Can't click and drag to select anything in the Apple Pages

I worked for hours on this unanswered anywhere on the internet.

I can't click and drag to select text in the Apple Pages. I can click and drag to select text in other applications on the same computer, but in the Pages, I can't click and drag. It will show the text highlight for a fraction of a second, and then it will disappear. I can't copy or cut, because it will not select it. If I select the text with clicking and then holding down the SHIFT key and then clicking on at the end of the text, he chooses for me. But clicking and slippery will only highlight, then disappear. What's wrong???

I have

  • computer restarts
  • restarted apple pages
  • trashed plists iWork (cannot find a specific pages plist)
  • Troubleshoot-made form another computer by comparing the preferences, settings, all on the same version of Pages
  • sought objects to make them 'selectable' (there is no objects, and this happens on all documents, including new pages documents I just create and try to highlight a Word)

I'm on an iMac OSx 10.11.5 end 2013

Apple Pages 5.6.2 (2573)

It is a long-standing problem in OS X, are not specifically in any version of the Pages. Have you tried clicking & holding it down for a second or two in the text before you drag?

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