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A document I created on my iPad now is greyed out and I cannot open. Tried going through finder and still no luck. Other documents in pages are pictures I have taken that will not allow me to open also. Please help
iPad (5th gen) Wi-Fi
If using the in-App file browser within Apple’s native Pages, Numbers and Keynote Apps, only the files relating to that App are directly accessible; other files within the filesystem are visible - but are deliberately shown with Grey file icons; this indicates that the file-type cannot be opened from within the current “active” App.
If you wish to edit, move or delete any of the files with grey icons, then you should use the Files App - which allows access to all files within the filesystem.
Given that the respective file browser UI’s are otherwise identical in appearance, it is easy to forget which file browser you are currently using (in-App, or Files) at any one time - but there is a visual indication that, when you’re “tuned in”, everything should become a little more obvious…
I sincerely hope this knowledge will aid your understanding of precisely what you can see - and when. This strategy in differentiating files by App is intended to avoid accidental deletion or changes to files that, ideally, should be stored with the App that is most appropriate for the document type.
If using the in-App file browser within Apple’s native Pages, Numbers and Keynote Apps, only the files relating to that App are directly accessible; other files within the filesystem are visible - but are deliberately shown with Grey file icons; this indicates that the file-type cannot be opened from within the current “active” App.
If you wish to edit, move or delete any of the files with grey icons, then you should use the Files App - which allows access to all files within the filesystem.
Given that the respective file browser UI’s are otherwise identical in appearance, it is easy to forget which file browser you are currently using (in-App, or Files) at any one time - but there is a visual indication that, when you’re “tuned in”, everything should become a little more obvious…
I sincerely hope this knowledge will aid your understanding of precisely what you can see - and when. This strategy in differentiating files by App is intended to avoid accidental deletion or changes to files that, ideally, should be stored with the App that is most appropriate for the document type.
Okay, so you are attempting to open it again in Pages? I'm not a user of Pages, so I don't know that it would be a problem to open a document that you created with it. How old a file is it that you originally created? Is it possible that it was with an older version of Pages? I know there have been problems with opening files in different versions of Pages before. But someone that knows more about Pages in iOS should look at this.
What app did you create this document in? That would help determine what the problem may be.
I created it in pages.
I created it in pages
Greyed out pages
