Edit function does not appear in Pages application before or after updating Pages

kingboards wrote:

To use I have read to go to edit at top of page.

It's top of the screen, not top of the Pages page.

In the menu bar at the top of your screen, you should see  Pages File Edit, and at the bottom of Edit you should see Start Dictation.

Unless there is some physical disability that is driving your decision to use dictation in Pages, I recommend that you learn how to use the Pages application first without the additional complications that dictation will introduce. You will need to purchase a quality microphone if your Mac has none, or a webcam and use its microphone. Dictation does not support telepathy… 😉

Start with this guide: Pages User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

It contains this information: Use dictation to enter text in Pages on Mac - Apple Support

Anything that you speak into Dictation will travel to and from Apple's servers in an attempt to convert your spoken word to text. If you have a slow Internet connection, this will make things much worse. Any pause in speaking may throw Dictation into believing you are done and that can be an issue for you.

I have tried dictation in the distant past with Pages and never since. Too much lost time fiddling with its ideosyncracies. Too bad it isn't as good at voice recognition as the MessagePad 2100 was at handwriting transcription in a moving vehicle.

I never use dictation, but I tried it briefly in Pages with my iMac using the built in mike, and it worked better than I expected. Here too actually.