Pages - About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look of Objects

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About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look of

Objects

In general, the way you select, arrange, and manipulate objects in Pages works the
same, whether you’re working with images, shapes, movies, tables, chart elements, or
text boxes. For most objects, you use the same controls to resize and reorient them, as
well as to add shadows, reflections, border styles (stroke), fill color or image, and more.

To learn how to

Go to

Select one or more objects so you can edit them “Selecting Objects” on page 157

Copy or duplicate an object

“Copying or Duplicating Objects” on page 158

Remove an object

“Deleting Objects” on page 158

Arrange objects on a page, group them, and
lock them

“Moving and Positioning Objects” on page 158

Resize objects, change their orientation,
modify their borders, and perform other
editing operations

“Modifying Objects” on page 164

Fill objects with a solid color, color gradients,
or images

“Filling Objects with Colors or Images” on
page 171