Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 104)

Using Text Boxes, Shapes, and Other Effects to Highlight Text
Callouts and sidebars are used to make text stand out from the main body of text in a
document. Pages offers many ways to emphasize text:
Adding text to text boxes Â
Adding a background (or  fill color) to paragraphs
Adding borders and rules to text Â
Formatting text in columns Â
Typing text in shapes Â
You can also use table cells to hold callouts. To read about working with tables, see
“Working with Tables” on page 176.
To learn about Go to
Adding and linking text boxes “Adding a Floating Text Box” on page 104
“Adding an Inline Text Box” on page 105
“Linking Floating Text Boxes” on page 106
Emphasizing text with color, borders, and rules “Setting Character and Paragraph Fill Colors” on
page 107
“Adding Borders and Rules” on page 108
Adding text to columns or shapes “Presenting Text in Columns” on page 108
“Putting Text Inside a Shape” on page 109
Adding a Floating Text Box
When you add a text box as a floating text box, it’s anchored to a position on the page
so that body text on the page flows around it. You can move the floating text box by
selecting it and dragging it.
To create a floating text box:
1 Click Text Box in the toolbar.
A text box appears on the page.
In a word processing document, you can also create a floating text box by converting
an inline text box. Choose Insert > Text Box; an inline text box appears. Click the inline
text box to select it, and then click the Floating button in the format bar.
2 In the text box, double-click the highlighted placeholder text and type.
3 Drag the selection handles to resize the text box and reveal any hidden text. (Or you
can create linked text boxes so that the text flows continuously into another text box.)
To read about linked text boxes, see “Linking Floating Text Boxes” on page 106.
4 When you’ve finished typing, click outside the text box. Or, to stop editing text and
select the text box, press Command-Return.
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