Pages 5.5.2 - How to set default shapes and text boxes?

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Pages 5.5.2 - How to set default shapes and text boxes?

Hello everyone,

I currently have Apple Pages version 5.5.2 downloaded, and there's something that's driving me up the walls: I cannot (for the life of me) figure out how to set the default shape, size and color of shapes and text boxes. I know on previous versions, you could hit: Format > Advanced > Set default. But, as I can see on my version of Pages, such option doesn't exist.

Please somebody help save me before I throw my Mac across the room 🙂

Thanks guys!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 21, 2015 3:27 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 21, 2015 3:41 PM in response to Matiation

Solution is so simple it will never, ever occur to you.

Use Pages '09.

Peter

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Jan 21, 2015 3:50 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thanks for the quick reply.

If I decide to use this solution Peter, how do I revert back (or download) Pages '09 from the Apple Store?

Thanks

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Answer 3

Jan 21, 2015 3:56 PM in response to Matiation

If you had it previously you should still have it in your Applications/iWork folder.

Pages 5 is a Monkey Trap, the one where the monkey grabs the banana in the trap and won't let go.

The banana is useless, it's tied to the trap, but the monkey does everything except the one thing that would free it.

Peter

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Jan 21, 2015 4:32 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thanks Peter.

Anybody else have any other solutions to solving the problem on Pages 5?

Just trying to brainstorm a little further!

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Answer 5

Jan 21, 2015 4:38 PM in response to Matiation

Pages 5 simply lacks a very long list of features.

You can quickly change the shape properties with an Object style, but it lacks one of the essential attributes that Pages '09 gets, which is the Text Wrap.

A way around the problems is to create an Object with all the attributes you want, including the Text Wrap etc and then option drag out copies and use those.

Peter

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