Text disappears when I drag and drop a photo, Pages 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2

Bob, I have the same problem. I did get my text back though by hitting Command-Z.

Drag a photo from the desktop, text is Text Wrap - None...text disappears.

Before:

After:

Can we get a little help, please?

You don't set Textwrap to the text, you set it on the object that is causing the wrap.

That photo is sitting in a very large shape, are you sure you have turned off all Textwrap to the shape?

Both of you if you are experiencing problems, in Pages 5.2 why not just use Pages '09 which should be in your Applications/iWork folder?

Peter

I found a workaround for this problem.

If I

1. shrink the text box vertically - making it half the width of the page and positioned on the left side, then

2. drag the photo to the empty right side of the page, and then

3. drag the right side of the text box over to the right margin, expanding the text box around the photo,

the text justifies and the photo is in the right spot.

Hope this is helpful, let me know if I need to explain better.

Patrick

I have a similar problem but with a color logo at the center of minutes for a meeting. On my color printer the logo prints but not the text. On my black and white HP the entire file prints. Still trying to get used to Pages after Appleworks, etc and have spent hours on this problem. Any help appreciated.

A better approach with images and Text Boxes in Pages v5(.2) is to set your text as you want it in the Text Box, and then deselect the Text Box.

Now, drag/drop, or use the Media toolbar icon to get the image into your document (adjacent) to your Text Box. Scale the image (Arrange panel, or diagonal click and drag on image) to the size you want inside your Text Box.

Select your image, and while still in the Arrange panel, set the Object Placement to Move with Text, and Text Wrap to Around (or desired setting). Now, you can drag your image into your Text Box, and your text simply scurries out of the way to surround, or accommodate the image.