Apple Pages User's Guide download pdf (Page 20)

1 Overview of Pages

This chapter introduces you to the windows and

tools you’ll use in Pages.

When you create a Pages document, you must first select a template to start from.

Pick the one that best fits your purpose and design goals. If you want to start from a

plain document, without a lot of preformatting, use the Blank template.

You can drag or place objects on a page, including imported graphics, movies, and

sound, or text boxes, charts, tables, and shapes that you create within Pages. New

pages are added automatically as you type into your document. You can also add pre-

formatted pages, before or after existing pages, by selecting from those available in

each template. For more information about this, see “Expanding Your Document” on

page 37.

In Pages templates, pages contain text and image placeholders, which demonstrate

the look of the finished document. You can replace the placeholder text with your

own text by just typing. You can replace placeholder images by dragging an image to

the placeholder. For more information about working with placeholder text and

images, see “Step 3: Add Text” on page 38, and “Step 6: Save and Share Your

Document” on page 56.

Using Pages Templates

When you first open the Pages application, the Template Chooser presents a variety of

document types from which to choose. Select the template you want to use, and then

click Choose.

A new template contains placeholder text, placeholder images, and other items,

which represent elements of the finished document.

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Apple Pages User's Guide Page 20