can i lock or make uneditable portions of a pages document

Am new to Mac and forums. Am trying to create my own template using Pages 09. Have worked out through research you cannot create 'form fields' in pages as you can in Microsoft word. can i lock (or make uneditable) portions of my pages document.


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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 11:02 PM

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Aug 29, 2011 11:54 PM in response to firemandeck

I think I may have found my answer in someone elses post. Sorry for wasting time. As I said, am new to all things Mac and forums 🙂



Oct 1, 2009 4:29 PM


I was curious if I could create a document that has locked text except for where I want to type in information.


Ie. If the document says Date: I would like the "date" text to be uneditable, but to be able to type in the date... if that makes sense.


Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.6)


Correct Answer by Jerrold Green1 on Oct 1, 2009 8:01 PM


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While Peter is checking his records, I'll mention the first thought I had on reading your request. You could create a document with only the fixed information and Print or Export it to PDF. Then Insert the PDF into a Pages document as a Floating Object and Place Text Boxes where you want to be able to input variable text.


Jerry


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