Whickwithy

Q: Adjusting indents on Pages

Anyone know how to adjust indents on Pages?

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Aug 18, 2016 3:39 AM

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  • by pamfrombalwyn,Helpful

    pamfrombalwyn pamfrombalwyn Sep 5, 2016 3:00 AM in response to Whickwithy
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    Sep 5, 2016 3:00 AM in response to Whickwithy

    Assuming you are referring to Pages - an app available when using El Capitan on a modern Mac... and I STILL have to guess at what indent you want to adjust I have shown two types of indent.

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    The First is controlled under Style > Alignment.

     

    The Second under Layout > Indents.

  • by Whickwithy,

    Whickwithy Whickwithy Aug 18, 2016 5:09 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn
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    Aug 18, 2016 5:09 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn

    Thanks for the feedback but no that doesn't take care of what I am thinking.  Thanks, though.

     

    If you go to Style, you will see two buttons on the second line of Alignment.  One to the left and one to the right (also, CMD[ and CMD]).  These indent the whole piece (i.e. paragraph, title, whatever), not just a line.

     

    It's weird because when I import from a different Pages document I get a different indent and I can't figure out what can be used to adjust this.  It is not the layout/indents as these are set to zero in both documents.

  • by pamfrombalwyn,Helpful

    pamfrombalwyn pamfrombalwyn Sep 5, 2016 3:00 AM in response to Whickwithy
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    Sep 5, 2016 3:00 AM in response to Whickwithy

    Looks like this is what you need to look at:

    temp.jpg

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Sep 4, 2016 7:25 PM in response to Whickwithy
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    Sep 4, 2016 7:25 PM in response to Whickwithy

    I think Pam will be able to help you here. In the future, there is a dedicated Pages for Mac community that you can post too.

  • by Whickwithy,

    Whickwithy Whickwithy Sep 5, 2016 2:59 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn
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    Sep 5, 2016 2:59 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn

    Thank you, Pam.  That was very insightful and accurate as to what I am attempting to make part of the subchapter format.  Unfortunately, that doesn't do it.  It does change the intended indent but does not make it part of the particular format of subchapter (or anything else, of course).  In other words, I change the format to subchapter, the indent does not go with it.  It is not updated along with everything else, even if it is chosen and, then, updated.  The indent is not part of the actual format of a format setting.  Thanks, though.

  • by pamfrombalwyn,Solvedanswer

    pamfrombalwyn pamfrombalwyn Sep 5, 2016 4:18 AM in response to Whickwithy
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    Sep 5, 2016 4:18 AM in response to Whickwithy

    Like you I noticed that these alignment adjustments do NOT appear to be part of Paragraph Style. Changing the values does not show that there are any over-rides to the Paragraph style/

     

    It probably will not assist you with your current issue however I would rather use the Options found under the Layout pane for First, Left and Right indents as these are part of the paragraph style.

  • by Whickwithy,

    Whickwithy Whickwithy Sep 5, 2016 4:34 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn
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    Sep 5, 2016 4:34 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn

    I think I have to consider that the best possible solution for the question.  I'll keep it in mind for the future, as well.  It may do the trick.