Applying the ruler to the whole document?

I am having trouble with the ruler in pages. I can manually adjust the rulers on each page but want to apply the same guidelines to the whole document?
I have gone to preferences > rulers  and tried to figure out but I am at a loss?
Can any one help????

The Ruler applies to selected text. Always has in every software I have known.
If it didn't you wouldn't be able to make individual adjustments.
If you want it to apply to all the text in your document at this time:
click in your text, Menu > Edit > Select All
or
command a
and make your adjustments.
Peter

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