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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
160 Chapter 7 Changing Object Properties
Editing Predrawn and Custom Shapes
You can change the contour of predrawn and custom shapes.
To make a predrawn shape editable:
m Select the shape, and then choose Format > Shape > Make Editable.
To make a custom shape editable:
m Click once in the shape to select it, and then click a second time to show its points.
To move one or more points:
m When the shape is editable, click a point and drag it to another location. You can
move several points at the same time by Shift-clicking multiple points, and then
dragging.
To delete one or more points:
m When the shape is editable, click a point and then press the Delete key. You can delete
several points at the same time by Shift-clicking multiple points and then pressing
Delete.
To add a point:
1 When the shape is editable, press the Option key and hold the pointer over the
shape’s border. The pointer changes into a pen tip with a +.
2 Click the location on the border where you want to add a point.
3 Move the point as needed.
To reshape a curve:
1 Make the shape editable.
2 Click a red circular control on the curve you want to reshape. A control handle
appears on both sides of the circular control.
Click a point and drag it
to change the shape.