Chapter 17

Desktop Publishing with Pages

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Creating, opening, and saving a Pages document

Bullet Entering, editing, and formatting text

Bullet Inserting text, shapes, and graphics

Bullet Cutting, copying, and pasting

Bullet Setting document defaults

Bullet Printing and sharing your work

What’s the difference between word processing and desktop publishing? In a nutshell, it’s in how you design your document. Most folks use a word processor like an old-fashioned typewriter, much like I’m using the Mac version of Microsoft Word right now. (Yawn.)

A desktop publishing application allows far more creativity in choosing where to place text, how to align graphics, and how to format all the elements in your document. I think desktop publishing is more visual and intuitive, allowing your imagination a free hand in creating a document.

In this chapter, I show you how to set your inner designer free from the tedious ...

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