Frustration with Pages 5.0

I recently upgraded from Pages '08 to version 5.0. Why has Apple eliminated the vertical ruler and the pull-down guides? Also, why can't they fix the Zoom shortcut instructions in the pull-down menu from Command > to Shift-Command>. It's as if they don't care.

I desperately miss all my QuarkXpress keyboard shortcuts.
I could play it like a piano and the shortcuts were so organised and logical, I could nearly always guess at the ones I couldn't remember, or never knew in the first place.
Nothing beats being able to simply hold down a set of keys to see leading smoothly increase until it is just right, or the font size, or spacing or baseline shift…
Apple has made you get out of the car walk around to the far side, climb back in to the other seat simply to change gears.
Then you get to climb out and go all the way back again before doing the same thing all over again next time.
Painful to watch, even more painful when you are forced to adopt the bad habits of people who can't do the simplest things.
Peter

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Frustration with Pages to ePub page breaks

Hi. I am losing my mind and hoping someone can help...
I am creating a non-traditional book (a catalog) in Pages, for use in both PDF and ePub formats (for iBooks on iPad). I CANNOT get the page breaks in Pages retained when exported to ePub and viewing on the iPad. I used the "ePub best practices" document as my starting template, then changed it by modifying the layout (margins, etc.), and modifying the styles to the font, color and style I want for look of the PDF version. At one point I had 80% or so of the page breaks in ePub, then after making some edits in the document and exporting again, many of the page breaks disappeared. I've also had headlines and such literally disappear in the ePub version.
The best thing would be to have a method of manually entering a page break in Pages that I KNOW would represent a page break in ePub. Is this possible?
Please help!

After an insane amount of testing, here are the unwritten rules that I have uncovered (so far) regarding how Pages exports to ePub.
- The items checked to be used in your TOC (whether you actually have one in your document or not) are what dictate the page/section breaks. This is hugely important because it effects EVERYTHING else, including formatting.
- Using the option to "Use first page as book cover image" will do so, but will effectively suck it out of the actual book when it displays so that your book will "open" to whatever page is next. This sort of stinks if you would like your book to open to the actual Title Page. One solution to this is to turn this option OFF when exporting, and BE SURE to set the title of your book to one of the Paragraph Styles that you included in your TOC list (see above). This will put your title in the auto-generated TOC *created by your reader* (we'll call this the "Reader TOC"), but it will allow your first page to remain your Title Page and should prevent problems with your formatting.
- It would seem that ANY time you start a new section in an ePub (Title, Preface, Chapter, etc… and not to be confused with a Section Break in the Pages document itself) it MUST start with a TOC marked style. If you don't you will start to find your formatting will change semi-randomly (I noticed it in left justified headlines becoming centered). You CAN manually modify the format of the text once you have set the correct style (if you want to change the justification or something).
- Use of the Insert Page/Section Break menu options will have little or no effect in the ePub itself. You can keep them in your Pages document if you like, but *it is the TOC marked styles that completely dictate the section/page breaks in the ePub export.*
- The auto-generated Table of Contents that Pages can create will be dropped in your ePub. The Reader TOC (the actual one used by the readers) will be recreated by the TOC marked sections as mentioned above. So, you might as well leave it out of a Pages document if you are only exporting to ePub. However, most Reader TOC's are not actually present in the text of the book, which is a little weird. To include a TOC in the book itself, you will need to manually create one (without page numbers since ePub's are reflowable), and then manually link it to "bookmarks" within your book. Be sure to use a TOC marked style for the header ("Table of Contents") so it starts on it's own page. Then go through your book, bookmarking sections that you want as TOC entries. The Link Inspector in the inspector pane is where you will find the bookmarking options. If, like me, you want to add, say, chapter titles as entries in your TOC, then find that title in your text, select it, then hit the "+" to add it as a bookmark. Once you have bookmarked all your sections, then go back to the text in your TOC, select an entry, and hyperlink it to one of your bookmarks. Repeat. The manual TOC will be visible in your book, and clickable to your chapters/sections.
- Some formatting works, some doesn't. You might have to experiment here. I would stay away from anything too "non-standard", such as rules and borders. Margin padding seems to be okay, as does BOLD and ITALIC. Text size will also apply, but some readers reset this, so don't count on it.
- If you can set a font beyond sans-serif or serif, I haven't found a way to do it. Readers are probably going to reset this anyway. Think "web-fonts" available in standard HTML at best.
- You CAN include graphics, but they MUST be "inline" and NOT "floating". This is nice if you want to include some simple graphic ligatures to mark the end of a chapter or something.
Hope it helps… Good luck!

