Apple Pages User Manual

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Chapter 3

Formatting Text and Paragraphs

To modify the background color of a selected paragraph:

Click the Document Color button in the Font panel (the fourth button from the left),

and then select a color in the Colors window.

Note: You can also modify paragraph background color in the Text Inspector, as

To create shadows on selected text:

Click the Text Shadow button in the Font panel (the fifth button from the left).

Drag the Shadow Opacity slider (the first slider on the left) to the right to make the

shadow darker.

Drag the Shadow Blur slider (the middle slider) to the right to make the shadow more

diffuse.

Drag the Shadow Offset slider (the third slider) to the right to separate the shadow

from the text.

Rotate the Shadow Angle wheel to set the direction of the shadow.

Note: You can also set text shadows in the Graphic Inspector, as described in “Adding

Accents and Special Characters

If you need to type characters with accent marks (such as ü), mathematical symbols,

arrows, or other special characters, you can use the International preferences pane or

the Character Palette. You can also see where characters are located on keyboards

used for other languages by using the Keyboard Viewer (for example, you can see

how the keys on an Italian keyboard are laid out). All of these are built-in tools of

Mac OS X.

To add accent marks to characters:

Choose Apple > System Preferences and click International.

Click Input Menu, then select the checkbox next to Keyboard Viewer.

Choose Show Keyboard Viewer from the Input menu on the right side of the menu

bar (the one that looks like a flag or alphabetical symbol).

The Keyboard Viewer shows the characters for your keyboard. (If you've selected a

different keyboard layout or input method in the Input menu, it shows the characters

for the selected keyboard layout). For example, if U.S. is chosen in the Input menu, you

see the characters that appear on a U.S. keyboard in the Keyboard Viewer.