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Getting an Image Out of Pages
Have you ever received a Pages document with in-line photos, charts or other images that you wanted to save? The dilemma: When you try to drag images out of Pages, it won’t let you. Nor will it allow you to copy and paste the image anywhere. The fix: Click the image you want to save in the document [...]
Continue reading...Pages Documents Are Really Folders, er… Packages
16. March 2008
Ever try attaching the wonderful newsletter you created in Pages to a new message for your Yahoo (or other web based e-mail) account? Confused as to why it was grayed out and could not be attached? Pages doesn’t create a singular document for the finished product but rather, a directory including all your images and [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts
16. March 2008
I am an Apple iWork fan, but have yet to try the new Office 2008. It is often necessary to save documents from Pages in other formats, and while it’s easy enough to save in various formats, there is no keyboard shortcut for this. To get around this, and to add keyboard shortcuts to menu [...]
Continue reading...Headers and Footers Begone!
5. February 2007
The standard Blank template in Pages incorporates a header and a footer, which is inconvenient if you want your text to run as close as possible to the top and bottom of the page. You may have tried deleting the header and footer, but you won’t have succeeded. What you can do, though, is move [...]
Continue reading...Select Any Color You Can See
5. February 2007
You can select as your working color any color you can see on your screen, whether or not it’s in a Pages window. Click the “Colors” button in the toolbar. In the color palette, click the little magnifying glass to the left of the “current color” bar. You’ll see your cursor turn into a magnifying glass with [...]
Continue reading...“In-Line” and “Floating” Objects
5. February 2007
The positioning of objects in a Pages document can sometimes be confusing. Suppose you want to place a colored rectangle somewhere on the page. You click the
Continue reading...Pages Tips, iWork
2. February 2006
Font Embedding You may decide to send a Pages file to someone else whom you know has Pages. To show off your creativity, you may send a document containing one or two unusual fancy fonts, only to have the recipient respond in a less than enthusiastic fashion. As in most other applications, fonts are not embedded in [...]
Continue reading...Top 10 Keyboard Shortcuts for Pages
2. December 2005
One of the great advantages of Apple’s accessible layout program Pages (part of iWork, $79; www.apple.com/iwork) is that it’s easy to use. Make it even easier by learning these ten keyboard shortcuts. To get a peek at Pages’ fonts, use this combo: Command/T Adding the Shift key shows styles: Shift/Command/T If you wish to move to the beginning of the [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
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