Bhagavaty
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Q: Pages document opens randomly at beginning

Hello friends,


WHY is a pages document of several pages randomly opening at the beginning of the document instead of at the end, where left off? There was an update about a year ago, after this this occurred. Then another update after which, it was said, this issue was gone again. Well - no. Ever since, no matter whether the document has five pages or 65 pages, at random suddenly Pages opens at the start page. No matter whether I have touched that document only recently or three days ago.


Very annoying.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 29, 2016 12:32 AM

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Q: Pages document opens randomly at beginning

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  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Sep 29, 2016 1:30 AM in response to Bhagavaty
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    Sep 29, 2016 1:30 AM in response to Bhagavaty

    Nothing random nor new about this.

     

    Pages 5 has never paid any attention to the state of the document when saved.

     

    Pages '09 does.

     

    Peter

  • by Bhagavaty,

    Bhagavaty Bhagavaty Sep 29, 2016 4:53 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Sep 29, 2016 4:53 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Actually, when I bought this Mac 18 months ago, it worked nicely like that - it did pay attention to this, as you word it. Then an update came and this issue came up, and back then I read online that others also had that issue. But apparently nobody bothered and just accepted it. Still, it is very annoying.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Sep 29, 2016 6:43 AM in response to Bhagavaty
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    Sep 29, 2016 6:43 AM in response to Bhagavaty

    We deal all the time with users who imagine all kinds of things, but the fact is Pages 5 has never retained the state of documents when closed. Not their position on screen, nor their view, nor where you last clicked or typed or anything.

     

    I use both Pages '09 and Pages 5.x and it is obvious what both are doing and not doing.

     

    I even notice the marked visual differences between the two versions which seems to escape most users.

     

    Peter

  • by Bhagavaty,

    Bhagavaty Bhagavaty Sep 29, 2016 10:09 AM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Sep 29, 2016 10:09 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Well. Thank you for your rude and arrogant response. I do/did not imagine anything.

     

    But let it be. I rather deal with this issue in Pages than with your responses.

     

    Have a nice day.