Use ruler shortcuts in Pages for dragging precision

Nov 23, '05 06:59:00AM

Contributed by: earthsaver

Since I started using Pages, I've been struggling with the ruler. I've disliked how it functions different than the ruler in TextEdit, in that I couldn't move the hanging indent without moving the whole paragraph over. Nor could I set the indents with such precision as on the TextEdit ruler.

Only recently did I discover ruler shortcuts in Microsoft Word; I could hold Alt to drag any item on the ruler to more precise positions than the default ruler ticks. So, I decided to try some shortcuts in Pages, and discovered the following.

Now, finally, I can create my hanging indents without having to resort to ruler tick-based tab stops, or dragging back and forth by trial-and-error until I could find the best position.

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