Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 128)

To modify a character style:
1 Click the Character Styles button in the format bar and select the character style that
most closely matches the style you want to design, or select None.
2 Type some text, and then apply some attributes.
Select a font typeface and size. For more information, see “Making Text Bold, Italic, or
Underlined” on page 83.
Set the text color. For information about changing the color of text, see “Changing Text
Color” on page 93.
Set the character spacing. For more information about setting character spacing, see
“Setting Text Alignment, Spacing, and Color” on page 90.
3 Use the More pane of the Text inspector to specify additional attributes.
Language: Choose a language for spell-checking a paragraph, a range of words, or
newly typed text that follows an insertion point. If your document includes quotations
or sections in another language, you can choose a spelling dictionary in that language
for checking the text of the quotations or sections. The spelling dictionary determines
how words are spelled or hyphenated.
Remove ligatures: A ligature is a stylish flourish between letters or at the end or
beginning of lines. Ligatures are used by some fonts to combine two or more text
characters into one glyph. Select this checkbox if you don’t want to use ligatures
in a selected paragraph that has ligatures turned on. (To turn ligatures on for the
document, select “Use ligatures” in the Document pane of the Document inspector.
If any text is selected when you remove ligatures, the change will be applied to the
selected text as a style override, unless you complete step 4, below.)
Baseline Shift: A negative number places the text lower than the surrounding text.
A positive number places the text higher than the surrounding text. Enter a number
in the field. (If any text is selected when you set the baseline shift, the change will be
applied to the selected text as a style override, unless you complete step 4, below.)
4 In the Styles drawer, click the arrow to the right of the character style name, and then
choose an option.
Redefine Style from Selection: Redefines the existing character style for the whole
document. If you choose this, your formatting changes will apply to all other instances
of this style throughout the document.
128 Chapter 6 Working with Styles