Features in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on iCloud.com

Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are available on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iCloud.com. Learn about features that work differently on iCloud.com.

File limitations for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on iCloud.com

  • You can add GIF, JPEG, and PNG images up to 50MB each. To add larger images, use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote from your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Then, you can view the images in your documents on iCloud.com.

  • You can paste about 2 million characters into a document at a time.

  • You can create as many sheets in a Numbers spreadsheet as you want. Each table can have up to 255 columns, 65,535 rows, and about 130,000 cells with data. You can view spreadsheets that have tables with more rows and columns, but you can't edit them.

  • You can change up to 100,000 cells at the same time.

  • Up to 100 people can view and edit shared documents at the same time.

  • You can view documents with vertical text, but you can't edit them.

Feature differences in Pages on iCloud.com

These features in Pages on iCloud.com differ from features in Pages on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad:

  • If you track changes in a Pages document, you can open the document with Pages on iCloud.com, but you can't edit it. If you own the document, you can turn off Track Changes when you open it in Pages for Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Learn more about change tracking.

  • 3D charts appear as 2D charts.

  • While editing a file that has a 3D object, the 3D object appears as a static image, the Play, Pause, and Rotate options don't appear, and limited inspector options appear.

  • You can view but not edit equations, chart leader lines, and conditional highlighting rules.

  • Gradient text fills and image text fills appear as solid colors.

  • Non-solid text outlines appear as solid outlines.

  • Curved shadows and contact shadows appear as drop shadows.

  • You can't copy and paste pages or sections.

  • You can't edit page templates, change templates for a page, or reapply a template to a page.

  • You can’t add or play embedded web videos.

  • Mail merge is not available in Pages on iCloud.com. If you open a document that contains mail merge fields, note these differences:

    • Merge field highlighting does not display by default.

    • If you click on merge field text, merge field highlighting displays for that field.

    • Merge field text can be deleted as an entire block.

  • Updates about participant activity in collaborative documents on iCloud.com can only be viewed by participants using Pages on Mac, iPad, or iPhone.

  • You can open a document with an SVG file and view it, but you can’t open the SVG file to edit it in another app.

Feature differences in Numbers on iCloud.com

These features in Numbers on iCloud.com differ from features in Numbers on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad:

  • Forms in a Numbers for iPhone or iPad spreadsheet are hidden when you open the spreadsheet in Numbers on iCloud.com.

  • In Numbers on iCloud.com, you can edit a table linked to a form and your edits appear in the form when you open the spreadsheet in Numbers for iPhone or iPad.

  • If you delete a table linked to a form in Numbers on iCloud.com, the form is cleared. If you merge cells in a table linked to a form, the form might clear.

  • 3D charts appear as 2D charts.

  • While editing a file that has a 3D object, the 3D object appears as a static image, the Play, Pause, and Rotate options don't appear, and limited inspector options appear.

  • You can view but not edit equations, chart leader lines, and conditional highlighting rules.

  • Gradient text fills and image text fills appear as solid colors.

  • Non-solid text outlines appear as solid outlines.

  • Curved shadows and contact shadows appear as drop shadows.

  • You can’t add or play embedded web videos.

  • You can't create range-based pivot tables.

  • You can't create snapshots of pivot tables.

  • You can't edit a pivot chart's data references.

  • Updates about participant activity in collaborative spreadsheets on iCloud.com can only be viewed by participants using Numbers on Mac, iPad, or iPhone.

  • You can open a spreadsheet with an SVG file and view it, but you can’t open the SVG file to edit it in another app.

Feature differences in Keynote on iCloud.com

These features in Keynote on iCloud.com differ from features in Keynote on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad:

  • You can't view or edit action builds, but they remain in the presentation and are visible and editable on Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

  • Transitions and builds that aren't supported in Keynote on iCloud.com appear as Dissolve. The original transitions remain in the document and are visible and editable in Keynote for Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

  • The soundtrack (audio set to play for the duration of a slideshow) doesn't play on iCloud.com. The soundtrack remains in the document and plays in Keynote for Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

  • Recorded audio (voiceover narration) doesn't play on iCloud.com. It remains in the document and plays in Keynote for Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Editing your document in Keynote on iCloud.com might make the recording out of sync with the slideshow.

  • The settings to automatically play a slideshow when opened and restart a slideshow on idle are ignored.

  • 3D charts appear as 2D charts.

  • While editing a file that has a 3D object, the 3D object appears as a static image, the Play, Pause, and Rotate options don't appear, and limited inspector options appear.

  • When playing a presentation, 3D objects appear as 2D objects, and animations follow the standards for 2D objects.

  • You can view but not edit equations, chart leader lines, and conditional highlighting rules.

  • Gradient text fills and image text fills appear as solid colors.

  • Non-solid text outlines appear as solid outlines.

  • Curved shadows and contact shadows appear as drop shadows.

  • You can't edit slide layouts, change layouts for a slide, or reapply a layout to a slide.

  • Movies and audio do not play during the transition from one slide to the next.

  • You can't use Outline view.

  • You can't add a new live video object, but you can edit existing live video objects.

  • If you have a live video object in your presentation, it won't access your camera or devices when presenting.

  • Dynamic backgrounds don't play and appear as static images.

  • Updates about participant activity in collaborative presentations on iCloud.com can only be viewed by participants using Keynote on Mac, iPad, or iPhone.

  • You can open a presentation with an SVG file and view it, but you can’t open the SVG file to edit it in another app.

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