Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 47)

Chapter 3 Working with Document Parts 47
The default margins for most of the Pages templates, including Blank, are set to 1 inch
from the left and right sides of the page and 1 inch from the top and bottom. This
means that the body text of the document will not expand outside these margins.
To change the page margins:
1 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Document button, and then click Document.
2 Enter values in the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom fields.
If you want to set different margins in different sections of your document, you must
use the Layout inspector. To learn about setting layout margins, see “Defining Layout
Margins” on page 52.
If you are creating a document that will be bound, you may want your document
margins to take into account which side of the page will go into the binding (the
inside margin) and which will be the loose edge of each page (the outside margin). To
do this, you must create a document with left- and right-facing pages. To read about
this, see “Using Left- and Right-Facing Pages” on page 52.
Using Page and Line Breaks
You can insert page breaks, make a particular paragraph always start on a new page,
make sure certain paragraphs always remain on the same page, and more.
When you insert breaks, Pages inserts a special formatting character called an
invisible. See “Formatting Characters (Invisibles)” on page 21 for more information
about invisibles.
To learn about Go to
Creating a new page in your document “Inserting a Page Break” on page 47
Managing how paragraphs appear in your
document “Starting Paragraphs on a New Page” on page 48
“Keeping Paragraphs Together on a Page” on
page 48
“Keeping an Entire Paragraph on the Same
Page” on page 48
Adding a soft return and preventing single lines
from appearing at the top or bottom of a page “Inserting a Manual Line Break” on page 49
“Preventing Widow and Orphan Lines” on
page 49
Inserting a Page Break
In a word processing document, you can force the page to break at a particular place
by inserting a page break. This creates a new page within the current section that is
ready for typing text.