How to join several Pages documents

Question

Hello
I have several individual documents and would like to join them into one document. The individual documents contains text with a lot of pictures.
When I try to select the whole document, just the text is selected.
How is is possible to select the whole document?
Is there another possibility to join Pages documents into one document?
Thank you for helping

Answer 1

Here is a step-by-step commented example of how to copy multiple, mixed format Pages documents to a single document:
1) Open and/or create appropriate documents for merging. In this example, I will merge the title "Family Newsletter" page to a new "Blank" page document. I tend to prefer to copy old documents into a new document "in case of accidents" even though this may require more work. By doing so, I preserve each of my original documents until I am quite sure they will no longer be needed. In addition, by copying to an inserted blank page, you ensure an automatic section break. (If working with two or more documents you could, of course, simply copy one or more projects to an old document to save time/effort.)
a) Boot Pages
b) Create a new project using the first template in the "Family Newsletter" pallet
c) Create a second new document using the "Blank" template
2) The next step is to plan how you wish to conduct the copy process. The Family Newsletter is a complex template consisting of a "Master" layer (bordered shapes), the dedicated word processor layer, and floating objects anchored to the page. I could work with each of these "layer groups" individually, but, since I am lazy, I will work by "class" of items instead. In this case, I find it easier to move the dedicated word processor layer first.
a) Select the project from which you wish to move the word processor layer and click in any of the "place holder" areas contained therein. This places you in the Word Processor mode of context operations.
b) Now use the "Select all" Edit menu option. All instances of text in the dedicated word processor layer should now be highlighted.
c) Copy the selected material using the "Copy" Edit menu option (Command-C) to the clipboard. (NOTE: Items can be "drag 'n dropped" in this mode but not in the "Fixed/Floating" mode. Therefore, I recommend using copy/paste at all times so as not to cause confusion or problems selecting destination layer mode.)
d) Select the "Blank" document window to activate it and then click in the word processor layer to ensure you will be pasting the copied material into the proper destination layer.
e) Now paste the clipboard copied material into the dedicated word processor layer by using the "Paste" Edit menu option (Command-V).
3) While all "object" class items can normally be copied in a single operation, the "Master" layer objects in this example happen to be locked and, therefore, are not selectable/copiable without some "pre-processing."
a) The first step is to use the "Advanced" Make Master Objects Selectable option under the Format menu to make the master layer objects selectable.
b) Next select first one of the border objects and, then while holding down the shift key, select the other border.
c) Once both objects are selected, use the "Unlock" Arrange menu option to make them accessible for copying.
d) Since the border objects are already selected and we are now in the "Object" mode of operation, use the "Select All" Edit menu option to select all other "object class" items on the page.
e) Copy all "object class" items to the clipboard using the "Copy" Edit menu option (Command-C).
f) Activate the destination project window by clicking on it. Now margin-click the new window to ensure you are in the "object" mode of operation.
g) Paste all objects to the new document using the "Paste" Edit menu option (Command-C).
4) DON'T PANIC! While it may appear that much of you work has disappeared, it is really still there and simply in need of a bit of post-copy processing.
a) To deselect all objects and ensure you are still in the "Object" mode, again margin-click the destination document.
b) Shift-click both border objects to select them.
c) Use the "Send to Back" Arrange option to send the borders to the "bottom" of your stack of layers.
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