Pages, distance between image and caption text

I'll try the feedback option—thanks. And yes, it's nice to have the caption feature, though it's frustrating that the caption sits so far below the image.

Another big gripe: importing images. Every time I bring one in, I have to manually adjust the settings because Apple's defaults make images behave unpredictably—appearing, disappearing, or causing layout issues. I constantly have to go into the Arrange menu to change the settings to Stay on Page, Above and Below, and adjust the spacing to 5 or 6 (instead of the default 12, which leaves way too much space around the image).

I get that Apple likely kept these import defaults loose to allow flexibility, but without a global option to set my preferred defaults, I end up having to manually fix the same settings over and over. I’m currently working on a document for my students that has over 100 images—and having to adjust each one individually, despite using the same settings every time, is just nuts.

I’m always amazed at Apple’s brilliance in 99% of what they do—but then they make baffling decisions, like hiding the power switch under the Mac Mini or introducing these kinds of limitations in Pages. They seem so easy to fix, yet Apple, with all its talent and resources, just doesn’t bother.

Still, as a former Windows user, I have to say that the overall excellence of Apple—their powerful free software and user-friendly ecosystem—has been one of the true joys in my life (outside of these tiny little complaints of course).

Thanks, totally get it why Apple would do that -- but you have to account for users who need to import lots of images or need lots of captions with the same settings and need to set on each import which as I've already mentioned, gets really tedious to adjust manually every time.

We're using more photos and videos than ever, and while Pages is so great for layout and publishing, it kind of loses that edge when simple things—like image import options or captioning—are harder than they need to be.

Thanks again for your place holder idea :)