Formatting a text box or shape – Apple Pages User Manual
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Chapter 3
Formatting Text and Paragraphs
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Formatting a Text Box or Shape
Use the Graphic Inspector to format borders, shadows, and opacity for text boxes or
shapes. For more information about setting object properties, see Chapter 7,
Use the Wrap Inspector to set how you want the text on the page to wrap around a
text box or shape. For more information about setting text wrapping around an
object, see “Wrapping Text Around an Object” on page 118.
You can format text boxes or rectangles in columns by selecting the text box or
rectangle and choosing the number of columns you want, just as you would format
columns in the document body. For more information about creating and formatting
columns, see “Creating Columns” on page 92. You can also place shapes, images, and
charts inside text boxes and shapes, and you can add tables inside text boxes. Objects
added inside text boxes and shapes can only be added as inline objects. To read
about adding in line objects, see “Working With Graphics” on page 105.
You can change the amount of space between text and the inside border of the text
box, shape, or table cell. This measurement is called the inset margin. The amount of
space you specify is applied equally around the text on all sides.
To set the spacing between text and the inside of a text box, shape, or table cell:
1
Select the text box, shape, or table cell. (If the insertion point is inside the object,
Command-Return to get out of text editing mode and select the object.)
2
Choose View > Show Inspector (or click Inspector in the toolbar), click the Text
Inspector button, and then click Text.
3
In the Text pane of the Text Inspector, drag the Inset Margin slider to the right to
increase the space between text and the inside border of the object, or type a
number in the Inset Margin box and press Return.
Specify how much space
there is around text
inside a text box, shape,
or table cell.