When I open up Pages, it won't let me type anything

Whenever I open up a Pages doc. I'll click on the blank word processing document and a blank white template will come up like in should but instead of the blinking cursor that I should be seeing all I get is the black pointer and I can't type anything. When I try to type something in all I get in the "donk" "donk" sound.

It sounds like you've open a page layout blank canvas. Since the update to Pages 4.1 you need to look at the toolbar & see if there is an icon to add "Sections" or "Pages" as in the screenshot below to tell what kind of Pages document you have.

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