I've read that this is overflowing text from a text box easily removed by deleting at the box's edge. In my case I didn't insert a text box and can't locate any edges if there is one. The presence of this box with cross is interfering with everything else on the page, so I can't ignore it. When I look at the View menu there is no way to show a box that might be there. I'm on Sonoma 14.4 with the newest Pages.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.4
In Pages, whether Text box or Shape, it can have an overflow ⊞ indicator displayed for content that exceeds the viewable object boundary. There is nothing to prevent either type of box with a transparent background and white text from appearing as the following in Pages v14 on macOS Sonoma 14.5:
The white that you see is the Pages document background. If I click directly above that ⊞ symbol, the hidden box becomes selected. Then one can drag downward or one of the grips to alter its shape and that symbol would eventually disappear if not too much text is contained.
The text you see is the main document, not inside a box? I can produce the white tall rectable by clicking around the box-with-cross but that doesn't have text inside of it. But anyway I have pressed Cmd+Z and nothing happens. Before I asked here I tried many times to see this with Show Layout but nothing shows. Show Invisible the same. I attach a picture of the document with the text in its normal place. The only visible sign is the vertical grey line on the right-hand side. Clicking around this opens the tall white rectangle in a different place. Hiding the layout doesn't hide this grey line. If there is text in a footer how do I get to the footer?
Nothing happens when I click above the symbol. I clicked everywhere possible and now a tall narrow box appears with nothing in it. There is no text in the box, I never made a text box knowingly. But its presence makes other text on the page disappear. There are no 'grips' to drag.
You have pasted text in the left footer segment which also would offer an overflow ⊞ symbol. Press cmd+Z to undo that and then paste the text in the document body where it belongs. You can also reveal what is header/footer and document body with the toggle View menu > Show Layout.
Sorry I didn't know I can post a screenshot. This is how it looks when I click all over the place and it opens up. I never asked for page-numbers or a text-box either.
Without you posting a screenshot of what you see, there is insufficient information to proceed. Is this a document that you opened in Pages, or one you created yourself?
I can't help further with this anomaly. I suggest you start over with a new document.
Thank you for trying!
Box with cross in Pages cannot be removed
