Customizing Page Paper Styles, Tabs, and Other Settings
 
Setting a Page’s Paper Style

Choose a command in Page → Paper Style to set the current page’s paper style.  Use the Page Background Inspector (Window → Inspector) to customize the paper style and other page appearance attributes, such as adding a background image.

 
Changing a Page’s Format Settings

Use the Page Format Inspector (Window → Inspector) to customize the current page’s layout and fonts.  For example, you can set the font the page uses to display information in its dates and other columns.  Commands in the Page and View menus manipulate many of the same settings.
 
 
Changing the Paper Style and Font of All Pages in an Existing Notebook

Use the Notebook Inspector to change the paper style and font of all of the pages in a Notebook.  The Notebook Inspector displays the current default paper style and font settings for the Notebook.


You can set the default paper style and font for all new Notebooks in NoteBook preferences.
 
 
Telling NoteBook Not to Add a Tab to New Divider Pages

By default, NoteBook adds a tab to each new Divider page you add to a Notebook.  The Notebook Inspector contains an option to disable this behavior.  You can set NoteBook not to add tabs to new Dividers for all new Notebooks in NoteBook preferences.
 
 
Changing a Page’s Tab Settings

Choose Page → Add a Tab to add a tab to the current page, and Page → Remove Tab to remove it.  You can add a tab to any page and remove it from any page, including the Contents page.  Use the Page Tab Inspector (Window → Inspector) to customize a tab’s appearance, such as its background color and font.
 
 
Viewing How a Page’s Current Settings Differ from the Default Settings

Every Notebook maintains a “template” page for each of the pages types you can add.  Whenever you create a new Divider page, for example, NoteBook creates it by copying the Notebook’s Divider page template.  To see how a page’s settings differ from the template for its type, choose “Show Custom Settings” from the Inspector’s “Options” tab, near the Inspector panel’s lower-right corner.
 


With Show Custom Settings active, the Page Background, Format, Tab, Font and Numbering Inspectors mark settings that differ from the template using a purple circle with an arrow.  Pressing and holding the Option key displays the template’s settings.
 
 
Applying a Page’s Custom Settings to Other Pages

Once you’ve customized a page’s background, format, tab, font or numbering settings, use the Inspector’s Options tab to apply those settings to other pages in the Notebook.
 
For example, you can set a Divider page’s tab to use a certain color and font, and then choose an option from the Options tab to apply those tab settings to other Divider pages in the Notebook.