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making lined template

Need to know how to make a page full of lines


Mac mini, macOS 14.6

Posted on Nov 15, 2024 2:55 PM

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Nov 16, 2024 6:29 AM in response to estherfromfredericksburg

Before you begin to enter lines into the new Pages document, you should visit the Pages Settings > Rulers panel and select each of the checkboxes shown below. The Alignment Guides color is of your choosing:



When you drag the line to meet the edge of the document body, it will automatically illuminate with the color selection above to let you know the line has reached the edge. You will see what I mean.


Visit View menu > Show Layout to produce an outline of your body text area of the document. Then insert one line shape that you extend to each margin. While still selected, and in the Arrange panel, set Text Wrap to None.


Now, press cmd+D to duplicate the line and drag it below the previous line, repeating this sentence until done.


Press cmd+A to select all lines that you have entered and now you can set the point size and color from the Style panel for all lines. On the Arrange panel, you can choose Align > Center and Distribute > Evenly. You should now have a page of evenly distributed lines.


Now, from the File menu, Save as Template… > Add to Template Chooser.


Taken to the extreme, it might look like this example:


making lined template

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