Cropping (masking) images – Apple Pages 2 User Manual
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Chapter 6
Working With Graphics and Other Media
PDF files also provide a great way to move tabular data from Excel or AppleWorks
documents into Pages. If you have extensively formatted tables in Excel or an
AppleWorks spreadsheet that you want to display in your document, you can save the
spreadsheet as a PDF file and then place that PDF file on a page as you would any
other external graphics file.
To convert an Excel or AppleWorks file to a PDF file:
1
In your Excel or AppleWorks spreadsheet, select the table range you want to display in
your document.
2
Choose File > Print.
3
In the Print dialog, choose Save as PDF from the PDF pop-up menu.
4
In the Save dialog, type a name for the PDF file and select a location, then click Save.
To convert a Grab image to a PDF file:
1
Open Grab. It’s in the Applications/Utilities folder.
2
Choose Capture > Selection to select what you want to create an image of.
3
Choose File > Print to save the image as a PDF.
Cropping (Masking) Images
You can crop images without actually changing the image files by masking parts of
them. The mask contains a window that defines the boundaries of the cropped image.
This allows you to import full images but display only part of them within the
document. You can still reposition and resize images that have been masked.
The default mask is a rectangle, which you can resize as required. You can also use a
shape as a mask.
To crop an image using the default (rectangular) mask:
1
Import the file you want to mask. The image can be placed as a fixed object or an
inline object (for more information, see “Fixed Objects Versus Inline Objects” on
2
Select the object and choose Format > Mask. A mask appears over the image with a
resizable “window” in the center.