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PeterBreis0807 Author

Level 8

41,196 points

Pages 5 features checklist

As you go through the new Pages 5 can you please add an added, missing or altered features here please.

I will start with some culled from the general discussions and if you could correct any errors add them:

Added

1. Right to Left text ie Arabic, Farsi & Hebrew. Uncertain about Pashtu

2. Single model templates. You turn off document text to get rid of the default. Not sure if this then can be mixed and matched with Word Processing templates

3. Able to share outside iCloud

Missing

1. Selecting non-contiguous text gone

2. Outline view appears gone

3. Customizable Toolbar is gone

4. Many templates appear gone

5. Captured pages gone

6. Reorganize pages by dragging gone

7. Duplicate pages gone

8. Subscript/superscript buttons gone

9. Select all instances of a Style is gone

10. Retain zoom level of document gone

11. Facing pages gone

12. Endnotes gone

13. Media Inspector can't find iPhoto library on external drive

14. Update is missing for older installations, Apple is reportedly working on a solution via a redeemable code or update on the ir Support Download site

Altered

1. Language set under Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar now document wide

2. Subscript/superscript text is now a convoluted route Gear > Advanced options > Baseline > Subscript/Superscript

3. Header appears to be multi-column

4. New file format (but still .pages?) not backwardly compatible

5. Page numbering method changed

6. T.O.C. appears buggy

7. Template file storage location moved - to where?

8. Imported older .pages files are not translating properly

9. Text language is detected automatically now

Letting you know I can't test or verify any of these as I haven't got Mavericks yet.

Peter

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 7:57 PM

1,554 replies

Oct 23, 2013 8:33 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Peter,

I know you won't shed any tears over the loss of Page Layout mode, but it's gone too.

Jerry

Oct 23, 2013 8:40 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I am a publishing author - pages has completely wrecked the book I am working on. Luckily I saved an old copy and can go back to '09.

*** - I can no longer paste an image into a textbox or table, which is a crucial feature.

PaulBee

Level 1

0 points

Oct 23, 2013 8:45 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

8. Subscript/superscript buttons gone

12. Endnotes gone

I expect from your wording you know that superscript and subscript are still available, just not by button, but for the use of anyone else stumbling upon this thread (it took me a couple of minutes to find them): in the Text Format panel, make sure you have the Style tab selected. In the font section, press the little gear for Advanced Options. From the drop-down box next to Baseline, you can select superscript or subscript. (This is a lot of work if you use these formatting options a lot, but you can define a character style to make things a little quicker.)

Endnotes are not gone; they're just treated as a kind of footnote. In the Footnote Format panel, under type, you can select from Footnotes, Document Endnotes, or Section Endnotes.

Oct 23, 2013 8:53 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I was very excited to finally get a new version of Pages... and then a TON of important features (especially glaring: lack of merge fields, alignment guides, vertical ruler) are missing. What the heck? 5.0 seems like a step backwards to me.

Oct 23, 2013 9:07 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

Jerrold Green1 wrote:

Peter,

I know you won't shed any tears over the loss of Page Layout mode, but it's gone too.

Jerry

Oops - found the key to removing the Text Layer...

Create a page layout document

You can remove the body text area of a document and then use the page as if it’s a blank canvas.

Note: When you turn off the document body, body text and all objects set to Inline with Text are deleted (other objects are changed to Stay on Page). To save the text, copy it first, then paste it into a text box (or into another Pages document).

In the Document pane of the Setup inspector, deselect the Document Body checkbox.

Click Remove in the dialog.

Jerry

Oct 23, 2013 9:08 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Do not upgrade!

Oct 23, 2013 9:13 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I'm praying Apple reads these feature requests (returns). To be missing style guides, alignment guides, etc is killing me. I'm back in Pages '09... for now.

Please, Apple, note these feature requests and update the software.

Oct 23, 2013 9:28 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thank you Peter for compiling this list. I included it in my feedback to Apple for Pages.

I sure hope they take notice.

PeterBreis0807 Author

Level 8

41,196 points

Oct 23, 2013 9:40 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

Jerry

Not quite true that I wouldn't miss Page Layout 🙂, just the way Apple had implemented it.

It had its uses and the new method is logical as far as it goes. However it gets you back to the old clumsy methods of Page Layout before totally emasculating it by removing Textbox linking.

Did Apple really hate Pages and the Pages Users this much? It is like they shot it in the head, broke its legs, torched it, and then run over it with the car for good luck.

I would say Pages R.I.P., but the new Pages has just joined the line of Living-Dead Apps that Apple has reconstructed from the corpses of its previously usable iSuites.

Peter

btw When I predicted this was the way Apple was going to go, I didn't think they were going to cripple Pages this much, this fast.

Oct 23, 2013 9:36 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Missing:

Share > Send via Mail > PDF

You can still do it, but it's a lot more effort. I'll stick with version 4.3.

Oct 23, 2013 10:10 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Agree completely. Not having Text Box linking takes all the steam out.

Jerry

Oct 23, 2013 10:14 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Question: Are document VERSIONS (with timeline) completely gone? Can't seem to find my document's older versions anywhere.

Oct 23, 2013 10:15 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Well, at least they retained one feature: the name.

Oct 23, 2013 10:16 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

All of my documents created with Pages 4.3 are unusable in Pages 5 because of missing features.

Images in tables are simply deleted if I open a document in Pages 5. If you previously used for example Mathtype (or even Apples Grapher App) to insert equations, you will not be able to place them in a table anymore. This is horrible!

I bought Pages 5 and am not going to use it anymore. Older documents always do have to work with never versions. That's what Microsoft had to learn years ago. If Apple won't fix this, they'll have many users switched (back) to Microsoft Office.

dwb

Level 7

33,100 points

Oct 23, 2013 10:18 AM in response to carlosayala

I pulled up a document I've edited several times in the last 2 weeks and it appeared to have its versions. Look under the File menu for Revert to. Mavs has changed how we revert.

Pages 5 features checklist