
Understanding formatting characters (invisibles)
Each time you press the Space bar, the Tab key, or the Return key, or add a column, section, or page break, Pages inserts a formatting character in the document. Documents are set not to show these formatting characters on the screen, but you can make them visible by clicking View in the toolbar and choosing Show Invisibles.
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This formatting character appears |
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The Space bar |
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Option-Space (creates a non-breaking space) |
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Tab |
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Return |
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Shift-Return (creates a line break in the middle of a paragraph) |
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Insert > Page Break |
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Insert > Column Break |
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Insert > Layout Break |
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Insert > Section Break |
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Wherever you insert an object that moves with text as you type |
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