Pages Crashes Mouse moves but can't click

Anyone ever have this problem. My mouse stops being able to click. I can move it. And the keyboard seems to work. I can switch applications with apple tab and close them out. But pages never comes back. I have to reboot. This has happen two days in a row on my mac book air.
thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions
Are you getting the spinning color wheel when the mouse won't click? If so, it could just be that Pages is working. How long have you waited for Pages to "come back"? Depending on what Pages is trying to do, it could be awhile. I do think Pages & Numbers both take more time than they should sometimes, but, unfortunately, I'm not sure what to do about that.
If waiting doesn't do it, it could be Pages has corrupt preferences. Go to HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences, delete the com.apple.iwork.pages.plist, empty the Trash & then restart Pages. Another test is to see if Pages does this in another user account.
The simple step of restarting your Mac can often clear up some issues as it clears some caches. You could also restart in Safe Mode (hold down the shift key after the "bong" until the grey Apple appears) then restart again normally. This will clear even more caches. While in Safe Mode, you can test Pages as well. Safe Mode will disable third-party add-ons & other non-essential system features (like my Magic Mouse! so I keep a wired mouse handy).

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