pages documents will not go full screen

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pages documents will not go full screen

2009 Macbook 2.26 ghz, intel core 2 duo, running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. Most recent update of Pages has left me without the ability to go full screen on my documents. (Teacher who projects quizzes in fullscreen - problematic without this ability). When I click full screen is goes there for one second or two then automatically backs out. If I go under the view tab I cannot select "full screen" although visible, it is shaded as if it is not an option.

I have checked for updates, I have restarted my computer.

Please advise.

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 20, 2015 3:50 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 21, 2017 5:41 AM in response to dlagos92

VikingOSX wrote:

Updates for Pages '09 v4.0 are not available from the OS X App Store. Download this Apple iWork 9.3 updater. It will give you Pages '09 v4.3 — its last revision. Yes, the Share > Send Via Email menu items are disabled on Yosemite. Export and drag/drop into Mail. Groan.

Get this. That fixed it for me.

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Answer 2

Jan 20, 2015 5:29 PM in response to jkilibarda

What is that on your Pages > View Menu? Is that an Enter Full Screen (control+cmd+F) item? You can also click on the green traffic light on your document title bar — that will take you full screen too. Press that control+cmd+F to revert back to normal screen view. Pages menus are accessible in full screen by simply moving your mouse above the current Pages document title bar until the menu bar descends.

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Answer 3

Jan 21, 2015 5:23 AM in response to VikingOSX

You can use the zoom > fit width toolbar button to make the document expand to fill the screen — once we figure out why you are not able to sustain full screen.

How much memory is in your Macbook?

Something you might try is to boot into Safe Boot mode. This allows OS X to clean and rebuild some System things ordinarily not touched on a regular reboot.

Steps:

Shutdown your Macbook
Power it on, and at the chime, press and hold the shift key, until you see a grey horizontal progress bar.
At the login screen, after you enter your password, press and hold the shift key again, before you click the right arrow to login.
1. Continue holding the shift key until your icons are back on the Desktop.
2. It is normal that your Macbook is less responsive while in Safe Boot mode
Reboot normally

Re-evaluate if you can sustain fullscreen mode with Pages v5.5.2. This may be related to minimal memory (my original question), or graphics hardware that isn't up to the task, if this is a Macbook .vs. Macbook Pro.

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Answer 4

jkilibarda Author

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Jan 22, 2015 12:05 PM in response to VikingOSX

I have found the problem but now I have a new problem. I am running pages 4.0 even though I upgraded to pages 5.5.2 a while back. I have tried multiple ways to upgrade but when I do it says that I already have 5.5.

Any thoughts?

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Answer 5

Jan 22, 2015 12:21 PM in response to jkilibarda

Updates for Pages '09 v4.0 are not available from the OS X App Store. Download this Apple iWork 9.3 updater. It will give you Pages '09 v4.3 — its last revision. Yes, the Share > Send Via Email menu items are disabled on Yosemite. Export and drag/drop into Mail. Groan.

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Answer 6

jkilibarda Author

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Jan 22, 2015 12:50 PM in response to VikingOSX

That's it!! Problem solved thanks so much.

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Answer 7

dlagos92

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Jul 19, 2016 5:20 AM in response to jkilibarda

How did you go about solving this problem?... im having the same problem

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