Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 35)

Chapter 2 Creating, Opening, and Saving a Document 35
Here are ways to import a document:
Drag the document to the Pages application icon. A new Pages document opens, and
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the contents of the imported document appear.
In Pages, choose File > Open, select the document, and then click Open.
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If you can’t import a document, try opening the document in another application and
saving it in a format Pages can read, or copy and paste the contents into an existing
Pages document.
You can also export Pages documents to Microsoft Word (.doc), PDF, Rich Text Format
(.rtf and .rtfd), and plain text (.txt). See “Exporting Pages Documents to Other File
Formats” on page 256 for details.
Viewing and Editing Your Document in Full Screen
Using full-screen view lets you access controls when you need them, for a simpler view
of your Pages document. When viewing your Pages document in full screen, you can
make detailed and accurate changes as you write.
To edit your document in full-screen view:
1 Open a Pages document.
2 Choose View > Enter Full Screen, or click the Full Screen button in the Pages toolbar
(looks like two outward-facing arrows).
Document information, such as word and page count, is displayed at the bottom of
the screen.
3 Do any of the following:
To display the format bar and menu items, move the pointer to the top of the screen. Â
To view the inspector, choose View > Show Inspector. Â
To display page thumbnails, move the pointer to the left of the screen. Â
To display document scroll bars in Mac OS X v10.6.x (Snow Leopard), move the Â
pointer to the right of the document.
In Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion) or later, scroll bars are displayed according to the settings in
your Mac OS X preferences.