Can't edit text on Pages - help, please!!!

Help! This seems really basic, but I have entered text and now I can't access the text to edit it. I have done it twice, once in a text box and now in a shape and have the same issue with both. The document is treating each box like a single entity and not letting me select the text.
The relevant article on this on the Pages site isn't useful. I've used Pages a fair amount before and haven't had this problem.
Thanks!

Hello Dennis, Thank you for replying.
I tried both of your suggestions. I am not sure if I am highlighting the box, but there are the little boxes that allow you to adjust the size. When I move them they shrink up the enitre paragraph to scale instead of truncating the text and keeping the text in the same size font which I am used to.
When I select the box as I am able to neither "Bring to front" nor "Unlock" are options. I am not sure if I am following the second instruction to drag the mouse from the gray margin properly though.
Thanks again for your help!

Similar Messages

  • I can't edit text in pages document

    I created a poster and now it won't let me edit text....help please?? ty

    Menu > View > Show Layout/Invisibles
    Now go command a (Select All)
    What do you see?
    Do you see any boxes around your objects with light crosses on the corners? They are locked.
    click on them > Menu > Arrange > Unlock
    The other possibility is you have moved the objects to the Section Master:
    Menu > Arrange > Section Master > Make Master Objects Selectable
    Or if you click on the text area and then see small white boxes on the corners and a group of objects moves together
    Menu > Arrange > Ungroup
    You have shown me only the poster, out of context and without any of the surrounding format options, so it is hard to tell anything about it. Even whether you are in Pages. It could even be a pdf file.
    Peter

  • Can't edit text in Pages document

    Many times I have opened a Pages Word Proessing document that serves as a brochure.  Today I went in to edit some of the text and I can't get a cursor to drop anywhere in the text.  All the text boxes can't be edited.
    What may have happened? I am using Pages '09
    Mary Lou

    Here's the explanation.  When I transferred the document to Pages, I did a copy and paste of the text boxes and graphics.  What I didn't understand was that, after they were in Pages, they would no longer need to be edited.
    I have been printing the brochure from the Pages document for months.  It wasn't until now that I needed to edit it.  It came as a surprise to discover that in copying and pasting text boxes between these two applications, I lost the ability to edit them.
    I have now selected the text from the original document and created a new text box in Pages and pasted the text into it.  It can now be edited further if necessary.
    Thanks for discovering where my error was.
    The original brochure was created as an Appleworks Draw document and cannot be opened in Pages.  Before I upgrade my iMac from OS 10.6.8 to Maverick, I need to make sure that I have created fresh Pages documents whenever I used a Draw document in Appleworks.
    The dilemma is solved.  Thank you.
    Mary Lou

  • I can not longer send email from my .me email. in outlook 2010 on my PC. I can still recieve emails fine. I have not changed my settings at all. I have however tried all the settings i can find on the support pages. PLEASE HELP

    I can still receive icloud ( ME email address) emails fine. I have not changed my settings at all. I have however tried all the settings I can find on the support pages. PLEASE HELP. Nothing has changed. This suddenly just started happening around a month ago. To frustrate me apple does not seem to have a support email or any method to contact them with this issue to do with their email product. I have spent ages going through the apple support sites and I keep getting asked for an apple product to mark it against. I have no apple product as I am using a PC but I am accessing and using their email product. Is there even a phone number I can call? Surely there is a support area for their Email server issues. Can anyone help? It is driving me mad and causing me major issues. My outlook is Outlook 2010 on a windows 8 PC. As I have said it worked fine then one day decided to stop sending emails.
    Thanks for your help.

    Hi - this problem is discussed here:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5375046?start=0&tstart=0

  • Can't select text in pages to edit

    can't select text in pages to edit

    Details?
    We can't see your screen or what versions you are using.
    Or at least I can't.
    Peter

  • Can't edit my last page!

    I have a short film script, 14 pages, and now I can't edit the last page. Story lets me edit all the other pages but not the last. Need help!
    Pat

    Hi,
    Please go to File->Save to disk and save your script. Send the saved script at DL-AdobeStory-support<at>adobe<dot>com so that we can take a look.
    Regards,
    Sunny

  • IBooks Author - can't edit text on customized template

    I've created a template and saved it to My Templates. However, when I select a layout (a chapter or section) and place it into my book, I can't edit the text. Where am I going wrong?

    I tried the above but still can't edit text.
    I'm inserting a page and then changing it to 2 Column.  It is linked to the first page.  If the first page has enough text, it overflows into the new page and I can edit it. 
    However, I want the new page to be stand alone.  So I remove the link to the first page.  The text disappears.  When I double click into either column, I can't add any text to this page.  I have to add a text box into the column, which of course isn't going to overflow into column 2.
    The strange thing is that I have another page a little further up that is also 2 Column.  It is not linked to the first page but I can type text into it.  This text will overflow from column 1 into column 2.
    Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

  • I just down loaded a few books last night and since down loading the ios8.0 I can't open any of them, help please

    I just down loaded a few books last night and since down loading the ios8.0 I can't open any of them, help please
    <Subject Edited by Host>

    Reset the device:
    Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
    If that doesn't help, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
    No data is lost due to a reset.

