Pages is a word processing program developed by Apple Inc. that is part of the iWork productivity suite.
[4] Pages is marketed by Apple as an easy-to-use application that allows users to quickly create documents on their devices.
[6] On May 31, 2011, Apple updated the iOS version of Pages to 1.4, providing it as a universal binary, which allowed the app to be run on iPhones and iPod Touch devices, in addition to iPads.
[7] On October 12, 2011, Apple updated the iOS app to version 1.5, adding the iCloud "Documents in the Cloud" feature.
Users can drag and drop music, movies, and photos directly into Pages documents from the Media Browser window.
In word processing mode, Pages supports headers and footers, footnotes and outline,[citation needed] and list creation.
The "Full Screen" mode (introduced in Mac OS X Lion) and supported in Pages 4.1 hid the menubar and toolbars, allowing users to focus on a single document without being distracted by other windows on the screen;[5] however, after Pages 5, full-screen mode requires the user to manually hide various panes for focused writing and the page thumbnails pane does not automatically open when the cursor is moved to the left screen edge.
Earlier versions featured mail merge, which automatically populated custom fields with contact data from the Address Book or Numbers apps to create personalized documents.
[14] Windows users can view and edit Pages files using iWork for iCloud via a web browser.
Other than accessing iCloud through a browser, no program can officially view or edit a Pages file using Windows or Linux.
[28] Teachers using the Schoolwork app to assign activities in Pages can now view students' progress, including word count and time spent.