redbeard45 wrote:I am enjoying using Pages but there is one bit that is really annoying me. I have created a layout that uses squares of colours with images in between. I have placed text frames on the coloured squares. If I put the squares to the back, I can no longer click on the them to get the handles to resize etc. I sure miss the graphics tool (arrow) of Appleworks to click on stuff. Even picking up text boxes after they have been created seems to quite an effort. What am I doing wrong.
Cheers
Once an object has been moved to the back you can no longer select it by clicking on it. It's not intuitive to activate the object layer, unlike the arrow/draw tool in AppleWorks. This is easier to do if you have the layout showing, View > Show Layout. Click outside of the layout area & then click & drag the cursor toward the object you want to select until the handles appear. You do need to move it to the front before trying to resize it. Unlike AppleWorks, you don't need to encompass the whole object, just touch any part of it until the handles appear.