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Formatting text and paragraphs, Formatting text size and appearance, Using the format menu to format text – Apple Pages 2 User Manual

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Formatting Text and
Paragraphs

This chapter describes how to modify the
appearance of text and paragraphs, including
creating lists, aligning text, and using text boxes
and other techniques to make text stand out.

Formatting Text Size and Appearance

You can do all text formatting using the Pages menus and the Text Inspector window,

or the Font panel. You can do basic text formatting using the commands in the Pages

menus.

Using the Format Menu to Format Text

The items in the Font submenu of the Format menu allow you to make text:
 Bold or italic

 Underlined or outlined

 Bigger or smaller

 More tightly or loosely spaced

 Superscript or subscript

To make selected text bold, italic, underlined, outlined, bigger, or smaller:

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Choose Format > Font > [Bold, Italics, Underline, Outline, Bigger, or Smaller].

To make selected text a superscript or subscript:

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Choose Format > Font > Baseline > [Use Default, Superscript, Subscript].

To make selected text all uppercase:

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Choose Format > Font > Capitalization > [None, All Caps, Small Caps].