I'm happy with my placeholder text, but Pages won't replace it with the actual text I want. I thought, when I made a document based off my template, I could just type and what I typed would override the placeholder, replacing it with the text I was writing. Is there more to replacing placeholder text with actual text that I'm missing? > On Aug 4, 2015, at 1:52 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > When you want to modify placeholder text to create new placeholder text, you > have to set it back to normal text then edit it as usual and then turn it > back into placeholder text. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 3 Aug 2015, at 06:22, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello again, >> I just realized I'm having a problem. I saved the template with its >> placeholders in place, then made a new document based on that template. As I >> down arrowed through the document body, VO announced my placeholder text, so >> I typed in values for it. M text got inserted, but in the middle of the line >> and *without* replacing the placeholder! For instance, a line in my template >> looks like the following, where text in brackets is the placeholder: >> >> Client name: [client name] >> >> After I "filled in" my file, that line looked like this: >> >> clieTest Clientnt name: [client name] >> >> What did I do wrong, to not have the placeholder placed correctly? Vo spoke >> the placeholder text, so it picked it up somehow. It just didn't override it >> with what I was typing. Thanks for any suggestions. >>> On Jul 26, 2015, at 3:34 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Alex, >>> >>> I think you’d find placeholder text a better way for entering text that >>> changes. Just type in some typical text in the format you want, then select >>> that text, press VO-Tab for VO to ignore next key press, then press >>> Ctrl-Option-Cmd-t to make it placeholder text. When using your template, >>> the placeholder text will be highlighted when you navigate to it using just >>> the arrow keys, and typing will replace it but keep the formatting. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> On 26 Jul 2015, at 00:58, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey list, >>>> I'm trying, once more, to get more into Pages. Hopefully, this time, I can >>>> make myself stick with it long enough to get a handle on this thing. >>>> >>>> Currently, I have a few basic questions: I'm making a template I can use >>>> to fill out client reports and bills (I'm an AT instructor and have to >>>> email my clients this information). I thought I'd put text boxes in where >>>> I'll be entering text that can change, and just type the text that won't. >>>> Here's a super simple example: >>>> >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [auto-inserted date] >>>> >>>> Client Name: [text box for client name] >>>> Number of Hours: [text box for hours] >>>> >>>> You get the idea. I'm running into a few questions, though. >>>> >>>> 1. How do I get the text box to fit the height of the line of text it's >>>> on? VO reports that it's 1.2 inches tall, which strikes me as rather large. >>>> 2. Do I even need a text box, or am I trying to use one where a different >>>> item would work better? >>>> 3. If I do need one, how can I insert text around it? I inserted one, but >>>> even if I go to the end of the line and hit return, then type, the box is >>>> pushed along to the end of my new line of text instead of staying where I >>>> put it. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for any answers anyone can provide. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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