Layout in Pages '09: The Mini Missing Manual

Author Josh Clark

Release Date: 2010/02/01

ISBN: 9781449382216

Topic:

• Business

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Table of Contents

1. Formatting and Organizing Documents
   1. Document Formatting
      1. Page Setup
      2. Adjusting Page Margins
      3. Working with Headers and Footers
      4. Automatic Hyphenation
   2. Organizing Your Document with Sections
      1. Adding Sections
      2. Rearranging and Deleting Sections
      3. Layouts and Multiple Columns
      4. Capturing and Reusing Sections
   3. Auto-Entry: Formatted Text Fields
      1. Page Numbers and Page Counts
      2. Inserting the Date and Time
2. Beyond Text: Laying Out Pages
   1. Templates: The Key to Prefab Page Designs
      1. Working with Placeholder Text
      2. Working with Media Placeholders
      3. Immovable Objects: Locked, Background, and Master Objects
   2. Planning a Layout from Scratch
      1. More or Less, “Less Is More”
      2. Collecting Your Materials
   3. Creating a Page-Layout Document
      1. Fine-Tuning Your Document Settings
      2. Page Layout vs. Word Processing
      3. Using Alignment Guides
      4. Building a Grid of Your Own
3. Adding and Modifying Objects
   1. Floating vs. Inline Objects
      1. Floating Objects
      2. Inline Objects
      3. Converting an Object’s Layout Style
   2. Adding Objects
      1. Adding Text Boxes
      2. Adding Images
      3. Adding Shapes
      4. Adding Sound and Video
   3. Working with Objects
      1. Selecting Objects
      2. Moving Objects
      3. Resizing Objects
      4. Wrapping Text Around Objects
      5. Rotating and Flipping Objects
      6. Connecting Objects
      7. Distributing and Aligning Objects
      8. Arranging Objects
   4. Modifying Object Styles
      1. Filling with Colors, Gradients, and Images
      2. Adjusting Line Styles
      3. Adding Shadows and Reflections
      4. Adjusting Opacity
   5. Copying Objects and Graphic Styles