make text get bigger
When I'm using pages I want to make evrything bigger as one but the text stays the same size. Is their any way to do this?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
You have to select the text to being able to make it larger.
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If you have used Styles, you can adjust them unifomly.
Otherwise you can copy the lot, switch to Preview.app go command n (New document) save that as a pdf and copy paste or import that back into Pages.
It will however be a graphic and uneditable.
Peter
Thanks for the tips.
I had hoped that you could link the text to the box so you could expand the text and the box at the same time by dragging the box. I used to be able to do this with a Windows program called Serif Page Plus.
Is it impossible for apple Pages to do this?
Mark
Did you try my suggestion above?
Pages doesn't work like this, Serif Page Plus is much more a copy of Quark Xpress.
Peter
Dear Peter,
I don't like the copy and paste into preview because the font comes out all fuzzy when you expand it. Thanks for info about Quark Xpress. I thought it was something to do with Pages, I have found the same problem with Microsoft Word for Mac too.
It seems that the problem is insoluble on a Mac but you have saved me the trouble of worrying over it.
Best
Mark
No it does not!
If you look for another post on this subject I actually have a shot of the dot on a 10 pt letter i blown up to huge proportions using this method which demonstrates that statement is demonstrably not true.
As is the statement attributing the problem to the Mac when it is a software issue. The particular programs you have sited just don't have that behavior, others like Quark Xpress do what you want.
Peter
Thanks Peter for your trouble.
Quark express is an expensive program so not within my reach for the small number of projects when I do this. I'll use your tips next time and see if that will help me.
All the best.
Investigate other DTP software if this is important to you.
Other reasonably priced and quite capable DTP applications are Swift Publisher and iStudio Publisher. There are many more.
Peter
thanks Peter, I hadn't heard of them and your recommendation saves my time looking at all the others.
Best Mark
make text get bigger