So frustrated with PAGES! Help!

All I want to do is add another page in my document. There are times when I can insert a page and other times I get insert Page Break. I don't want a page break. I also can not move pages around in the thumbnail view. The older version was so user friendly! Can someone please help me with this easy task. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. THANKS!!

Unfortunately I am feel wronged me by Apple.
The new pages is really too bad.
I was already feeling bad because of incompatibilities of other products such as Iphone. Apple does everything to make obsolete the products as quickly as possible to get you to buy a new one.
I migrated from iPhone to Android and am very pleased with my Sansung Galaxy 4.
Now I am leaving the PAGES and I use LibreOffice.

The newest version of iTunes is awful when it comes to Cloud syncing-file management. I'm constantly frustrated with what iTunes 'chooses to eliminate from my mobile device and settings aren't fine-grained enough to allow for real user control.

I'm endlessly frustrated with iTunes Cloud syncing, something that was supposed to make lenjoying my music easier. I routinely find that, though itunes and podcasts have been split, iTunes arbitrairily removes music files or in progress podcast in favor of 'new' podcasts. The settings are just not fine-grained enough to allow true user control and so we are instead subjected to 'Apple knows best' protocols. I understand and appreciate the level of exacting control Apple excercises over their ecosystem, however, more and more often I see them tightening control over things that should be user control while dropping the ball on aesthetic desisions made in producing their own software (see the hideous pull down tab for iTunes to access Podcast, TV shows, Music, etc.
I would like to see features like those in Mail and the Podcasting apps implemented in iTunes afor the management of content on mobile devices, for instance it would be great to swipe to delete files that you know longer want on your device, at both the album and song level. Another issues is the new pushiness of iRadio and iTunes Store, the app now seems to default to the iRadio page (versus the last page Albums, songs, etc. that the user was navigating, or in the instance of the iTunes Store push, if I doon't have all the tracks of an album i own on my mobile device 'complete my album' takes you to iTunes store rather than showing the 'cloud' download icon next to missing tracks. These are the tactics I expect from Google, not Apple (pushing commerce over quality user experience).
Fix these things Apple, please.

Very frustrated with the battery exchange program

I'm very frustrated with the battery exchange program. I signed up online, double checked all my information, and submitted. No where on the page did it say that a signature would be required upon delivery. I work during the day, so I'm not home to receive shipments (any package I do receive is just left in the lobby, and it's always been fine--I live in a secure building).
DHL is refusing to leave the package at the door. Apple refuses to tell DHL that it's ok to redirect the package to my place of employment. My only option, it seems, is to spend almost two hours of my time driving to the DHL location and back (the pickup location isn't even in the same county I live in).
If anyone has any better ideas, I would love to hear it.
Thanks,
Andrea

If your battery was stolen after it was delivered, I'd bet you'd really get upset. If DHL is anything like UPS, you can sign the receipt telling them to leave the package. Pretty simple.

