Pages on refurb MBP

I bought a Macbook Pro earlier this year which was a Refurb from the online Apple store. I didnt realise it didnt come with Pages already installed on it until i tried to use it, called tech support and they advised that i would have to pay and download it from the app store.
I have tried opening the pages app which is shown in my dashboard and it says error. I have tried downloading it from the app store and it says unable to download as aready installed on mac. The point it i cant open pages, i have not downloaded it, and i cannot download it.. anone got ani ideas how to help?
Thanks.

Check Pages preferences & make sure "Automatically use spell checker suggestions" is not checked.

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Go Insert > Fill> Fill Down.
OR
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Copy (command-C)
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Shift-click on the last cell.
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