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repeat a page title

Hello,

I have a standard document Im creating in Pages (Page Layout document).

The doc can be 20+ pages and each page has my clients name at the top. Im wondering if there is a way I can just type my clients name on the first page, and the relevent text box on every other page in the document will auto-update itself based on what I've typed? Rather than me having to go through and paste the client name into the same place of each page.

Using Pages '09 (v1.4).

Thansk in advance.

Posted on May 21, 2012 3:42 AM

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fruhulda

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May 21, 2012 3:55 AM in response to JohnOliver

You can in the Inspector > document tab > check Header. What you write there will repeat on every page

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May 21, 2012 4:08 AM in response to fruhulda

Thansk for the reply, but my page is based on my company letterhead design, and I need the title to appear in a specific posiotion on the page (not withint he header area).

Is this possible?

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fruhulda

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May 21, 2012 5:40 AM in response to JohnOliver

Very hard to answer as you don't give any specific details. Have you tried using the header?

You could prepare template where the logo is in the background. Read more about it in the Pages User Guide how to. It is downloadable from the Help menu.

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May 21, 2012 5:42 AM in response to JohnOliver

JohnOliver wrote:

Thansk for the reply, but my page is based on my company letterhead design, and I need the title to appear in a specific posiotion on the page (not withint he header area).

Is this possible?

John,

In that case, use a Text Box and Format > Advanced > Move Object to Section Master.

Jerry

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JohnOliver Author

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May 21, 2012 5:45 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

Jerry - thanks for the reply. I've tried this but the option you mentioned is greyed out. Is this option limited to WP documents? Can it be used in Page Lay Out docs?

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May 21, 2012 5:49 AM in response to JohnOliver

John,

I apologize for not seeing your Page Layout disclaimer. 🙂

Many who post with problems associated with not being in WP mode don't mention that they're using PL mode.

In that case, Capture a page that has the layout that you want and use that captured layout for all pages requiring the special arrangement.

Format > Advanced > Capture pages.

Jerry

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May 21, 2012 5:51 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

Jerry,

Thanks - I've not heard of that feature before, so I'll have a play around with it now and report back!

Thanks again

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May 21, 2012 6:00 AM in response to JohnOliver

John,

Capturing Pages in Page Layout is a critical skill if you are going to be efficient in the Page Layout mode. It's not such a big deal in WP mode where your text will flow from page to page. When you become experienced at Capturing and Inserting Pages, your page transitions will be nearly as fast in Page Layout mode as in WP mode.

Jerry

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May 21, 2012 6:03 AM in response to JohnOliver

Jerry - not quite what I'm after (but good to know for future).

Basically - if you imagine you have a Numbers (spreadsheet) document - with 5 sheets in the document. If I wanted to add a title to cell 1A of each sheet - and be able to easily update that title on every sheet, I might point cell 1A in sheets 2,3,4 and 5 to cell 1A in sheet 1. This way - whatever I write in cell 1A on sheet 1 - will update automatically on all other sheets - make sense?

I'm basically looking for a similar function in Pages (PL).. so I can add a text box to each page and be able to easily update that instance of that textbox on every page by just typing in to the text box on page 1.

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fruhulda

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May 21, 2012 6:09 AM in response to JohnOliver

You don't have a similar function in Pages. Read the Pages User Guide and see what it can do.

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May 21, 2012 6:16 AM in response to fruhulda

Why would I spend the best part of a day reading a 185 page document when Apple has created this forum for people to quickly and easily ask for advice and help??

I appriciate your original answer, but if you have nothing more to add on the subject, please do not feel the need to continue commenting.

Thanks.

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fruhulda

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May 21, 2012 6:27 AM in response to JohnOliver

Why not, when it has a lot of answers.

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May 21, 2012 8:17 AM in response to JohnOliver

JohnOliver wrote:

Why would I spend the best part of a day reading a 185 page document when Apple has created this forum for people to quickly and easily ask for advice and help??

We are pleased to know how valuable your time is.

It seems you do not really appreciate the people here who do give you advice and help "quickly and easily".

People who did spend the best part of a day reading a 185 page document. And more.

Peter

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May 21, 2012 8:24 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Peter,

I make no excuse for the fact I do not have time to read the entire support documentaiton for this (or anyother piece of software I use on a daily basis). Nor do I apologise for the fact the my time is indeed valuable.

I work hard at running my own business and - simply put, I'm lucky if I have 5 minutes to read the news-paper during the day - nevermind ignore all my responsibilities and undertake the neadle-in-a-haystack style reading journey you are suggesting. I applaud those who find the time to do so - but I can not.

Can I suggest you climb down off your high-horse? This forum would quicky become obsolete if people decided stop using it and instead spend days on end reading (often) bloated and confusing instructional literature.

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May 21, 2012 8:37 AM in response to JohnOliver

John

We are all busy, but some of us do seem to have an air of entitlement.

fruhulda sensibly pointed you to where you will find many of your answers, we can't answer all of your questions and you have heard of the expression, feed a man a fish…

On my observation of both employees and clients, it is the ones who never learn what they readily could for themselves, that always seem to "lack the time" because they then waste so much of it, and not just their own.

The notion of master items is not unique to Pages, but it has a different way of implementing them.

You do not have to read the entire document, but it wouldn't hurt to start with either the Contents or the Index.

Peter

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