Hi Robert, Two tips to help you out: Use command+T in Pages to pull up the font dialog box. You can then change any of your font attributes from here.
Use Command+Option+I to open the inspector window for your document. The inspector has a number of layered tabs you can use to navigate through your various options. There is a tab for changing text features, including color, line spacing, tab size, etc. Using these two strategies I was able to format my papers in APA style in grad school. Best of luck, Greg On Nov 27, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Robert Hooper <hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote: > Hello: > > It’s been a long time since anyone on list has heard from me. I am doing > well, although university life keeps me constantly weighed down. Anyway, one > of the few things holding me back from a complete transition from Windows to > Mac OS is Pages—if I could solidly rely on a word processor on the Mac side, > I would be much closer to abandoning Windows and Microsoft Office. So, I have > a few questions. > > Recently, I tried to write a sample APA-formatted document. I successfully > set the font, however I ran into a few issues with the rest of the > formatting. I found that when I leave the “body” edit field and return to it, > I must press VO+shift+space to simulate a mouse click before I can type or > navigate within the text field. Also, although some formatting commands work > when typing (i.e. italic toggle, bold toggle, etc.), when I leave the “layout > area” and navigate amongst the various options with Voiceover, everything > appears to be dimmed, including the option to toggle italics, bold, etc. I > tried to change the line spacing and modify other things, but literally > everything was dimmed, even the majority of the options in the menus. I > thought that this might be because the mouse had to be focused in the edit > field before changes can be made; I thought this because keystrokes to turn > italics and bold text on and off worked when I was typing in the body field. > Even after fiddling with some VO cursor tracking options, I still encountered > these issues. So, in short, how does one use Pages? I’m sure I could learn > keystrokes for every action, but I’m out of luck if I go browsing through the > various options, unsure of exactly what I wish to change. I will do some > fiddling, but I would like to get this figured out. Here’s what I need to do > to set up an APA-style document. > > The font needs to be 12-point and Times New Roman. The document needs to be > double-spaced, with a 0pt “spacing after” option (no extra spacing between > paragraphs). The document needs to have a running header and a plain page > number in the top right corner of each page. All margins must be set to one > inch. > So, how do I do all that? Those are the general guidelines for the initial > set up of an APA-style document. Of course, there are countless rules > regarding writing style, formatting of figures, equations, numbers, > abbreviations, etc. I should note that I don’t want a template—a template > teaches me nothing; I need to figure out how to change these settings myself, > and build my own template, if I so desire. I appreciate anyone’s input on > this matter. > Thanks, > Robert Hooper > hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu > The Ohio State University, Department of Psychology; Department of > Neuroscience > 572 Stinchcomb Drive #3 > Columbus, Ohio 43202 > (740) 856-8195 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
