I want to copy some pages from 1 pages document to another pages document

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I want to copy some pages from 1 pages document to another pages document

In document 1, I select the thumbnails of the desired pages, ctrl-click and hit copy.

In document 2, I select the thumbnail where I want to pages from document 1 to be copied, hit ctrl-click and I have the choices CUT, COPY, DELETE, DUPLICATE. I do not have the choice to paste.

Also from the Edit menu, I do not have the choice to paste.

Can I really not copy pages from 1 document to another? I want to do this to keep the formatting. I am running Pages v13.1 on macOS Monterey v12.6.7. Yes, I know I am out of date, but I have reasons for being so.

iMac 27″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 9, 2023 10:51 AM

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VikingOSX

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Sep 9, 2023 12:46 PM in response to LMM53

There is no thumbnail copy/paste between two regular Pages word processing documents — which you describe.

You can copy/paste Pages page layout thumbnails between two layout style documents.

In your present case, you will need to add a new page to the recipient pages document, select all of the text on a donor document page, copy, and paste that into the blank page on the recipient document.

See Intro to word-processing and page layout documents in Pages on Mac - Apple Support

A page layout document has no body text. You will need to insert text boxes to contain, or flow text content between them.

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LMM53 Author

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Sep 10, 2023 9:11 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you. This was very helpful since my instructions were a little vague.

Now another question. I wonder if there is a way to "hide" a page much like I can hide a powerpoint slide (any maybe can do the same in Keynote??). I have just inherited a monthly newsletter for an organization, which consists of many section, not all of which have content each month. I think it would be more productive to be able to turn a section on when I have content and turn it off when I don't rather than having to copy to formatting from an old newsletter each time this situation occurs. Any luck with this?

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VikingOSX

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Sep 10, 2023 9:28 AM in response to LMM53

There is no selective hiding of individuial pages in a Pages document.

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