Border Art, is it possible in Pages?

I already have plenty of border images that I would like to use they just need to be duplicated around the edge of the page, so I do not need to create them as I already have them.
I need to find the way to duplicate and space them evenly around the page or object (Photo or text box)

OK, I see. Pretty poor only 4 or 5 built in border options to over 200 in Word, oh well

I was hoping for something more along the lines of:
Open Inspector, Text Tab, Then More, and in the borders section someway to add your own border art to the system.
Oh well will have to do it the long way.

Thanks for your help in showing me how it can be done

Peter, thanks, yes that is certainly a lot easier.
Using this Mac is certainly a lot harder than I was expecting

Thanks

Neil

True, but now since I have bought it and moved over to Mac, I ought to use it. I use Open Office on my laptop and Ubuntu machines, and do still have the old Dell PC working here alongside the Mac, for things the Mac just cant do.

I have spent a lot of money on this * machine so feel I should use it, plus I cant really afford any more software.....looking at a 30% paycut from work next year, and wondering about paying the mortgage.

It is used mainly for music, photo editing and video editing. Probably only need a Word Processing package 2 or 3 times a month for the odd letter or invitations, birthday card etc. Would have stuck with Ubuntu and Windows, but the girlfriend wanted a Mac because they looked nice, so no I have it I am not going to give up on it.

Thanks for the suggestions though

Neil

fruhulda wrote:
Don't blame the Mac. The Mac can absolutely do a lot more than you can imagine but you need the right software, that goes for any kind of computer.
There is also a learning threshold to overcome when changing software's and operating systems. You'll have to find your way.

No, not blaming the Mac, it is my fault for being taken in and believing friends who have Macs who said it would all just work, and it would all be far easier than Windows. I got suckered in to believing them. I run Ubuntu linux on one machine at home, and I have a spare room at home with many 'experimental' machines with all sorts of different linux/BSD distros on them. I am fully aware of the difficulties that can come with swapping OS's, it is just that I hoped (believed the hype and what I was told) that Apple's OS would be easier than the rest. My fault entirely for being so gullible.

Why not try to find some free programs that meet your needs. There is alot of them out on the Internet.

Over the last few months I have tried many bits of software for the GPS/Firewire/phone etc, etc, paid for and free ware, still a lot of issues seem to be hardware/driver issues rather thatn specific software issues. Have got Open Office Aqua for Mac, but want to use the software I have paid for, it is obviously a good bit of kit, just not as intuitive or easy as I was hoping it would be.

Clever girl friend

Unfortunately she only wanted it because she liked the look of the Mac screen, which Apple then dis-continued, (after I paid for it) during the 8 week delivery period it took to get the machine. The store offered me the 30 inch Cinema screen for an extra £700, or a Samsung screen for an extra £50, so she did not even get the screen she wanted. She has pretty much given up on using the Mac, and when ever I come home I usually find the 5 year old WinXp Dell up and running because she has tried to read her mail and the Mail window has opened off screen and it is only half visible and not draggable. I have since found an app that allows you to re gain control of frozen app windows by using keyboard shortcuts,but she still prefers the XP machine for ease of use.

PeterBreis0807 wrote:
Neil,

The ease of use myth comes from the older Classic Mac OS which was a much simpler and less complex system. Oddly enough once Apple made it more difficult and a cyclical pain like Windows, people went for it in droves.

In my case the ease of use thing came from other users, two cousins, and 4 work collegues, they all said it was going to be easy, and since I paid at least 3 times what I would for a Windows PC, I kind of expected it to be better....less crashing, window freezes, menus appearing in random places on the screen, and having to shut down by pressing and holding the power button.

Will look at iText express and see how it goes,

Cheers

Neil