Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 269)

Chapter 13 Designing Your Own Document Templates 269
“Adding a Table” on page 176 tells you how.
2 Select the table, and then set its attributes.
See “Resizing a Table” on page 179 if you want to change the table’s dimensions.
See “Working with Rows and Columns in Tables” on page 184 to learn about adding
and removing columns and rows and creating header rows and columns.
See “Putting Content into Table Cells” on page 191 for information about splitting and
merging table cells, resizing them, and formatting their borders.
See “Working with Numbers in Table Cells” on page 193 to learn about options for
formatting cells that will contain numbers.
See “Adding Images or Color to Table Cells” on page 198 if you want to add graphics to
the table.
3 Set text wrapping around the table.
See “Wrapping Text Around an Inline or Floating Object” on page 113 for instructions.
4 Choose Format > Advanced > Define Default Table Style.
5 Delete the table from the page.
Defining Default Attributes for Charts
For charts, you can set the chart (the type of chart that appears when you choose
Insert > Chart) and the default look of each chart type. Default attributes must be set
individually for each chart type.
To set chart styles and placement:
1 Place a chart on the page.
See “Adding a New Chart and Entering Your Data” on page 225 for instructions.
2 Select the chart, and then set its attributes.
See “About Charts” on page 221 to learn how to specify a chart type.
See “Formatting Charts” on page 228 to learn how to resize a chart, rotate it, and set
other attributes that charts have in common.
3 Set the text wrapping around the chart.
See “Wrapping Text Around an Inline or Floating Object” on page 113 for instructions.
4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each chart type.
5 Select each chart, one at a time, and then choose Format > Advanced > “Define
Default Style for chart type Chart.”
6 Select the chart type that you want to be the first chart that appears when you choose
Insert > Chart, and then choose Format > Advanced > “Make chart type the Default
Chart Type.”