iWork® '09 For Dummies®

Chapter 4. Inspecting the Inspectors

In This Chapter

• Formatting text

• Filling objects with color

• Adding images to your docs

• Cropping and adjusting images

• Adjusting tables and charts

Inspectors let you inspect and adjust settings for whatever you've selected in the current document: a paragraph, an image, or the entire document. They compress a large amount of information and functionality into a small and well-organized tool.

Using Inspectors

One icon that is always present on the toolbar is the Inspector icon, towards the right. Click it to open an Inspector window. You can also choose View

The Business Card template has a number of identical parts so that you can print multiple business cards on a perforated sheet that you buy in an office supply store. Because this is a page layout document, you can move the individual card images around so that they align properly with the perforated sheet. You select a part by clicking it.

Figure 4-1. Use inspectors to view settings for an iWork document and its contents.

An inspector is always up-to-date, showing information about the current selection in the active window of the application. If you switch from one document to another or select another item, the inspector's data is updated, as you can see in Figure 4-2. In Figure 4-1, the document as a whole ...