Apple Pages 2 User Manual
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Chapter 5
Working With Styles
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If character styles are not visible in the Styles drawer, click the button with the
underlined character in the bottom-right corner of the drawer.
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Type some text and then apply some attributes:
 Select a font typeface and size. For more information, see “Using the Font Panel to
 Set the text color. For information about changing the color of text, see page 91.
 Set the character spacing. For more information about setting character spacing, see
“Setting Text Alignment, Spacing, and Color” on page 88.
 Set the baseline shift, ligature, and language in the More pane of the Text Inspector.
For more information, see “Modifying and Creating New Paragraph Styles” on
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In the Styles drawer, click the arrow to the right of the character style name, and
choose one of the following:
 Redefine Style From Selection: Redefines the existing character style for the whole
document.
If you choose this, your formatting changes will apply to all other instances of this
style throughout the document.
 Create New Character Style From Selection: This doesn’t alter the existing style,
but creates a new style based on the formatting choices in the previous steps.
If you select this, you can choose which attributes you want to include as part of the
new character style. Click the disclosure triangle below the Name field in the “New
character style” dialog, and then select the attributes you want. Type a name for the
new style, and then click OK.
Click to show list styles.
Click to show
character styles.