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Setting section margins, Reusing sections – Apple Pages '08 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Working with Document Parts

Restarting Page Numbering in a Section

You can start a new page-numbering scheme for a section.

To restart page numbering in a document section:

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Click in the section, select “Start at” in the Section pane of the Layout Inspector, and
then specify the number of the first page of the section.

Setting Up a Unique Format for a Section’s First Page

You can make the header, footer, and master objects different for the first page of a
section.

Here are ways to make the first page of a section unique:

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To make the headers and footers on the first page unique, click in the section, select
“First page is different” in the Section pane of the layout inspector, and then change
the header and footer as “Using Headers and Footers” on page 49 describes.

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To place a master object on the first page, follow the instructions in “Using Master
Objects (Repeated Background Images)” on page 57.

Formatting Facing Pages in a Section

You can make headers, footers, and master objects different on facing pages in a
section.

Click in the section to select it, and then format its facing pages.

Here are ways to format facing pages in a selected section:

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To put different headers and footers on alternate pages, select “Left and right pages are
different” in the Section pane of the Layout Inspector.

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To make the first page of the section always start on the left- or right-facing page,
choose Left Page or Right Page from the “Section starts on” pop-up menu. Otherwise,
choose Any Page.

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To place a master object on left or right pages, follow the instructions in “Using Master
Objects (Repeated Background Images)” on page 57.

For more information about facing pages, see “Using Left- and Right-Facing Pages” on
page 47.

Setting Section Margins

If you want to set different margins in different sections of your document, you must
use the Layout Inspector and change the layout margins. To learn about setting layout
margins, see “Defining Layout Margins” on page 47.

Reusing Sections

You can make a section in a document reusable by adding it to the pop-up menu that
appears when you click Pages in the toolbar.