Why is Pages changing document formatting arbitrarily?
Pages changing document without input
Posted on Oct 31, 2026 6:21 PM
Why is Pages changing document formatting arbitrarily?
Posted on Oct 31, 2026 6:21 PM
Nov 1, 2026 3:42 PM in response to DistilleryDog
Please post a screenshot of what you are seeing
Nov 1, 2026 9:47 AM in response to DistilleryDog
This is a document authored in Pages. I saved and logged out of the app. When I reopened the document the font had changed to Ariel Unicode, the document read right-to-left instead of the traditional left-to-right, although the words were displayed left-to-right. Editing had oriented right-to-left and the email had all been rearragned to (for example): "com.gmail@email address"
Some of the fonts remained visually unchanged but had neen labeled "Ariel Unicode."
Nov 1, 2026 6:09 AM in response to DistilleryDog
Be more specific about what you believe Pages is changing without input. What document? A current Pages document, or are you opening a Word document and Pages is translating it into a Pages document format? Is Pages throwing any dialog during this change activity?
Nov 1, 2026 9:52 AM in response to DistilleryDog
There is now an Apple Support case number for this: Case number ***. Support tech Jamal.
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Nov 1, 2026 10:10 AM in response to DistilleryDog
I couldn't duplicate this issue here even if I tried. Never experienced that behavior in any version of Pages, so let Apple Support see if they can resolve this for you.
Nov 1, 2026 3:00 PM in response to VikingOSX
We contacted Support. It is a pretty spectacular bug, though.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256386721