Frustrated with layers

I know this is so simple but I can't get it to work. what I want is to have a plain background color with either a picture over that is faint or a pattern that is lighter these are not the focal points then i want to add a few photos but would like to feather or rough up the edges so they don;t ;look like i just dropped them in and maybe a some other graphic like an animal or flames etc. and some text. please any help would be great. thank you in advance. Susan

Since you mention being frustrated with layers, I assume you are having problems getting several images into the same document.
Start by reading through this tutorial which shows how to open and get more than one image into a document.
http://www.alibony.com/pse/070308copy.html
You might also find some useful info on this page...top part anyway.
http://www.alibony.com/pse/022108collage.html
jazzyroses13 wrote:
I know this is so simple but I can't get it to work. what I want is to have a plain background color with either a picture over that is faint or a pattern that is lighter these are not the focal points
Use opacity in the layer's palette to reduce this image or pattern's transparency.
jazzyroses13 wrote:
add a few photos but would like to feather or rough up the edges so they don;t ;look like i just dropped them in
One way would be to use this layer in a clipping mask...also known as a clipping group. See this tutorial on clipping masks/groups that includes several ways types of bases.
http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/layers/layer_groups_clippi ng_masks/1_layer_groups_clipping_masks.htm
jazzyroses13 wrote:
I know this is so simple but I can't get it to work. what I want is to have a plain background color with either a picture over that is faint or a pattern that is lighter these are not the focal points then i want to add a few photos but would like to feather or rough up the edges so they don;t ;look like i just dropped them in and maybe a some other graphic like an animal or flames etc. and some text. please any help would be great. thank you in advance. Susan
Personally, I prefer using a solid color fill adjustment layer as the base in the clipping mask. (You'll find this option in the layer's palette under the black and white icon. It'll be one of the options in the menu list.) Drag out the rectangular marquee in the mask of the solid color fill adjustment layer. With the mask layer selected in the layers palette, fill it with black paint. Invert the mask (ctrl + I on PC; cmd + I if on a mac). You can use the free transform command (Ctrl + T on PC; Cmd + I on Mac) to resize the masked area.
Some edge techniques...
If you desire to soften the edge, apply the gaussian blur filter. If you want a spattered edge, apply the spatter or sprayed edges filter to the mask...can also try using other filters that work in grayscale which will be the only ones not grayed out. (Note: You could apply the filter(s) to the rectangle first then invert the mask if you prefer). Another method is to use the brush tool and paint in the mask...thick heavy brush set is a good choice. (Note: Use black paint to hide (the image); white paint to reveal (the image); and gray will be semi-transparent (think feathering).
Edit: You don't have to use the rectangular marquee...can use circular or any selection for that matter.
Info on the type tool can be found here.
http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/type_tool/1_type_tool.htm
You'll most likely want to have your type in the topmost layer(s) of the stack in the layers palette so you don't cover them up with your images. Use move tool to move graphics and type into desired location. You'll find using the grids and/or guides useful in planning out your image.
There's a video on using a scrabook kit (Quick Page) here that might be useful as it shows how things are stacked when building a page:
http://www.alibony.com/video/video-lesson34.htm
For the transform command (resize and rotate), she's using Ctrl + T on PC (cmd + T if on mac) instead of using the menu Edit<Free Transform. I thought I'd add that so you don't get lost with how she's doing that.
Another tutorial on using quick pages:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalscrapbooking/ss/howtoquickpage_10.htm
I think there might be some of these included with Elements. I don't have a recent version of Elements so I'm not 100% sure where they are located but I'm thinking it's in the Organizer.

What file format are the transparent images on "Get Started with Pages"?

I can not figure out the file format used for "Masked"/"Clipped"/"Transparent"/"Outlined" images on "iPad Page"s such as the "Butterfly"or "Giraffe". I have tried using Transparent PNG files but they do not work. I was thinking of using Transparent Tiff or PSD files but I thought I would see if anyone knew the answer first.
Thanks,
Ryan.

Glad to hear it worked for you.
I think the issue is that before iPad, the iPhone OS did fine saving everything as a JPG. And I'm sure most users of Pages for iPad will never have need of dealing with a transparent PNG. It's those that are using these apps to push the bounds that see the possibilities and get somewhat frustrated with the workarounds.
Your feedback to Apple would be helpful in future changes.

