Apple Pages Keyboard Shortcuts

Mac The full Pages experience. Command (⌘) as the modifier. Covers text formatting, paragraph styles, document navigation, tracked changes, and both document modes.

iPad External keyboard required. Strong shortcut support for text formatting and document navigation on iPadOS. Word processing mode is most keyboard-friendly on iPad.

iPhone External keyboard required. Smaller shortcut set. Text formatting focus.

Web on Mac iCloud.com in the browser on Mac. Command as the modifier. Core editing operations covered; some document features more limited.

Web on Windows iCloud.com in the browser on Windows. Ctrl as the modifier. The only way to use Pages on Windows.

Text formatting. Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, font size, alignment, lists, and spacing — the full set of character and paragraph formatting shortcuts.

Paragraph styles. Applying heading levels (Title, Heading, Body, Caption, etc.) and other named paragraph styles by keyboard — the equivalent of Heading 1/2/3 shortcuts in Word and Google Docs.

Document navigation. Moving by word, sentence, and paragraph. Jumping to the start or end of a document. Navigating by heading through a long document.

Tracked changes. Pages supports tracked changes with keyboard shortcuts for enabling and disabling tracking, and for accepting and rejecting individual changes — the same concept as Word's Track Changes and Google Docs' Suggesting mode.

Find and Replace. Opening find, find-and-replace, and navigating between results.

A printable PDF of Pages shortcuts is available for each platform. Paragraph style and tracked changes shortcuts are the most Pages-specific sections worth having as a reference.

Apple Keynote, Apple Numbers, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Notion sit near Apple Pages because document work often connects writing, editing, data, presentation, and structured notes. You might write the document in Pages, organize figures in Numbers, turn the final material into slides with Keynote, compare document editing workflows with Word or Google Docs, or keep supporting notes and project structure in Notion. These apps are related by workflow and audience, not because every document needs all of them.

What are the two document modes in Pages, and do shortcuts differ between them?

Word processing mode has flowing text, like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Page layout mode has a fixed canvas where you place text boxes and other elements, more like a desktop publishing tool. The core text formatting and navigation shortcuts are the same in both modes. Some object placement and layout shortcuts are specific to page layout mode.

Can Windows users access Apple Pages?

Yes, via the web app at iCloud.com. There is no native Windows version of Pages. The Pages Web on Windows page covers the shortcut set for working with Pages in a Windows browser.

Does Pages have tracked changes like Word?

Yes. Pages supports tracked changes with shortcuts for enabling and disabling tracking, navigating between changes, and accepting or rejecting them. The feature works similarly to Word's Track Changes and Google Docs' Suggesting mode.

This section lists official sources and documentation for Apple Pages:

These sources show how the app works, which keyboard shortcuts are available on Mac, and how behavior differs in Pages for iCloud. They are helpful if a shortcut behaves differently due to platform, browser use, or customized Mac settings. If you want to verify a command, these sources serve as a reliable reference.