User level: Level 1 (4 points)I have a problem inside a Pages document with characters outside the margin. They are from a document I converted from PDF to MS Word and then read into Pages. They are slashes as you can see from the attached image. I cannot select them or see any way to get rid of them. Is there anything I can do to delete them?
Posted on Oct 21, 2026 2:29 PM
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Oct 21, 2026 3:01 PM in response to Ben_E_411
If you cannot select those slashes in Pages, it may be detritus from the PDF to Word conversion and not in the Pages body text.
Do these slashes exist in the Word document where perhaps you can remove them prior to opening the Word document in Pages and translating to a Pages document?
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Oct 21, 2026 11:43 PM in response to Ben_E_411
I suggest you download and install the free LibreOffice. It is a Microsoft Office clone and can open that Word document directly without the conversion process that Pages performs. See if the margin artifacts are present and can be removed.
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 21, 2026 3:06 PM in response to VikingOSX
They are not in the original PDF. I don't have MS Word, so I cannot say if they are in the converted copy. I really don't want to buy MS Word!
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256380496