Apple Pages User Manual

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Chapter 3

Formatting Text and Paragraphs

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You can change the appearance of any text in your document by selecting it and then

selecting options in the Font panel. When you make formatting changes in the Font

panel, the selected text changes right away, so you can try different formatting

options and quickly see what looks best.

To change the look and size of text:

1

In the Font panel, select a font style in the Family column and then select the typeface

in the Typeface column.

If you don't see all the font families you know are installed on your computer, select

All Fonts in the Collections column or type the name of the font you are looking for in

the search field at the bottom of the Font panel.

A preview of the selected font appears in the preview pane at the top of the Font

panel. If you don't see a preview pane, choose Show Preview from the Action pop-up

menu in the lower-left corner of the Font panel.

Create interesting text
effects using these
buttons.

Preview the selected
typeface.

Find fonts by typing a

font name in the

search field.

Select a typeface in the
list to apply it to selected
text in your document.

Select a font size to apply
it to selected text in your
document.

The Action pop-up
menu

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