Frustrated with Verizon and their inconsistent Customer Service

I am so frustrated with Verizon and their Customer Care/Service. I have never been told so many different things. It seems that there is no consistency with what they tell customers. I called and explained to them that I have been with them for over 20 years that we were looking to save on our monthly bill. They said that with my employee discount, and they checked to see if I qualified for other discounts, I didn't and they lady could have cared less to help. My Verizon/employee discount is changing (decreasing in percentage saved), Sprint and AT&T offer a higher discount with my employer. I spoke to Sprint and AT&T and they offer not only better discount, they are cheaper (and AT&T coverage is better here where I live, versus very broken up where I live when it comes to Verizon). Anyway, I called back and spoke to a Rep. named Kayla who was more than happy to keep us at Verizon. I questioned the Edge plan, and that none of our 5 lines where up to where I could get it. I asked her if she could speak to someone and make an exception. She did and said that was not a problem that since we had been loyal customers for over 20 years, I could do the Early Edge on all 5 lines, that she could go ahead and place an order for 5 new phones of what we wanted - and that when I received them, then I would have to send Verizon back the 5 phones that we currently have. I thought great. I'd be saving atleast some money going this route. I told her that I wasn't sure which phones we wanted that I would find out and call back. I did the online chat later because I had a question, and that Rep told me - No, that wasn't going be happening at all that I was misinformed. This is not the first time that this has happened with Verizon. A rep in a store told me if I bought this Verizon tablet ($99 with a $99 mail in rebate - Free, I liked that - then he said if I did that, he could save us $20 per month on what we were currently paying per month). Well, low and behold - I got an extra line - a tablet that I had no use for (he got me at the whole "I'll lower your bill $20 per month". I fell for it, and it didn't save me one penny. In the meantime, I put Sprint and AT&T to the test - I spoke with each of them about 3 different times each and got the same answer each time from both of the providers. Customer Care/Service and consistency and not misleading customers is what is selling me. I will gladly spend my $3,400/year elsewhere - and save money in the process. Anyone else have similar experiences???

Early Edge works by having you turn in the phone on the line that is early edge upgraded. You then start paying for the full cost of that phone over 24 months, sooner once you get to 75% paid off on that phone, where you can trade it in and start again on another phone, but you will have lost the money already paid up to 75%. When you trade in the phone for Early Edge and then trade in the new phone for edging up, the phones must be in perfect working order with no damage of any kind.
The money "saved" comes from being on Edge where, if the phone is on a plan with 6GB or more data, you save $25 per month on each Edge phone, $15 if on a plan with less than 6GB. However, you turn around and put that $25 back onto the phone payment each month, so you DO save $25/$15 but you basically break about even on a 6GB and greater plan after the phone cost.
BUT, in the end, if you get a better, more reliable signal from ATT, and you have an awful signal with VZW, you might consider a switch, but you'd have a large sum of ETFs at this point to cancel all 5 lines. There are also special stipulations as to who and when one can Edge up or start Early Edge, such as 6 months straight on-time payments.
Verizon Edge FAQs | Verizon Wireless
Early Edge is basically just starting the Edge plan early, so the above page should answer a lot of the questions regarding eligibility. Be warned however, that there are a lot of people with issues who decided to take advantage of this program, namely the trade-in process of sending old phones back and then finding charges on their bill for phones that were "not" received at the warehouse.
It is my opinion that you should not go this route, because if you have less than stellar service now, you are setting yourself up for possible frustration and another 2 years of disappointment.

HT1199 Hi. I've got an issue with Pages running on Mavericks on Macbook air. Every time I open the app it hangs right there and I can't do anything on it. I've uninstall and install it back again but the issue still persists. Any help please?

HI. I've got an issue with Pages running on Mavericks. Everytime I open it up it just hangs right there and I can't do anything with it. I've deleted the app and installed it back again but the problem sitll persists. Any help please?

