Pages, Blank Screens

HELP!!! Pages won't open my documents. In the sidebar there is a preview of my document for half a second, then it goes black. The actual document itself is blank (white) and I can't copy/paste or type anything into it.
I already uninstalled and reinstalled. I did this by deleting the app, then "secure empty trash," and then downloading again from the Mac App Store.
Click here to see a screen shot: http://i46.tinypic.com/349c2ro.png

But are you using Lion 10.7.4 or 10.7.5 or Mountain Lion 10.8.2? Make sure you have updated to the latest version of Mac OS you are using & then run Disk Utility to repair permissions.

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I have the new Pages, 5.5.2 and OS 10.3.3 on a late 2012 iMac. When I open Pages, the screen is blank. All I get is the menu bar. I can go to File > Open Recent, and nothing displays. If I select 'Full Screen', it appears. I can then go to the Window tab on the menu and anything listed, when selected appears. All would now seem to appear as it should be. Then quit Pages. Open Pages, and I am back to square one, nothing visible. If I look under the Windows tab, there are documents listed, one of them even has a check mark. But until I select "Full Screen", the window is blank. I often leave three or four documents open that I am always working with. And previously, when I quit Pages, and later reopened it, those four documents would be there. Now when I do that, those four documents are listed under "Windows", but none and nothing is visible until I select "Full Screen" view. I can then toggle back, exit full screen and it is fine. But it seems that entering full screen view is the only way to get anything to be visible. All of my other apps work normally: Safari, Messages, Mail, Numbers, iTune, Photos, etc.......
BUT NOT PAGES.

How many displays do you have?
Peter

While trying to open the mail , it shows a blank screen then went to home page.

while trying to open the mail , it shows a blank screen then went to home page.

Hello there, Nina2800.
It sounds like you are having issues connecting to the iTunes Store and getting a blank page. The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great steps for verifying connectivity:
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368
Troubleshooting on a Mac
If you haven't been able to connect to the iTunes Store, a software conflict or your internet service provider (ISP) may be blocking your access.
Update iTunes to the latest version.
If you have a firewall, your settings may be preventing you from connecting to the iTunes Store. To configure your firewall, please refer to the "Blocked by firewall" section in this article.
You may need to reset your keychain. Connection issues are occasionally caused by keychain issues. Click here to find out how to use Keychain First Aid to resolve any issues with your keychain.
If you are receiving a specific error message you may want to see, the "Specific Conditions and Alert Messages" section in this article as needed.
If the issue still persists, contact your internet service provider and confirm that the ports and servers in this article are enabled over your network.
Additionally, this article provides some additional recomendations if the issue persists:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3297
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

When viewing documents on a Web Server, IE automatically opens a blank page and then opens the document in the default program. The blank screen should close automatically but isn't happening.

So here is the situation, my company uses a third party scanning software, that puts documents scanned or created onto a webserver. We use a program that grants a user access to view the documents on the webserver. The user will have to log into the system
using credentials, we have Kerberos doing this. Once the user is logged onto the system they navigate to the document they want to view or edit. So the user wants to view a .pdf file, they click the document they want, and it is supposed to open in the default
program associated with file extension. ie: .doc would open Word, .xls would open Excel. When the document is loading in the default program Internet Explorer opens a blank page, this page is supposed to prompt the user if they want to open or save the document.
(I changed the registry to have the files selected to automatically open without this prompt.) The blank screen generated is still staying open, this screen is supposed to close automatically after the prompt or close automatically after the document is opened.
So when a user is looking at several documents, this floods the screen with all these blank Internet Explorer pages. This problem is only occurring for users that have Windows 7 PC's, XP users do not have this problem at all. My PC is the only one in the company
that is Windows 7 64-bit, and working properly with the IE blank page automatically closing. I'm wondering what can be done to fix this problem, is it as simple as registering some .dll files or do I need to make a registry change? Any help would greatly be
appreciated.

