Pages Template question...

Are you using a word processing or page layout template? Which one?

1. If word processing mode: Try putting your logo in as a header, rather than in the page body.

1. If page layout mode: Clicking the +Pages button in the top-left corner will add a new page from the same template set.

I'm not sure if either of those are the ones you're after though. Generally speaking the images are meant to be unique each time, especially in page layout mode. Basically, anything not in the header aren't meant to carry over.

2. Just single-click on the textbox and resize using the little boxes in the corners. Of course, if it's just a letter (or something else in word processing mode) you're using, it's probably not a text box. You could adjust the margins, or delete the free-flowing text and create a textbox.

3. To lock something, select the words, then choose "Lock" from the "Arrange" menu. If it's already locked, selected "Unlock" from the "Arrange" menu.

 

If you want to duplicate the page with the logo you could select the page and hit command+D you will have the exact same page you will only have to edit the central text.
Not a perfect solution but it might help until someone has a better one.

 

I would start over and make a template. That is, do what you did here, but then stop and save it as a template. You can also just start with a blank template, and spend a bit of time modifying it, then save it as a template that you can pick from the template selector next time you want a document of that type.

It's hard to describe here exactly how to do this. Pages works quite differently from other programs and it took me quite a while to find all this stuff. This can be changed though, it's on the somewhat less than intuitive "Inspector Palette."

This is another Apple "feature." Because they want the new user to be able to click once and then start typing to replace the text, the very first time you click on a text box in a template the behaviour is to select all the text. I have never found a way to stop it doing that, but the good news is the second time you select the same text box, it allows you to edit individual words and letters.

I am working on making templates myself. It's very tedious trying to learn all this stuff but after about three two hours sessions I have pretty much figured most of it out. It's even possible to make your own templates that have sections that can be added from the drop down menu, complete with icons etc.

Cheer up! You will make it, and yes once you get over the hump it is a great deal easier than learning Word.

 

It's a feature called "Placeholder Text" which you can uncheck. I attached a screenshot to show where it is in the menus.