Presenting text in columns – Apple Keynote '09 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Working with Text

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Here are ways to set paragraph indentations:
To set the indentation of the paragraph’s first line, drag the narrow rectangular symbol

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along the ruler.

First-line indentation

Left indentation

Right indentation

To change the right paragraph indentation, drag the right indentation symbol

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(downward blue triangle on the right side of the horizontal ruler) to the position
where you want the right edge of the paragraph to end.
To change the left indentation, drag the left indentation symbol (downward blue

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triangle on the left side of the ruler) to where you want the left edge of the paragraph
to begin.

To set the bullet (or numbering) indentation:
Drag the small blue square along the ruler.

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Presenting Text in Columns

You can arrange text in columns within a text box or rectangular shape. When text has
filled one column, it flows into the next column.

Use the Columns pop-up menu in the format bar to quickly divide text into columns.
To set columns of differing or precise widths, or to create more than four columns, use
the Text inspector.

First select the text box or shape you want to format with columns of text.

To quickly divide text into equal columns:
Click the Columns button in the format bar, and then select the number of columns

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you want, up to four.

To create and format columns using the Text inspector:

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Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Text button, and then click Columns.

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Specify the number of columns you want in the Columns field.

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To create columns of differing widths, deselect “Equal column width,” double-click a

Column value in the table, and type a new width.

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