Apple Pages - Manual (Page 184)

184 Chapter 11 Designing Your Own Document Templates
Important: When selecting blocks of text to define as placeholder text, be careful not
to select the final paragraph break character. Doing so will cause the entire paragraph
to be deleted when the user begins typing in the placeholder text, and the new text
will take on the attributes of the following paragraph. To see the paragraph break
character as you work, choose View > Show Invisibles.
To remove placeholder text:
m Select it and press Delete.
Creating Placeholder Graphics
Placeholder graphics make it easy for you to size and position graphics correctly by
simply dragging them onto the placeholders you have created.
To create a placeholder graphic:
1 Place and size a placeholder image on the page (it might be a shaded box with
instructional text, for example).
2 Select the image and choose Format > Advanced > Define as Image Placeholder.
To make a placeholder image an ordinary image:
m Select it and then deselect “Define as Image Placeholder” in the choose Format >
Advanced submenu. (A selected item has a checkmark next to it; choose the item
again to deselect it.)
To delete a placeholder graphic:
m Select the image and press Delete.
Providing Page Designs for Expandable Templates
You may want to make your template expandable so that template users can simply
insert additional page designs you have created. The page designs are available using
the Pages command in the Insert menu (for more information, see “Expanding the
Template by Adding Pages” on page 31).
1 Design a layout of one or more pages, inserting a section break at the beginning and
end of the layout.
2 Choose Format > Advanced > Capture Pages. A dialog opens.