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Q: easy navigation

Why can't I move from say page one to page fifty without using thumbnails?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 12, 2015 8:12 AM

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  • by VikingOSX,Helpful

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Aug 12, 2015 9:17 AM in response to deagin
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    Aug 12, 2015 9:17 AM in response to deagin

    Because that capability is not engineered into the Pages v5 application.

  • by Jeff Shenk,

    Jeff Shenk Jeff Shenk Aug 12, 2015 12:15 PM in response to deagin
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    Aug 12, 2015 12:15 PM in response to deagin

    If I know how many pages are in the document, with my System Preferences > General set like this:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-08-12 at 3.10.00 PM.png

     

    one click in the scroll bar gets me pretty close. (I.e, in a 100 page document click halfway down, in a 200 page document, one quarter of the way, etc.)

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Aug 12, 2015 1:49 PM in response to deagin
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    Aug 12, 2015 1:49 PM in response to deagin

    Pages '09, now discontinued, is still available from Amazon, and works under Yosemite. It has a status bar at the bottom of the document. By default, it shows Page 1 of n. Click on this page count section, and it changes to Go to Page: __ .

     

    If you had Pages '09 installed, then updated to Yosemite and installed Pages v5.5 or later, the Pages '09 application would have been silently moved into your Applications/iWork '09 folder.

  • by deagin,

    deagin deagin Aug 12, 2015 4:06 PM in response to VikingOSX
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    Aug 12, 2015 4:06 PM in response to VikingOSX

    thanks for the advice. I had pages 09 on macbook but I bought a new macbook air. I have not been able to transfer files by migration assistant.  If I bought 09 from Amazon I would have to buy a device to transfer the software and pay for it. For now, I'll go scroll around. I hope apple will put that feature back in

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Aug 12, 2015 5:17 PM in response to deagin
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    Aug 12, 2015 5:17 PM in response to deagin

    There are still a couple of options.

    1. Find someone that will allow you to use their external USB DVD/CD player. You won't need to install any drivers.
      1. Purchase iWork '09 from Amazon, install, and immediately follow it with the Apple iWork 9.3 update. That gives you the latest updates.
    2. Find someone with a built-in DVD player in their Mac.
      1. On the same network, put the iWork '09 DVD into their drive, and on your Mac, use Remote Disc to access/install the DVD contents on your machine.
      2. Follow-up with the previous Apple iWork 9.3 update.

     

    Existing Pages v5 documents will need to be exported to Pages '09 before opening them in Pages '09 v4.3.