Anne, Thanks so much. It turns out that tab is tremendously helpful in moving about in Pages. In fact, for the first time, I've set up an activity particularly for Pages so that Quick Nav will be turned off at the outset, so I don't have to worry about it, but if I need it I can still activate it with the left and right arrows together.
Harry On Jul 25, 2012, at 3:35 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > Hello Harry, > > First of all, fonts in Pages. To change the font, select the text whose font > needs changing (select all the text if the whole document is to be changed). > Press Cmd-t to show the fonts. Press VO-Cmd-t to go to the first table and > select the collection. Go to the next table and select the font (you can find > it quickly by typing the first letter or two of its name). Go to the next > table and choose the type face then navigate once right to the size field and > type in the size you want. Just press Cmd-t to return to the document. For > me, Times New Roman is announced as such. > > As for selecting a template, you select from the table in the usual way, but > in the grid, you have to bring the mouse to the VO cursor and do > VO-Shift-Space bar to be sure of selecting the correct template. > > When using a template, use the arrow keys and not the VO keys to navigate so > that the placeholder text will be highlighted automatically and can be > replaced by your own text. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 25 Jul 2012, at 06:34, Harry Hogue wrote: > >> Hi, everyone, >> >> I am in the process of exploring Pages and getting ready for my internship, >> so I want to be comfortable changing fonts in Pages as needed. I am trying >> now to change to Times New Roman. I type some text and select it, although >> this is probably not even necessary, and I then press command+T. There is a >> search box where I could type in a font name, but instead I go over to font >> family and choose "All fonts." I then go down in the list of provided fonts >> until I find "Times new Roman." I stop interacting, adjust the size of the >> font, and then press the close button. I check the font, and it says, >> "Times," with the correct point size. It does not say "Times new Roman," >> and from what I am reading on the Internet, these two are different. I have >> also seen "Times Roman." >> >> It is my goal to become as proficient with Pages as possible so I can >> confidently move about. Although not all things are probably doable at this >> point, much more is possible than I previously thought. I also understand >> that it is possible to use the templates with the placeholder text. I have >> found in the past that Pages and Numbers both tend to select the wrong >> template at times. There is one particular template, in particular, that >> Numbers never selects. I think it is the grade book template, if I remember >> right. So anyway, I am off to explore more about Pages; in the meantime, >> however, I wanted to see if anyone else was familiar with these points. >> >> Thanks, guys, and take care, >> >> Harry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
