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Ruby text in Pages

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A valuable feature for many Pages users, it’s carefully hidden from anyone who doesn’t normally use Japanese, Chinese or Korean.

January 11, 2022 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Forming unusual characters using Unicode and typography

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How can you create a new accented or other character which doesn’t appear in Unicode? It depends on whether you want it in text, or PDF.

August 2, 2021 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Recover a broken document using versions, and clean versions up

Pages refuses to open the document. So how can you gain access to its previous versions?

August 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

File Integrity 7 : Which other file formats are resilient?

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Looks at plain text, CSV, XML, JSON, RTF, RTFD, .docx, .xlsx, and PDF. Which should you trust with your important documents in archives?

April 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

What does the Move To command do in Pages, Numbers & Keynote?

When should you use the Move To menu command in any of Apple’s iWork apps? What advantages does it bring over the Finder?

February 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Should you use document metadata?

Is it worth entering author name, title, keywords and so on in a document’s Properties?

August 3, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Should appearance mode change text views?

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Currently, many major apps keep all the active editing view in Light Mode, irrespective of whether the rest of macOS is in Dark Mode. Is that the best option?

December 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Which word processors support Rich Text in Dark Mode?

Which app should you use when you want styled or Rich Text to remain readable whether it’s displayed in Light or Dark Mode?

December 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Rendering Rich Text in Dark Mode

A proposal for ensuring consistent display of Rich Text across apps and tools in macOS, and elsewhere.

December 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Crippling Rich Text with Dark Mode

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Mojave’s handling of Rich Text in Dark Mode is now broken in several places, including the new version of TextEdit, in QuickLook, and Pages.

December 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

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