What is the registry change exactly? Sounds like one which is supposed to avoid the prompt. I know
that there used to be such a thing, before the new prompt and I know that some users think that there should be such a thing for any program but I'm not sure if that expectation is valid or not. I think this may also be related to a concurrent change
in the OS. E.g. in XP we had File Types Options editor but starting in Vista that was removed. You might get some more clues on this tack from NirSoft's FileTypesMan utility.
The registry change that I did was to remove the open and save prompt. I will be sure to look into that. Our company
isn't worried about the user's automatically opening the files since they are all trusted. They also do not have the ability to install anything, so if they were to download a potentially harmful file they could never install it. We monitor downloads as well,
if they download files off the internet that aren't work related we remove their download capabilities.
Sounds like a scenario for using ProcMon to take two traces and compare them for their essential differences.
I talked to my boss about using this tool and he is worried about using it. I'm only an intern at my office and do not have the authority to use a program without their knowledge or consent. I will run the idea by them again and see if it's okay I use this.
I'll maybe make some presentation about how it can help us with our problem and how much time and money it will save. Because I really want to get down to the bottom of this.
Probably the most significant thing is going to be the Content-type that the files are being served by.
You could use the Developer Tools, Network Capture to check on that and ProcMon could help explain what happens after that. A related workaround to change the symptom when the Content-type is not what is expected is to disable MIME Sniffing (e.g. in
Security options, Miscellaneous section). In fact, perhaps that could explain your machine's difference with anyone else? MIME Sniffing is a default, previously known as "save according to type not extension" (or some such wording).
Okay I will be completely honest I have no idea how to use Developer Tools (F12), yes I could google it, when I tried using it on the blank pages it would never work, I also have no idea what I'm looking at. I should mention that I do not have access to
the web server. Our programming and development side only has access to our AS400, which is where the web server is located. I do have MIME Sniffing enabled and so does everyone else. I may be wrong but, I believe it is needed in order to open the file extension
in the correct default program, yes? I thought MIME Sniffing would see a .docx file and then find the appropriate program to open that .docx file in. I may be wrong but I know it's used somehow along these lines.

I am using Iphone 4s. In App Store Update, this page is not getting loaded in my iphone. Blank screen is showing up, rest all pages are getting open. Please tell me the problem and solutions.

Hi,
My Name is Pranav.
I am using i phone 4-s.
In my iphone when i go to app store > Updates, system showing me 10 updates but when i try to open this page, page is not getting open. Loader came up and then white blank screen is visible. Rest all Featured, Top Charts Genius and Search are working fine but updates page is not getting open.
Guys please help me out to sort this problem.
Thanks,
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Looks O.K. to me Opens correctly in Firefox and Opera as a log-in page for Killer Content - Win7x64 Fx5.
I can't see any oddities in your plug-ins. It never hurts to clear any relevant cookies and your cache.
You could see how it goes in Safe Mode - Hold Shift key down as you double click on the Firefox icon>ignore the page that opens and continue. If the page opens you probably have a problem with extensions or themes and you should work through this -
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes
A lot of things have been updated as well as Firefox and you could have a culprit or conflict. Next, if there is no improvement you could try disabling third party toolbars, and you should report back at this stage or if there has been early success.
Someone may come by with a more specific remedy.

In Options -- General -- I want the option to "Show my windows and tabs from last time" AND "Show my homepage", but that choice isn't given. When I open a new tab, I'd like to see my iGoogle page, not a blank screen. Hope you can help. D

In Options --> General --> I want the option to "Show my windows and tabs from last time" '''''AND''''' "Show my homepage", but that choice isn't given. When I open a new tab, I'd like to see my iGoogle page, not a blank screen. Hope you can help. D

You can middle-click or Ctrl left-click the Home button on the Navigation toolbar to open the Home page in a new tab.
You can look at one of these extensions:
* NewTabURL : https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtaburl/
* New Tab Homepage : https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-homepage/

Windows 8 on Macbook Air went blank screen at login page

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It is not your BC Windows, but your screen brightness that may be causing problems. Please plug in your Power Adapter, and press the Shift key when Windows is up an running. You can start Windows from OS X System Preferences -> Startup Disk -> Bootcamp -> Restart.
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On certain web sites the page opens then over runs to a blank screen with the same address and stopped showing on the status line

When trying to access certain web pages the browser finds and loads the page then 'over rides' to a blank screen. The page address doesn't seem to change but the tab shows continued 'loading' The status bar at the bottom shows either 'stopped' or 'done'. return re-loads the page then over runs again. Reload does nothing. Usually its a hyperlink from one page to another. It seems random.
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If the problem does not disappear when all add-ons are disabled, please tell me, so we can work from there. Please have no fear of following my instructions to the line, as all can be easily undone.

I was creating an iWeb page, had been working for hours, I suddenly got a blank screen and it was gone. Can I recover my page?e

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When I test my update page in the browser, all I get is a blank screen

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Numbers & Pages Apps for iPad. Blank Screen looking at iCloud.

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App Store says there is one update available. But the Updates page shows a blank screen. Have tried syncing with iTunes on mac

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