Objects (like line shapes) disappear in Pages as soon as you move them

Hi sfsmusique,

With the object selected, Format Panel > Arrange > Stay on Page.

Regards,

Ian.

When you insert any object (e.g. shape, text box, image, etc.) you need to visit the Arrange panel and set Text Wrap to None. Then, you can move the object exactly where you intend instead of it acting contrary like magnet repulsion. This is how Pages is designed, and in this reference, it is not a bug.

I am having pretty well the same problem. I also have been using pages for many years, and this is quite new to me. I am pretty certain it is not user error. I was trying to create a flow chart and have just had to give up on it. I am working on page 14 of a 27 page document which has little content. The lines are not disappearing - they turn up on the next page. A new line is always at an angle. As soon as I try to make it vertical or horizontal it jumps to the next page (having tekstwrap set to none has no effect on this). I can drag it back, but as soon as I try to alter the length of the line or the angle, it jumps to the next page again. I can find no way of creating my flow-chart.

I'm having the same problem with Pages as others are. In Pages 13.1, the shape I add disappears as soon as I click anywhere on the page. I tried all the tips suggested in the forum, but they don't help.

For me I’ve found that the shape immediately jumps to the next page, so I basically just need to cut and paste it back to the original page.

My gut feeling is that if I don’t have enough carriage reruns on the page before adding the shape, it automatically jumps since its default behavior is to follow text. Might help to turn on the invisible elements to track where things end up.

Give it up. I've complained about this to Apple Pages support before and all they have are excuses. They wont even acknowledge that is s a problem. They blame the user (Reminiscent of Steve Job's "you're holding it wrong" as an excuse for that iPhone reception problem years ago). Frustrating, but I've been using Pages for so many years, I can't change now. Just have to find workarounds to these and other Pages deficiencies. Apple wont fix a problem that they wont even admit to.

I have had this problem as well and I always select "None" for my text wrap on every item. Trying to make a line horizontal and it just disappears! So frustrating.

But Ian is right! His solution worked for me.

"With the object selected, Format Panel > Arrange > Stay on Page."

Thank you, Ian!

This is not accurate. In the case of my trying to use an 'arrow' and move it, change the 'direction' - it simply disappears and that is WITH THE NONE on the "text wrap" portion. APPLE needs to quit screwing with all the software and leave it alone for once. The drawing part is messed up now with the 'erase background' as you now have no way to specifically erase a particular thing you wanted to do. And, the PAINT part of the programs has been gone for years!! BRING BACK THE PAINT AND THE ERASER TO GET RID OF THINGS I WANT TO THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE WHOLE 'BACKGROUND'!!!

Yes, I experience the same problem, and Ian's solution doesn't work. The line just disappears out of nowhere. I am getting increasingly frustrated with the apple software and I wonder whether my next computer will be apple again.

Using Pages v14.1 on Sonoma 14.5, I can insert an arrow shape. I can grab its grip on the arrow end and drag it in a 180° arc, then simply select Flip from the Arrange panel to reverse the direction of the arrow. I didn't bother to set Text Wrap to None or even choose to Stay on Page. It did not mysteriously disappear.

I can also insert an image and a Shape callout, then set both Text Wrap to None. I can then enter text into that callout and nothing vanishes from the current Pages document view.

The last time Apple offered a Paint or eraser capability was in AppleWorks 6.2.9 which was retired in Aug 2007. There has been no Paint or eraser capability in Pages since its inception as this is solved with free or fee third-party tools now.

Using capitals is SHOUTING and that is rude. I don't work for Apple, and no Apple product team participates or will read your comments here.

You have the ability to send feedback to the Pages product team directly from the application menu. Don't hope someone else will do it…

I wrote a feedback. I hope the bug gets fixed soon. Pages is a bread and butter application for countless people.

I'm a new Pages user and was absolutely loving it until I came upon this bug. Glad I'm not the only one. Hopefully Apple fixes it soon.