I can't edit text in pages document
I created a poster and now it won't let me edit text....help please?? ty
Pages-OTHER, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
I created a poster and now it won't let me edit text....help please?? ty
Pages-OTHER, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Menu > View > Show Layout/Invisibles
Now go command a (Select All)
What do you see?
Do you see any boxes around your objects with light crosses on the corners? They are locked.
click on them > Menu > Arrange > Unlock
The other possibility is you have moved the objects to the Section Master:
Menu > Arrange > Section Master > Make Master Objects Selectable
Or if you click on the text area and then see small white boxes on the corners and a group of objects moves together
Menu > Arrange > Ungroup
You have shown me only the poster, out of context and without any of the surrounding format options, so it is hard to tell anything about it. Even whether you are in Pages. It could even be a pdf file.
Peter
Menu > View > Show Layout/Invisibles
Now go command a (Select All)
What do you see?
Do you see any boxes around your objects with light crosses on the corners? They are locked.
click on them > Menu > Arrange > Unlock
The other possibility is you have moved the objects to the Section Master:
Menu > Arrange > Section Master > Make Master Objects Selectable
Or if you click on the text area and then see small white boxes on the corners and a group of objects moves together
Menu > Arrange > Ungroup
You have shown me only the poster, out of context and without any of the surrounding format options, so it is hard to tell anything about it. Even whether you are in Pages. It could even be a pdf file.
Peter
BINGO!!! What's odd though is that it was CHECKED - so I unchecked it and I can edit the text!!! Thank you. But it seems reverse of what you'd think. I would think that if it was checked it'd allow access????
I have no idea how that got selected, but I really appreciate your guidance!!! Thank you so much!!
The other possibility is you have moved the objects to the Section Master:
Menu > Arrange > Section Master > Make Master Objects Selectable
It may absolutely surprise you if I tell you that I can not see what you are talking about.
You will have to describe your version of Pages, the template you are using, exactly what you are trying and what happens as if I wasn't staring over your shoulder.
Peter
PeterBreis0807 wrote:
You will have to describe …exactly what you are trying and what happens
See the lines of text in the middle of the doc? I put them there, saved it, printed it....now I've gone back to make some updates and I can't select the text to edit. It just places a cursor on the upper left corner - providing a new text box. What has happened that I can't access it? Thanks for your assistance!
I can't edit text in pages document