Pages - Working with Images

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Working with Images

Import an image as a floating object when you want it to remain in a particular place
on a page. If you are working with a word processing document, you can import an
image as an inline object when you want the object to flow with its surrounding text.

Pages accepts all QuickTime-supported formats, including the following graphics file
types:

TIFF

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GIF

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JPEG

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PDF

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PSD

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EPS

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PICT

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To import an image as a floating object:
Drag an image file from the Finder to the document and position it where you want it.

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Chapter 7

Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects

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Chapter 7

Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects

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Click Media in the toolbar, click the Photos button in the Media Browser window, select

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the album where your picture is located, and then drag a thumbnail to position it
where you want it.

Second, choose a source.

First, click a button to go to
your media files.

Third, drag an item to the
document or to an image
well in one of the inspectors.

Search for a file by typing
its name here.

Command-click outside the text areas in the document so that no insertion point

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is visible, and then choose Insert > Choose. Select the file and click Insert. Drag the
image to position it where you want it.

To import an image as an inline object in a word processing document:
Press the Command key, and then drag an image file from the Finder to the document

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window until you see the insertion point at the place where you want the image to
appear. Release the image when you have placed it where you want it.
Click Media in the toolbar, click the Photos button in the Media Browser window, select

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the album where your picture is located, press the Command key, and then drag a
thumbnail to the document window, releasing the image when the insertion point is
at the place where you want the image to appear.
Place the insertion point wherever you want the image to appear, choose Insert >

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Choose, select the image file, and then click Insert.

After importing your image, you can drag it to position it wherever you want on a
page. You can use the tools in Pages to mask (crop) an image; change its brightness,
contrast, and other image qualities; or erase its background.

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To learn how to

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Replace image and other placeholders in
templates with your own objects

“Replacing Template Images with Your Own
Images” on page 140

Mask images to get rid of unwanted parts

“Masking (Cropping) Images” on page 141

Reduce the size of your document by saving only
the used portion of masked images

“Reducing Image File Sizes” on page 142

Make parts of an image transparent in order to
remove the image background

“Removing the Background or Unwanted
Elements from an Image” on page 143

Improve the quality of images and create
interesting visual effects

“Changing an Image’s Brightness, Contrast, and
Other Settings” on page 144

Place, align, resize, and reformat images

“About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing
the Look of Objects” on page 157