Changing the number of a page

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Changing the number of a page

Where did the "Section" option under "Document" go in the new Pages (10.0)? I need to change the starting number of a file and can not figure out how to do it with the new version of Pages.

MacBook Pro 16", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 2:09 PM

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Apr 2, 2020 2:37 PM in response to paullh

Yes it does — in Pages 10, which I used to do this very renumbering yesterday.

Apple removed the entire section feature from its long-standing Document tab location. It can only be accessed by clicking on the section thumbnail, which causes the existing Format : Text : Style panel to be replaced with the Section panel, which will remain until one clicks the document body, and that restores the previous side panel.

Here you will see the first thumbnail of the section selected, and the Section panel view:

Doesn't matter how long you have been using Pages, when the product team decides to justify a new version number by changing the application from what we are accustomed too.

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Apr 2, 2020 2:25 PM in response to paullh

I have been using Pages for as long as it has been around. I compile very large documents (exceeding 1,000 pages) and have been using this feature for years. I updated the Pages app yesterday and now the feature is gone. Where did it go?

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paullh Author

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Apr 2, 2020 2:42 PM in response to VikingOSX

That worked! I had to do the following steps:

1) Show thumbnails (I never use it; I prefer the full section)

2) Double click on the first thumbnail (if you only click on it once, it does not work)

Thanks for all your help! (I looked in the Help section of Pages, but all it did was show me the old way to do it, which I already knew.)

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paullh Author

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Apr 2, 2020 3:04 PM in response to VikingOSX

I tried one click, but it only worked with a double click. Thanks for all your help! I was panicking as I am a scientist and I am trying to get a document over 5,200 pages out the door. It has a number of sections and over 2,000 photos (along with hundreds of tables). I was wondering how I could go back to the earlier version of Pages to get it done.

Once again, thanks!

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Apr 2, 2020 3:26 PM in response to paullh

What earlier version? V8.2.1? You could rename the /Applications/Pages.app to Pages10.app, and then restore Pages v8.2.1 from Time Machine via /Applications/Other/Time Machine. Catalina won't allow Pages versions older than v8.2.

No version of Pages was designed to handle 5200 page documents, and any large quanta of photos. It is a consumer-intended application, where Word or LibreOffice Writer are better suited for larger, more complex document management. Ensure that you have frequent backups of your 5200 page document. If Pages crashes on it, you may lose everything without a backup.

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paullh Author

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Apr 2, 2020 3:34 PM in response to VikingOSX

I was going to get the earlier version off of Time Machine.

Pages may not have been designed to do large documents, but I have used Word for years and gave up on it. Word gets in the way of getting your work done. With Pages, we can make very elegant looking documents with lots of tables, photos, figures, etc. with ease. We just make numerous sections and then make PDF's out the sections and then compile them together. For years many of the Governmental Agencies I work for will not take Word documents, due to a number of issues, including security reasons. So, we have been using Pages. We also use FileMaker and have a very large database of over 16,000 records with each record having around 1,000 fields. (My first computer was the original Mac 128k I purchased in 1986.) So, it is safe to say that we push the envelope.

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Apr 6, 2020 2:43 PM in response to paullh

The difference is that headers & footers, page numbers are now under the FORMAT sidebar instead of the Document-->section-tab sidebar.

SOLUTION 1:

Click the "VIEW" button and then select "PAGE THUMBNAILS" and then select a PAGE to view in the FORMAT sidebar.

SOLUTION 2 (even better):

Click in the MARGIN of the document (as opposed to the body/text area) and again look to the FORMAT sidebar (not the former "Document" sidebar).

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Apr 2, 2020 2:17 PM in response to paullh

You click on the thumbnail of a Section, and Pages will present the Section panel. When you click in the body text of that section, the usual Format : Text : Style panel returns.

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paullh Author

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Apr 2, 2020 2:21 PM in response to VikingOSX

No, this does not work.

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Apr 2, 2020 2:59 PM in response to paullh

You are welcome. A single-click on the thumbnail worked for me, but whatever works.

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