Apple Pages - Manual (Page 58)

58 Chapter 3 Formatting Text and Paragraphs
To change text color:
1 Select the word or words you want to change.
2 In the Text Inspector, click the color well.
3 In the Colors window, select a color.
To read about using the Colors window, see “Using Color and Image Fills” on page 127
Setting Tab Stops to Align Text
If you want to add, delete, or change tab stops in the document body, or inside a fixed
text box, table cell, or shape, you can do this by using the Tabs pane of the Text
Inspector, or by manipulating the tab icons directly on the rulers. It may be quicker to
format a few tab stops by using the rulers, but if you want to create many precisely
placed tabs, the Text Inspector makes it easy. Both of these methods are described
below.
Note: Don’t use these instructions to set tab stops in an ordered list (outline). To learn
how you can modify the indentation levels for lists, see “Creating Bulleted or
Numbered Lists and Outlines” on page 62.
Setting Tab Stops Using the Rulers
Some text styles have default tabs already set. You can see the tab icons on the
horizontal ruler when you choose View > Show Rulers and select some text on a page.
You can place tab stops where you want them in the document body or in text boxes.
To set a new tab stop:
m Click the horizontal ruler where you want to set the tab stop.
To change the tabs:
1 Select the text you want to adjust.
2 On the horizontal ruler, drag the blue tab icons to change the location of the tab
stops.
Blue tab icons appear on
the horizontal ruler when
you select tabbed text
on a page.