What does the "Document Body" checkbox do in Pages 7.3, and where would someone use/not use it?
I'm unclear what "Select to include body text and inline objects in the document" means.
thank you for any ideas.
Unchecking the Document Body in the Document panel gives you a blank sheet in a Layout document. You must insert Text boxes, and any other document objects that you position to form your finished document.
With the Document Body present, you have a word processing document where you can freely type, and intermix document objects. Without a Document Body, you have an empty Pages Layout document where you must add document objects (e.g. Text box, Shapes, etc.) to construct a document. There is no free form writing as one would have in a word processing document.
If you have a word processing document with content, deselecting Document Body in the Document panel will warn you that you are about to destroy that content, and replace it with a blank Layout document.
So unchecking the Document Body just gives you a white sheet with no text box? (ie, it removes the default big text box)
Very helpful, VikingOSX, I appreciate this. Always wondered what the heck that was.
And I hope they call the next OS on your name.
What is "Document Body" do in Pages?
