Add text, captions, and two columns in Pages Layout

> 1) How do I add some titles and captions to a few pages without disturbing image positions.

If you're in Layout mode, and assuming you haven't done anything weird with the image placements :) , then the images are going to stay where they are. You can add additional text boxes to the relevant pages with the caption data.

2) How do I create two-column text on the few blank pages?

The easiest way to do this in Layout Mode is to either create a Text Box or a Table.

For a Text Box, Click it to select it, then use Inspector -> Format -> Style to set two columns. This setting will. only apply to this text box.

A Table would be similar - you can create a table with one row and two columns, then type your text in the relevant cells.

The main difference between the two approaches relates to word flow - for the text box, when you type in the first column and get to the bottom of the box, it will flow into the second column.

In contrast, the table will act as two independent areas, and the row will expand to fit the text, without wrapping between them. Choose whichever model suits you best.

> what "weirdness" were you thinking of in the image placement?

Maybe I was being a little obtuse, and 'weirdness' wasn't the right phrase :)

When placing images in Layout mode you have a couple of options.

The 'easy' one is to add the images directly (either via drag-and-drop, via the Media tab in the toolbar, or the Insert -> Choose... menu option). These will typically create a floating image that you're free to drag around and place anywhere on the page as you like, and text will flow around this (based on your formatting choices). The image position doesn't change as the text on the page changes.

On the other hand, it's possible to embed an image inside a text box. In this mode the image flows with the text - add lines of text above the image and the image shifts down the page (and vice versa).

In this mode you can just type a line of text above (or below) the image, and they'll naturally stay together (page breaks notwithstanding).

If you use the separate image and text boxes they are independent and can be moved anywhere on the page. The means it's possible (easy?) to move an image and lose the visual connection to its caption. In this case, you can select the text box and the image and use the Arrange -> Group menu to group the items together. This enables you to treat them as a single object, so moving the image will inherently move the text box with it.

Maybe none of that it 'weird', but it does mean the mechanics are a little different depending on how you've placed your images and text.

> I have been unable to get page numbering working in either Document or Layout mode. Any suggestions?

Without knowing what you've tried...

Some of the solution will depend on the template you started with. If you started with a blank page then there are no default headers or footers (which is where page numbers would typically be placed.

If that's the case here, then use Inspector -> Format -> Page and click the Edit Page Template button. Anything you add here will be applied to all pages that use this template.

Therefore you can just add a text block anywhere on this page, and use the Insert tab in the Toolbar to insert dynamic content such as Page Number and Page Count:

Since this text block is on the master template, it will be applied to all pages. Just click the Done button at the bottom of the window to save the template and view your document with the page numbering included.

As mentioned, there are nuances - if you're using a different template other than 'Blank Layout' then there may already be text blocks on the template page that you can use.