Add a caption in a Pages document

Using a text box, you can add a caption or label to images, tables, shapes, and other objects.

Add a caption

Click near where you want the caption to appear, then click in the toolbar.
A text box appears on the page.
Drag the text box to where you want it.
Type your caption, then resize the text box by dragging any selection handle.
If you don’t see selection handles, click outside the box, then click the text once.
Do any of the following:
- Change the look of the text: Click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar on the right, then use the font controls to choose a different font, change the font size, and more. If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Text tab, click in the toolbar.
- Change the look of the text box: Click the Style tab, then click one of the text box styles at the top of the sidebar. You can use the other controls to change the color, add a shadow, and make other adjustments.
To group the caption with the object so they stay together, select the caption and the object, click the Arrange tab at the top of the sidebar, then click Group at the bottom of the sidebar.
To set how text wraps around the object and caption, click the Text Wrap pop-up menu near the top of the sidebar and choose an option.

If you want to use the same formatting for all captions in your document, you can create a paragraph style for captions so you can easily apply the style to all of the captions in your document.