Can't see text. Pages doc appears blank

I have a new ipad 5/23. Started a journal which has many pages with apple pencil in Pages. Using pencil tapped near bottom wanting the pencil menu to appear. Instead pages went blank. Can air drop it to my mac and it's fine. Made copy and air dropped it back to ipad. When I open it, it also appears blank. The text is there but I can't see it. Yes text is set to black and background white. Please help.

Posted on May 20, 2023 4:25 AM

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Posted on May 22, 2023 9:19 AM

Hello KateMcJ,


You've done a lot of great steps already by attempting to reapply it to the iPad. If you're opening any Pages document where you used the Apple Pencil and it appears blank, it might be an issue with Pages itself and you want to start your troubleshooting there:


  1. Close and reopen pages which will refresh how it opens documents: Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch - Apple Support
  2. Restart your iPad - Apple Support
  3. If applicable, update Pages which might include fixes for issues like this: How to manually update apps on your Apple device - Apple Support


Enjoy.




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May 22, 2023 9:19 AM in response to KateMcJ

Hello KateMcJ,


You've done a lot of great steps already by attempting to reapply it to the iPad. If you're opening any Pages document where you used the Apple Pencil and it appears blank, it might be an issue with Pages itself and you want to start your troubleshooting there:


  1. Close and reopen pages which will refresh how it opens documents: Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch - Apple Support
  2. Restart your iPad - Apple Support
  3. If applicable, update Pages which might include fixes for issues like this: How to manually update apps on your Apple device - Apple Support


Enjoy.




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