Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 81)

Chapter 5 Working with Text 81
For more information about sections, see “Adding and Deleting Sections” on page 60.
To delete a page in a page layout document:
Click View and choose Page Thumbnails. Select the page or pages in the thumbnail
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view you wish to remove, and press Delete. After Pages confirms which pages will be
removed from your document, click Delete.
Selecting Text
Before you format or perform other operations on text, you need to select the text you
want to work with.
Here are ways to select text:
To select one or more characters, click in front of the first character and drag across the
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characters you want to select.
To select a word, double-click the word.
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To select a paragraph, triple-click in the paragraph. m
To select all text in a document, choose Edit > Select All. m
To select blocks of text, click the start of a text block, and then click the end of another m
text block while holding down the Shift key.
To select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph, press the Up
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Arrow key while holding down the Shift and Option keys.
To select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph, press the Down Arrow
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key while holding down the Shift and Option keys.
To extend the selection one character at a time, press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow
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key while holding down the Shift key.
To extend the selection one line at a time, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key
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while holding down the Shift key.
To select multiple words or blocks of text that are not next to each other, select the
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first block of text you want, and then select additional text while holding down the
Command key.
Deleting, Copying, and Pasting Text
The Edit menu contains commands for text editing operations.
Here are ways to edit text:
To copy (or cut) and paste text, select the text and choose Edit > Copy or Edit > Cut.
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Click where you want to paste the text.
To have the copied text retain its style formatting, choose Edit > Paste.