Centering text/object indepndently

Hello. I am using a Pages template called Formal Invitation. I am trying to center both text and an object in each of the four squares of the page (the text is the same but each object has different dimensions). Each object/text needs to be centered with itself but NOT with the other three squares of the page. IT seems as if the alignment guides try to align up everything with each other, instead of just the object/text on its own quarter page. Is there any way to align text/object both horizontally and vertically on the QUARTER page, regardless of the stuff on the other parts of the page?
I hope I've explained this correctly - I'm new and I probably don't have the lingo quite right.
Thanks in advance.
JRS

Hi John,
Take a look at Help for: Changing How Alignment Guides Appear
Also: Creating New Alignment Guides
These give a pretty complete lesson on using the guides.
What I can't explain is how the shading representing the page is proportioned. I'd suggest relying on the rulers rather than the shaded areas.
I would add guides bisecting the quarter pages if I had your project, but that's a personal preference.
Jerry

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