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How to edit writable locations in a document in Pages '09?

The following image shows a region of the sheet it is not possible to write or select. There the cursor is, if i write another letter it will show up on the next page. How do i enable the document to ...
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How to set a table of contents line numbering to not start at page 1, in Pages '09?

I am writing a document which requires the table of contents side-numbering scheme to start on the page after the table of content itselt. Basically the first 8 pages of the document should not count ...
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Select all hyperlinks in Pages

Is it possible to select all of the hyperlinks in a document? I want to change the colours for every link in the document but it seems a bit odd that i have to go through all of them manually.
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How to insert a section break in a Pages '09 Page Layout document?

I have a Page Layout document. I need to remove the header and page numbering from the title page. So, I want to insert a section break after the title page. The problem is, I cannot do that. No ...
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Where are my Pages documents?

Recently replaced iMac hard drive through recall program. Used Time Machine/Seagate Backup Drive. Everything seems to be restored but my Pages documents. How do I find them?
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How can I insert a new page in Pages '09 and ensure that floats still appear on the correct pages?

My goal and context I'm working in Pages '09 (4.3) that has a number of Tables and Figures set as floats. They are set to float because they need to be in that position relative to that one page. I ...
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How to type Logic Symbol in Pages?

How can I type logic symbol like "& - → ↔ " and so on in pages?
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How can i insert an Intelligent Mail Barcode into Pages 09 document

I've Googled around for a solution to this issue but nothing is readily apparent. I have a company newsletter with existing merge fields for an address block (company, street address, etc..). The ...
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Where are pages files stored after I export them to itunes?

With my iPad connected to my MacBook, I exported some Pages files to iTunes in docx format. Now I'm using my laptop without the iPad, and I want to find these files. Where/how are they stored? Tks.
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Background shape for paragraph styles in Pages

I was wondering if it was possible to achieve this in pages. I would like to have a background shape for a paragraph style (heading 1). Currently I place them manually but it would be much better ...
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Starting page numbering on page greater than page #1 in Pages '09

I want to add page numbers to the header of my document in Apple Pages '09. However, I would like the page numbering to start on page five; i.e. I want pages 1-4 to have no numbers, and for page #1 to ...
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Why does the Century font in Pages '09 not include italics or bold?

I am using Apple Pages '09 to write a brief, where the font must but in Century. In Microsoft Word, the Century font has an italics, bold, and underline option. However, in Pages the only available ...
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Post a file from pages.app to a Yahoo! group

My wife and I can't figure out how to post a file from the Pages.app on her iPad to a Yahoo! group. From Pages.app, she can email the file to herself, but can't post it to the file sharing section of ...
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Why is the Page Number menu item greyed out in Pages '09?

I want to insert a page number in my iWork document. I clicked on Insert and the Page Number title is grayed out. How can I get the page number feature to activate? I used to insert it in other ...
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Automatically replace font in Pages?

I have to open many .docx files each day, and it gets annoying either ignoring the "import warnings", or replacing the font in each document. Is there a way to always replace missing fonts with ...
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Inserting a Horizontal Space Character

In Pages, is it possible to insert a tab-like character that fills the remaining space between on a line? I want to have the first few words on a line left-aligned, and the last few words on the line ...
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Resizing text area in Pages document based on template

I'm rebuilding my résumé using a template ("Milano Resume") in Pages '09. I'd like to add a little more information without causing the document to go over one page long, and there's a rather large ...
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Color adjustment of multiple pages in Preview

I want to make a pdf with multiple pages made of separate scanned images. I open all files simultaneously in Preview so that they become separate pages of the document. Now I want to apply one color ...
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How to install Pages, Numbers and Keynote on Snow Leopard?

I just purchased a used 2006 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8. I went to the Mac App Store and tried to load Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and it said it could not load them unless I had 10.7. When I try ...
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Markdown and Pages

I am looking for the best combination for working on a structured document and sharing it in Markdown format. My favorite editor is Pages, in full screen mode. There I can see how the finished ...
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How to share iOS Pages document that was created on Mac?

I recently created a Pages document on my Mac (OS X 10.8.2). I then opened it in Pages on my iPhone (iOS 6.1) to email it to someone. iCloud downloaded the document as expected when I opened Pages, ...
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Question about defining custom paragraph styles in Pages

I have been using Pages to wrote TV Show scripts, as I've found it to be less restrictive than celtx, and cheaper than final draft. It's been working really well, I just defined a bunch of custom ...
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How do I use iCloud to sync Pages documents from iPad to iPhone?

I use pages on my iPad for documents. Apple says that I can have everything that is in Pages on my iPad shared on my iPhone using iCloud. How do I configure that?
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Cannot create new documents or open any existing ones in iWork(Pages, Keynote, Numbers)

For some reason I can't seem to create new documents in any of the iWork apps. Whenever I press the File->New button nothing happens. I've tried turning on and off iCloud synchronization but it didn't ...
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How can I change spell check to Turkish in Pages?

I started to use Pages. I want to change spell check language. But I don't find Turkish in the language menu (inspector of Pages). How can I add Turkish into the language menu? Thanks.
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Pages document on my iPhone 4S will not show up in iCloud or iPad

I created a Pages document on my iPhone 4S and it will not show up in my iCloud or iPad. Why? iCloud is set to sync and so is Pages. This has never been an issue until now.
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How to change a table cell from $ to € in Pages?

