How do I strip stuff automatically happening?

How do I set up a template that strips out everything that Pages automatically wants to do?
New to Pages. Have used FullWrite for many, many years. Application way ahead of its time, but now with Intel processors (no Classic) I've had to change. FullWrite was a very elegantly written program that managed to stay solid and stable through every operating system as long as Classic was available.
When using FW, I could import just about any text and it wouldn't carry all the formats (returns, etc) of the previous text. Now, when I import things into Pages, formats (returns, line spacing, etc) are imported as well and I can't get rid of them. Also, just starting a letter when I type in the date (12.6.07) at the top of the page, after I do a return to the start the next line it starts with 13! How do I keep Pages from doing what IT wants to do and strip it to a basic program??

wrke,
Welcome to Apple discussions.
Wow, FullWrite. I haven't thought of that in almost 20 years, when I was a copywriter for an ad agency that worked with Ashton-Tate. What a horrible memory. Great program -- awful client. But I digress.
You can't import text into Pages and have it automatically strip returns. But you can add a freebie called Devon Word Services that will do exactly that, and a lot more.
-Dennis

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