File - Save As <<<- this does NOT appear to exist in Apple Pages for MacOS yet you can do it in pretty much any other 'app that works with documents' the world over
vs
File - Duplicate - <change name of document in app window by clicking on the document name> - click AGAIN on the same part to then move the document to the correct place
one of these is easier than the other!
Why have apple chosen this method and is there a workaround?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.5
When you press the option key, the Pages Duplicate menu item will change to Save As… Been this way in Pages for a very long while.
When you press the option key, the Pages Duplicate menu item will change to Save As… Been this way in Pages for a very long while.
The "why" is probably only known to those who made the decision. You can always leave feedback for Apple but, as this particular issue has been around for at least 2012, don't hold your breath.
If you use Save As… as often as I do, you may want to use this solution originally by TUAW to permanently change the keyboard combination. The article was written way back when Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8, came out but it still applies to all versions of OS X/macOS since. I have always created a shortcut for Duplicate to use ⌘⌥⇧V so that the same command does not apply to two different actions.
You are welcome. Probably right after Snow Leopard (10.6.8), Apple changed their framework that automatically provides the basic menu structure to new applications to use this option-key alternative for Save As… A deed long since done…
Wow, that is absolutely crazy - there is more than enough space for both options or even a sub menu to contain these items.
Thanks for solving the problem @VikingOSX!!
How to 'save as' in Pages?