I'm using Pages' Invoice templates, and it's been grand so far. Now I need to send an invoice to Europe, and the sums need to be in euros rather than dollars. How can I change the currency type in the ...
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Adding Unicode decorators to text in Pages

Is it possible to add a copied (via Cmd+C), for example, vector arrow to a letter in Pages? If so, how?
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Pages ’09: How to write Nested SUM?

I'm setting up a basic time registration form for declarable hours spent on a project. The layout is easy: date — time from — time until — description. I want a cell-value to contain the sum of hours ...
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Recover in-memory Pages data from failed hibernation wakeup

My girlfriend's Macbook crashed while attempting to restore from a hibernated file. The progress bar stopped at ~10%, after which we restarted the computer for a normal startup. This hibernated ...
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Pages: move footnote

I have a very long footnote that starts in a page and Pages automatically makes it to the subsequent page, occupying half the following page and only a bit of the page where it starts. Also, it leaves ...
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Select / move boxes

I've imported a document from Word. I have a problem removing the imported page numbers and adding mine. This is what I got: The rightmost "6" is the one coming from Word. I can't get to select it ...
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How do I convert a pages document to a word document without access to pages?

Suppose I didn't have access to a Mac with pages. How can I convert a pages document to a word document using only a windows environment? Is there a freeware converter available?
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Is there a way for Pages to display an auto-updating date in ordinal format?

I am currently putting together a template document in Pages and would like the date to update each time it is opened. However, I would also like to display the date as an ordinal number (for ...
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Can I save iCloud documents to the Documents folder as well as to iCloud?

Basically, I want to be able to save a copy of my iCloud documents that I made in Pages (on both mac and iOS) to my documents folder, where all my pre-iCloud documents are still stored. to note: I ...
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How to vertically align a text block at the bottom of a page in Pages?

Using Pages ’09, I would like to vertically align a block of text at the bottom of a page, in Text Edition mode. The idea is to have a series of paragraphs that should behave as a block, and always ...
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Can't download DOC or PDF from iCloud web app [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why won’t iCloud let me download Pages documents uploaded from a computer? I recently updated Pages, Numbers and Keynote to the latest versions, and my OS to Mountan ...
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Do I need to wait for an upload to complete before closing Pages/Numbers?

After updating a Pages/Numbers document in iOS, I can go back to the app's file browser to get the list of all of my docs in iCloud. At that moment, the document that I had just updated displays a ...
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Insert images into Pages document using AppleScript

I'm trying to automate the construction of a document, and am looking for a way to insert images into a Pages document with AppleScript. For example: tell application "Pages" make new document ...
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How to create nested folders in iCloud Documents?

I can’t create more than one level of folders in iCloud Documents from iWork. I really want to move my Documents folder (which is all iWork documents) to the cloud. It’s neatly arranged in folders on ...
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How does Versions work with iCloud?

Just wondering how, if at all, Versions on Pages for Mountain Lion (10.8) works with iCloud, specifically in relation to iOS 5 devices. My own testing seems to indicate that a Pages document created ...
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Pages “Send via email” doesn't work after upgrade

I just upgraded to Mountain Lion. So far, so good. Great upgrade. I also upgraded to Pages '09 latest version: 4.2. "Send via email" option works on Pages if and only if Mail.app is not running. If ...
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How to repair documents that display the “The document xxx.pages could not be opened” error when opened in Pages?

I recently did a clean Mountain Lion install, after which I restored some important Pages documents from a backup HD. Now, when I try to open these documents in Pages, I get the following error: ...
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How do I hide rulers on startup for Pages?

I can press Command-R to easily hide the ruler, but is there a way to make this behavior consistent every time I start up Pages?
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How do i align the page numbers in a toc to left in Pages?

I've created a TOC for my Pages document but without knowing how this happened now my toc looks like this: ChapterOne 1 ChapterTwo 4 ChapterThree 6 instead of having the title aligned to the left ...
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Pages to pdf export results in a smaller page size, how can I make the page size as setup in Pages?

I have a 48 by 36 inch poster in Pages. I can see size in Page Setup. The print people want the poster as a pdf so I export it to pdf. When I open the pdf in Adobe, and look at Page Setup, it tells ...
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Is this possible to print a Pages document on Windows?

I know it's a bit weird, but I received a Pages document. I'm currently on a Windows machine. Can I have some kind of preview/quicklook of the document or print it?
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ColorSync profiles are not appearing in color matching dialogs

I am trying to print a business card design, and the printers recommend using the 'Coated FOGRA39' ICC color matching profile. At first I thought I didn't have this profile, so I downloaded it for ...
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How do you use small caps in Pages?

I don't see any obvious options for small caps in Pages, either under styles or text formatting. Do I need a special font, or does Pages have small caps capability at all?
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How to convert and adapt from a “Save As” person to a “Version” person?

I am so used to "Save As" on the PC, so that for example, if I remember I removed a line two months ago on my resume (also called CV) and now is April 2012, I can go back to Resume 2012-01-23 ...

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