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I have updated to the newest pages but it destroys the lay out of my files especially the ones with alot of tables (making the tables run through each other) is there a fix anyone knows about?
pages-OTHER, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Sorry, there is none. Pages 5 just can't handle anything more than very basic formatting.
Your old version of Pages should be still in an iWork folder within you Applications folder.
You can use that if you need to get real work done.
Unless you delete Pages 5 or hide it from the system (in a zipped folder, for instance), remember to open your docs with a right-click "Open with... Pages 4.3," since merely opening them in 5 can destroy formatting.
And remember to leave Apple feeback so they know what we need from this product:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html
And leaving a reveiw on the App Store would help let them know as well.
I opened a 400 page Pages '09 fully formatted book manuscript with LOTS of text boxes, tables, and graphics. It was destroyed by opening it once with Pages 5.0. I deleted 5.0, but the document is still destroyed when I open it with Pages '09. I tried restoring an earlier version of the document with Time Machine. I tried opening a pre-5.0 version from my external hard drive. They all seem to be affected the same way. Shouldn't an old folder on the external hard drive have an unadulterated version I can restore?
Yikes. But, yes, if you have a version that was last edited BEFORE you let pages 5 (or Pages for iCloud or Pages 2 for ios) touch it, you should be able to open it with Pages 09 and find the formatting as it was when you last edited it.
P.S., you should review and rate the app on the app and also send Apple feedback:
You should have used File > Revert before closing Pages 5 and the document should have been a pristine Pages 09 document.
If I were to open it again with Pages 5.0, could I revert the document now to Pages '09?
I have opened the backup files on my external hard drive from months before Pages 5.0 was installed, and I find they are corrupted. Any advice on finding a pristine copy?
Thank you (and I have sent Apple feedback.thanks!).
If you reinstall Pages 5, it might work: I think (buyt am not sure) that the reversion information is saved as part of the file. WOrth a try. Odd that the backups are corrupted.
I don't think so. It is equivalent to Don't Save.
new pages update destroys document lay outs is there a fix
