
Regards,
Barry
Barry, thanks for this suggestion albeit you make it sound like my search for this feature/tool has ended with a request to the creators of the next version of Pages.
Well, I'd think of it more as stopping to make a call along the way than ending the journey.
Check out Jerry's suggestion to make a closer examination of Outliine View.
You might also take a closer look at the Page Thumbnails—they can be made larger by giving them more space. In the document I checked, I was able to enlarge them to a bit more than twice the height of the document page with the view scale set at 25%—larger enough to read the headings (with a little squinting).
To enlarge the thumbnails, hover the mouse at the left boundary of the page. When the pointer changes to a vertical line crossed by a two-headed arrow, click and drag right.
A click on any thumbnail will take you to that page.
Regards,
Barry
I too have had this question for some time, Iainmpm. When using a Table of Contents involving hierarchical chapter and subchapter headings in a large document, Microsoft Word's "List" view in the "Navigation Pane" is king.
If Apple were to include such a function, Pages would take the throne.
I also took Barry's advice and actually made a direct request by clicking on "Provide Pages Feedback". Just thought I'd add a comment (my first since signing up just now) to keep this thread alive, especially since this new version of Pages was recently launched.
Just place a TOC (Table of contents) at the start of the document.
Then all you have to do is touch the top of the iPad screen (or Scroll up on desktop) to go to the TOC (Navigation Pane).
Then touch the page number of the Heading you want to go to.
Works brilliantly!
Good luck.
The O.P. is using a Mac not an iPad for this.
Peter
As I stated, "Scroll up on desktop" or COMMAND UP ARROW.
It works the same all platforms.
Is there a feature like 'Navigation Pane' in Pages?
