PeterBreis0807
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Q: 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

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  • by laurence misterioso,

    laurence misterioso laurence misterioso Oct 23, 2013 9:59 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Oct 23, 2013 9:59 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    the default opening gives the  format bar on the right side: every time you open a document

     

    when a new document is "zoomed" to page width, and then re-opened, the format bar appears on the right side. when the format bar is closed, the right hand side of the text disappears and you have to drag to the right to get the whole page again.

     

    Super- and sub-scripts require 4 commads (or memorize the the keyboard strokes) as a result of not being able to customize the toolbars.

     

    the link to the manual is to the pervious version of Pages.

     

    comment: Pages 5.0 makes ms word look professional. sadly it is wasting too much of my time, so I will revert to open office.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Oct 23, 2013 10:11 PM in response to Yellowbox
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:11 PM in response to Yellowbox

    Yellowbox wrote:

     

    Hi RBuday,

     

    At least, that's what I pray Apple is foreshadowing. If so, a little peak inside their roadmap would have calmed a lot of nerves.

     

    Well said. Apple plays it's cards close to the chest. If Apple has a grand plan, it would be good to hear it. However, speculation about Apple's roadmap is forbidden in these forums. A pity, because if you are correct, a roadmap would help adoption of the new software by reassuring the loyal users that this is a temporary move.

     

    I fear that I have just broken the Terms of Use.

     

    Regards,

    Ian.

     

    Ian

     

    Can you tell me what other temporary moves Apple has made?

     

    Without breaking the Terms of Use.

     

    Also what temporary words of consolation they have for the Users with the temporarily trashed documents?

     

    Peter

  • by laurence misterioso,

    laurence misterioso laurence misterioso Oct 23, 2013 10:09 PM in response to Yellowbox
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:09 PM in response to Yellowbox

    It's true, and thanks, Pages '09 is under the old iwork folder.

     

    now I can get back to work instread of work-arounds or using msword/open office or the likes.

  • by Yellowbox,

    Yellowbox Yellowbox Oct 23, 2013 10:16 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:16 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Hi Peter,

     

    I shall up(?)grade to the new versions of Pages and Numbers to help me understand the many questions now flooding these forums. However, I shall keep Pages'09 and Numbers'09 as the defaults for my everyday work.

     

    To safeguard against any demise of iWork'09 I shall backup important data in plain text. And print on acid-free paper. Then store in a humidity-controlled vault.

     

    Regards,

    Ian.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Oct 23, 2013 10:20 PM in response to Yellowbox
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:20 PM in response to Yellowbox

    Apple's NEW Road Map

     

    Culled from my Deep Throat Internet sources

     

    Please look the other way if you do not want to break the Terms and Conditions.

     

    Screen shot 2013-10-24 at 4.16.39 PM.png

  • by Mike Boone,

    Mike Boone Mike Boone Oct 23, 2013 10:26 PM in response to Yellowbox
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:26 PM in response to Yellowbox

    Ian,

     

    Mike here again :-). Finding the old PAGES under APPLICATIONS/iWORK/Pages 09 was genius! This is what power users shoudl just do untiol Apple fixes the massive shortcommings in 5.

     

    I tried to set the default app for PAGES docs to the Pages 09 using the GET INFO/OPEN WITH then CHANGE ALL so ALL pages docs default to the Pages 09. It woud NOT let me do this. It kept forcing Pages 5 as the default! Is there another way? I ended up deleting the new Pages and that did the trick--now it defaults to the Pags 09 and keeps the dosuments from being accidetally changed into the new ormat (un-openable with pages 09).

     

    Thanks again!

    '

    Mike

  • by Yellowbox,

    Yellowbox Yellowbox Oct 23, 2013 10:32 PM in response to Mike Boone
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:32 PM in response to Mike Boone

    Hi Mike,

     

    I have not got as far as you have. My thoughts were to create an alias of Pages'09 from the Applications folder and drag that alias to the Dock. That (I think) would be my default app. When I really, really need Pages 5, I thought I could fire it up from Applications folder.

     

    Please reply if this works. I am not really a guru.

     

    Regards,

    Ian.

  • by Masood Zafar,

    Masood Zafar Masood Zafar Oct 23, 2013 10:32 PM in response to CloneRec.
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:32 PM in response to CloneRec.

    why brother these is so many useable features to ....................... these is some compatibility issues with older version of pages but it can be fix later on pages update 5.1

  • by cosmofromwatertown,

    cosmofromwatertown cosmofromwatertown Oct 23, 2013 10:33 PM in response to Yellowbox
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    Oct 23, 2013 10:33 PM in response to Yellowbox

    Eureka! I have just reverted my iPad back to the old version of Pages 1.7.2 that is compatible with 4.3 (which I found and reverted to earlier by doing a search)

     

    The basic instructions are here:

    http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/07/revert-to-older-version-ios-app-itunes.html

     

    Unlike the article, I had to use Time Machine to reproduce an older version of iOS Pages. iTunes Apps are in the iTunes folder under 'Mobile Applications'. Once done, I moved it out of the iTunes folder and re-installed it as per the article.

     

    I can sleep - my documents are safe once again.

  • by Creig,

    Creig Creig Oct 23, 2013 11:12 PM in response to Jerrold Green1
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    Oct 23, 2013 11:12 PM in response to Jerrold Green1

    Jerrold,

     

    It's kind of still there.  Open one of the Apple templates, then select View>Inspector>Document Setup.  About half way down, under the header and Footer information, un-check the box labeled "Document Body."  Now you'll have a Page Layout document. 

     

    You can add back in the Document Body, but can't uncheck it again without losing all of the "Document Body" content.

  • by robert.b,

    robert.b robert.b Oct 23, 2013 11:29 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Oct 23, 2013 11:29 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Also missing, which no one's mentioned:

     

    Mask from any shape (not only square)

     

    Regression doesn't even strat describing how bad Pages 13 is. As I see it, Pages 13 doesn't introduce any new functionality (except collaboration), but it removes tonnes.

  • by robert.b,

    robert.b robert.b Oct 23, 2013 11:34 PM in response to Mike Boone
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    Oct 23, 2013 11:34 PM in response to Mike Boone

    I've placed Pages 13 on a NAS. That way, if I ever need it, I can launch it from there. And no, it doesn't work from Starbucks

  • by robert.b,

    robert.b robert.b Oct 23, 2013 11:40 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Oct 23, 2013 11:40 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    (how do I delete this message?)

  • by houltmac,

    houltmac houltmac Oct 24, 2013 12:16 AM in response to Davd Parr
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    Oct 24, 2013 12:16 AM in response to Davd Parr

    Good to know, thanks! I will need this until the features are added back in as they are used extensively in our invoicing system.

  • by palm disaster,

    palm disaster palm disaster Oct 24, 2013 12:34 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Oct 24, 2013 12:34 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    New "feature:"  if you want to open an existing template you previously created, you are forced to first add it to "Template Chooser."  You can't simply open the template and use it.  Seems like a very amateurish software design flaw.  It's totally unnecessary.

     

    I use an ever expanding number of templates all day long.  Adding each different template to my "Template Chooser" is not workable for me.

     

    Have to go back to 4.3.

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