iwork 09 no text showing

I just got iwork 09 and I seem to have a problem in all of the programs included I open a template and can type but nothing shows up it just stays blank and I know that text is being inputed because I can do right click to see speeling corrections.

Do you have the text color set to white, the same as the background?

I have '08, but guessing this is pretty much the same - look at the two boxes to the right of the Font type, style and size. Should have one box to set text color and another to set background color.

I have checked this the problem though seems to be I can't even see the the insert bar or anything.

Posting a pic might help out.

Are you selecting a page Layout doc in Pages you have to add a text box to type in else if u are only wanting to type choose a word processing doc

Collin Bl said:

Are you selecting a page Layout doc in Pages you have to add a text box to type in else if u are only wanting to type choose a word processing doc

Click to expand...

Shows how much I know about using a word processor.

Well, i do learn something from my mistakes.

yeah I'm choosing word processor template. Here is a pic

While i realise it is not much help if i do the same in mine the blank window loads with flashing insertion cursor ready for typing. Will see if i can find more info. Try clicking in page area to see if insertion cursor appears. Even in Word processor you can select a text box and type in that.

In the pic u posted it shows u are in Finder so nothing will show there but selecting empty page and clicking in it will add insertion cursor. If that is no go then it is into troubleshooting to sort issue.

Yep, you'll not be able to type there until it is the active window and will have Pages in the location that now has Finder on the menu bar.

thats the problem though thats how it looks even when it is active I can't actually see the insert cursor and I have no idea why.

Have you re-booted the machine?

yes several times. I have no idea what the issue might be.