Why won't a cursor show up in the shape when I double click it?

Question

I thought you could just double click the shape to type in it...The cursor shows up outside the shape in the main part of the document or it highlights unrelated text from a text box, but it won't put a cursor in the shape.  After trying 50 times, I will finally get the cursor in the box. 

Answer 1

PeterBreis0807 wrote:
For every vague question, there is a vague answer.
--> Fair enough
What version of Pages?
--> v. 4.3
What shape?
--> any shape, square, rounded corner square, circle, arrow...
Inline or floating?
--> etried both modes, but want floating
Do you have an image in the shape?
--> empty shape, want text
What else is on the page?
--> 3 text boxes, ea sized to fit 2 words
Do you have a screen grab?
--> prefer not to post pic, but it is basically default shapes colored white and made ~2x3" with plain text inside, dragged into rows where text boxes are titles.
Anyway, there is really nothing out of the ordinary with the doc.  When Pages Help says "Double click the shape and type the text you want," it does not work to just double click in the middle of the shape, like I would guess.  I had to double click near the edge of the shape.