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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
148 Chapter 7 Changing Object Properties
To open the Graphic Inspector:
m Click Inspector in the toolbar (or chose View > Show Inspector), and then click the
Graphic Inspector button.
To set the solid fill color of an object:
1 On the page, select the object whose color you want to change.
2 In the Graphic Inspector, choose Color Fill from the Fill pop-up menu.
3 Click the color well below the Fill pop-up menu to open the Colors window.
4 Select a color in the Colors window.
To fill an object with a color gradient:
1 On the page, select the object whose color you want to change.
2 In the Graphic Inspector, choose Gradient Fill from the Fill pop-up menu.
3 Click each color well and choose each color in the Colors window.
4 To set a direction for the gradient, use the Angle wheel or field. To flip it horizontally
or vertically, click the Angle arrow buttons.
5 To invert the gradient, click the double-headed arrow next to the color wells.
Filling an Object With an Image
You can place an image or a tinted image inside of a drawn shape, text box, chart
element, or table cell.
To set an image fill for an object:
1 Select the object in which you want to place an image.
Click each color well to
select colors.
Flip the gradient
orientation or set its
direction by using the
arrow buttons, the Angle
wheel, or by typing a
value.
Click the double-headed
arrow to invert the
gradient.