When I select paragraphs and number them in Pages, the numbers occur in the space between the paragraphs as well. How do you number so just the paragraphs have numbers, and not the spaces between?
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numbering paragraphs in Pages
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Set the spacing between paragraphs as two lines then eliminate the paragraphs you created by pressing return twice to separate the paragraphs.
I don't know what you mean. Where do I set the spacing between paragraphs as two lines? Then how do I eliminate the paragraphs I created by pressing return twice to separate the paragraphs - please spell this out in more steps - what paragraphs I created??
Every time you press return you are creating a paragraph. You can see those paragraphs marks by turning on the invisibles (Shirt-Command-I).
You will see little blue backwards "P" symbols. Those are paragraph marks.
Now highlight each paragraph by dragging over the paragraphs you want to number. On the right side of pages you will see the option for paragraph spacing. Set that to a value that you like. 12 points is good number for spacing. You can select spacing before, or after, or a combination of both depending on your needs.
You can also set the exact line spacing by selecting Lines and changing the number to the number of lines you would like. I like setting points as that allows me to more finely control the spacing. Sometimes reducing the spacing between paragraphs by a point, or two, will allow a document to fit on a page.
Now you can select the paragraph marks between your paragraphs and delete those extra paragraphs. You should now be able to select the paragraphs you want numbered and everthing should work as you desire.
Having learned on a typewriter years ago the hardest concept to learn is that a word processor processes text. You have to tell the word processor how you want the text formatted and not format text yourself by using returns, spacing, etc.
If you really want a line break in a paragraph use SHIFT-RETURN to insert a line break. That line break, and subsequent lines will still be a part of the paragraph.
I hope this helps.
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Thanks.
I don't remember this happening in Word when I created paragraphs in a document, and then numbered them. These are paragraphs I have copied from a Word document and pasted in a Pages document.
I don't remember this happening in Word when I created paragraphs in a document, and then numbered them. These are paragraphs I have copied from a Word document and pasted in a Pages document.
Do you have to delete all the paragraph marks by hand? If so, is there a way to do that all at once in the Word document, so that when it's copied and pasted into a Pages document it isn't there?
Replace the double paragraph marks using search and replace. Replace ^p^p with ^p. The ^p is the symbol for a paragraph marks.
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See if this helps you remove blank lines.
The variant that probably actually does the job you appear to want would be find \n\n, replace \n (to keep one of them), replace all. Paragraph ends would still have a return to start a new paragraph but no blank line between paragraphs. Then set spacing between paragraphs as described & illustrated in #4.
If you still have access to Word, you can open the document in Word and do this as described in #7, using basically the exact same approach but using ^p instead of \n.
The variant that probably actually does the job you appear to want would be find \n\n, replace \n (to keep one of them), replace all. Paragraph ends would still have a return to start a new paragraph but no blank line between paragraphs. Then set spacing between paragraphs as described & illustrated in #4.
If you still have access to Word, you can open the document in Word and do this as described in #7, using basically the exact same approach but using ^p instead of \n.
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