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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
Chapter 12 Designing Your Own Document Templates 235
If you want to design a new template from scratch, begin with a Blank template. It
may be useful to proceed through all of the sections in this chapter in order.
Step 1: Setting Up the Document
Before you get into the deeper levels of designing the document, you should make
sure to specify the general “size and shape” of the document. Doing this first will
ensure consistency throughout the document. To set up your document, take care of
these tasks first:
1 Set paper size and orientation.
Consider the paper size and orientation that will be used for the finished document.
For example, if you are creating a template for envelopes, make sure that you have
selected the correct envelope size (or created a custom size) before you proceed with
further document design. To learn about setting the paper size and orientation, see
“Setting the Paper Size and Orientation” on page 224.
2 Set page margins.
Define the body text area and header and footer text areas. If your document will be
bound, you can set different margins for right- and left-facing pages. Document
margins are set in the Document Inspector. For more information, see “Setting Page
Margins” on page 61 and “Creating a Document With Left- and Right-Facing Pages” on
page 66.
3 Insert page numbering.
If your document requires page numbering or footnotes, set these up using the
Document Inspector. For more information, see “Adding Footnotes and Endnotes” on
page 68.
Placing Master Objects
If you want to add images that appear in the background on every page of your
document (for example, watermarks), place them first. If you create new sections in
your document, they will automatically inherit the master objects that you have
already placed. You can remove or reposition the master objects in subsequent
sections, if you want.