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You can change how text looks by changing its font, size, or color, or by adding bold, italic, or other formatting. You can also fill text with gradients or images, or add an outline. To highlight text, you can add color behind it.

An example of styled text with a gradient fill and outline.

Change text using the Format controls

  1. Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box, shape, or table cell—then tap the Format button.

    If you don’t see text controls, tap Cell or Text.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Apply a different paragraph style: Tap the style name below Paragraph Style, then tap a new paragraph style (scroll to see more). You can’t apply a paragraph style to text in a table cell.

    • Change the font: Tap Font, then tap a new font. To see more options for the font, tap the More Info button next to the font name, then tap a format (condensed, light, or semibold, for example).

    • Apply bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough: Tap any of the buttons below Font.

    • Change the size: Tap the Adjustable button next to Size to decrease or increase the font size, or tap the font size and enter a new value.

      Text controls in the Format menu for setting paragraph and character styles, font, size, and color.

Change the color of text

  1. Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box, shape, or table cell—then tap the Format button.

    If you don’t see text controls, tap Cell or Text.

  2. Tap Text Color, then choose one of the following:

    • A color or gradient designed to go with the template: Tap Preset, swipe left or right to see all the choices, then tap a color.

    • Any color: Tap Color, swipe up or down to see all the choices, then tap a color. To preview text in different colors, touch and hold a color, then drag across the grid. A color label appears for each previewed color to help you reproduce an exact match. Release your finger to select a color.

    • A color from elsewhere on the page: Tap the Eyedropper button, then tap any color outside of the selected text. To preview colors, touch and hold a color on the page, then drag across other colors on the page. Release your finger to select a color.

    • A two-color gradient fill: Tap Gradient, tap Start Color or End Color, then tap a color. To switch the gradient direction, tap Flip Color. To change the gradient angle, drag the Angle slider. To apply the gradient based on the length of the shape or text box (not the size of the selected text), select the checkbox next to Apply Gradient to Entire Object. The gradient changes when the size of the object or text box changes. To apply the gradient across the full length of the page, select the checkbox next to Apply Gradient to Entire Page.

    Side-by-side examples. The first example shows text with the gradient applied only to the text, so that the entire color spectrum shows in the text. The second example shows text with the gradient applied to the entire object, so that only part of the color spectrum shows in the text.

Fill text with an image

  1. Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box, shape, or table cell—then tap the Format button.

  2. Tap Cell (for text in a table) or Text (for text in a shape or text box) to show the text controls.

  3. Tap Text Color or Color, then tap Image.

  4. Tap Change Image, then do one of the following:

    • Tap an album, then tap a photo.

    • Tap Take Photo.

    • Tap “Insert from” to choose an image from iCloud Drive.

  5. If the image doesn’t look the way you expected or you want to change how the image fills the object, tap an option:

    • Original Size: Places the image inside the text without altering the image’s original dimensions. To resize the image, drag the Scale slider.

    • Stretch: Resizes the image to fit the text’s dimensions, which might change the image’s proportions.

    • Tile: Repeats the image inside the text. To resize the image, drag the Scale slider.

    • Scale to Fill: Makes the image larger or smaller to leave no space in the text.

    • Scale to Fit: Resizes the image to fit the text’s dimensions, but maintains the image’s proportions. Some text might not be filled.

  6. To create a tinted image, turn on Color Overlay and tap Fill to select a tint color.

    To make the tint more or less transparent, drag the Opacity slider.

Add or remove a text outline

  1. Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box, shape, or table cell—then tap the Format button.

  2. Tap Cell (for text in a table) or Text (for text in a shape or text box) to show the text controls.

  3. Tap the More Text Options button in the Font section of the controls.

  4. Turn Outline on or off.

  5. If you add an outline, use the controls to change its line type, color, and width.

Tip: You can remove the text color to emphasize the outline. Tap the Format button, tap Text, then tap Text Color. Tap Preset, swipe to the black and white options, and then tap No Fill.

Add a background color to text

You can add color behind any selection of text—individual characters, words, or entire paragraphs—to create a highlight effect.

  1. Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box or shape—then tap the Format button.

    If you don’t see text controls, tap Text.

  2. Tap the More Text Options button in the Font section of the controls.

  3. Swipe up, then tap Text Background.

  4. Swipe left or right to see colors (tap Preset or Color to change the options), then tap one.

    For more information about color options, see "Change the color of text,” above.

To remove the background color from selected text, tap Preset, then swipe to the black and white options and tap No Fill.

Add a background color to a paragraph

Use this method when you want the color behind the text to extend from margin to margin as a block of color.

Note: If the paragraph is in a table cell, you need to add the background color to the table cell. See

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