How do I stop objects in pages from snapping to these imaginary lines all the time? I can't get them in the right place.

Unfortunately, there is no way to turn off the grid snap, but you can overcome it by holding down the ⌘ key while moving objects with your mouse. You can also use the arrow keys or x/y coordinates in the object inspector.

I suggest you leave feedback for the Pages team regarding this - I did. You can find it under the Pages menu > Provide Pages Feedback. That takes you to the same page as this link.

STU9000 wrote:

Question in the title.

p.s. I don't like this new format.

Have you tried turning off the Alignment Guides in Pages Preferences?

Jerry