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I do a lot of printing on 4 x 6 index cards, so I have created a custom size in printer setup. I select the custom size and landscape mode (The cards need to be feed into the printer short side first.) Everything works fine. BUT once I have saved, closed, and reopened the document, Pages has changed the size to a generic 6 x 4, rather than the 4 x 6 I had chosen. It also sets it to portrait mode.
This results in a lot of wasted cards when I forget to change it back. Any ideas of how I can get Pages to remember my custom size for the doc? I have done some experimenting and discovered that this happens when ever the first number is less than the second -- 4 x 6, 3 x 5, 5 x 8. This will always be true when I am printing on index cards.
Thanks for any help,
Daniel

You are right.
I tried it both ways, including making it the other way to be portrait, orientation 90° but it forgets the orientation.
I see this as a bug.
+Menu > Pages > Provide Pages Feedback+
It is a bug that infests all apps however, as I don't think this is a uniquely Pages problem.
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