Formatting characters (invisibles) – Apple Pages '08 User Manual
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Pages Tools and Techniques
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Formatting Characters (Invisibles)
Each time you press the Space bar, the Tab key, or the Return key, or add a column,
layout, page break, or section break, Pages inserts a formatting character in the
document. These formatting marks are called invisibles because, by default, you can’t
see them.
Making formatting characters visible is often useful, especially when you’re formatting
a more complex document. For example, you can change your document format by
selecting an invisible and then pressing the Delete key to remove formatting.
To see invisibles:
1
Click View in the toolbar and choose Show Invisibles.
2
To make invisibles stand out better, you can change their color. Choose Pages >
Preferences, click General, click the Invisibles color well, and then select a color.
The table below shows what each formatting character represents.
Invisible character
Represents
Space
Nonbreaking space (Option-Space bar)
Tab
Line break (Shift-Return)
Paragraph break (Return)
Page break
Anchor point (for inline objects with text wrapping)