How to reformat a text in Pages?

Question

Does anybody know how to " clear format" a text in Pages? You can do in Word. Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Happily, Pages isn’t a clone of Word.
It’s not supposed to replicate its features.
Here is a slightly modified version of a script posted about a month ago.
Open the Pages Word Processing document to treat then apply the script.
As it was written as a demo of what may be done, you will have to edit some instructions to get the exact wanted format (mainly those applying colors).
--{code}
--[SCRIPT clear_Pages_format]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : clear_Pages_format.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Pages et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Ouvrez un document traitement de texte de Pages.
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Pages puis choisir “clear_Pages_format”
Le script appliquera la police Courier et quelques autres attributs au texte du document.
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L’aide du Finder explique:
L’Utilitaire AppleScript permet d’activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l’Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus”.
Sous 10.6.x,
aller dans le panneau “Général” du dialogue Préférences de l’Éditeur Applescript
puis cocher la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre des menus”.
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Save the script as a Script: clear_Pages_format.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Pages and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Open a Pages Word Processing document.
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Pages, then choose “clear_Pages_format”
The script will apply the font Courier and some other attributes to the embedded text.
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The Finder’s Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the “Show Script Menu in menu bar” checkbox.
Under 10.6.x,
go to the General panel of AppleScript Editor’s Preferences dialog box
and check the “Show Script menu in menu bar” option.
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Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/12/27
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on run
          tell application "Pages"
ruler units (centimeters/inches/picas/points)  *)
                    set |unité| to ruler units
                    set ruler units to centimeters
                    tell document 1
>>>>>>>  Here is the list of document's properties which may be defined with this script.
body text (text) : The main text flow of the document.
bottom margin (real) : The bottom margin of the publication.
facing pages (boolean) : Whether or not the view is set to facing pages.
footer margin (real) : The footer margin of the publication.
header margin (real) : The header margin of the publication.
inside margin (real) : The inside margin of the publication when facing pages is enabled.
left margin (real) : The left margin of the publication.
outside margin (real) : The outside margin of the publication when facing pages is enabled.
page attributes (page setup) : Page settings for printing
right margin (real) : The right margin of the publication.
selection (selection-object) : The current selection or insertion point. Use the "select" command to change the selection. Setting of this property replaces the current selected object. E.g., set selection of document 1 to "hello".
top margin (real) : The top margin of the publication.
                              set header margin to 0.0
                              set footer margin to 0.0
                              set top margin to 1.5
                              set left margin to 1.5
                              set right margin to 1.5
                              tell body text
>>>>>>>  Here is the list of text's properties which may be defined with this script.
alignment (center/justify/left/right) : The horizontal alignment.
baseline shift (real) : Raise or lower the target text.
bold (boolean) : Whether the font style is bold.
capitalization type (all caps/normal capitalization/small caps) : Whether a capitalization style is applied.
character background color (color) : The color of the character's background.
character style (character style) : The representative character style of the object.
collapsed (boolean) : Whether the paragraph is collapsed in the outline view.
color (color) : The color of the font.
contents (any)
first line indent (real) : The space between the first line of the paragraph and the left margin.
following paragraph style (text) : The name of the following paragraph style. The empty string implies this style.
font name (text) : The name of the font.
font size (real) : The size of the font.
hidden (boolean) : Whether the paragraph is hidden in the outline view.
indent level (integer) : The list indent level assigned to the paragraph, from 1 through 9.
italic (boolean) : Whether the font style is italic.
keep lines together (boolean) : Keep all lines of the paragraph on the same page.
keep with next paragraph (boolean) : Keep the target and following paragraph on the same page.
label baseline shift (real) : The amount to move the label up or down relative to the first line of the paragraph.
label image data (image binary) : The image used for the label.
label indent (real) : The distance from the left margin to the list label.
label size (real) : When "scale with text" is disabled the label size is a text point size for text labels or a multiplier of original image size for image labels. When enabled, it is always a multiplier of the representative font size of the paragraph.
label type (image bullet/none/number/text bullet/tiered number) : The type of label to use.
left indent (real) : The space between the paragraph and the left margin.
ligatures (all ligatures/default ligatures/none) : Remove ligatures from the target text if the document is set to use ligatures.
line spacing (real) : The amount of space between lines in the current spacing style.
line spacing type (at least/inbetween/relative) : The type of line spacing.
list style (list style) : The list style, if any, for the target.
number label style (letter lower paren one/letter lower paren two/letter lower paren zero/letter upper paren one/letter upper paren two/letter upper paren zero/number paren one/number paren two/number paren zero/roman lower paren one/roman lower paren two/roman lower paren zero/roman upper paren one/roman upper paren two/roman upper paren zero) : The type of label for number and tiered number types.
number label tiered (boolean) : Whether a numeric label displays the complete hierarchy for each level or just the label of the level.
outline (boolean) : Whether the font style is outline.
paragraph background color (color) : The color of the object's fill.
paragraph style (paragraph style) : The representative paragraph style of the text.
prevent widows and orphans (boolean) : Prevent the first or last line of a paragraph from appearing alone on a page.
remove hyphenation (boolean) : Remove hyphenation from the paragraph if the document is set to hyphenate words automatically.
right indent (real) : The space between the paragraph and the right margin.
scale with text (boolean) : Whether the label size proportionally changes with the paragraph text size.
shadow (boolean) : Whether the object casts a shadow or not.
shadow angle (real) : The directional angle, in degrees, that the shadow is cast.
shadow blur (integer) : The relative amount of blur of images seen through the shadow.
shadow color (color) : The color of the shadow.
shadow offset (real) : The offset from the text box content that the shadow extends to.
shadow opacity (real) : The amount of opacity for the shadow, in percent.
space after (real) : The space after the paragraph, in points.
space before (real) : The space before the paragraph, in points.
start new page (boolean) : Start the paragraph at the beginning of the next page.
strikethrough color (color) : The color of the strikethrough line(s).
strikethrough type (double strikethrough/none/single strikethrough) : Whether one or more lines are drawn through the characters.
subscript (boolean) : Decrease the font size and lower the baseline of the text.
superscript (boolean) : Decrease the font size and raise the baseline of the text.
text indent (real) : The distance from the label to the text.
text label string (text) : One to nine characters can be specified for a text label.
tracking (real) : The space between text characters, in percent.
underline color (color) : The color of the underline(s).
underline type (double underline/none/single underline) : Whether the font style is underline.
                                        set font name to "Courier"
                                        set font size to 10.0
                                        set first line indent to 1.0
CAUTION : I guess that it's a bug but we can't use 
set color to {25700, 17990, 0}
                                        set properties to {color:{25700, 17990, 0}}
                                        set paragraph background color to {60000, 60000, 60000}
                              end tell -- body text
                    end tell -- document
                    set ruler units to |unité|
          end tell -- Pages
end run
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--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 26 décembre 2011 12:03:51
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