Pages text boxes

I just wanted to have a plain sheet of paper to type a letter with drag and drop icons. I chose Pages, word processing, blank sheet. I now have little boxes with plus signs, I can't move the text, I can't control the cursor. I am using Pages '08 on a MBP 10.6.8. Thank you for help. Arudi

PeterBreis0807
Thank you for your response.
I have all objects, no text, four objects per line, four lines per page.
I started putting words under the objects with the text boxes, then deleting the text boxes. Then the small boxes with the plus sign (⊞) appeared. They seem to be connected with the larger text box.
I can delete them if I put them in a box and click delete. The problem is, I can't get the boxes off the text, and if I click delete, it also deletes the text.
I would like to get rid of the boxes all together.
I watched the Pages tutorial but it didn't mention the box problem. I looked through many discussions, but saw nothing about this.
I looked for help on 'HELP' but nothing.
For the last year I have used Pages for a 150 page project and had no boxes, so I must have done something different.
If I click on the blank page, the cursor is not there unless I click in a certain spot. I have to click around before I find the spot, or the boxes come up in certain spots.
I copy and pasted all the objects onto a new 'pages layout' to see if it was different. I can't get a cursor or box anywhere. The objects pasted okay but no cursor so I can add text.
I unclicked 'object causes wrap' but it changed nothing. I never put anything on top of anything esle.
Thank you for you time. Arudi

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