Why oh why can't I create subfolders in Pages?

When you have a Pages document, and you either initially click File menu : Save… or option key + File menu : Save As… you may initially be greeted by a mininalistic dialog. It may even look like this default:

Click the arrow behind the red circle to get the expanded file save panel. I have deliberately dragged the following save panel upward to make it smaller for the screen capture, though it will present much larger. The key is the red box on that New Folder button, and I have clicked in the left panel to select Documents, instead of iCloud Drive:

When you click on New Folder, you get a new, but blank Save panel. Give this new folder location a name, and it becomes Document folder -> First_folder. Click the New Folder button again, and give it a name, and so on. Now you have Document folder -> First_folder -> Deeper_folder. If you have given your Pages document a name, and then click Save. Now you have Document folder -> First_folder -> Deeper_folder -> filename.pages.

Pages will remember the last saved in folder.

I suspect you are looking in Finder at All My Files which is not a location, it is a summary of all your files/folders no matter where they are.

To create the folder you need to have a Volume (drive) selected, just click on somewhere on your Desktop, or iCloud Drive, or any Hard Drive or Flash Drive or Network location. Wherever you want it.

To create subfolders, open the containing folder by double clicking on it or:

select volume/folder > Menu > Finder > File > Open

Right clicking on your Window/File name will show you the list of enclosing Folders/Volumes.

You can select any level to move to that Folder/Volume.

Or click on the Folder/Volume in the Path to go to it. Again much like Windows.

Subfolders are inside other folders, when you open a folder you are saving into that folder whether it is a file or another folder. All very similar to Windows, except on a Mac there are many more ways to do it and far more ways of looking at the Files/Folders.

Again look through your menu options which are very consistent.

In your case explore the View Menu which will let you see everything from a very simple view to a comprehensive summary of everything there is to know about your files, volumes and state of your Mac/Network.

Heather,

You should see iCloud Drive among the Favorites items on the left of a Finder window. You can double-click the Pages folder, or double-click through to any sub-folder(s) to select one or multiple documents that you want to move. You can then right-click the selected documents, and on the secondary pop-up menu, choose Copy nn items. Skip the option key for copying from one location to another.

Now, go to the location where you want to move the documents, and press the option key combined with the right-click secondary menu. You will see Move nn items, and they will be deposited at your current location, whether in iCloud Drive, or a local drive location.

Also if you drag and pause over a destination folder it will pop open and you can burrow down the folders before you let go and move the files to the new location.

More Fun with Finder:

There are multiple ways to move your Files/Folders.

These are just a few, dragging them to the new location:

You can have multiple Windows of the same folder if you wish, all with different Views.

And yet More (try doing this in Windows):

Oh the things that you can do:

If you can think of it there's a way.

The Finder Sorting hat:

I could go on forever 😉

The Mac is generally more consistent than Windows with multiple ways to do what you want.

1. In all Apps: Menu > File > Save > click on New Folder button

2. In all Apps: Menu > File > Save > right click on existing Folder in Save dialog > Duplicate

3. In all Apps: Click on the File name at the top of your window > Move/Rename

4. In Finder: Menu > File > New Folder or command shift n or right click > New Folder

5. In Finder: select File/Folder > Menu > File > Duplicate or command dor right click > DuplicateorOption Drag

6. In Finder: Right Click on a File/Folder > Copy/Paste or command c/vor right click > Copy/Paste

Just about everywhere you see a File or Folder, click once to select it click again to select its name and change it.

Have a look through the Menus of both Finder and your Apps and you will find they are very consistent (so worth learning) and generally very clearly labelled.

Pay attention to what the Menus are called and what they do.

1. Apple menu which has everything to do with your Mac and macOS.

2. App menu where you find the About, Preferences etc

3. File - What it says, creates new files/folders, Saving, Printing, Set-up, Quitting etc

4. Edit- What it says

5. Insert - What it says

6. Format- What it says

7. Arrange- What it says

8. View - What it says

9. Share - What it says

10. Windows - What it says

11. Help - What it says

Keyboard shortcuts for Menu items are next to the item and usually consistent so also worth learning.