This Pages for Mac Introduction quick reference guide for Apple's word processing software gives concise instructions, tips, and shortcuts for features to help you create documents such as letters, resumes and newsletters. Written with Beezix's trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user's perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to improve your proficiency in using Pages.Note: This is the most recent version of Pages if you are using Mac OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) or earlier. If you are using Yosemite, then look for this guide instead: Pages for Mac 5.5 Introduction which is being released under ISBN 978-1939791382.The following topics are covered:Setting Up the Page; Showing a Horizontal Ruler; Basic Text Editing; Inserting the Date and Time; Changing Capitalization; Using the Format Inspector to Change Font, Size, Bold, Italic, etc.; Changing Paragraph Alignment; Displaying Formatting Symbols (Tabs, Spaces, Paragraph Marks);Setting Indents; Setting Tabs; Creating Bulleted or Numbered Lists; Changing Line Spacing; Changing Paragraph Spacing; Showing Page Thumbnails; Checking Spelling and Grammar; Using an Envelope Template; Showing Word Count; Creating a Chart; Changing Text Color; Setting Borders and Rules; Multiple Columns; Inserting a Column Break; Inserting a Page Break; Creating Headers or Footers; Using Paragraph Styles; Using Character Styles; Assigning Shortcuts for Styles; Using Text Boxes; Adjusting Text Wrap; Highlighting Text; Tracking Changes.Also includes: Lists of selection, movement, and deletion shortcuts.Recommended companion title covering iWork basics: Pages, Keynote, Numbers Essentials (ISBN 978-1939791191).

This Pages for Mac Introduction quick reference guide (version 5.5 or 5.6) for Apple's word processing software gives concise instructions, tips, and shortcuts for features to help you create documents such as letters, resumes and newsletters. Written with Beezix's trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user's perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to improve your proficiency in using Pages.Note: If you are using Mavericks or earlier, then look for this guide instead: Pages for Mac 5.2 Introduction ISBN 978-1939791160.The following topics are covered:Setting Up the Page; Showing a Horizontal Ruler; Basic Text Editing; Inserting the Date and Time; Changing Capitalization; Using the Format Inspector to Change Font, Size, Bold, Italic, etc.; Changing Paragraph Alignment; Displaying Formatting Symbols (Tabs, Spaces, Paragraph Marks);Setting Indents; Setting Tabs; Creating Bulleted or Numbered Lists; Changing Line Spacing; Changing Paragraph Spacing; Showing Page Thumbnails; Checking Spelling and Grammar; Using an Envelope Template; Showing Word Count; Creating a Chart; Changing Text Color; Setting Borders and Rules; Multiple Columns; Inserting a Column Break; Inserting a Page Break; Creating Headers or Footers; Using Paragraph Styles; Using Character Styles; Assigning Shortcuts for Styles; Using Text Boxes; Adjusting Text Wrap; Highlighting Text; Tracking Changes.Also includes: Lists of selection, movement, and deletion shortcuts.

The Pages, Keynote, & Numbers Essentials for Mac quick reference guide covers basic features that are common to Pages, Keynote, and Numbers Apple's iWork suite of office software. Great companion product to our Pages for Mac, Keynote for Mac, and Numbers for Mac Introduction guides. Written with Beezix's trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user's perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to get started with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers.Note: This is for the most recent versions of Pages, Keynote and Numbers if you are using Mac OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) or earlier. If you are using Yosemite or El Capitan, then look for one of these guides instead: Pages, Keynote, Numbers Essentials version x.5 (ISBN 978-1939791412), or Pages, Keynote, Numbers Essentials version x.6 (ISBN 978-1944684006). The following topics are covered:Creating a New Document: Opening an Existing Document; Saving a Document; Duplicating a Document; Reverting to an Earlier Version; Opening a Microsoft Office Document; Exporting to Microsoft Office, PDF or Other Formats; Viewing On-Screen Tips; Renaming, Moving, or Tagging a Document; Using iCloud, Collaborating via iCloud; Working in Full-Screen Mode; Adjusting the Zoom.Formatting: Using Cut, Copy, Paste to Move or Copy Text or Objects; Moving or Copying by Dragging; Undoing an Action. Using the Special Character Panel; Using the Format Inspector; Changing the Size or Font of Text; Enhancing Text: Bold, Italic, etc.; Copying Formatting; Inserting a Table; Add/Remove Table Rows or Columns. Using Find and Replace; Inserting Images, Music, or Videos: Using the Media Browser, Inserting from Finder; Resizing Graphics; Inserting Shapes; Resizing a Shape; Adding Text to a Shape. Moving an Object; Selecting Multiple Objects.Other: Adding Comments; Using the Dictionary and Thesaurus; Using Dictation; Using Text to Speech; Customizing the Toolbar; Sending the Document as an Email Attachment; Printing the Document.Also includes: Lists of Selection and Movement Shortcuts.

