Page size in Pages?

I want to try using Pages instead of InDesign to create a program book. To do that, I want to create individual pages (not two-page spreads) that are 8.5 x 5.5 (typical program book size). I do not see any way to create a custom page size in the Document Inspector. All I see is a drop-down menu with pre-set choices, none of which are what I want. Is there a way to create a document with 8.5 x 5.5 pages in Pages?

Yes "Pages 5.2.2 is supposed to be the upgrade from Pages '09"
Sadly it is not.
Been a year in which Apple has taken an ambush upgrade that trashed user's work through several incompatible file versions, so it now only runs on Yosemite and iOS8. The small number of reincluded features and "fixes" are going at such a snails pace that it will take another 9 years to get back to where we were 5 years ago.
That's progress for you!
I think I have reached the point where I am tired of telling people about it and cleaning up after Apple. I despair of it ever getting useful. It certainly is working itself increasingly into a smaller and smaller corner with only the most naïve users using it, badly.
2015 is almost here and I am waiting on Affinity Publisher from Serif, then will probably give Pages the heave ho.
For plain Word Processing or textual documents LibreOffice [free] is getting better but needs work on its UI.
Peter

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