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User profile for user: DiaShan
DiaShan Author
User level: Level 1
8 points

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I might be being silly put I have got to page four and no new ones are popping up. The previous pages have a lot of images on them would this make a differance?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Nov 23, 2013 9:58 AM

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User profile for user: fruhulda
fruhulda
User level: Level 6
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Nov 23, 2013 11:29 PM in response to DiaShan

This is what the Help page says. You have the option in your Help menu


Change the flow of text

Text in a document flows automatically from one page to the next or from one column to the next. If you want to force text to the next page or column, you can insert page and column breaks.

You can turn off the body area of the document to create a page layout document, then use the pages as a blank canvas to move text and objects around freely.


Force text to the next line or page

A line break, also called a soft return, starts a new line without starting a new paragraph. A page break moves the next line of text to the top of the next page.

  1. Click where you want the break to occur.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • For a line break: Press Shift-Return.
    • For a page break: Click Insert in the toolbar, then choose Page Break.

When you insert a line or page break, Pages inserts a formatting character called an invisible. You canturn on invisibles in the document to see where special formatting is applied.


Change the number of text columns

You can change the number of columns for only a few paragraphs of your document, or for a whole section.

  1. Select the paragraphs you want to turn into columns.To apply columns to the entire document section, or to an entire document, click in any text on the page.User uploaded file
  2. In the Text pane of the Formatinspector, click Layout to see the column controls.

Force text to the top of the next column

Change how paragraphs break

You can adjust where lines in a paragraph appear and how paragraphs act in relation to each other. For example, you can keep all lines of a paragraph on the same page, keep a paragraph on the same page as the preceding paragraph, move a paragraph to the top of the next page, or prevent a line of a paragraph from appearing by itself on a page.
  1. Click in a paragraph or select the paragraphs you want to change.
  2. In the Text pane of the Format inspector, click More.
  3. Select any checkboxes in the Pagination & Breaks section:
    • Keep lines on same page: Keeps all lines of the paragraph on the same page.
    • Keep with next paragraph: Keeps the paragraph on the same page as the one that precedes it.
    • Start paragraph on a new page: Moves the paragraph to the top of the next page.
    • Prevent widows and orphans: Prevents the first or last line of the paragraph from appearing alone on a page.

Create a page layout document


You can remove the body text area of a document and then use the page as if it’s a blank canvas.Note: When you turn off the document body, body text and all objects set to Inline with Text are deleted (other objects are changed to Stay on Page). To save the text, copy it first, then paste it into a text box (or into another Pages document).


  1. In the Document pane of the Setup inspector, deselect the Document Body checkbox.
  2. Click Remove in the dialog.


You can also add sections to use different formatting than the rest of the document, reset page numbers, use different header and footer text, and more.

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