Setting up Your Document > Working with pages > Selecting pages |
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Selecting pages
To change a page's attributes, you must first select the page. You can do this directly in your document, or in the Document inspector.
You can set preferences to allow you to select a page in the Document inspector by using the Page Up and Page Down keys on the keyboard or a tool in the Tools panel.
To select a page, do one of the following:
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Click the Page tool in the Tools panel and click a single page on the pasteboard.
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In the Document inspector, click a page thumbnail. |
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Choose a page number from the Go to Page pop-up menu in the Status toolbar (Windows) or in the lower left corner of the Document window (Macintosh), or enter a value in the text box.
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Click a page selector button in the Status toolbar (Windows) or in the lower left corner of the Document window (Macintosh).
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Click the page in the Document inspector with any tool. For this to work, the Using Tools Sets the Active Page option must be selected; see the following procedure. |
To set how pages become active in the Document inspector:
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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Document. |
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Choose one of the following options: |
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Select Changing View Sets the Active Page to select a page in the Document inspector or in the Document window using the scroll bars. |
When this option is selected, you can activate a new page by scrolling through the Document window. The active page appears in the Status toolbar (Windows) or in the lower left corner of the Document window (Macintosh), and it is highlighted in the Document inspector. |
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Select Using Tools Sets the Active Page (the default) to use any tool to select a page. |
When this option is selected, you can activate a new page by clicking a page in the Document window or by using a tool in the Document window. |
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Click OK. |
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