User level: Level 2 (426 points)I want to be able search a Pages file for words or phrases that are in a different color from the body text. Ideally, I would like to be able to search and replace that text with the identical text in a different color. Any suggestions? Running Pages 15.4
Posted on Oct 24, 2026 6:19 AM
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Oct 24, 2026 8:27 AM in response to rogerfromnorwalk
Unlike Word, LibreOffice Writer, and other Word clones that support search/replace by text color, Pages does not offer this capability since it was never designed to be a Word clone.
The solution to your goal is to export the Pages document to Word and use one of the aforementioned applications to open and perform the find/replace. Then save. You re-open that corrected Word document in Pages.
Otherwise, you are looking at a custom-coded AppleScript to do this in Pages at the word increment using RGB16 triplet color notation that you define for the explicit colors to be found, and a color chooser to select the specific replacement color.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256382088