  • How can I edit text tabs in Photoshop...?

    how can I edit text tabs in Photoshop like in Illustrator that I can choose to view the tab rulers and edit the alignment on the tabs?
    is it possible? otherwise I can't understand why I can use the tabs at all...
    thanks!

    No, tab-formatted text is not editable in the manner you desire. As for your question - tab is just a character like any other. You are simply taking a given kind of implementation for granted, nothing more, but that must not necessarily be the case for all programs. An evil programmer just could assign the tab key to forward delete or any other fancy function just as he could make your space key draw funky symbols from a different Unicode range, if you get my meaning... so simply take it the way it is. If editable formatting is high on your wishlist:
    http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
    Mylenium

  • Dowloaded After Effects and says its up to date but there is no trace of it being anywhere on my computer. All other Softwares are there, except that one. Can't re-dowload it. Help Please!

    Dowloaded After Effects and says its up to date but there is no trace of it being anywhere on my computer. All other Softwares are there, except that one. Can't re-dowload it. Help Please!

    Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6 Do as Mylenium told you. If you don't know where it is. Go to www.adobe.com, sign in, search for the cc cleaner tool downloader and it should fix the issues. Have you went into your control panel, under programs and features and removed it from there?

  • How can i wrap text in Pages?

    Hello,
    I am having a hard time finding out exactly how I can "wrap" my text using Pages. I have the most recent version (updated 10/18). This is NOT an issue wrapping text around an object, just a matter of getting the text to wrap instead of hyphenating words from one line to another.
    Thank you!

    Nevermind!
    I figured out that by going to "more" on the formatting tab, you can check "remove paragraph hyphenation" and this will wrap the text.

  • I buy extension from adobe online, i installed it correctly but then the extension menu was greyed out and i can't click it. Some help please.

    I buy extension from adobe online, i installed it correctly but then the extension menu was greyed out and i can't click it. Some help please.

    hello ptbruce, you probably only selected to open (not save) the video which will download it into windows temporary folder where it gets deleted again after it has been used. <br>you could try to right-click the entry in the firefox download manager and copy the link of the source file and try if you can download it through this url again. otherwise you'll have to contact the vendor of the video to find a solution...

  • My mac can't connect to belkin router?  My mac can connect but I still can't surf the net? Help Please... This is my first time to use mac and belkin.

    My mac can't connect to belkin router?  My mac can connect but I still can't surf the net? Help Please... This is my first time to use mac and belkin.

    Is it Wireless you're trying to connect with?
    Which Mac?
    So we know more about it...
    At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
    Hardware Overview:
    Model Name: iMac
    Model Identifier: iMac7,1
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 1
    Total Number Of Cores: 2
    L2 Cache: 4 MB
    Memory: 6 GB
    Bus Speed: 800 MHz
    Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
    SMC Version (system): 1.21f4

  • HT1937 I have an iphone bought in the UK but I'm in Europe and can not use it I need help please help me thanks

    I have an iphone bought in the UK but I'm in Europe and can not use it I need help please help me thanks

    wiliiam rrichard wrote:
    Because My iphone is Locked on the United Kingdom
    No it is not.  iPhones, like all cell phones are not locked to countries.  They are locked to carriers.
    Only the carrier to whom the device is locked can unlock it.  Contact the carrier.

  • When my itunes was updating our kid cacelled it and now i have no tiunes at all how can i get my itunes back HELP PLEASE ?

    Hi when i was updating my itunes on my laptop our kid cacelled it and now i have no itunes any where .how can i get my itunes back HELP PLEASE ?

    Try updating your iTunes using an iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64Setup.exe) installer file downloaded from the Apple website:
    http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Maybe you are looking for

  • Missing photos in iPhoto 6

    I don't know what happened, but I am missing a lot of photos from iPhoto 6. I have an albumdata.xml file on my desktop, I don't know how it got on the desktop, but I am guessing that is my problem. Any suggestions?

  • Windows media player for my intel imac?

    Hi all, Ok anyone know what I can use to open wmvs on my new imac. Tried down loading wmp9 for mac... no luck. Have downloaded VLC but often it only plays sound on my wmv downloads. Any other suggestions (Red Dwarf where are you)? Cheers in advance.

  • BAPI for Creation Of Catalog Profile - TCODE OQN6

    Hi All, Is there any BAPI to create the catalog profile (like Catalog Groups & Codes BAPI - BAPI_QPGR_SAVEREPLICA ). Reagrds, Sridhar.M

  • Java 3D - Importing objects

    Hi, I'm new to using Java3D and am having trouble using models created in truespace5 within my program. I have tried using the ncsa loaders but these generate errors.... Unrecognised token line ** Although i may not be using the loader correctly so t

  • Making flash buttons work from hard drive and CD

    I have made a "Flash" header for some of my websites. They work fine when they are uploaded to the internet, but will not work when I try to use them from my hard drive. The purchasers of my software like to run the website from their server or the t