mrs. 253

Q: Cannot delete page in photo project book- More than 20 pages

When I right click on the page or use the button at the top, the option to remove the page is greyed out. I have more than 20 pages. I also tried to just move the blank page to another location, but I'm not able to click on the page number to do so as another post suggested. I'm not sure how to fix this problem. I was able to remove pages earlier in the project.

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Jun 1, 2016 8:48 AM

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Q: Cannot delete page in photo project book- More than 20 pages

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 1, 2016 9:11 AM in response to mrs. 253
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    Jun 1, 2016 9:11 AM in response to mrs. 253

    Which page is it?  Is it the blank page at the beginning or end of the book? Those two pages are fixed and represent blank pages between the cover and first page at each end of the book, evidently to protect the first and last book page..  They can't be moved or deleted.

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  • by kwkiwi,

    kwkiwi kwkiwi Jul 29, 2016 12:19 AM in response to mrs. 253
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    Jul 29, 2016 12:19 AM in response to mrs. 253

    I am also having trouble removing pages by highlighting them and then going to the top right corner and trying to do the option Add/remove page. It doesn't activate. Did you sort out what is happening there? Just spent quite a bit of time making a book and then can't remove surplus pages!!

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 29, 2016 12:24 AM in response to kwkiwi
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    Jul 29, 2016 12:24 AM in response to kwkiwi

    Select the page in the "All Pages" view of the book, then crtl-click or right-click the seleted page, and select "Remove Page" from the contextual menu.

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  • by kwkiwi,

    kwkiwi kwkiwi Jul 29, 2016 2:49 AM in response to léonie
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    Jul 29, 2016 2:49 AM in response to léonie

    Many thanks for that Leonie. The control + click on the highlighted page whereas the add/remove on the top right corner wouldn't. Not sure why that was. It works on existing books but not new ones I've started.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jul 29, 2016 9:53 AM in response to kwkiwi
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    Jul 29, 2016 9:53 AM in response to kwkiwi

    that would imply that removing it would make the book less than 20 pageg or that it is one on the pages that can not be removed as described in a previous post by Od Toad

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 29, 2016 10:13 AM in response to kwkiwi
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    Jul 29, 2016 10:13 AM in response to kwkiwi

    whereas the add/remove on the top right corner wouldn't. Not sure why that was.

    It should work as well. But a book needs an even number of pages.  So it helps to select always two pages at the same time to remove, or Photos will just replace the page you deleted by an empty page.