Pages User Guide for iPad
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- What’s new in Pages 14.0
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Set paragraph margins in Pages on iPad
You can adjust the margins for specific paragraphs to indent them from the document margins, and change the indentation of the first line of each paragraph. To set margins for the whole document, see Set document margins.
Set paragraph margins in body text
Tap a paragraph, or select one or more paragraphs.
Note: Your changes apply only to the paragraphs or text selected.
If the ruler isn’t showing, tap
, then turn on Ruler.Drag the margin and paragraph indent markers to where you want them.
As you drag, you see a magnified view of the marker with its numerical location on the ruler to help you place it precisely.
If you have trouble selecting the first line indent marker, try turning your iPad to landscape (horizontal) orientation to move the marker away from the Undo button.
Set text margins in a text box, shape or table cell
You can adjust the amount of space between text and the text box or shape that contains it.
Select text, or tap a text box, a shape with text, or a table cell, column or row.
Tap
, then tap Text or Cell.In the Margin section, tap
to decrease or increase the amount of space, or tap the margin size and enter a new value.