The Pages, Keynote, & Numbers Essentials for Mac quick reference guide covers basic features that are common to Pages 5.5, Keynote 6.5, and Numbers 3.5-- Apple's iWork suite of office software. Great companion product to our Pages for Mac, Keynote for Mac, and Numbers for Mac Introduction guides. Written with Beezix's trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user's perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to get started with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers.Note: This version works on both Mac OS X Yosemite and El Capitan, although the newer versions (x.6) have been released. If you are using Mavericks or earlier, then look for this guide instead: Pages, Keynote, Numbers Essentials, version x.2 ISBN 978-1939791191. The following topics are covered:Creating a New Document: Opening an Existing Document; Saving a Document; Duplicating a Document; Reverting to an Earlier Version; Opening a Microsoft Office Document; Exporting to Microsoft Office, PDF or Other Formats; Viewing On-Screen Tips; Renaming, Moving, or Tagging a Document; Using iCloud, Collaborating via iCloud; Working in Full-Screen Mode; Adjusting the Zoom.Formatting: Using Cut, Copy, Paste to Move or Copy Text or Objects; Moving or Copying by Dragging; Undoing an Action. Using the Special Character Panel; Using the Format Inspector; Changing the Size or Font of Text; Enhancing Text: Bold, Italic, etc.; Copying Formatting; Inserting a Table; Add/Remove Table Rows or Columns. Using Find and Replace; Inserting Images, Music, or Videos: Using the Media Browser, Inserting from Finder; Resizing Graphics; Inserting Shapes; Resizing a Shape; Adding Text to a Shape. Moving an Object; Selecting Multiple Objects.Other: Adding Comments; Using the Dictionary and Thesaurus; Using Dictation; Using Text to Speech; Customizing the Toolbar; Sending the Document as an Email Attachment; Printing the Document.

Following the common-sense O'Reilly style, Mac OS X in a Nutshell ruts through the hype and gives readers practical details they can use every day. Everything you need to know about Mac OS X has been systematically documented in this book. Mac OS X in a Nutshell offers a complete overview of Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), from its Aqua interface right down to its BSD Unix core. This book familiarizes readers with the Finder and the Dock, System Preferences, file management, system and network administration issues, and more. Later chapters include coverage of the Terminal and how to configure a DAMP (Darwin, Apache, MySQL, Pert/PHP/Python) web-publishing system. In Mac OS X in a Nutshell, you'll find : • Detailed information on virtually every command and utility available on Mac OS X Jaguar • The most complete and thorough coverage of Mac OS X's Unix commands you'll find anywhere • Detailed advice and documentation on system configuration, with extensive coverage of the System Preferences and use of the Finder and Dock • An overview of basic system and network administration features, including coverage of NetInfo and Directory Services • Hundreds of tips, tricks, and clever ways to do familiar and not-so-familiar tasks • Instructions on installing the X Window System and how to build and run BSD Unix applications • An overview of Mac OS X's Unix text editors, including vi and Emacs • An overview of CVS, the concurrent version system • Information on shell syntax and variables for Mac OS X's default user shell, tcsh Each command and option in the book's Unix Command Reference has been painstakingly tested and checked against Jaguar-even the manpages that ship with Mac OS X can't compete in accuracy. Mac OS X in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quick reference on the market and is a must for any serious Mac user.

This Pages for Mac Introduction quick reference guide for Apple's word processing software gives concise instructions, tips, and shortcuts for features to help you create documents such as letters, resumes and newsletters. Written with Beezix's trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user's perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to improve your proficiency in using Pages. This guide is suitable as a training handout, or simply an easy to use reference guide. Recommended companion title covering iWork basics: Pages 6, Keynote 7, Numbers 4 Essentials (ISBN 9781944684303). Topics include: Setting Up the Page; Showing a Horizontal Ruler; Basic Text Editing; Inserting the Date and Time; Changing Capitalization; Using the Format Inspector to Change Font, Size, Bold, Italic, etc.; Changing Paragraph Alignment; Displaying Formatting Symbols (Tabs, Spaces, Paragraph Marks); Setting Indents; Setting Tabs; Creating Bulleted or Numbered Lists; Changing Line Spacing; Changing Paragraph Spacing; Showing Page Thumbnails; Checking Spelling and Grammar; Using an Envelope Template; Showing Word Count; Creating a Chart; Changing Text Color; Setting Borders and Rules; Multiple Columns; Inserting a Column Break; Inserting a Page Break; Creating Headers or Footers; Using Paragraph Styles; Using Character Styles; Assigning Shortcuts for Styles; Using Text Boxes; Adjusting Text Wrap; Highlighting Text; Tracking Changes. Also includes: Lists of selection, movement, and deletion shortcuts.

Instead of spending hundreds of pages on functions you probably will never use, this book shows you what you really want to know: the basics.