can I copy an entire page?
I used to be able to copy a page in Pages and move it to another part of the document. This was crucial.
Is it possible to do this now? It doesn't seem so.
Any help?
I used to be able to copy a page in Pages and move it to another part of the document. This was crucial.
Is it possible to do this now? It doesn't seem so.
Any help?
We are all struggling with this.
There is nothing in Apple's anaemic online User Guide so I suspect Apple has decided that nobody wants to do this and removed it.
So take it on notice that Apple thinks you are no-one.
Best to delete Pages 5 and use Pages '09 instead. It should still be in your Application folder.
Peter
We are all struggling with this.
There is nothing in Apple's anaemic online User Guide so I suspect Apple has decided that nobody wants to do this and removed it.
So take it on notice that Apple thinks you are no-one.
Best to delete Pages 5 and use Pages '09 instead. It should still be in your Application folder.
Peter
I looked for that and couldn't find it. Other users on this board have had the same result- seems to be dead, along with many other useful features. Even basic ones.
Pages 4.3 should still be in an iWorks folder within your Applications folder.
Please remember to tell Apple what we need from them at:
Unfortunately, I've already opened the document in NewPages, so I can't open it again in Pages 09.
Nightmare. It's a huge project. Stuck having to deal with it in this new program. Rubbish.
If you don't have a backup (I'm sure you don't need the lecture), try exporting as a 4.3 doc. Then open in 4.3 and getback to work. I hear tell that often works.
Oh, and thanks for pushing me over the top to a Level 2 commenter.
And to think that before this "update" I had no points!
I feel like I'm being punished by Mac for updating. Not being able to copy an entire page has totally derailled my use of Pages 5. Not to mention trying to find all the different settings has turned into a treasurehunt. Joy, how I love spending an hour trying to format an invoice.
I've now had to go to Quick Books just for this task.
Thanks Mac, better release some updates for Pages very soon or you're going to lose a lot more users.
It can be done - select page in thumbnails then Edit - Duplicate Section (or Command D for shortcut)
…then how do you get it into that other document where you wanted it?
Peter
Yes PLEASE I'm needing this answer too... After "duplicating section" how do you get it into the other document where you wanted it???
You can't in Pages 5.x.
In Pages '09 you simply copy and paste thumbnails across.
Peter
@Yellowbox - that is fine if you are copying a word processor type file, you can copy the elements easily. Not so easy on a complex "layout" style document, where each page is separate. (e.g. Case Studies for a proposal)
It is crazy @Apple, that we have to export to an older version to facilitate this function.
I'm using the new Pages to create 5-10 page news letters amongst other documents.
To solve this I do the following:
drag highlight all elements of the page in question
right click on selection and choose group
right click on selection and choose copy
right click on destination document - blank page without formatting as chosen from the new project template dialogue at start up
select paste
previously selected content will appear as a group with all formatting intact, as there is no longer text box to subsequent textbox text flow in the
new pages there should be no problem with image or text formatting, at least when working on computer that created original pages document with assets
(pics, fonts etc) still available
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I just discovered this as well and IT TOTALLY MAKES NO SENSE! Why remove this feature? It was so useful and easy! I am using Pages 5 only because I have to train somebody else to pick up my volunteer job, and so many things are so much harder. Where is Revert to Defined Style? Gone. You have to scroll through the whole style list to find the style, then click on it. Where is Select All Uses of style X? Gone. Where's the handy dandy style drawer you can show or hide? Gone. And don't get me started on the removal of the ability to link paragraphs to flow across pages. If I discovered this program for the first time now, I would run from it like the wind. Life is too short to have to deal with this kind of crap from something called an UPGRADE!
I found a workaround to this issue. In my case I wanted to duplicate a page several times and possibly change the orders of pages doing drag&drop.
- Convert all text occurences to textboxes.
- Arrange all shapes, charts, textboxes as they "stay on page" (not "move with text")
- Place all the components to their final positions.
- Select them all (by holding cmd and clicking)
- Group them
- Copy the group
Now all the things in your page is a single group and in your clipboard.
- File > Convert To Page Layout
- Now you can Insert > Pages and drag & drop them (from Thumbnail View)
- After adding a blank page, you can select it and paste the group to that page.
Voila! You have everything in their same places in the new page meaning that you have duplicated a page successfully.
After you are done, you can File > Convert To Word Processing to continue typing. You can also Ungroup the group and change stuff.
can I copy an entire page?