Fact · Dictation on Mac
Apple's Pages guide says to open a document, place the insertion point where you want to begin dictating, or select the text you want to replace, before you start dictation.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Open a document, place the insertion point where you want to begin dictating, or select the text you want to replace”
Use dictation to enter text in Pages on Mac, Apple, Apple Support, Pages User Guide for Mac, n.d., Use dictation to enter text in Pages on Mac, first step.
Open the original- What it measures
- The first steps in Apple's instructions for dictating inside Pages on a Mac. Apple adds that you click placeholder text to select it.
- What it does not show
- Apple's page does not name a Pages version number. The steps describe where dictated text goes, not how the cursor behaves in every template.