Thank you so much for helping,
But i really wonder how you did that. did you always switch between design view and preview view, then change the key position for 2px then switch back, to align the four letters? because i imagine that can get really frustrating, if you have a logo consisting of 58 parts instead of 4!:)
Anyway thank you very much for your time and effort!!!!

Frustrated with Mac Web Browsers

I am so frustrated with Mac browsers. I'm starting a Cisco CCNA class. I start at this page to get to my Cisco Academy log on.
http://cisco.netacad.net
In the upper right hand corner is the logon prompt. When I enter the user id and password the screen refreshes to a blank window and at the bottom in the Safari status bar it shows "Done". No content is displayed. I tried it in Firefox, same thing happens. I have the debug option turned on in Safari and trying turning on the agent "Windows MSIE 6.0". Still nothing. I even rebooted and tried it. I can navigate all over the Cisco website but as soon as I try to log into the academy then nothing happens.
I went to my old PC and with IE and Firefox I was able to get in OK. What is going on in OSX that is not allowing the page content to display? Or is it Cisco ?
If I didn't have a PC I'd be in bind. You just can't switch 100%.
Rant over.
Thanks
Kelvin
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I received an reply email from Cisco.
"Kelvin,
Thank you for contacting the Cisco Networking Academy Support regarding the minimum requirements.
To use all the features of the Academy Connection site, Curricula, and Assessment Server on your desktop, laptop PC, or Macintosh, your system must meet the minimum site requirements. Please review the minimum site requirements listed below and update your system accordingly:
Minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Macintosh:
Minimum System -
* OS 9.1
* Power PC Processor
* 64 MB Installed RAM
* Netscape 7.0x and 7.1 (Only) (Java, JavaScript, and Style Sheets Enabled)
* Flash 7.0 Plugin
* 15" Monitor
* 800 X 600 Resolution, 256 colors
* 10 Base T Ethernet Card
* Mouse, Speakers, Headphones, and Sound Card
Recommended System -
* OS X with OS 9 Classic Environment
* Power PC G3 Processor or higher
* 128 MB Installed RAM
* Netscape 7.0x and 7.1 (Only) (Java, JavaScript, and Style Sheets Enabled)
* Flash 7.0 Plugin
* 17" Monitor
* 1024 X 768 Resolution, High Color (16-Bit)
* 10 Base T Ethernet Card
* Mouse, Speakers, Headphones, and Sound Card
For information regarding the minimum and recommended browser requirements, please read the information below:
* If you are using Netscape, you need version 7.01 or 7.02
* If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you need version 5.5
* Java, JavaScript, and Style Sheets must be enabled in your browser's preference settings
* The Flash 7.0 plug-in must be installed. If you don't already have the latest version of the plug-in installed, you can download it at:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P5Language=English
We are not formally supporting any browsers on any version of Linux or Unix; however, Mozilla should work as it uses the same engine as Netscape 7.x.
Please let us know if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns.
Thank you,"
There was a link in the email to reply to their email. When I click on it I was presented the login prompt for the Cisco Network Academy. I entered my login information and lo and behold my academy page appeared showing my curriculm links etc. I click around and everything seemed to work fine. I tried it in Safari and Firefox. Cisco has code in their login from the main academy page that has unnecessary restrictions. The link they gave me by passes that code I guess. I replied to their email and offered to use my Mac browsers to run through the curriculm and online tests. Hopefully they will respond positively and not ignore my requests.
Kelvin

