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Pages - I am using one of their 2 page templates and want to delete page 2. How do I delete page 2 without loosing all content? The 'Thumbnail' suggestion deletes all content and leaves you with a blank white page !!
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Hi A,
Pages produces two types of document:
Word processing documents have a main text layer where text flows from one page to the next. When the first page's text space is filled, Pages automatically creates a new page and text added to the stream automatically flows onto the new page.
You can delete the second page of a two page word processing document by deleting the content of that page.
If you have inserted images, shapes, text boxes, etc. on that page, delete those first, then select the text that is on that second page, and press delete.
With nothing to carry, the page will disappear when that text is deleted.
(See also the note on Sections below.)
If yours is a Page Layout document, each Page is a separate section. Selecting that pages thumbnail image in the left sidebar will select only the section containing that page, and pressing delete will delete only the selected section and its contents.
Sections:
As noted in the paragraph above, each Page of a Pages Page Layout document is a separate section. Selecting the thumbnail image oa a page selects only that page (and its contents).
Moving the thumbnail and dropping it between two others places that page/section between the pages shown in the two thumbnail images between which it was dropped.
Pressing delete while one page/section is selected deletes only that Page/Section.
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Pages Word Processing documents may contain only a single Section, or may contain several Sections.
To have more than one Section in a Pages Word Processing document requires action from the user.
You can create a new section by inserting a Section Break in the text stream.
If you do not choose to create separate sections in your Word Processing document, the entire document is ONE section.
When you click on a thumbnail image in the left sidebar, that action selects the section containing the page represented by the thumbnail. Pressing delete after selecting a section deletes the selected Section.
If you you have not divided your Word Processing document into Sections, "the selected Section" is the same as "the whole document."
To delete a single page from a Word Processing document, you must ensure that the page is in its own Section.
To do this:
Locate the end of the last text before the page to be deleted.
Place the insertion point at the end of this text.
Click the Insert item in the tool bar, and choose Section Break.
Scroll to the end of the text on the page to be deleted.
Insert another Section Break.
In the left sidebar:
Locate the thumbnail for the page to be deleted. Click on the thumbnail to select the page.
Check that the highlighting frame contains only the single page, like the one around page 1 in this image:
Press Delete.
Done.
Regards,
Barry
Hi A,
Pages produces two types of document:
Word processing documents have a main text layer where text flows from one page to the next. When the first page's text space is filled, Pages automatically creates a new page and text added to the stream automatically flows onto the new page.
You can delete the second page of a two page word processing document by deleting the content of that page.
If you have inserted images, shapes, text boxes, etc. on that page, delete those first, then select the text that is on that second page, and press delete.
With nothing to carry, the page will disappear when that text is deleted.
(See also the note on Sections below.)
If yours is a Page Layout document, each Page is a separate section. Selecting that pages thumbnail image in the left sidebar will select only the section containing that page, and pressing delete will delete only the selected section and its contents.
Sections:
As noted in the paragraph above, each Page of a Pages Page Layout document is a separate section. Selecting the thumbnail image oa a page selects only that page (and its contents).
Moving the thumbnail and dropping it between two others places that page/section between the pages shown in the two thumbnail images between which it was dropped.
Pressing delete while one page/section is selected deletes only that Page/Section.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Pages Word Processing documents may contain only a single Section, or may contain several Sections.
To have more than one Section in a Pages Word Processing document requires action from the user.
You can create a new section by inserting a Section Break in the text stream.
If you do not choose to create separate sections in your Word Processing document, the entire document is ONE section.
When you click on a thumbnail image in the left sidebar, that action selects the section containing the page represented by the thumbnail. Pressing delete after selecting a section deletes the selected Section.
If you you have not divided your Word Processing document into Sections, "the selected Section" is the same as "the whole document."
To delete a single page from a Word Processing document, you must ensure that the page is in its own Section.
To do this:
Locate the end of the last text before the page to be deleted.
Place the insertion point at the end of this text.
Click the Insert item in the tool bar, and choose Section Break.
Scroll to the end of the text on the page to be deleted.
Insert another Section Break.
In the left sidebar:
Locate the thumbnail for the page to be deleted. Click on the thumbnail to select the page.
Check that the highlighting frame contains only the single page, like the one around page 1 in this image:
Press Delete.
Done.
Regards,
Barry
Hi Barry, thank you for your thorough advice. I was using a Pages Word Processing Doco & used the 'delete text so page disappears' method as instructed - all good! The Section Break information will also be helpful at a later date. Regards, A.
In word processing format you must delete text and images manually. Deleting a page in thumbnail view only works in page layout format.
On Pages, how do I delete page 2 without loosing all the template content?
