line and paragraph spacing in pages 5.1

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line and paragraph spacing in pages 5.1

Line spacing in Pages 5.1 does not seem to be incremental any more and I cannot see how to adjust paragraph spacing at all. Any suggestions?? This is on a Mac using the

MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 4, 2014 5:22 PM

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PeterBreis0807

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Mar 4, 2014 6:06 PM in response to rhkhmk

Don't know waht you mean by "incremental".

select the text > Format > Text > Spacing > Lines/At Least/Exactly/Between > value

Peter

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rhkhmk Author

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Mar 4, 2014 7:41 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

I can see that I can space lines 1.0 1.5 2.0 etc. I would like to be able to space lines inside paragraphs 1.3 or 1.8 etc. In creating a new paragraph I would like more options than automatic double space.

Earlier versions of Pages allowed both of these ways of formatting text.

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rhkhmk Author

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Mar 4, 2014 7:54 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

the procedure you describe does not exist on my version of Pages which is the most up to date. It only allows adjustment in the alignments left and right or indents.

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rhkhmk Author

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Mar 4, 2014 8:11 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

OK finally found it

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Mar 4, 2014 8:30 PM in response to rhkhmk

I'm curious what exactly was the stumbling point for you?

I ask because users seem to not be finding the lower levels of the formatting user interface.

Do you have a small screen and the bottom options are off screen?

Peter

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rhkhmk Author

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Mar 4, 2014 8:39 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

It's not a small screen problem. It's the formatting bar to the right hand side. It offers a goodly number of options on alignment so I fail to spot that the spacing segment has an arrow key that opens more options. ALso the format arrangements on the tool bar only replicate the alignment options. So spacing is hidden and alignment is very visible

Helena

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Mar 4, 2014 9:06 PM in response to rhkhmk

Thanks.

It is a layout problem that seems to be affecting most users.

There, but overlooked.

Hope the Apple programmers are paying attention.

I am really curious why they seem to be doing no independent testing and checking. At least none that shows.

Peter

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