Apple Pages '08 - Manual (Page 92)

92 Chapter 5 Working with Text
To open the Tabs pane of the Text Inspector:
1 Click Inspector in the toolbar.
2 Click the Text Inspector button, and then click Tabs.
Setting the Default Distance Between Tabs
Although the default distance between tab stops is usually a half inch, you can change
the distance using the Text Inspector.
To change how far apart tabs are by default:
1 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Text Inspector button, and then click Tabs.
2 Use the Default Tabs field to set the default distance between tabs.
Setting a New Tab Stop Using the Text Inspector
You can use the Tab pane of the Text Inspector to add a new tab stop.
To create a new tab stop:
1 In the document, click where you want to create a new tab stop.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Text Inspector button, and then click Tabs.
3 Click the Add (+) button in the bottom-left corner of the Tabs pane of the Text
Inspector. The new tab stop appears in the Tab Stops column.
4 To change the tab stop location, double-click the tab stop in the Tab Stops column and
type a new value.
Set how far you want
the first line of each
paragraph to indent.
If you want to indent a paragraph
relative to the page margins,
specify how far to indent it.
Add or remove tab stops
from the column.
Choose a leader line for any
tab stop selected in the Tab
Stops column.
For a tab stop selected in the
Tab Stops column, select how
you want the text to align.
Type a new character
to change the character
used for decimal tabs.
Set the default distance
between tabs.