No more text boxes in headers?

I have several templates created in iWork 09 which have text boxes in the header or footer of the document. When I open them in Pages 5.0, the text boxes are completely missing, and I don't even get an alert that this element could not get translated. Is this a bug in the backwards compatibility of Pages, or has Apple devised a new way to insert text boxes in headers or footers? I can't seem to make it work, even in a new document.

It is a stripped Pages version. Use your old Pages 09. You have it i the application folder > iWork.
Only use the new one for simpler documents you need to save in the cloud. Be causes about which version you are using though.

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Did anyone know how to link the text in two or more text boxes in Pages 5.0? Thanks for your answer.
Qualcuno sa come collegare il testo in due o più caselle di testo nella versione 5.0 di Pages. Grazie per le vostre risposte.

It's just one of the many, many features that have been eliminated or changed. Leave feedback for the Pages team using the link in the Pages menu and review & rate the new versions in the Mac App Store.
If you previously had iWork '09, those apps are still in your Applications folder in a folder named iWork '09. You can continue to use them to get things done.

Is there a way to have 2 or more text boxes and not have them cancel each other out?

In the past you could overlap text boxes, but now when I place a text box to close to another it will completely make the other disappear. Is there something I need to change in my pages setting to allow this function, or do I just need to use the iWork 09?

ANSWER:
-click "Format" (the paint brush on the top right hand side of the window)
-click "Arrange" (3rd box on the top right hand side of the window)
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i've read the threads about how slow indesign cc has been from last year. i would assume this issue had been fixed by now, so i just switched our
whole company over from cs5 to cc. we are a prinitng company that makes calendars with many text boxes, and indesign cc is about 1/2 as fast
as cs5 was in creating these from scratch. i've noticed the more text boxes, whether used or blank, causes it to slow even more. i can't do anything
without it lagging and pausing, which is not productive whatsoever.
is there any fix at all to this or is this ever going to be fixed? i have found no solution.
we have 32 gb ram and decently fast macs (not the newest but decent), but processing speed can't be the issue when it seems everyone is having these same problems. (we do not have retina dislplays, just normal samsung monitors)
we have tried saving new files out as the new cc version but that doesn't help.
try it for yourself. make an 8 1/2 X 11 document with 100 step and repeated text boxes. even left blank, the whole programs slows down.
i need help, or else i have no choice but to roll everyone back to cs5.

You did receive the file. You already replied to me about the issue. See below.
Since I have last spoken with you I did download os 10.7.5, and I will work with it today to see if it's any faster. Unfortunately as I predicted it "broke" 2 of our other powerpc applications that I absolutely have to have, so that's a whole other set of issues that this has caused me.
I will let you know if I still have the same performance issues. This is the last thing I can try because I cannot upgrade this mac to 10.8. If the performance isn't better I guess I'll just be forced to go back to CS5.
Chris Smith
Drum-Line Graphics Dept. Manager
800-284-2456 Ext. 133
Hi Chris,
We are officially NOT supporting 10.6.8. The official supported platforms of Mac are 10.7 onwards.
I too would recommend that you upgrade as we haven't performed much testing on 10.6.8. It currently works but the outcome may not be nice as you are already facing.
Maybe you can try upgrading to 10.7 or 10.8, your mac may support these platforms and so does InDesign.
Thanks
Javed

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Hello,
please, I have a strange error in text box located in heading of Report. Namely, while in Report Builder Report Preview, everything is correctly presented but, if I click Page Layout button, suddenly text is missing? The same error is if Report is exported
to .PDF file!
Like curiosity, there is one more text box in the same location (Heading) that is behaving correctly!
I can not notice any differences among them while looking into properties....
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Hi daredavil3011,
According to your description, your are creating some textboxes in the page header area, everything works fine when previewing the report. However, when you click the Print Layout button or export to a PDF file, the text within one textbox is missing, right?
Regarding the issue, I would like to know the exact position of the textbox in the page header area. In your scenario, please double check and make sure all properties of the textbox are the same as other one. Besides, I Would suggest you redesign those textboxes
in the page header area. If issue persists, please provide the report design for our analysis. If possible, please share some screenshots about print layout and PDF render results.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best regards,
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Qiuyun Yu
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Copyright (c) 1988-2011 PeopleSoft, Inc.
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It works fine when i remove the text box from my sub template. I tried to put the text box directly in the main template and it worked fine !! it is erroring out only when i use the text box in sub template !!
Template file:
<?import:psxmlp://SUB_BMX2?>
<?choose:?>
<?when: .//LETTER_CD=”PA4”?>
<?call: BA101?>
<?end when?>
<?otherwise:?>
Invalid Letter Code. No Sub Template Call defined for this Letter Code.
<?end otherwise?>
<?end choose?>
Sub Template:
<?template:BA101?>
Testing without text box.
Testing with text box
there is a text box with text here .. cannot be copied from word !!
<?end template?>
i got the below error when i tried to 'preview' the report from my report definition.
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Error occurred during the process of generating the output file from template file, XML file, and the translation XLIFF file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edited by: Naveen Kumar on May 23, 2011 4:31 AM

misunderstood =/
Original (Coming - output): "<PAY_TXT>PAYκ Contact your bank or financial institution to make this payment from your cheque, savings, debit or transaction account.</PAY_TXT>"
it's in output but what is data in database ?
sorry but without knowing about source data for forming the xml i haven't ideas about your problem
in db it's "TM " or "™" or ... ?
Original (Coming - output): "<PAY_TXT>PAYκ Contact your bank or financial institution to make this payment from your cheque, savings, debit or transaction account.</PAY_TXT>"
Something like XAE or "K" after PAY Value in the xml tag and continued the text value. (Tag value is not getting copied exactly here - i am sorry for that )
that's ok. i need to see the problem not the data as is
Expected (output): "Here it needs to produce the "PAY TM" (Here "TM" should be super scripted to "PAY" Value in tag).
as super scripted in xml?
as idea - you can have <PAY_TXT>PAY TM</PAY_TXT> and in publisher set TM as super
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I've created the dynamic text box in Flash (CS3), but when I hit test, it won't show up.
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Good afternoon,
I've recently converted an old Wordperfect document to PDF. The form has many fillable fields, which have been setup and are working fine. In the middle of the page, however, there is a place for the person to put in a narrative. There is no maximum or minimum for this narrative, so it is possible for the narrative to extend beyond the space that the PDF currently has allotted for it. Is there a way to have the text box expand to another page if the person continues typing? After this narrative, there is more information that they must fill out, so this information would have to flow over to the next page, too.
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