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Bold the selected text

CmdB

Mac Desktop app Pages for Mac

Practice this

Press Cmd + B to bold the selected text in Pages. It is listed for the Mac.

Where it works: Editing text

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts for Pages on Mac - Apple Support

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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