I'm using the Journal newsletter template and want to narrow the left "column" but it registers as just one column. There is a tab marker at 3" on the horizontal ruler, but it refuses to budge. Am I asking the impossible and is that the price of using a template?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
There are three versions on Pages that will work in Yosemite, assuming that is the OS X version you are using. Each version contains several templates. Including the Pages version number (Pages menu > About Pages) in any question about Pages is really useful when attempting to answer a question.
The Journal Newsletter template in Pages 5 is a Word Processing document. The main text is in the Document body, meaning new pages are added as they are needed to accommodate added text.
The layout of the document contains a single column, a wider that usual Top margin (1.11"), a wider that usual Right margin (also 1.11"), a slightly smaller than usual Bottom margin (0.97"), and a very wide Left margin (3.06").
You can change these settings in the Document Inspector (red arrow):
The number of columns can be set in the Format Inspector (click the brush) in the Text tab. (Red arrow)
Regards,
Barry
There are three versions on Pages that will work in Yosemite, assuming that is the OS X version you are using. Each version contains several templates. Including the Pages version number (Pages menu > About Pages) in any question about Pages is really useful when attempting to answer a question.
The Journal Newsletter template in Pages 5 is a Word Processing document. The main text is in the Document body, meaning new pages are added as they are needed to accommodate added text.
The layout of the document contains a single column, a wider that usual Top margin (1.11"), a wider that usual Right margin (also 1.11"), a slightly smaller than usual Bottom margin (0.97"), and a very wide Left margin (3.06").
You can change these settings in the Document Inspector (red arrow):
The number of columns can be set in the Format Inspector (click the brush) in the Text tab. (Red arrow)
Regards,
Barry
That is not a tab marker it is the left margin, in this case a massive 220pts.
Reduce it in:
Toolbar > Document > Document Margins
Peter
Thanks, Barry. What you say makes it all obvious now. I think I can do want I wanted with that left margin. I appreciate your swift and detailed explanation.
Ruth
How can I change the layout on a Pages template?
