Apple's word processing software for Mac OS X, and iOS
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Pages for iOS won't let me insert or replace pictures (images)
When i click on the "insert stuff" button, the window pops up with the tabs that let me pick pictures, shapes, tables, etc.
If I select a table, shape, or anything but a picture, I can pick a ...
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What causes all iWork apps to have blank, unusable documents after a reinstall?
After deleting and re-installing the apps, I can't use iWork. Specifically, the document area is always empty, no matter if I create a new document or open an existing one. This applies to Pages, ...
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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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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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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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Pages: Is point in custom object with only one control handle possible?
In Pages, I notice with a rounded rectangle if you make it editable and click on any of the points, they all seem to have only one "control handle". Normally there are always two. Is there really only ...
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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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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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Open XML support in Pages
It looks like iWork's Pages supports Open XML - however, I can't find any good information on this on either developer.apple.com or on the web. Is there a good resource for this that I'm not aware of? ...
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Mask editing for Pages
When trying to edit the mask, I am stuck with this blue dot that only rounds the corners of the mask and I can't get rid of it. How do I go about editing the mask borders?
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Choosing work or home contact info to autofill Pages template
Certain templates in Pages '09 autofill using my work contact information, e.g., San Francisco Letter. How can I change it so that my personal contact information is used to autofill that data? I'm ...
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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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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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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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iCloud thinking iCloud site/iCloud Manager is modifying documents
I'm having a problem whereby when my (Windows) laptop is logged into iCloud, either via the web site or via the iCloud manager software, Pages on my iPad constantly pops up a spurious "synch" dialog ...
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Populate Pages Chart Data via Applescript
Right now I'm copy and pasting between Excel and specified places in a Pages document. For instance, I'll copy cell B7 and find "B7_Value" in Pages and replace it with the copied value. Here's an ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pages: can I style space before a set of characters?
I wish to add space before a span of characters:
As an afterthought, I may realize this isn't a job for Character Styles, since those
operate on single characters, not spans/groups of ...
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I can't get Pages > ePub to work like the Apple template suggests
I've read through all the relevant discussions I could find, and while I've learned a lot (thank you) I am still having a major problem.
I'm tryingt o export a book-length Pages manuscript to the ...
