Editing text in Pages

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Editing text in Pages

I created a document to use in reporting my business income to my accountant a few years ago with Pages. In what I think is a text box there is some date text I need to change. But I can't seem to select either the text box itself or the text within it. I know I've been able to do this in the past because I have copies of previous copies have been modified to reflect that year's date. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? In the screen shot of the document below under Operating Expenses I am trying to add a 9 to the 201

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Posted on Feb 22, 2020 12:18 PM

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Barry

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Feb 22, 2020 11:41 PM in response to WhatMeWorry?

Possibly, but not the first thing that comes to mind.

Is there more than one page to this document?

Another thing to check is whether the Section C block is a Section Master part.

Go to the Arrange menu, place the pointer on Section Masters to open a sub menu, then choose Make Master Objects selectable.

Then click on the Schedule C text. Does this action Select the text box?

If so, you should then be able to edit the contants of the box.

Regards,

Barry

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Barry

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Feb 22, 2020 3:43 PM in response to WhatMeWorry?

Click on the table to select it and deselect anything that may be currently selected.

Click on the Schedule C text.

Does this make a box outline appear, containing the text?

If so, what are the markers at the corners of the box?

x - the box is locked. Go Arrange (menu) > unlock

small square: The contents of the box are editable

Click again on the text, this time immediately after 201

Does the insertion point appear?

yes: with the insertion point immediately following 201, type 9

no: report the result in your reply.

Regards,

Barry

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WhatMeWorry? Author

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Feb 22, 2020 6:15 PM in response to Barry

Barry,

If I click on the table that contains actual data...Advertising & Printing, Vehicle Business Mileage, etc it makes everything appear as you state and allows me to place the insertion point and enter text and or numbers. When I click on the area where Schedule C Operating Expenses is all that appears is the little blue characters denoting hard returns and I am unable to place an insertion point or enter text. A thought occurred to me after I first posted this, the last time I used this worksheet was in April of last year when preparing my taxes. At the time I was using an older iMac running OS 10.6 that was equipped with an older version of Pages. At that time I was able to enter date such as that years date in the Schedule C section. Could it be that opening the file with a newer version of Pages is causing this problem?

Thanks

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WhatMeWorry? Author

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Feb 24, 2020 8:55 AM in response to WhatMeWorry?

Barry,

Thank you so much you've solved my problem! I followed you advice, went to the Arrange menu, clicked on Make Master Objects Selectable and Presto problem solved!

I must say that while I have been a staunch Apple user for many years I find a good deal of their software overly complex and difficult to use! Half a dozen times I've forced my self to sit down and try to "learn" Pages and half a dozen times I've wound up wasting a lot of time with not much gained. Just too many complicated features for a person trying to run two business to ever find time to master!

Thank goodness for folks like you! I'll tell Tim Cook to send you a check!

Thanks!

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