Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 267)

Chapter 13 Designing Your Own Document Templates 267
Defining Default Attributes in a Custom Template
A template must have default values defined for the following document elements:
Paragraph, character, and list styles Â
Table of contents attributes Â
Text box attributes Â
Shape attributes Â
Table attributes Â
Chart attributes Â
Imported graphics attributes Â
You can customize any of these for the template you are creating, or you can use the
default settings that already exist in the template you started with (including the Blank
and Blank Canvas templates).
You can modify an existing style or create a new style if you don’t find a paragraph,
character, or list style with exactly the look you want. See “Creating New Styles” on
page 126 for more information.
Consider including a formatted table of contents in your Word Processing template.
See “Using a Table of Contents” on page 64 for information.
To learn about Go to
Setting up the default appearance for text boxes
and shapes “Defining Default Attributes for Text Boxes and
Shapes” on page 267
Establishing the default number of rows, columns,
and other attributes in a table “Defining Default Attributes for Tables” on
page 268
Setting up a chart type and appearance “Defining Default Attributes for Charts” on
page 269
Setting default shadows, opacity, and other
settings for imported graphics “Defining Default Attributes for Imported
Images” on page 270
Defining Default Attributes for Text Boxes and Shapes
The default attributes of text boxes and shapes determine their color, size, and
orientation when they’re first inserted on a page.
To define a default text box:
1 Place a floating text box on the page.
To read about placing a floating text box, see “Adding a Floating Text Box” on page 104.
2 Type text into the text box, select the text, and then set its attributes.
To read about setting text attributes, see “Formatting Text Size and Appearance” on
page 82.