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Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Welcome to Pages
- Overview of Pages
- Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
- Formatting a Document’s Layout and Table of Contents
- Setting Page Orientation and Size
- Setting Page Margins
- Creating Columns
- Varying Column and Page Layouts
- Creating a Document With Left- and Right-Facing Pages
- Adding Headers, Footers, Page Numbers, Footnotes, and Endnotes
- Varying Document Formatting Using Section Breaks
- Adding a Repeated Background Image
- Using a Table of Contents
- Formatting Text and Paragraphs
- Working With Styles
- Working With Graphics andOther Media
- Changing Object Properties
- Creating Tables
- Adding a Table
- Using Table Cells and Borders
- Formatting Tables
- Adding Images or Background Colors
- Formatting Numbers
- Sorting Cells
- Autofilling
- Using Formulas
- A Tour of Using Formulas
- Adding a Quick Formula
- Removing a Formula
- Using the Formula Editor to Add and Edit Formulas
- Using Cell References
- Adding a Formula to Multiple Cells
- Performing Arithmetic Operations
- Using Predefined Functions
- Operators and Functions for Advanced Table Formula Users
- Defining Formulas That Use Operators
- Defining Formulas That Use Functions
- Creating Charts
- Personalizing Documents With Address Book Data
- Printing and Exporting Your Document to Other Formats
- Designing Your Own Document Templates
- Index
136 Chapter 6 Working With Graphics and Other Media
Working With Alpha-Channel Graphics
Alpha-channel graphics contain a transparent area where text or other images can
show through. You can also use alpha channels to create transparency around
irregularly shaped images, so the image does not have a rectangular white area
around it.
When you bring an alpha-channel image into Pages, there’s nothing else you have to
do to make the transparency work. Just place it, manipulate it, and move it to the
back or front as you would any other image.
Many PDF, TIFF, and PSD files contain alpha-channel graphics. You can create your own
alpha-channel images using applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw,
Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat. See the instructions that come with the
application to learn how to create alpha-channel images.
Wrapping Text Around an Object
When you place any object—images, shapes, charts, and so on—fixed or inline with
the text, you can decide how you want the text to wrap around it. You can choose to
make the text hug tightly or loosely around the object, or make the text stay only on
the top and bottom or one side of the object. To set these options, use the Wrap
Inspector.
To open the Wrap Inspector:
m Click Inspector in the toolbar (or choose View > Show Inspector), and then click the
Wrap Inspector button.
This image of a
magnifying glass has an
alpha channel that allows
text to show through the
glass.
The irregular shape of the
image is surrounded by an
alpha channel that allows
text to show through its
containing rectangle.