Many times I have opened a Pages Word Proessing document that serves as a brochure. Today I went in to edit some of the text and I can't get a cursor to drop anywhere in the text. All the text boxes can't be edited.
What may have happened? I am using Pages '09
Mary Lou
Are you absolutely certain it is Pages '09?
Menu > Pages > About Pages
If it was a 30 day demo installation and you never entered the serial number, it may have entered the read only version.
Can you create a new Textbox and type into it?
If you can, then the rest may just have been moved to Section Masters or been Locked.
Peter
Yes, it is Pages '09. I have used it for years. I have never had this problem before.
I can open a new document and create text boxes as usual. I can also create a new text box in this document and type in it.
I can't seem to do any text editing in the existing text boxes.
How do I discover if it is locked?
I don't know what "Section Masters" are. How do I get it back to being editable?
Thanks for your help.
Mary Lou
If you click on an object and if it has thin crosses on the corners it is locked:
Menu > Format > Advanced > Make Master Objects Selectable
Menu > Arrange > Unlock
Peter
Peter, I have followed your directions. The document is not locked.
I transferred this document to my MacBook laptop to see if the problem was in the copy of Pageson my iMac. I ran into the same problem on my MacBook.
When I did a File/Info on the file I was told it is a Pages Publication. Is that normal?
Mary Lou
Yes for a Pages document.
Click on my blue name and email me the document and I will look at it.
Peter
Mary
The "text" is not text they are all .pict images, dragged and dropped from somewhere.
Where did you get the document/images from?
Peter
It would have helped if you had told me in the beginning it was orginally an AppleWorks document.
I guess the last time you edited it it was in AppleWorks? And probably each leaf of the brochure is grouped in AppleWorks.
You realise they are two entirely different applications?
Peter
Here's the explanation. When I transferred the document to Pages, I did a copy and paste of the text boxes and graphics. What I didn't understand was that, after they were in Pages, they would no longer need to be edited.
I have been printing the brochure from the Pages document for months. It wasn't until now that I needed to edit it. It came as a surprise to discover that in copying and pasting text boxes between these two applications, I lost the ability to edit them.
I have now selected the text from the original document and created a new text box in Pages and pasted the text into it. It can now be edited further if necessary.
Thanks for discovering where my error was.
The original brochure was created as an Appleworks Draw document and cannot be opened in Pages. Before I upgrade my iMac from OS 10.6.8 to Maverick, I need to make sure that I have created fresh Pages documents whenever I used a Draw document in Appleworks.
The dilemma is solved. Thank you.
Mary Lou
can't edit text in Pages document
