I can't Bold text in Pages

Yes it is forcing people to stop what they are typing, select some text and change it, then do the same thing all over again when they want to change back.

Whether Apple considers this a bug or part of their overall program to make sure that no-one on the Mac can get their work done, is up to your interpretation.

At the rate Apple is improving Pages and the Mac I'll be back to scratching out my work on a plank with a rusty nail, or more likely I will be shifting my work to somewhere more productive.

If you had Pages '09 on your Mac you can go back to it in your Applications/iWork folder.

Peter

PS Apple published a list of things they were going to fix in the next 6 months. It was a short list and did not include this so I guess you will still be waiting at and admiring the breakneck pace of improvement. A bit over 1 per month!

Peter Thomson,

The reports I've seen indicate that this does not work immediately after a paragraph return. It does work normally anywhere else. So the workaround would be to type Space, Command B, Delete and then go on as usual. But that is definitely enough to interrupt established work habits.

I don't have a system running Mavericks to test on, but other users have reported that they can toggle bold and underline as long as they type a single character (space) so that the insertion point is not at the beginning of a new paragraph. Your experience would seem to indicate that the situation is more complicated, but I don't think you have stated explicitly that you have tried it with the insertion point in the middle of a paragraph.

This is a weird bug, perhaps. I can start a new paragraph and before I type anything, hit Command B and it will go either bold or regular. Italics works fine, too. I'm not needing to enter a space. Tried it both with a blank layout and a template.

But so sorry for everyone experiencing the frustration of the new and improved Pages. So far, the only thing I use Pages 5.0 for is to try and help people with problems. Best advice I got, and can give, is to stick with 4.3.

Peter

I am testing it now and there is no problem on this Mac in the Apple Store with default set-up.B

Bolding/Unbolding work exactly as expected with the keyboards, no problem with beginnings of paragraphs or anywhere.

I suspect you have something else interfering with your keyboard shortcuts/selections.

Peter

People are reporting this as not working if you do not have text selected.

In other words you can no longer change text weight on the fly like you use to, just as I have done here. Typing the changes as I go.

Peter

I am able to use 'command B' to change my text to bold before I type. Double-checked to make sure I can do it with Times New Roman, and it worked fine. With no text selected, hit 'command B', resumed typing and the text is in bold. Repeated and the text was regular. Perhaps this is a bug for some systems.

(Edit: Using Mavericks and Pages 5.0.)