Moving objects around the page

I want to design a 'spider-gram' using objects in Pages but I find I can't drag the circle and position it in the centre of the page. What am I doing wrong?

Just insert the arrows as you did with the circle, making sure the text layer is not selected by clicking outside of the layout area first. You can add as many arrows as you'd like or just add one & duplicate it so that it is the same color, length, etc. Assuming these arrows will be set around the outside of the circle, you will want to rotate them using the metrics inspector. You can get precise degrees of rotation by typing a number in the box at the bottom of that inspector. Then move them to touch the circle. Once you get them all placed as you'd like you want to selected all of them & group them. If these are the only graphic elements in the document you can Select All from the Edit menu. Otherwise, click outside the layout area & drag the cursor until you see handles on all of the objects. Now, got to Arrange > Group & they will become one object, easier for any further moving around.
Peggy

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