Blue symbol appears when I add a text box

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Blue symbol appears when I add a text box

I teach a Pages class to seniors and this question has come up and I can't find an answer anywhere. When a text box is added in a Pages document a symbol appears that is a blue line with a ball on top - kind of looks like a stickpin. This appears when the text box is active and disappears when it is inactive. I have attempted to right click it or copy and paste it (for this question) land it turns into a Paragraph marker when I highlight it. It moves with the text box. I'd like to explain what it is or at least know if there's any useful purpose for it?

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Posted on Nov 13, 2018 9:53 AM

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Answer 1

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PeterBreis0807

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Nov 13, 2018 3:21 PM in response to btviv

The blue pin is the anchorpoint, if you change the text, the TextBox will stay near as it can to that anchor point.

You can change this in the Sidebar to be floating (it just stays where you put it) or inline in the text.

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Nov 13, 2018 5:27 PM in response to W. Raider

There is no direct control of the anchorpoint, you just have one when you choose "Moves with Text".

Click on "Moves with Text" and you will see the options for how it is placed.

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W. Raider

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Nov 13, 2018 12:29 PM in response to btviv

I think that just shows where the box "begins" in the body of text. If you drag the text box around the document and in some text so the text wraps around it, and highlight the text box again, you'll see the "pin" moves. so I think it just shows where in the text/body the text box begins.

I couldn't find reference to it in Pages Help menu/manual at all though.

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