Frustrated with Jdev 10.1.3.2 / PDK tags

I am completely frustrated with the new version of Jdev. Was looking forward to the new features and the integrated PDK portion but after downloading, it wont even compile a simple jsp file with PDK strut tags.
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BUT when compiling the JSP, I get the following error...
Error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/struts/taglib/html/FormTag
looks like it cannot find the class definition but the jar files are clearly included in the library.
Whats absurd is when adding a pre-defined library such as PDK Struts HTML, Jdev makes a duplicate copy of the JAR file to /WEB-INF/Lib ..... not sure why it does that. Then it inserts a duplicate entry under the JSP Tag library under the same exact name except it has no libraries entry filled. So now I have two version of PDK Struts HTML in the JSP Tag library.
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHATS GOING ON HERE? never had this problem with version 10.1.2

The PDK parts of JDeveloper are developed by the WebCenter/Portal team, so you might want to cross post here:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=4
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Totally frustrated with Apple!!!!!

I have authorized my sisters computer to play movies/songs that I have purchased using my account. However some of the movies won't even pull up in itunes. when I log into my account and try to download them i get a message.."if you download past purchases with your apple ID you can not auto download or download purchases with a different apple ID for 90 days" ... What is the point in being able to authorize 5 computers to your account if it doesn't work ... HELP, I am totally frustrated with apple and it's many products

If you redownload your past purchases on that computer then you will tie that computer to your account for 90 days : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627 - your sister won't be able to use iTunes Match, automatic downloads, or redownload her purchases until the 90 days have completed. I believe that it's an attempt to try and stop people sharing purchases.
You can copy the films over from your own computer : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527 (that page refers to music but it works for other content as well, I've used home sharing to copy films and apps etc)

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<MONTH_VALUE>500</MONTH_VALUE>
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<GRE>org1</GRE>
<ORGANIZATION>Finance</ORGANIZATION>
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<QUARTER_VALUE>10.38</QUARTER_VALUE>
<YEAR_VALUE>10.38</YEAR_VALUE>
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<ROW>
<GRE>org1</GRE>
<ORGANIZATION>Finance</ORGANIZATION>
<FULL_NAME>test3</FULL_NAME>
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<ORGANIZATION>Finance</ORGANIZATION>
<FULL_NAME>test4</FULL_NAME>
<ELEMENT_NAME>PENSION NR DC</ELEMENT_NAME>
<CLASSIFICATION>Pre-Tax Deductions</CLASSIFICATION>
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<MONTH_VALUE>360</MONTH_VALUE>
<QUARTER_VALUE>360</QUARTER_VALUE>
<YEAR_VALUE>360</YEAR_VALUE>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
In the template I group the data based on CLASSIFICATION and then sort on the same column CLASSIFICATION. I have a page-break applied for every group.
When I generate the PDF, I am not getting the page-breaks for every group. Instead some of them are displayed in the same page.
But when I remove the sorting that I had in the template on the column CLASSIFICATION, I am getting the output in the desired way but not in a sorted order.
kumar

Hi All,
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When I use split-by-page-break, splitting is performed for every line .. but not for group of lines.
Can anybody throw some light on this?
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Open Pages 3 documents with Pages 5?

I'm thinking of updating from Pages 3.x to 5.x.
Is it true one cannot open Pages 3 files with Pages 5?
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Yes, it's true. The new versions cannot open any iWork '08 or earlier documents or templates. You will get an error saying to open the files in iWork '09 then open them in the new version. I suggest that you buy a retail copy of iWork '09 from a third party such as Amazon or eBay & then update to the new iWork apps in the Mac App Store. You might check this link for the iWork '09 trial. I have no idea if it is still available.
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If you don't want to use iWork '09 to convert the files to a format that the new versions can open you can export them as Microsoft Office documents - Word, Excel, PowerPoint - then open those in the new versions.

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Pages 5.5.1: When opening a document created with Pages '09 (Version 4.0) with Pages 5.5.1 the page header and the page footer are deleted. How can this be prevented? Or is this a bug in Pages 5.5.1?

Same problem here (no graphics in header or footer) and the problem has been reported months ago. It is another bug/feature lost when Apple moves from 09 to the iCloud-compatible versions. Complain to Apple, you may have better chance than me and they may finally listen to their users....

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