Apple Pages User Manual
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Chapter 2
Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
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To select the placeholder text inside a text box:
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Click once to select the text box, and then double-click to select the text inside the
box.
Usually, text box borders are only visible when the text box or the text inside is
selected, or when you have layout view turned on. To learn how to change the look of
text boxes, see “Creating Callouts, Sidebars, and Highlighted Text” on page 65.
Tables
Some tables contain placeholder text. When you select text that’s inside a table cell, a
yellow rectangle appears around it.
To select the placeholder text inside a table:
1
Click once to select the table, and then click once to select an individual cell.
The text inside the cell is selected for editing when you select the individual cell. You
can tell it’s placeholder text if it gets a blue highlight; otherwise, it’s regular text.
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Press Tab to move to the next cell, or Shift-Tab to move to the previous cell.
To learn more about working with tables or changing their look, see Chapter 8,
Important: Text boxes and tables that contain placeholder text are part of the
template’s default design. To preserve the design, be careful not to press Delete after
you select the text box or table. Pressing Delete will remove the selected object from
the page. If you accidentally delete a text box or table, you can immediately recover it
by choosing Edit > Undo Delete (or pressing Command-Z). In general, if you make a
mistake or change your mind about something you’ve done, you can immediately
undo your last action by using the Undo command.
Columns
Occasionally, templates may contain placeholder text formatted in columns. It may be
easier to work with text columns if the document layout is visible, but you can also
hide the layout to see how the finished document will appear.
Individual table cell
selected for editing