Now give it an outline by choosing Line from the Stroke pop-up menu. The only current attribute is a drop shadow, but drop shadows are a bit last-century, so let’s get rid of it by unchecking Shadow. Click it once to select it, and then return to the graphic section of the Inspector. It’s easy to tweak the look of many graphic objects. (Want to change more? The fill or stroke color of any object on the page can be changed by clicking it and returning to graphic section of the Inspector to choose the new look.)Ĭhange graphic attributes. You can then choose any color you like for the background. Choose Color Fill from the topmost pop-up menu and then click the color block at the left.
The shape is currently being filled by a tiled graphic, but to keep things simple, let’s change it to a solid color. Now head over to the Inspector (View -> Inspector) and click the Graphic inspector tab. This is because the shape is locked to unlock and change it, choose Arrange -> Unlock. You’ll notice that tiny X’s appear at the corners. Here’s an example: Click the red background of the Informal Newsletter template. Another quick way to give the template a facelift is to change its color scheme. (If you do not see the format bar, click the View icon at the far left of the tool bar and choose Show Format Bar from the drop down menu.) Choose a font you like from this menu to make the switch, and then repeat this process for other text blocks.Ĭhange colors. The Format Bar (just below the tool bar) will then show text-specific options, including a pop-up font menu. Double- or triple-click any text block to select all the text. The simplest way to customize the template is to change the fonts.
Step 2: Make it your own You’re free to modify a template as much as you like, but if you’re looking to get a quick start, here are a number of simple tweaks that will help make the template unique.Ĭhange fonts. Pages provides dozens of different templates, all of which can be customized.
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