photos/graphics insert over text, will not float or move

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photos/graphics insert over text, will not float or move

I'm trying to compose a document in Pages '09. If I use the Insert>Choose command to add either a graphic or a photo, the item is inserted over existing text. Under WRAP, all options are greyed out (Inline, Floating, Background) and Object Causes Wrap moves the graphic out of sight. Is there a fix? Must the photo or graphic be a .tiff or .jpeg only? It seems to me that Pages did not used to be so strict and fixed - although sometimes I have had to go to Keynote to prepare something. I thought Pages was a page layout program!

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Feb 11, 2014 10:00 PM

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Answer 1

fruhulda

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Feb 11, 2014 10:32 PM in response to Sugeet Posey

If the options are greyed out you probably forgot to select the image.

Pages 09 accepts all QuickTime-supported formats, including the following graphics file types:

TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PDF, PSD, EPS and PICT

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Feb 12, 2014 12:14 AM in response to Sugeet Posey

Not sure what you have done but you can just drag in the image, nobody uses the Insert command.

Peter

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Sugeet Posey Author

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Feb 13, 2014 10:33 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Dragging an image from the media section produces this message, "The media file “pictures 41205 035.jpg” can’t be used because you don’t have access privileges, or because it has no content or is corrupt." where there is no corruption. I can drag these images into Keynote with no probelm. Furthermore, when I use the insert command it places the photo jumps onto the page, ver text, and cannot be moved. Thus my original question remains.

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Sugeet Posey Author

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Feb 13, 2014 10:33 AM in response to fruhulda

I have those formats - all the images are in those formats. It makes no difference for the limiting behavior of Pages_09.

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fruhulda

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Feb 13, 2014 12:11 PM in response to Sugeet Posey

Have you selected the image you want to change the wrap for? I wish I could see your screen!

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Sugeet Posey Author

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Feb 13, 2014 12:17 PM in response to fruhulda

I'm not sure how to send you a screen shot on these discussion boards, I'd be glad to send you if there is a way.

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fruhulda

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Feb 13, 2014 12:39 PM in response to Sugeet Posey

Screen shots can be taken by using Shift + Cmd + 4 and drag the new cross cursor over the part of the screen you want a image off. Then when you are replying a post click on the camera and find the image (usually on the desktop) and add it. to take a screen shot of the whole screen unse **** + cmd + 3.

Tell me, are you selecting the image or not?

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Sugeet Posey Author

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Feb 13, 2014 12:59 PM in response to fruhulda

Yes, I select the image. Cannot even drag an image from the image iPhoto selector to the page. The page is set up for 2 columns,

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Feb 13, 2014 4:38 PM in response to Sugeet Posey

Have you tried dragging them into Pages from the Desktop as I suggested?

Not to excuse Pages 5 being as buggy as it is.

Peter

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fruhulda

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Feb 13, 2014 9:43 PM in response to Sugeet Posey

What is the problem in the posted image? I can't see that anything in the image is selected. Nor do I see the Inspector palette showing the Wrap tab.

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Sugeet Posey Author

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Feb 13, 2014 10:04 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

It still places it haphazardly over text. What I found seems to work is to inset a graphic only when text has quit or ended > grphic > continue with text. That seemed to give satisfactory results. But I was never able to change the selected image to floating.

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