Take Control of Pages, 3rd Edition

Get Started

Simple fact: to use Pages, you must have Pages. And to make the best use of Pages, you should have an iCloud account and set Pages up to use that account.

This very short chapter tells you how to set everything up.

Find the App

Fortunately, Pages is just a few clicks away on a Mac running macOS 11 Big Sur or later, or a few taps away on any device running iPadOS 14/iOS 14 or later. Even more fortunately, Pages is free for every Mac and for every iPadOS and iOS device. (Yes, you read that right: free!)

Here’s how to get Pages:

• On a Mac: Visit the Pages webpage and click View in the Mac App Store. Or choose Apple  > App Store, then type pages in the search box on the left and press Return. Finally, click the Get button (the button ...