Pages

You may not think much about tab stops when composing a document in Pages, but these handy tools can save you time if you set them up from the start. Depending on the type of document you’re creating, you can use the stops for each press of your tab key on Mac. Your text is then perfectly aligned where it needs to be each time, letting you concentrate on your words instead of the layout.

You can also use tab stops in Pages on iPhone and iPad. Then with the shortcut menu, move the text to the stop you want.

We’ll show you how to add, edit, and use tab stops in Pages to make your document creation process quicker and easier.

If you’re creating a report, proposal, or essay, you can take advantage of tables in Pages. These can format and present your data neatly. And while you can certainly create a table in something like Numbers and copy it over, it’s not really necessary, especially if it’s a small amount of data. You can also use tables in Pages to structure other things in a nice grid format, like images, logos, or shapes.

Here, we’ll show you how easy it is to work with tables in Pages on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Making your Pages documents more pleasing to the eye can also makes them easier to read. One way to do this is to adjust the line spacing. And for some, using specific spacing is required, like double-spacing.

In addition, the spacing you use between your characters can come into play if you’re using certain font styles. You don’t want the characters to be squished together or even too far apart, both of which can make your document hard to follow.

Since these settings work together to make your Pages documents more legible, we’ll show you how to adjust both line and character spacing in Pages on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.