Cannot Create New Pages Document on Mac

By Wayne A, 14 May, 2026

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Hi everyone
I recently upgraded to the new version of Pages but did not elect to subscribe to Creative Studio or whatever it is called. I am running Mac OS 26.5 on a Macbook Air M1. When I tried to create a new Pages document, I could not get to the blank page to start typing. I interacted with document layout, and then Page 1, but got the message that content was empty. I tried typing here,but only heard clicking sounds indicating nothing was being ibnput.
Has anyone encountered this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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By Wayne A on Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 22:19

I resolved the above problem. When I opened a new document, my default template was Blank Layoutunder Basic Templates. When I changed this to Blank-Empty White Portrait, a new document would open with a blank sheet in which I could type.
Hope this helps anyone that encounters the same problem.