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Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Welcome to Pages
- Overview of Pages
- Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
- Formatting a Document’s Layout and Table of Contents
- Setting Page Orientation and Size
- Setting Page Margins
- Creating Columns
- Varying Column and Page Layouts
- Creating a Document With Left- and Right-Facing Pages
- Adding Headers, Footers, Page Numbers, Footnotes, and Endnotes
- Varying Document Formatting Using Section Breaks
- Adding a Repeated Background Image
- Using a Table of Contents
- Formatting Text and Paragraphs
- Working With Styles
- Working With Graphics andOther Media
- Changing Object Properties
- Creating Tables
- Adding a Table
- Using Table Cells and Borders
- Formatting Tables
- Adding Images or Background Colors
- Formatting Numbers
- Sorting Cells
- Autofilling
- Using Formulas
- A Tour of Using Formulas
- Adding a Quick Formula
- Removing a Formula
- Using the Formula Editor to Add and Edit Formulas
- Using Cell References
- Adding a Formula to Multiple Cells
- Performing Arithmetic Operations
- Using Predefined Functions
- Operators and Functions for Advanced Table Formula Users
- Defining Formulas That Use Operators
- Defining Formulas That Use Functions
- Creating Charts
- Personalizing Documents With Address Book Data
- Printing and Exporting Your Document to Other Formats
- Designing Your Own Document Templates
- Index
16 Preface
Welcome to Pages
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Personalize documents using Address Book data.
You can quickly insert names, phone numbers, addresses—any data defined for
contacts in Address Book—into a document. This feature, often referred to as
mail
merge
, offers an easy way to reuse documents, such as letters and contracts, for
multiple individuals.
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Use tables to calculate and sort values, and display formatted numbers in cells.
You can add a formula to a table cell to derive and display a value based on
numbers in other cells.
Row and column address tabs guide you as you create and edit formulas. Create
formulas using a single click, or use the powerful Formula Editor to customize your
formulas.
You can sort some or all of the rows in a table, in ascending or descending order,
numerically or alphabetically.
Number formats let you tailor the way numbers are displayed in table cells. For
example, you can apply a number format to cells that hold monetary values so that
numbers are displayed with a currency symbol (such as $, £, or ¥) in front of them.
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Customize shapes and images to maximize their impact.
Use shapes to mask images (displaying them in polygons, circles, and more) or to
create other interesting effects in a document.
Pages comes with many predrawn shapes, but you can use the shape editing tools
to create your own custom shapes. These tools also make it easy to experiment with
varying the contours and segments of any shape.
You can improve the quality of an image or create interesting effects by adjusting
brightness, contrast, sharpness, and more.
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Display data in 3D charts and scatter charts.
Almost all charts can be rendered as 3D charts. Now you can display your data in 3D
bar charts, 3D pie charts, and more, using 3D controls that give you precise control
over angles and lighting effects.
Scatter charts can be used to show scientific and research data.