Pages causes iMac to shutdown

Hi. I have a very infuriating problem with my iMac randomly shutting off while typing a paper in Pages. I haven't had to type a paper for a while, but during my first paper of the semester, it shut off while on the third page. I also remember it doing this a lot before, during a previous semester. I would be writing, and without warning, it would just turn off. Its not overheating, cause I monitor the temp with SMCfancontrol. The only thing that I can find amiss in the console is a message: "Not the Finder!". I do not know what this means.
I have the older generation of the iMacs, the 20" aluminum intel-iMac. I have not had this problem while running any other software.
Does anyone else have this issue?

I don't know what "Not the Finder!" means either, but I do have a couple of things you might try.
First, try using Pages in another user account. If you don't have another account, go to System Preferences > Accounts & create one.
If that works, go to HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences & delete the com.apple.iwork.pages.plist file & restart Pages.
It's a good idea to have a second admin account anyway, in case something happens to your main one. I have a couple of admin accounts & one "standard" account for testing & "just in case."

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