Layout in Pages '09: The Mini Missing Manual
1st Edition
Published on 18. February 2010
190 pages
978-1-4493-9163-8 (ISBN)
Description
Pages '09 is more than just a word processor. It lets you create gorgeous page layouts for glossy newsletters, catalogs, brochures, greeting cards-you name it. This eBook makes you an instant expert in Pages' layout features. You'll learn how to arrange your text so it really flows and how to complement it with images, sounds, and movies.
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Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Formatting and Organizing Documents
- Document Formatting
- Page Setup
- Adjusting Page Margins
- Working with Headers and Footers
- Automatic Hyphenation
- Organizing Your Document with Sections
- Adding Sections
- Rearranging and Deleting Sections
- Layouts and Multiple Columns
- Capturing and Reusing Sections
- Auto-Entry: Formatted Text Fields
- Page Numbers and Page Counts
- Inserting the Date and Time
- Beyond Text: Laying Out Pages
- Templates: The Key to Prefab Page Designs
- Working with Placeholder Text
- Working with Media Placeholders
- Immovable Objects: Locked, Background, and Master Objects
- Planning a Layout from Scratch
- More or Less, "Less Is More"
- Collecting Your Materials
- Creating a Page-Layout Document
- Fine-Tuning Your Document Settings
- Page Layout vs. Word Processing
- Using Alignment Guides
- Building a Grid of Your Own
- Adding and Modifying Objects
- Floating vs. Inline Objects
- Floating Objects
- Inline Objects
- Converting an Object's Layout Style
- Adding Objects
- Adding Text Boxes
- Adding Images
- Adding Shapes
- Adding Sound and Video
- Working with Objects
- Selecting Objects
- Moving Objects
- Resizing Objects
- Wrapping Text Around Objects
- Rotating and Flipping Objects
- Connecting Objects
- Distributing and Aligning Objects
- Arranging Objects
- Modifying Object Styles
- Filling with Colors, Gradients, and Images
- Adjusting Line Styles
- Adding Shadows and Reflections
- Adjusting Opacity
- Copying Objects and Graphic Styles
- Colophon
