Framing objects – Apple Pages '09 User Manual

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Chapter 7

Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects

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4

Choose a line style from the pop-up menu.

Enter the line thickness
in this field.
Choose line endpoints
from these pop-up menus.

Choose a solid line,

dotted line, dashed line,

or another line style.

Click the color well to
choose a line color.

5

To change the line thickness, type a value in the Stroke field (or click the arrows).

6

To change the line color, click the color well and select a color.

7

To give the line endpoints, such as arrowheads or circles, choose left and right

endpoints from the pop-up menus.

Framing Objects

Enclose your text boxes, images, movies, shapes, and media placeholders with
graphical borders, known as picture frames.

To add a picture frame:

1

Select the media or media placeholder, click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the

Graphic button.

2

Choose Picture Frame from the Stroke pop-up menu, and then click the thumbnail to

choose one.

Click this arrow and
the thumbnail to
choose a frame style.

To adjust the thickness of your frame, use the Scale slider or type a specific percentage
in the adjacent field. (Not all picture frames can be adjusted.)

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