Add a reflection or shadow

You can add reflections and shadows to shapes, text boxes, and images.

Add a reflection

  1. Select a shape, text box, or image.

  2. Click the Style tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

    If you don’t see the sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Style tab, click Format inspector button in the toolbar.

  3. Select the Reflection checkbox.

  4. Drag the slider to make the reflection more or less visible.

Add a shadow

  1. Select a shape, text box, or image.

  2. Click the Style tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

    If you don’t see the sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Style tab, click Format inspector button in the toolbar.

  3. Click the disclosure triangle next to Shadow, then click the pop-up menu and choose a type of shadow:

    • Drop Shadow: Makes the object looks like it’s hovering above the page.

    • Contact Shadow: Makes the object look like it’s standing on the page.

    • Curved Shadow: Makes the object look like its edges are curled.

  4. Adjust any of the following to change the shadow’s appearance:

    • Blur: The softness of a shadow’s edge.

    • Offset: How far the shadow is from the object or text.

    • Angle: The angle of the shadow.

    • Perspective: The angle of the light source in a contact shadow.

To add a shadow to a chart series, see Change the look of a chart.