How can I change the Pages footer to 3 columns?

My Pages version: 12.1 (7034.0.86)


I took the file template from somebody else, who somehow made the footer a single box, while I want to be able to enter separate texts in different boxes. Now I have to separate them by entering blank spaces.


Selecting ALL and deleting the contents doesn't restore the default three columns.


The column setting in Format - Text - Layout doesn't work.


Format - Table - Footer Rows setting is greyed out, so I never know what it's for.


Thanks for any idea!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 25, 2022 09:01 PM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2022 05:25 AM

Pages '0Y (Y=year) document templates, nor Word documents have the triad header or footer segments, and when those document types are opened in the Oct 2013 Pages rewrite and later versions, the original template style is retained. You cannot subsequently force these documents to have segmented headers or footers without creating a new blank Pages document and copy/pasting that content into it.


Just to note, that the headers and footers that you encounter in current Pages documents are not based on tables, though they give that visual impression.

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Aug 26, 2022 05:25 AM in response to DAOXUNCHANG

Pages '0Y (Y=year) document templates, nor Word documents have the triad header or footer segments, and when those document types are opened in the Oct 2013 Pages rewrite and later versions, the original template style is retained. You cannot subsequently force these documents to have segmented headers or footers without creating a new blank Pages document and copy/pasting that content into it.


Just to note, that the headers and footers that you encounter in current Pages documents are not based on tables, though they give that visual impression.

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