12 INSANE NEW IPAD FEATURES: Apple Pages Will DESTROY Microsoft Word in 2023

Microsoft Word is undoubtedly the most successful word processor and the de-facto standard, at least in the business domain.

But this only is true as long as you are talking about Microsoft Word on a Windows machine. On an iPad, the Battle Royal between Word and its biggest competitor, Apples own Pages app, is a completely different game.

When I started comparing both apps on an iPad, I was blown away in how many categories Apple Pages smokes Microsoft Word. And not only in obscure categories, but in main ones, where you expect Microsoft to lead.

CONTENT
0:00 Intro
1:33 Caveat
2:11 Mail Merge
6:02 Spreadsheet Integration
10:53 Quick Graphs
11:32 Drawings
13:20 Image handling
17:20 Image Galleries
18:00 Web Video Integration
18:40 Audio Integration
19:25 Threaded (Linked) Text Fields
21:13 Smart Annotation
22:45 Importing other Documents
23:52 Collaboration
25:24 Document Export
26:07 Conclusion

[biwithgurpreet]

I am blown away by the depth of information and the overall quality of the video. Thanks Patrick

[davidcohen]

In the comparison of page with word, almost every student and academician prefers word due to the available plugins in the academic field, even if the page is superior to many area. Do you have a solution for Page's citation programs or plugins?

[ItsRichieT]

I've always used Microsoft Word and/or Google Docs because I had to for school or work. I take a lot of personal notes in the Notes app, but for longer form pieces that require more formatting, I decided to branch off and start using pages. I'm blown away by how lovely the experience has been thus far. Thanks for this!!

[georgee]

Excellent comparisons of features. Many thanks!

[seanbaxterwilliamslocknkey]

A simple run around from copying a PDF into pages to be able to edit it in pages, you have to send it to Notes, open document, select all to copy the document and then paste what you’ve copied into pages, works every time…you can then edit as you need to.

[MaiElizabeth]

How did you screen record the iPad without the screen record red button appeared?

[Kaleb-fvjv]

How did you get the Format menu to stay pinned open to the side in the iPad Pages app? All I get is a drop down that floats over part of the document, and the moment I go to type, it disappears. The ability to keep it pinned there like on the Mac version would be very useful for my workflow. 👍🏻

Nevermind, I enabled the “More Space” scaling setting on my 11” iPad, and now I get that Format menu to stay open! I guess it was a screen size thing. 👍🏻

[hyperactiv]

Excellent tutorial of features. Thanks!

[marcospastrana]

Thanks man, I will start to use pages now. I

[alex]

Thanks for all the tips and it's a great video. I got to start using Pages more often now that I've learned other functions that Word can't do. Cheers!

[WahjoeGunawan]

Pdf needs to be convert online into word and then import to Pages, then you can edit the documents. Even better, we can put into book template and create a new book

[jacksjaunts]

Apple seem to be excellent at hiding all this MS Word beating capabilities. I have tried Pages a few times and find it difficult to put my finger on it, but Pages just feels amateur. I’ve no doubt you could be right, but it doesn’t feel like that in use. Mail merging may be easier in Pages, but if you do it word, then it doesn’t present a problem. That goes for all other aspects of being better that you note. I will continue to try Pages to see if it gets any better, but I’ll not hold my breath. Fortunately I don’t need to use either one of them, I just use the one that feels right, perhaps that’s because I have been using MS Word for many years and I’m just familiar with it. I think Apple Pages may need more than your enthusiasm for it and your denigration of what has proved to be a world leader in this category of productive software. MS Word doesn’t need anyone to do the same for it.

[insideout]

What im missing in both apps is the list of references i.e. for images. The option to list all used images in a list at the end of the document. You basicly have to write it by yourself

[hsr]

Thank you Patrick!
How do you record yourself in the lower right corner while explaining these features on your iPad?

Thanks again!

[Mr.Monta]

Excellent video with good information. Subscribed!

[allo]

I found Word always very cumbersome and am now wondering, after having absorbed all the information from your great video, whether it’s possible to convert my existing Word documents to Pages equivalents without losing their identities, meaning still having the same name, date of creation, etc. after conversion.

[DreamlandAlexFlame]

Hi Patrick! Have you tried choosing a specific margin size, and the leading before and after a paragraph… it’s awful, you can’t choose specific numbers.

[GPSCLIBRARY]

I love your videos. Can you make a detailed video for pages?

[carleybaker]

Hi! Im trying to print out my envelopes w/addresses for our wedding invites. My spreadsheet is created in Numbers w/all names & addresses. I’d like to use mail merge. Thank you for all of this info!!!

[ferrytaniwel]

I am using Pages on my iPad. For me it is easier to work with compared to WORD.