Apple Pages - Manual (Page 32)

32 Chapter 2 Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
Step 2: Add Text
If you start with a Blank document, you can just start typing. As you type, the text fills
the page. As each page is filled, the text automatically flows to the next page.
If you are working with a template that includes text or image placeholders, you can
add text and graphics to the placeholder areas, as described below.
Adding Text to Placeholder Text Areas
Templates contain placeholder text, which shows you what text will look like and
where it will be placed in the finished document. Placeholder text is either a label (for
example, “Addressee Name”) or Latin text in the document body, text boxes, headers,
and elsewhere.
Main Text Areas
When you click placeholder text in a document template, the entire text area is
highlighted.
When you type, the placeholder text disappears and is replaced by whatever text you
are typing. The text you type behaves like regular text.
Text Boxes
Some placeholder text is contained in text boxes or table cells to preserve formatting.
When you click placeholder text that’s in a text box, a rectangular, gray border
appears around it.
Placeholder text: The entire
text area is selected when you
click.
Gray text box
border: The border
appears when you select
the text box.