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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
36 Chapter 2 Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
Graphics and Other Media
Think about how you will use graphical elements in your document, where they will
appear in the document flow, and what kinds of graphics you might use.
 How will images be used in your document?
 Can you use tables to clearly present information? See Chapter 8, “Creating Tables.”
 Can you use charts to effectively display data? See Chapter 9, “Creating Charts.”
 What will be the final format for your document (printed page, HTML, and so on)?
See “Exporting to Other Document Formats” on page 231.
 Will you make use of sound or movies in your document? See “Including Sound and
Movies” on page 139.
Learn about other uses of graphics in Chapter 6, “Working With Graphics and Other
Media.”
Step 2: Create a New Document
To start a new Pages document, double-click the Pages icon in the Finder.
Choosing a Template
By using a template, you can easily create a professional-looking document, such as a
school report, business letter, newsletter, or brochure, without having to do all the
design work. Each template includes preset styles for titles, headings, tables,
footnotes, bullets, and other formatting features.
In the Template Chooser, select a template category in the left column to display
related templates, and then select the template that best matches the document you
want to create. If you want to begin in a document without any text or image
placeholders, select Blank.