Having the header/footer in Pages fixed with 3 sections is a pain anyway (what's wrong with tabs?), but how can I add a line (rule) that is above the footer text and spans the whole footer? Adding a border only place a line above the actual text in each footer section. Thanks for any suggestions!
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Switch to Layout mode (View ▸ Show Layout) and then choose the line segment from the Shape toolbar item. While selected, visit the Arrange tab and set wrap to None. Switch back to the Style tab, and set the line segment color and thickness to taste. No shadow or reflection will be necessary.
Stretch the line segment from margin to margin using the blue guides as your terminus indicator. Drag the line segment down to just above your footer top border. From the Arrange menu, choose Section Masters ▸ Move Object to Section Master. The line segment will now appear in its footer position on every page in your document. Revisit the preceding menu hierarchy if you want to edit that line segment.
Finally, from the View menu, Hide Layout.
Switch to Layout mode (View ▸ Show Layout) and then choose the line segment from the Shape toolbar item. While selected, visit the Arrange tab and set wrap to None. Switch back to the Style tab, and set the line segment color and thickness to taste. No shadow or reflection will be necessary.
Stretch the line segment from margin to margin using the blue guides as your terminus indicator. Drag the line segment down to just above your footer top border. From the Arrange menu, choose Section Masters ▸ Move Object to Section Master. The line segment will now appear in its footer position on every page in your document. Revisit the preceding menu hierarchy if you want to edit that line segment.
Finally, from the View menu, Hide Layout.
Thanks – that works, although won't the line appear on pages where there is no footer unless you create a new section at every change of format?
Found another solution, which is to add a border above the text in the left-hand footer section, then place the cursor after this text; in Format/Layout/Tabs set the default tab length to the same setting as the page width (i.e. paper width minus margins) then insert a tab after the footer text; the border then extends across the entire footer.
Adding a line (rule) to a footer
