Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 157)

Chapter 7 Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects 157
About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look of
Objects
In general, the way you select, arrange, and manipulate objects in Pages works the
same, whether you’re working with images, shapes, movies, tables, chart elements, or
text boxes. For most objects, you use the same controls to resize and reorient them, as
well as to add shadows, reflections, border styles (stroke), fill color or image, and more.
To learn how to Go to
Select one or more objects so you can edit them “Selecting Objects” on page 157
Copy or duplicate an object “Copying or Duplicating Objects” on page 158
Remove an object “Deleting Objects” on page 158
Arrange objects on a page, group them, and
lock them “Moving and Positioning Objects” on page 158
Resize objects, change their orientation,
modify their borders, and perform other
editing operations “Modifying Objects” on page 164
Fill objects with a solid color, color gradients,
or images “Filling Objects with Colors or Images” on
page 171
Selecting Objects
Before you can move, modify, or perform other operations on objects, you must select
them. A selected object has handles that let you move or manipulate the object.
Here are ways to select and deselect objects:
To select a single object, click anywhere in the object (to select an object that has no
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fill, click the edge).
To select several objects on a page, hold down the Shift key as you click objects. All the
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objects must be floating, or they must all be inline.
To select all the floating objects in a document, hold down the Command key, and
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then click anywhere outside the text areas so the insertion point isn’t visible. Press
Command-A.
To select all the inline text and objects in a document, place the insertion point in the
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text area and press Command-A.
To select an object that’s part of a group, you must first ungroup the objects. Select
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the group, and then choose Arrange > Ungroup.
To deselect objects in a group of selected objects, hold down the Command key, and
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then click objects you want to deselect.
To select a master object, first choose Format > Advanced > Make Master Objects
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Selectable.