Pages - Changing Ruler Settings

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Changing Ruler Settings

You can quickly change your ruler settings in Pages Preferences.

Here are ways to work with rulers:
To change the units of measure in the rulers, choose Pages > Preferences, click Rulers,

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and choose an item from the Ruler Units pop-up menu.

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Chapter 5

Working with Text

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Chapter 5

Working with Text

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To display measurements as a percentage of the distance across the page, choose

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Pages > Preferences, click Rulers, and then select “Display ruler units as percentage.”
To place the ruler’s horizontal origin point at the center of the page, choose

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Pages > Preferences, click Rulers, and then select “Place origin at center of ruler.”
To display the vertical ruler in a word processing document, choose

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Pages > Preferences, click Rulers, and then select “Enable vertical ruler in word
processing documents.”

When you change ruler settings in Pages preferences, the new settings apply to all
documents viewed in Pages until you change the settings again.

Setting Indents

You can modify the amount of space between the edge of a paragraph and the
document margins. You can also adjust the amount of space between text and the
inside border of a text box, shape, or table cell.

To learn about

Go to

Changing indentation

“Setting Indents for Paragraphs” on page 97

Adjusting the space between text and the inside
border of objects

“Changing the Inset Margin of Text in Objects” on
page 98