Hello Alex, To replace placeholder text, you need to navigate with only the arrow keys so that the whole placeholder text is highlighted before you start typing over it. The whole piece of placeholder text will then be replaced.
Cheers, Anne > On 4 Aug 2015, at 12:58, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- > 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. 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