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Layout view – Apple Pages User Manual

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Chapter 1

Overview of Pages

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To zoom in or out of the document, do one of the following:
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Choose View > Zoom > [zoom level].

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Click the Page View control in the bottom left corner of the window, and choose a

magnification level from the pop-up menu.

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One Up

presents the pages in a linear flow.

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Two Up

presents two pages side-by-side on the screen.

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Fit Width

changes the document to the width of the window. You can stretch the

Pages window to fill your screen, or make it short or narrow.

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Fit Page

fits a full, single document page to fill the window on your screen.

Layout View

In layout view you can see the outlines of the different text areas of your document,

including headers, footers, fixed text boxes, column widths, and the document

body

the main area of text in the document. With layout view turned on, document rulers

and

alignment guides

become visible.

To see layout view:

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Choose View > Show Layout.

When you type in the document body, the text automatically flows onto the next

page. Other text areas, such as headers, footers, and text boxes, do not expand onto

subsequent pages; they remain a fixed size and width.