Does it work with Pages formatting?

Yes! Echoo transforms the text content while Pages preserves your existing formatting, styles, and layout.

Can I export Pages content as Markdown?

Yes! Select text in Pages, use the To Markdown command, and get clean Markdown that you can paste into any Markdown-based tool.

AI Shortcuts for Apple Pages on Mac

Select text in Pages, press a shortcut, and transform your writing with AI - professional polish, Markdown conversion, and more.

How It Works

Install Echoo
Download Echoo for macOS. It works system-wide, including in Apple Pages.
Open Pages
Work on your document in Apple Pages as usual.
Select and transform
Highlight text and press your Echoo shortcut (e.g., ⌥P for professional tone, or a custom shortcut for Markdown conversion).
Result appears
The AI-improved text replaces your selection right inside Pages.

Best Practices & Tips

Apple Pages is the native document editor for Mac, and Echoo enhances it with AI-powered writing shortcuts that feel natural alongside Pages' clean, focused interface. For students writing essays, professionals drafting reports, and writers working on long-form content, Echoo shortcuts eliminate the friction of switching to a separate AI tool.

Pages excels at creating beautifully formatted documents, and Echoo respects that formatting. When you select text and run a command, Pages preserves your styles, fonts, colors, and layout while Echoo transforms the words. This means you can design your document first, then polish the writing without any formatting rework.

The To Markdown command is particularly useful for Pages users who need to publish content across platforms. Write and format in Pages for a beautiful editing experience, then select sections and convert to Markdown for pasting into a blog, GitHub repository, or Markdown-based CMS. This workflow combines Pages' excellent writing environment with Markdown's universal portability.

For academic writing in Pages, create subject-specific commands. A "Polish Academic Essay" command should maintain formal academic tone, preserve citations, and improve argument clarity. A "Thesis Review" command should check for logical flow, unsupported claims, and structural coherence. A "Abstract Writer" command should condense a selected section into a concise academic abstract following standard conventions.

Build a document revision workflow in Pages. After completing a first draft, work through it section by section. Run grammar correction on each paragraph, then apply Professional Tone to sections that need more polish. Use the ELI5 command on technical sections to check whether your explanations are clear to your intended audience. This systematic approach produces higher quality documents than a single pass.

Google Gemini handles everyday document polishing well on its free tier. Anthropic Claude excels at maintaining nuance in academic and creative writing, making it the best choice for essays and long-form content in Pages. For students and writers working on sensitive personal projects, Ollama keeps all content local.

Pro Tips

Write and format in Pages for the best editing experience, then use the To Markdown command to convert sections for publishing on blogs, GitHub, or Markdown-based platforms.

Create an "Academic Essay" command that preserves formal tone and citation formatting while improving argument clarity and paragraph structure for student papers.

Work through documents section by section: grammar fix each paragraph, Professional Tone the key sections, and ELI5 technical parts to verify clarity.