Cannot Create New Pages Document on Mac

Hi everyone I recently upgraded to the new version of Pages but did not elect to subscribe to Creative Studio or whatever it is called. I am running Mac OS 26.5 on a Macbook Air M1. When I tried to create a new Pages document, I could not get to the blank page to start typing. I interacted with document layout, and then Page 1, but got the message that content was empty. I tried typing here,but only heard clicking sounds indicating nothing was being ibnput. Has anyone encountered this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks