Serif PagePlus X4 manual

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Contents Contents 1. W elcome .......................................................... 1 W elcom e! .................................................................................. 3 Key feature s .............................................................................. 4 Ne w f eatures .....................................................[...]

Contents 4. W or king wi th Objects ..................................... 53 Selecting an object ................................................................... 55 Selecting m ulti ple objects ........................................................ 56 Copying, p asting, and replicati ng objects ................................ . 57 Snapping ..[...]

Contents Substituti ng fo nts ................................................................... 117 Using tex t styles .................................................................... 120 Wrapping t ext ........................................................................ 127 Creating a b ulleted or n umbered li st ........................[...]

Contents 7. Colour, Fills, an d Transp arency ................... 215 Applying so lid fills ................................................................... 217 Using schemes ...................................................................... 219 Working w ith gradient a nd bitmap f ills .................................... 222 Working w ith [...]

Contents Setting w eb picture dis play opt ions ....................................... 271 Choosing w eb page proper ties .............................................. 272 Adding an imation effe cts ....................................................... 272 Adding sound and video ........................................................ 272 Addin[...]

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We lcome 1[...]

2 Welcome[...]

Welcome 3 Welcome ! Welcome to PagePlus X4 , the award - winning De sktop Publi s hing (DT P) soluti on f rom Se rif. Pag ePlus is the e asies t way to get superior publ ishing resul ts, w hether on your deskt op or via profe ssiona l print ing. It 's si mple for any one to cr eate , publish a nd share their des igns a s outs tanding prin ted [...]

4 Welcome Key features Before you get started with PagePlu s, we recommend you take th e oppo rtunity to familiar ize yourself with PageP lus key featur es and capab ilities. Layou t • Versatile Setup w ith Aut o - Imposition Just cli ck to specif y layouts for small ( busin ess cards and lab els), folde d (book lets a nd greetings car ds), and l[...]

Welcome 5 • Table s and C ale ndars Choose f rom a ra nge of prese t forma ts or de sign y our ow n table. U se the conv enien t Ta ble conte xt to olbar to sort data, form at cel ls, and choose from a wide range of func tions f or spreadsheet c alculation s (use ab solute cell referen ces). Cal endars are tab le - based for enhanced func tionali[...]

6 Welcome Graphics • Draw ing Tool s Des ign stunni ng ve ctor g raphics w ith Pencil , Pen a nd Stra ight Li ne tools , and add line endi ngs li ke ar rowhe ads, dia monds, and qui lls. Alternativ ely, the array of fully - cu stomizable Q uic kShapes let y ou qui ckly create outl ine s for your de signs , while Convert t o Curves , Crop t o Shap[...]

Welcome 7 • Asto undi ng 3D Lighting and Surface Effects Adv anced al gorithm s bri ng f lat sha pes t o life ! Choose one or m ore effects, t hen vary surfac e and m ultiple c oloure d light sour ce prope rties . Start w ith a patt ern or a f unction, a djust pa ram eter s for incred ible surface con tours, textures, fills — realistic - lookin[...]

8 Welcome • Fonts Subst itut e mis sing f onts whe n opening third - party publica tions or PDFs. View your currently installe d font set in the Fonts ta b, inclu ding t hose m ost rec ently a ss igned to t ext, f avour ite f onts, and tho se considered Websafe. Hover o ver a listed fo nt for an "in - situ" font pre view of your selecte[...]

Welcome 9 • PDF Form s Create y ou r own electro nic PDF form , reque sting inf ormation f ro m form reci pients. Y our re cipients ca n type in their r espons es, t hen sa ve, print or subm it their f orm ele ctronically. Serif will email y ou com pleted f or m s, or y ou can s et up y our own w eb subm ission ser vice . • PDF Slide show s Cre[...]

10 Welcome New features • Phot oLab for no n - de st ructi ve a djust ment a nd effects ( see p. 1 76 ) The powerf ul PhotoL ab studio p ack s a punch w ith an impr essiv e selectio n of editab le adjustment s, creative, an d artisti c effects (pen cil, water col our, oil, and more). Use int egrated Straig hten , Crop , Re d - e ye , a nd Spot - [...]

Welcome 11 • Joi ning o bject o utlin es (see p. 77 ) Com bine Quic kShape s, draw n sha pes and a rtisti c tex t toge ther to create more co mplex ou tlined objects, which can st ill be edi ted further. Use Add , Subtr act , I ntersect , and Exc lude to produc e different and ex citing results. • Creat e your ow n table and cale ndar A utoFor [...]

12 Welcome Text • Impor t Wor d 200 7 and O pen Of fice t ex t document s (see p. 91 ) Add w ord processi ng conte nt to any text fram e without fuss! Word im port doesn' t nee d the a pplicat ion to be installed locally! Use a choice of im port conver ters to optim ize text im port. • Tex t edit ing e nhance ments Show/ hide paragraph t a[...]

Welcome 13 • For text an d line widths in large publ ications, use ph ysical measure m ent units s uch as centimetres an d inch es! • Select all frame text with qua drupl e - click. • No w align objects to page ed ge. • QuickSh apes now i nclude Q uick F rames — great for si mple curved frames. • In we b publis hing, use e ncry ption (S[...]

14 Welcome Optional: • Window s - co mpatible p rinter • TWAIN - compatible scan ner and /or digital camera • Sty lus or ot her in put dev ice • 3D Accelerat ed graphi cs card with DirectX 9 (or above) or Open GL suppor t • .NET 2.0 for t ext im port filte rs (W ord 2007 + OpenO ff ice) ( installed by def ault) • Inter net acc ount an d[...]

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Getting Started 17 Startup Wizard The Startup W izar d present s the follow ing c hoices: • Start New Publicat ion , to open a blank pa ge to w ork o n. • Use Design Te m plate , to crea te an insta nt docum ent fr om a pre - d esigned template. • Open S ave d Publi catio n , to ed it a saved PageP lus file. • I mpor t P DF , to create a pu[...]

18 Getting St arted As you select different pr ofiles from t he menu, your worksp ace will previ ew each tab lay out in tu rn. The Startup W izar d is dis play ed by default when y ou launch Page Plus. If you don’t w ant to use the Sta rtup W izar d aga in, chec k the “ Don't sh ow thi s wiz ard aga in” box. You ca n swi tch it on a gain[...]

Getting Started 19 Inste ad of a desig n tem plate, y ou can ado pt a Theme Lay out inste ad; la yout s off er pic ture placeh olders inst ead of actual pictures. Diff erent physical docum ent ty pes ( Brochure , Business Card s, Flyer, Newsletter, etc.) can be created from a cho sen theme (e. g., Arctic), each type offering a ch oice of complem en[...]

20 Getting St arted 5. Examine th e page sam ple(s) on the ri ght. If you' re ha ppy wi th the template pag e(s), click Open . To create a pu blication fro m a themed lay out: 1. From the d ialog's Templat es list, select Theme La y ou ts, then select a theme nam e from the list.[...]

Getting Started 21 2. The adjacen t pane upd ates to show document types for th at selected theme. Select a thumbnai l. 3. In the uppe r - right corne r of the dia log, c hoo se a colour scheme on whic h to base your p ublica tion f rom t he drop - d own me nu (the f irst three sch emes are designed specifical ly for the th emed layout). As each te[...]

22 Getting St arted 4. From the rig ht - hand P ages pane, select on e or more page l ayouts by chec king t he box u nder eac h thu mbnai l. Some publicat ion ty pes only offer an eit he r/or selection. 5. Click OK . The page layouts are a dded as page s to y our new publication. Starting a new publication from scratc h Alt hough design t emplates [...]

Getting Started 23 Opening existing p ublications You ca n open a Page Plus publ ication f rom the Startup Wizard , Stan dard toolba r, or v ia the Fil e me nu. It is a lso pos sible to ope n PDF f iles as new publications, or Im port PDF f iles a nd existing Page Plus files into curre ntly open pu blicat ions. (S ee onl ine Help f or both of these[...]

24 Getting St arted Working with more than one publicatio n If y ou have multiple publ ications open at the sam e time it 's easy to jump betw een them using dif ferent methods . Clic k on an ope n publica tion's tab on the Public atio ns toolbar abov e your workspace t o make it active (e. g., Ro sette.ppp ). Alternati vely, you can sel [...]

Getting Started 25 To close all publications e xcept current: • Right click a Publi cation tab on the Publica tions t oolbar and choos e Close All But This . To close Pag ePlus: • Clic k the pr ogram's Close butto n. You'll be pr ompte d to sa ve changes to any unsav ed public ati on . Updating and sa ving defaults Obje ct def ault s [...]

26 Getting St arted Or, f or line a nd fill c olours, including li ne styles: 1. Wit h no obje ct sel ecte d, choose the r equire d line and/or f ill colour s from the Co lour or Swatch es tab. Use the Lin e tab to set a d efault line weight, style, and cor ner shap e. 2. Draw you r object on th e page, which will au tomatically adopt the new ly de[...]

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Working wi th Pages 29 Setting up a public ation A publication's page size and ori entati on setting s are fundam ental t o your layout , and are defin ed when the new pu blicati on is first created , either using a design tem plate or as a New Publication choice via File>New... and th e Startu p Wizard . If the Startup W izar d is tur ned [...]

30 Working wit h Pages On the Pages context toolbar, th ese page sizes are indicated by the suffi x "(From printer)" in the P aper size drop - down me nu. Facing pages You ca n set up your r egula r publi cation or b ookle t so tha t the PagePl us window displa ys pa ges either s ingly or in pa irs — as two fa cing pa ges s ide by side.[...]

Working wi th Pages 31 Understanding mas ter pages Master pages prov ide a f lexi ble way to store back ground e lem ents that y ou'd like to ap pear on more th an one page — for ex ample a logo, backg round, heade r/foot er, or border de sign. The key con cept here i s that a particu lar master page is t ypically sh ared b y multipl e pages[...]

32 Working wit h Pages all th e pages incorp orate that elemen t. Of cours e, each indivi dual page can h ave its ow n "f oregr ound" elem ents. Master p ages are availabl e in every publ ication, bu t in a simple publi cat ion y ou may not n eed to use any master pages — or you m ay need only one m aste r page . Facing p ages and multi[...]

Working wi th Pages 33 Viewing pages Most of the PagePl us displ ay is take n up by a page or "ar twork" area and a surrou nding "past eboard" area . In P agePlus, the Pag e area is w here y ou put pa ge lay out guides, a nd of course the te xt, sha pes, a nd pic tures t hat y ou want to pr int. T he Pastebo ard area is where yo[...]

34 Working wit h Pages can use t he scroll bars at the r ight and bottom of the m ain w indow to m ove the page and past eboar d with r espec t to t he ma in wi ndow. If you'r e using a wheel mou s e , you can scroll vertic ally by rotating the wheel, or horizonta lly by Shift - scrolling. Magn ifying pages For m agnif i cat ion opti ons, the [...]

Working wi th Pages 35 Switching view modes You ca n swit ch betw een dif ferent v iew mode s, w hich off er single or multi ple pages to vi ew: • No rma l view , which disp lays one page at a t ime. • Mul ti - pag e view , used for inspec ting l ong doc ume nts, di splays a numbe r of pa ges a ccording to a c onfig urable pa ge ar ray ( e.g., [...]

36 Working wit h Pages Navigating pages To switch bet ween pages: • Click the Previou s Page , Nex t P age , First Page or Last P age button on the Hi ntline . - or - On the S tudio' s Pages tab , doub le - click the page's th umbnail for the page (or m aster pa ge) y ou wa nt to vie w. T he lower Pages window of the tab displays nor ma[...]

Working wi th Pages 37 To add a sin gle page: 1. On the Pages tab, cli ck once to select a page i n the Pag es wi ndo w. Note: The thum bnail tha t's show n as "se lected" is indepe ndent of th e page you'r e curre ntly working on. T o work on a parti cular page , double - click its thum bnail. 2. C lick Add to ad d a page (or m[...]

38 Working wit h Pages A ssi gning master pages If y ou're only us ing one m aster page it is ass igned to any newly created page by default. However, if you 're using mult iple master p ages you can ass ign a speci fic master page to any standard page. To assign a master pag e: From the P age tab's expand ed Master P ages window, d [...]

Working wi th Pages 39 Lay ers ar e usef ul whe n you're working on a com plex desi g n where it makes sense to separate on e cluster of obj ects from anot her. You can work o n one layer at a tim e without worrying a bout affecting elem ents on a differ ent layer. Once you'v e displa yed a pa ge, y o u ca n norm ally edit any object on i[...]

40 Working wit h Pages In ord er to create new obj ects on a part icular layer, you'll need to "activate" (switc h to) that layer in the La y ers t ab. To activate a particu lar lay er: • Click at the beg inning of a lay er en try to activate that la yer. You'll see the layer ar ro w jump to th e now activated layer (La yer 1 [...]

Working wi th Pages 41 Using the ta b's but tons, y ou can m ove lay ers up or down i n the st ack ing orde r to place their o bject s in f ront or behi nd those on ot her lay ers, move objec ts to specific la yers, mergean d preview layer s. (See on line Help for more d etails.) Selecting objects on lay ers Once you've disp layed a page [...]

42 Working wit h Pages Layers and master pages Master p ages are special "b ackgro un d" pag es tha t can be share d by m ore than one regu lar page. They are ass igned t o each layer of a regu lar page rat her than to the p age as a whole — so if a p age has multip le layers it can al so emplo y multipl e master pages! Fo r example, on[...]

Working wi th Pages 43 To assign a master pag e to a page lay er : 1. In the L aye rs tab, doub le - c lick in the Master P age(s) column of the ch osen page layer. 2. In the Select M aster Page d ialog, select t he normal page and master page from the displ aye d drop - down menus. The mas ter page lett er (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) is sho wn on the ch[...]

44 Working wit h Pages • Click in the Master Page( s) colu mn to opt ional ly assign a master page to the layer. • Chec k the box in the Visible c olumn t o show the layer and any objects o n it; u ncheck to hide the la ye r. • Chec k the box in the Mas ter Page (s) visi ble colum n to show th e layer's master p age; unch eck to hide it [...]

Working wi th Pages 45 You als o hav e the o ption of setting up row and co lu mn guide s as an un derly ing lay out aid. Pag ePlu s represen ts rows and col umns on the pa ge ar ea w ith dashed blue guide lines. Unlike t he dashed gre y f ra me margin s and colu mns , row and colum n guide s don't contro l whe re f rame te xt flow s. Rat h er[...]

46 Working wit h Pages button to der ive the page m argin setting s from the current pr inter sett ings. T he dial og als o provide s opt ions f or B alanced ma rgins (lef t ma tching r ight, top ma tching bot tom ) or for Mirrored mar gins on facing pages where th e "left" margin setting b ecomes the "inside," and the "rig[...]

Working wi th Pages 47 • To m ove a g uide, dra g it. • To remove a gui de, drag an d drop it anywhere o utside th e page area. • For pre cise rule r guide pl acement, check Rul er marks in Tools >Opt ions> Layo ut to snap guides t o ruler ma rks. • To uns tick a selected o bject, cl ick one of two small red t riangular markers sh own[...]

48 Working wit h Pages Ruler units To select th e basic m easu rement unit used by t he rulers: • Righ t - click the Ruler Intersection an d set the measure ment unit from the f lyout. In Pape r Pu blishing mode , the de fault u nit is inches (US) or cent imetr es (int ernati onal); in We b Publi shin g mode, only pixel s can be used. A dj usting[...]

Working wi th Pages 49 • Double - click on the ruler int ersection to make the rulers an d zero point j ump t o the to p lef t - hand corn er of the cur rently selected o bject. This comes in handy for meas uring pa ge obje cts. To restore t he original rul er position and zero point: • Double - click the tab marker on the ru ler inter section.[...]

50 Working wit h Pages You ca n also set the grid spacing , sty le, colour, and p ositioni ng in the dia log (see PageP lus help) . Using headers and footers Headers an d footers ar e layout elemen ts that ar e positioned at the top and bot tom of your master page(s ), and are r epeated on eve ry pag e of your publication. The Headers a nd Footers [...]

Working wi th Pages 51 To define a h eader or footer that includes a page number field: 1. Create a head er or foot er on the master page b y choosin g Headers and Foo ters... fro m t he Insert menu. 2. In th e wizard, press th e Pag e Numb e r button t o inse rt a pag e num ber fie ld (as a pref ix or suf fix) along w ith any optional hea der/f oo[...]

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Working wi th Objects 55 Selecting an obj ect Bef ore y ou can cha nge any object, y ou need to se lect i t using one o f the se tools from the T ools tool bar: Pointer Tool Click to use the Point er Tool to select, mov e, copy, resize o r rotate obj ects. Rotate T ool Click to use the Rotate Tool to rotate an obje ct ar ound a r otati on orig in ([...]

56 Working with Objects • Double - , triple - , or quadr uple - click to select a word, paragraph , or all text. • To selec t only the text f ra m e , click the f rame' s bounding box. • Clicking on a group sel ects the group ed object. Ctrl - click to select an individual object w ithin a group. Selecting multiple o bjects Selectin g mo[...]

Working wi th Objects 57 Alternat ively, hol d down the Shift key a nd clic k each objec t in turn. To ad d or r emove an obje ct from a mu ltiple sel ection: • Hold dow n the Shif t key and clic k the ob ject to be a dded or rem oved. To deselect all object s in a mu ltiple select ion: • Click in a blank area o f the page. To select al l objec[...]

58 Working with Objects If y ou're using a nother W indow s applic ation, y ou can usua lly copy a nd paste ob jects via th e Clipboard . To paste an object from th e Clipboard: • Click Paste on the Stand ard toolbar. The standar d Paste comm and inse rts the o bject at the insert ion poi nt or ( for a separate o bject) at t he centre of the[...]

Working wi th Objects 59 To replicate a n object: 1. Select th e object to be replicated and choose Replicate. .. fr om t h e Edit menu. The R eplicate d ialog appears, with a preview regi on at the right. 2. To arrange co pies in a s traight line, sel ect Create line . For an X - by - Y grid arran gement, select Create grid . 3. Specif y Line leng[...]

60 Working with Objects Pasting an object's formatting Once you hav e copied an obje ct t o the Cl ipboard , y ou can use Paste F ormat ( Edit me nu) to apply its formatting attr ibutes to another object. A gain from the Edit me nu, Paste Form a t Plus displays a "master c ontrol" S tyle At trib utes Editor dialog that lets you optio[...]

Working wi th Objects 61 For pr ecise ruler guid e placement, check Ruler Marks in Tools>O ptions to snap guides to ruler mar ks. Snapping with dynamic guides For accu rate object al ignment and resizi ng, you can u se dyna mic gui des in stead of s etting ruler g uides m anuall y or pe rfor ming select ion, trans form , and alig nment ope rati [...]

62 Working with Objects To switch on dy namic guides: • Clic k the dow n arrow on the Sna pping butt on (Hint line) and click Dy namic Guid es on the drop - d own me nu. To snap to page centres as well, you must additio nally check t he Pag e centre op tion in Tools>O ptions>L ayout >Snappin g . Creating groups You can easily turn a mult[...]

Working wi th Objects 63 Sim ply cli cking on any membe r of a g roup sele cts the group objec t. In g enera l, any operat ion you c arry out on a sel ected g roup af fect s eac h member of the group. How ever , the obj ects that comprise a gro up are in tact, and you can also select a nd edit an individual objec t within a group. To select an indi[...]

64 Working with Objects Resizing objects PagePl us provid es several methods of resizing sin gle or group ed objects. Cl ick - and - d rag is the simplest — watch the Hin tline for co ntext - se nsitive tips and shortc uts! To resize an object (in general) : 1. Select th e object. 2. Clic k one of the sel ection handle s a nd drag it to a new pos[...]

Working wi th Objects 65 To set two or m ore objects to the same horizo ntal or vertical size as the last se lected object, yo u can use Arrange >Size Obj ects... . You can als o make fine resizin g adjustments f rom the Transform tab. To resize fr eely : • Drag from a co rner (or line end) hand le. To constr ain a shape, f rame obj ect, or ta[...]

66 Working with Objects To shift the ob ject's pos ition one step to ward the back or front: • Righ t - click on the object and ch oose Arrange> Back One or >Forw ard One , respectiv ely. Aligning and distrib uting objects Ali gnme nt involv es tak ing a group of selec ted objec ts an d alig ning the m all in one ope ratio n by t heir [...]

Working wi th Objects 67 To align/d istribute ob jects t o page margin s or edges: Select fro m the Relati ve to drop - down menu to al ign the sel ected object(s) within the page Ma rgins , Page ed ges , or the Spread ( for facin g pages) , then choose an alig n or distri bute bu tton describ ed above. Exporting as a pict ure Export ing a s a pic [...]

68 Working with Objects Rotating an object You can rotate sing le and multipl e objects, including p ictures, text objects, and groups using the Rot ate T ool. To rotate an obj ect: 1. Select th e Rotat e Tool on the Tools tool bar's Selec tion fly out. 2. Click to sele ct the object, hover over one of its han dles until you se e the rot ate c[...]

Working wi th Objects 69 To undo rot ation (restore t he origina l orientation): • Double - click t he obj ect. • To re store t he rotat ed p osition, do uble - click again. To change th e rotation origi n: 1. Select th e Rotat e Tool an d click t o select th e object. 2. Move the rotatio n origin away from it s origi nal pos ition i n the cent[...]

70 Working with Objects Cropping and comb ining objects Cro pping me ans ma sking ( hiding) parts of an object , for e xampl e to im prove composit ion or creat e a special effect . The und erlying obj ect remains in tact. Combi ning starts with more than o ne object, but creates a special co mposite object with o ne or m ore "hole s" on [...]

Working wi th Objects 71 • To m ove a li ne segm ent (betw een two no des) w here you see the cu rsor, drag th e segment. To position a cropped obj ect within its crop outline: • With either cro p too l select ed, click the o bject and drag it s centre (w hen you se e the ha nd curs or). To feather th e crop outline: • With eit her crop too l[...]

72 Working with Objects To crop one sh ape to anoth er: 1. Place the "c lippi ng" obje ct in fron t of the objec t to be c roppe d. In th e illustratio n above, a QuickS hape is in fro nt of a text frame. 2. Choose Crop to Sha pe fr o m th e Tools menu t o cut out the obs cure d underlying tex t. You ca n restor e an o bject croppe d in t[...]

Working wi th Objects 73 To combine t wo o r more sel ected lines or drawn sh apes: 1. Draw your tw o lines or Quic kSha pes. 2. Place the "clip ping" object in f ront of the objec t to be cut out. 3. Select each object and choose Tool s>Conve rt To>C urves for bot h. 4. Select b oth objects. 5. Choose Combine Cur ves fro m t h e Ar[...]

74 Working with Objects • Float with text . The objec t is positioned horiz ontally and ve rtically relative to an ancho r poi nt . This option is ideal f or picture s, pulle d quotes , etc. • Posi tion i nline as c haracte r . The anchor ed object is pl aced as a charac ter in the text and alig ned in relation to the text that surround s it. T[...]

Working wi th Objects 75 PageP lus obje cts ca n be a nchore d to any where in your publ icati on t ext, but the floa ted objec t can be pos itione d in re latio n to in dente d text, colum n, fram e, pag e margin gui des, the page i tself, or most t ypically th e anchor po int in a text frame. For tex t fr ames , when the text r eflow s, the a nch[...]

76 Working with Objects Or, for an inline ob ject: 1. Enable P osition i nline as c harac ter . 2. To set th e object's vertical alignmen t with resp ect to adjacent text, select an Align with text option. Te xt will not flow aroun d the an chored object . 3. (Optional) En ter a Offset Y b y va lue to set th e percentage to which the objec t w[...]

Working wi th Objects 77 To view anchor p roperties: 1. Select an anchored ob ject. 2. Click A nchor Pro perties shown un der the object . The Anchored Object P ropertie s dialog is dis play ed. T he options dif fer depend ing o n which of the three posit ioning optio ns is ena bled. If y ou'd lik e to cha nge the positi on of an anc hor poi n[...]

78 Working with Objects To join ou tlines (s elected via mar quee selecti on): • Sele ct an ou tlines option from the J oin Outlines f lyout on t he Ar range toolba r. Add Creates on e new object that’s the sum of any t wo selected ob jects. Subtr act Discards t he overlap between the to p and bot tom object. T he bottom obj ect is also discar [...]

Working wi th Objects 79 Intersect Retains the overlap and discards th e rest. Ex clude Merges t wo or more obj ects into a composit e object, with a clear transp arent “hol e” where their filled reg ions overlap. Applying a mesh w arp envelope Me sh w arping l ets you ap ply a Preset warp en velope t o your PageP lus object (below ) or modify [...]

80 Working with Objects After appl ying a preset en v elope from the Attributes toolbar's Warp fly out (or contex t tool bar), you ca n use the Mes h Warp c ontext toolba r to sw itch the war p on/of f, e dit the m esh by va rying i ts curva ture and e ven c ustom - desig n a mes h to match a par ticular ob ject's geomet ry — f or exam [...]

Working wi th Objects 81 To remove a bo rder, sel ect None fr o m the top of the list. 3. Select a b order We igh t (wi dth) for your bor der. Y ou m ay nee d to expe rime nt to find a width that c ompleme nts the s ize of y our object . 4. To a pply the border to s pecific edges of the o bject, u se the Edge dr op - down m enu. You ca n swit ch ed[...]

82 Working with Objects • Select an Alignm ent setting to fit the border t o the Outs ide , Insi de , or Mi ddle of the object' s bound ing box . • If B ehind c ont ents is check ed, th e inner half of the bor der ext ends behin d the o bject . If unc hecke d, the w hole bor der appea rs in f ront (t he wide r the border , the m ore it e n[...]

Working wi th Objects 83 Adding logos Logos are intend ed to send a clear messag e to your t arget audi ence, all with in a simple and i dentif iable de sign. Whe ther y ou intend to commun icat e a stylish, busines s, fun or m odern message ( oppo site), PageP lus allows y ou to create impr essive logos of va rying desig n. Logos are gre at for ad[...]

84 Working with Objects 7. To insert the logo at a defaul t size, simpl y click the mou se to leave a logo p lace holder (e nvel ope). - or - To se t the si ze of the logo, drag out a regi on and re lease the m ouse button . PagePlus's Gallery ta b also hosts the same sele ction of logos. If y ou're looking to furthe r modi fy your log o [...]

Working wi th Objects 85 To convert exi sting object s to a logo: 1. Select o ne or more obj ects (or a grouped object) on the page. 2. Select E dit in L ogoSt udi o... fr om the Edit menu (o r select via rig ht - click). 3. Edit y our l ogo des ign. In part icula r, y ou can use the up per Logo Tex t input box to "capt ion" y our logo (t[...]

86 Working with Objects 2. Scrol l the lower pan e to preview flash subcatego ries; col lapse unwa nted subc ateg ories by clicking t he button next t o the subcat egory name (click to expand ). Select a sui table flash thum bnail f rom the pane. 3. Drag your c hosen de sign to the p age. 4. From the dial og, y ou can ch oose desig n varia tions, e[...]

Working wi th Objects 87 • For colo ur : To apply the poster 's cur rent col our sc hem e to y our design, uncheck Ap ply col our se t . Alternative ly, to adopt a colour set in depen dent of y our poste r's c urrent c olour sc hem e, keep Apply colour set checke d and pick a colo ur set o ption f rom the dr op - down list. 5. C lick OK[...]

88 Working with Objects A s a visual c ue, hy perlink ed w ords are underl ined a nd appea r in t he c olour you've speci fied in the Scheme Manager. To modify or remove a h y perlink: 1. Use the P ointer T ool to select th e object, or click for an in sertion point i nside t he li nked te xt. 2. Click Hyperli nk on the St andard toolba r. T h[...]

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Working wi th Text 91 Importing text from a file Importing text from a word - proces sor file is the traditi onal way to create text content for De sktop Publis hing l ay outs (but y ou can als o crea te a st ory using WritePlu s). If y ou use y our curr ent w ord proc essor to cre ate t he tex t file for your public atio n, you c an im port any nu[...]

92 Working wit h Tex t To import t ext from a file: 1. (Opti onal) If usin g an existing emp ty text frame, sel ect the frame. I f inserting text int o a populated te xt frame , click for an insertion p oi nt (or select a portion o f text to be repl aced). 2. Choose Te x t File.. . from the Insert menu. 3. From the Open dialog, locate and selec t t[...]

Working wi th Text 93 What's a text frame? A text frame is e ffectivel y a mini - page, with : • Marg ins and c olum n guides to co ntrol te xt f low. • Optio nal prec eding and f ollow ing f rames. • Tex t and opti onal inline images that f low t hrough the fram es. The text in a frame is called a s tory . • When y ou move a text fram[...]

94 Working wit h Tex t Whe n you se lect a frame you'll s ee its bounding box, indic ated by a grey border line pl us cor ner and edge handle s, and (i f y ou click ed w ith the Pointe r Tool) a blinki ng ins ertio n point i n the fr ame's text. In t his m ode, y ou can e dit the text wit h the Poi nter T ool. (F or deta ils, s ee Editi n[...]

Working wi th Text 95 Creating text fr ames You ad d fram es to a page as you w ould any othe r obje ct. Pag ePlus support s a wid e variet y of frame sh apes which can be resized and morph ed into new shap es once placed o n the p age (just like Qu ickShap es ; see p. 190 ). To create a f rame: 1. Select a st andard or s ha ped t ext f rame from t[...]

96 Working wit h Tex t Putting tex t into a fra me You ca n put te xt int o a f rame using one of the follow ing m ethods: WritePlus st ory editor: With a select ed frame, click WriteP lus on the Frame con text too lbar. Importing text: Righ t - click on a frame and choose I nsert Tex t File... (short cut Ctrl+T ) to import text. See p. 91 . Typi n[...]

Working wi th Text 97 To edit frame pr operties dir ectly : • Sele ct the f ram e object , then dr ag col umn g uide line s to a djust t he b oundari es of the c olumn. (1) (2) (3) The illustra tion a bove s hows how the cursor wil l chang e whe n hoveri ng ove r the selected bounding box (1), a fte r drag ging i nwards t he colum n ma rgin can b[...]

98 Working wit h Tex t To edit frame pr operties usi ng a dialog: 1. Select th e frame and click Frame Setup on the Frame cont ext toolba r. 2. From the dial og, y ou can cha nge the Num ber of colum ns , Gutt er distan ce between col umns, Left Margin , Right Ma rgi n , and enabl e/disabl e text wrappin g around an object. 3. To c hange t he colum[...]

Working wi th Text 99 Linking text frames When a text fra me is selected , the frame in cludes a L ink button a t the bottom right which denotes the st ate of the frame and it s story text, and which allo ws you t o contr ol how t he fr ame' s story flows t o follow ing f rame s: No Overflow The f ra m e is not linked to a foll owing frame (it[...]

100 Working wit h Text • You can link to frames alread y contain ing text or are al ready in a lin k sequen ce. • If t he fr am e was not par t of a link sequen ce, its text is merged into the selected t ext's stor y. • Differen t frame sequ ences can be combin ed, creat ing unified story text. To link th e selected fr ame to an ex istin[...]

Working wi th Text 101 Fitting text to frame s Fitting story text precise ly into a sequence of f rames is part of the art of layin g out publications. If there's to o much sto ry text to fit in a frame sequence, PagePlu s stores it in an invisible overflow area and the Li nk butt on on t he las t fram e of the sequenc e displays ; an AutoFl o[...]

102 Working wit h Text No Aut ofit This is the n orma l mode of opera tion w here, i f se lecte d, text won't automatic ally scale throughout th e selected tex t frame, possibly leaving p artly empt y f ra mes at the end of the frame sequ ence. Shrink Tex t on Overflow If selected , extra text add ed to a selected frame will sh rink all frame [...]

Working wi th Text 103 Using artistic text Artistic t ext is standalone tex t you type direc tly onto a page. Espec ially useful for he adline s, pull quotes , and other specia l - purpose text, it' s easily f ormatted with the standard text tools. Here are so me similarities b etween fram e tex t and artistic text. Bo th text ty pes let y ou:[...]

104 Working wit h Text • Artistic text won't automatic ally line wrap like frame text. • Artistic text doesn't flow or link t he way f ra m e text does; the Frame context toolbar's text - fitting f unctions aren't applica ble to artistic te xt. To create ar tistic text: 1. Choose t he Artistic Text Tool from the Artistic Tex[...]

Working wi th Text 105 • To re size freely , hold down the Shift key whi le draggi ng. To edit artistic text: • Drag to sel ect a range of text , creating a b lue selecti on. You ca n also double - click to select a word. Now you can t ype new text, appl y charac ter a nd parag raph f orma tting, edit the text in Write P lus, apply proofing opt[...]

106 Working wit h Text To apply a preset curved pa th to text: 1. Create an ar tistic text o bject. 2. With th e text selected, on the Text con text toolbar , click the Path Text fly out and c hoose a pres et path. The text now flows a long the s pecif ied pat h, e.g. f or "Path - Top Circle". To add art istic text along an exi sting lin [...]

Working wi th Text 107 To fit exi sting text t o an exist ing line or sh ape: 1. Create an ar tistic text o bjec t. 2. Create a freeh and, st raight, or cu rved line or a shape. 3. Select b oth objects. On the Tools menu, cho ose Fit Text to Curv e fro m t he Tools me nu. The text no w fl ows along the spe cifi ed path . To create t ext and pat h a[...]

108 Working wit h Text Editing text on the page You ca n use t he Poi nter T ool to e dit frame text , table t ext , or artistic text directl y. On the page, you can select an d enter t ext, set paragraph indents and tab stop s, change text properti es, apply text styles, an d use F ind and R eplace . For edi ting l onger stories , and f or more ad[...]

Working wi th Text 109 To start a new line within th e same paragr aph (using a "line bre ak" or "soft ret urn"): • Press Shift+Enter . The follow ing tw o options a pply only to fr ame t ext. Y ou can use these sh ortcuts or choo se the items fro m the Insert/B reak subm enu. To flow text to the next column ( Column Break) , [...]

110 Working wit h Text Setting paragraph indents When a text o bject is sel ected, markers o n the ho rizontal rul er indicate the l eft inden t, fir st line i ndent , and ri ght indent of the c urre nt para gra ph. You ca n adjus t the markers t o set paragrap h inden ts, or use a dial og. • The Left indent is se t in relation t o the obje ct&ap[...]

Working wi th Text 111 Setting tab stops To set a tab stop: 1. Sele ct the pa ragr aph(s) i n whic h y ou want to s et tab stops . 2. Click the ruler i ntersection butto n until it change s to the type of tab you want: (L eft, Centre, Right, or Decimal). Left Centre Right Decimal 3. Click on the h orizontal ruler where you want to set a tab stop. Y[...]

112 Working wit h Text Using Find and Rep l ace You can search publi cation text for an extraordin ary variety of ite ms: not jus t wor ds or parts of words, but a hos t of c harac ter and pa rag raph attr ibut es suc h as fonts , sty les, a lignm ent, bulle ts an d num bering, miss ing fonts , drop caps... even inline g raphics and more ! Once loc[...]

Working wi th Text 113 Setting text propert ies Page Plus give s y ou a high de gree of ty pographic c ontrol ov er cha ract ers a nd para graphs , whet her y ou're w orking w ith frame text , tab le text , or artistic tex t . To apply basic text format ting: 1. Select th e tex t. 2. Use buttons on the Tex t cont ext t oolbar to cha nge t ext [...]

114 Working wit h Text Using fonts One of the m ost dra mat ic ways to chang e y our docum ent's appear ance is t o chang e the f onts use d in y our art istic text , fram e text, or table text. Applying different fonts to a character or entire paragraph can communicat e very different mes sages to your inte nded rea dership. Font a ssig nment[...]

Working wi th Text 115 The Fonts ta b lets y ou: • Apply fonts easily without dialog navigation. • Assi gn font s to be W ebsaf e or f avourites . • View most re cently used, We bsafe, a nd your fav ourite f onts simultaneously . • Search for installed fonts via s earc h box. • Hover - ove r prev iew of fonts a pplied to your docum ent&ap[...]

116 Working wit h Text To previe w f onts: 1. From the ta b's Tab M enu button (top - right of tab ), check the Preview Font optio n. 2. Select a sect ion of text ( a letter, word , or paragraph ) in your docum ent. 3. On the Fonts tab, hov er ov er any font in the list. T he selected tex t will update t o show how the f ont wil l appe ar in s[...]

Working wi th Text 117 To select (a nd change) a fon t throughout y our document: 1. Righ t - clic k a f ont displa ye d in the Fonts tab. If t he font i s used i n your docum ent, y ou 'll see a " Select Al l n Instanc e(s ) " message ( n is the num ber of tim es the f ont is use d). If there are n o occurren ces, you'll get a [...]

118 Working wit h Text PageP lus's f ont substit ution m echanism mak es use of the PANO SE Font Matching Sy stem which intelligently finds the be st f ont s ubstitut ion m atch betwee n a missing and a locally available f ont. By default, clicking OK w ill substitute the m issing font for a l ocally available standard font (e.g ., Arial) auto[...]

Working wi th Text 119 The dialog s hows bot h fonts for s ubstit utions , e.g. The Adams ky SF font is fi rst choi ce, w ith Aria l used as a sec ondary font. 6. Click OK . Rese t the Subs titu te wi th box b y clicki ng the D efaul t button. This will replace t he fonts listed with a single font, e.g. Arial or Times New Roman, as governed by Wind[...]

120 Working wit h Text Using FontManager Font Manager is a stand alone Serif appl ication that works alon gside PagePl us with respec t to font substitution. I ts ma in feature is to locate and dy namically install a public ation's missing fonts . The follow i ng proced ure assumes Fon tManager is ins talled. The Font Substitution dialo g will[...]

Working wi th Text 121 Sty les ca n be appli ed to characters o r paragrap hs usin g either the Text contex t tool bar or t he Text Sty les tab. Both paragraph and character styles can b e managed fro m t he Text St yle Palet t e . Paragraph and character styles A paragr aph st yle is a complete sp ecificatio n for the ap pearance of a para graph, [...]

122 Working wit h Text • Typicall y, a character st yle applies e mphasis (su ch as itali cs, bolding or col our) to w hateve r underly ing font the text alrea dy us es; the assumptio n is t hat y ou want to k eep tha t unde rly ing f ont the sa me. T he base char acter style is sh own in the Text St yles tab (o r palette) as "Def ault Par a[...]

Working wi th Text 123 As both paragraph and character formatti ng can be ap plied to th e same text, al l of the current tex t's forma tting is displayed in the Current format box on t he tab. I n the example belo w, currently sel ected text h as a Stron g character style appl ied over a Normal paragr aph st yle. To update a n amed sty le usi[...]

124 Working wit h Text To create a n ew sty le using the p roperties of existing t ext: 1. Format th e text as desired . 2. To define a ch aracter st yle, select a range o f reformatted text. To define a p aragraph style, d eselect text but lea ve a blink ing cursor (insertion point) within the new ly formatted se ction. 3. Ty pe a new style name i[...]

Working wi th Text 125 • From the dialog, clic k Remove . For deleti on of multi ple s tyles, check multiple sty le names first. For re moval of all or u nused styles, use appro priate buttons . Take care when delet ing styles. Styles based o n a checked "parent" style will be checked for deletion. Removing local formatting To re turn c[...]

126 Working wit h Text To remove loc al formatting: 1. Select lo cally formatted character s or paragrap h(s) as d escribed in the above tab le. 2. Either: • Select C lear For matting fro m t he Styl es drop - down li st on the Text context too lbar. - or - • On the Te xt Styles tab, cl ick the Clear F ormatti ng option. - or - From the s ame t[...]

Working wi th Text 127 To select (a nd change) a sty le throughout y our document: 1. Righ t - click a st yle displayed o n the Text Styles tab. 2. If t he sty le is us ed in y our docum ent, you' ll see a " Select All n instan ce(s) " message ( n is the num ber of times the sty le is used). If there are n o occurr ences of the st yl[...]

128 Working wit h Text To wrap text around an object: 1. Select th e object aro und which you want the text t o wrap. 2. Click the Wrap S etting s button on the Arrang e toolba r.. 3. Select th e manner in whi ch text will wrap around the object by clicking a sa mple, i.e. 4. Choose w hich side (s) the chose n w rapping m ethod w ill be a pplied , [...]

Working wi th Text 129 In add ition, y ou can spe cify the Dis tance f rom text : t he "st andoff " betw een the obj ect's wrap out li ne and ad jacent text. ( The wrap outl ine is a contour that def ines the object' s edg es f or text wra pping purpos es.) D iff erent obj ect ty pes have diff erent initi al w rap outl ines. For[...]

130 Working wit h Text To create a s imple bulleted or numbered list: 1. Select o ne or more paragrap hs. - or - Click in a paragraph's t ext. 2. Select Bullete d List or Numbered List from the Text context toolbar. The list sty le used is the first preset show n in the Bullets & Num bering dialog desc ribed bel ow. To create a b ulleted o[...]

Working wi th Text 131 Using multi - lev el lists For multi - lev el lis ts, as oppose d to b ulleted a nd number ed list s, you c an se t a different character (s ymbol, text o r number) to display at each level of you r list. Levels are no rmally con sidered t o be subordin ate to each o ther, where Level 1 (first level), Level 2 ( second) , Leve[...]

132 Working wit h Text The m ulti - level p resets offer so me simple bu t commonly used schemas for par agra ph list f orma tting. H owever , if y ou want to crea te y our own l ists or modi fy an e xisti ng list ( your ow n or a prese t), us e the Deta ils button in the Te xt Style dialog when Multi - Level style i s selected. S ee online Hel p f[...]

Working wi th Text 133 A ut oCorrect To set options for automati c text corre ction: 1. Choose Options.. . fr o m th e Tools menu and select the Tex t>Auto- Correct p age. 2. Chec k your de sired c orrec tion opt ions as requi red. To create a c orrection list: 1. In the Replace f i eld, type a name for the Aut oCorrect entry. This is the ab bre[...]

134 Working wit h Text Multilingual s pell checking is s upporte d by use of up to 14 dictio narie s. A ny language can be enabl ed globally fro m Tools>Options> Options>Gen eral or appl ied specificall y to text or par agraphs via th e Language Selecto r in the Character tab. Sp ell checking can b e turned of f temporarily by selecting &q[...]

Working wi th Text 135 To check sp elling as you ty pe: • With the Check spe lling as yo u ty pe feat ure turne d on (f rom Tools >Opt ions> Opti ons>G ener al ), place an inser tion point i n a marked wor d by clicki ng, then r ight - click. You'l l see alternat ive spell ings o n the c ontext m enu. • To replace a marked word, c[...]

136 Working wit h Text Whe n a proble m is found, Page Plus highl ights the pro blem word. T he dialog offe rs al ternati ve sugg esti ons, and y ou can cho ose to Change or Ignore th is insta nce (or a ll ins tance s) of t he pr oblem word. 6. Proof reading conti nues un til y ou cli ck the Close button or the pr oces s is completed . Using the th[...]

Working wi th Text 137 To replace the original word: • Click the Replace butto n to repl ace the orig inal w ord (se lecte d in your tex t) wi th the w ord in the "Repla ce/L ook Up" box. To exit th e thesauru s: • Click the Cancel butt on. Creating text- based tables Table s are id eal for presen ting text an d data in a vari ety of [...]

138 Working wit h Text Feature Supported Resize/ mo ve table  Rotate table  1  Rotate table tex t (in cell)  1  Sort table conte nts  Solid f ill and b order col our  Gr adient a nd bitm ap f ill  Transparen cy  1  Borders  1  Warp  1  2D/3D Filter ef fects  1  Insta nt 3D  1  QuickC[...]

Working wi th Text 139 PagePlus lets y ou: • Ed it the pre - defined format befor e addin g a new table to th e page. • Create y ou r own cust om formats witho ut creati ng a table. See Crea ting c ustom table f ormat s in onli ne Help. • Edit existing tab les to fit a dif ferent form at (pre - def ined or cus tom). To create a table: 1. On t[...]

140 Working wit h Text Mani pulating ta bles You can select, move, resi ze, delete, an d copy a table an d its cont ents, just as you w ould with a t ext f rame. Cell properties ca n also be modi fied. To manipulat e a table object : • To resize a tab le, select it then drag a corn er or sid e handle. • Drag the sel ected table b y using its Mo[...]

Working wi th Text 141 • Fill Right or Fill Down will respectivel y replicate th e conten ts of a row or co lumn’s first cell across the en tire s elect ed row or colum n. Clic k the row or colum n heade r's butto n, and c hoose t he opt ion from the f lyout m enu. T o crea te a seque nce of numbe rs or ent ries across cell s, use QuickFil[...]

142 Working wit h Text To change th e table's structur e and appear ance: • To select a cell , click on t he edge of a cell. To sel ect more th an one cell, cli ck in one cell an d drag across t he others, on e row or colu mn at a time. • To adj us t r ow or column size , drag the cursor show n when hover ing ove r the se parat ing li nes [...]

Working wi th Text 143 • For an indiv idual c olumn or row, cli ck its header 's butt on, choosi ng Autofit Ro w to Con tents o r Autofi t Colu mn to Co nte nts , respecti vely. • To delete m ultiple rows or columns, s elect them ( or cell text), then choose Delete f rom t he Tabl e menu, then either Row(s) or Colu mn( s) from the subm enu[...]

144 Working wit h Text • To appl y a coloured back ground to a w hole tabl e, h over ov er the top - left hand corner of the t able until you s ee a cursor — cl ick once, and t hen use the Co lour ta b or Sw atche s tab to a pply a col our f ill. ( See Apply ing s olid colo urs on p. 217 ). • To appl y a coloured background to sp ecific cells[...]

Working wi th Text 145 Inserting a calenda r The Calen dar Wizard helps you de sign m onth - at -a- glan ce calendars for use in your publica tion. The calend ar is created as a s calable t ext - based table so you can ed it text using the stan dard text too ls. The prop erties of a selected cal endar are si milar to those of a table, and can be mo[...]

146 Working wit h Text To insert a calendar : 1. Click the Table fly out on the T ools toolbar and ch oose Insert Cale ndar . 2. Clic k aga in on y our page , or dra g out to set t he des ired si ze of the calend ar. 3. From the displ aye d Calen dar Wizar d , def ine optio ns for y our calend ar includi ng setting th e y ear and month, calendar st[...]

Working wi th Text 147 To enable pu blic holidays: 1. Sele ct your c alenda r's bo unding box , and clic k on the cont ext t oolbar . 2. From the E vents tab, check Add publ ic holi days . 3. (Optio nal) Sw ap to a dif fe rent count r y's public holiday se ttings by using the Region drop - down list. 4. Click OK . To add public holiday s:[...]

148 Working wit h Text 5. Click New event . 6. From the dial og, ty pe, use the up/dow n arrows , or clic k the B row s e button to select a dat e. 7. Enter your e vent te xt into the t ext inp ut box . This displa ys i n your calend ar under th e chosen date. 8. If the event i s a birthd ay or other ann ual event, check Event recu rs annual ly . 9[...]

Working wi th Text 149 To insert a database t able: 1. Click Insert Database table fr om the T ools tool bar's Table fly out. 2. Using the poi nter, draw an are a on your page t hat w ill conta in y our datab ase inf orma tion. If ther e are many fields in you r database table you may consider p resent ing the in forma tion on a page with land[...]

150 Working wit h Text Note t hat the Boole an oper ator " And" and "O r" oper ator to build up y our filt er criteria r ow - by - r ow. The Sort Rec ords ta b is us ed to s ort by three priori tized f ield na mes, e ither i n asc ending or desc ending or der. Creating a table of contents The Table of Conte nts Wi zard ( Insert&[...]

Working wi th Text 151 Whe n the table of contents is cr eate d, Page Plus f orma ts it using bui lt - in text st yl es (p. 120 ) i ntende d specif ically for ta ble of c ontents prepar ation: "Conte nts - Title" and "Contents - 1st" thr ough "Cont ents - 6th". You can easi ly change the look of your table of cont ents[...]

152 Working wit h Text • You can also specify a bo ld and/or itali c page number for mat. 4. Click Mar k to insert the new entry mark or up date a selected mark. To build an i ndex: 1. First mark th e entries as d escribed ab ove. 2. Choose Index. .. from the Insert menu. 3. Run thr ough t he In dex W izard, c hoosing whe re to pla ce and how to [...]

Working wi th Text 153 To add a ch apter to t he chapter list: 1. In Bo okPlus, on the C hap ter menu , click Add.. . 2. In th e dialog, select one or more PagePl us files to be added as chapt ers. (Use the Ct rl or S hift key s to select multiple f iles or a rang e of file s.) Click O pen . The selected files app ear in the chapt er list, which ca[...]

154 Working wit h Text To set page numbering opt ions for the b ook: 1. Choose Boo k Page Numbe r Opt ions... from the Book P lus File m enu. 2. In the dialog , sele ct whe ther y ou want pag e num bers to Contin ue fro m previ ous c hapte r , Conti nu e on nex t odd pa ge , or Co ntinu e on nex t even page . Typi cally y ou'll w ant new chapt[...]

Working wi th Text 155 To update pag e numbering: • Choose Ren umber P ages from the Book Plus Fil e me nu. Synchronizing chapters Sy nchroni zing me ans impos ing cons istent sty les, palette s, and/or colo ur schem es thr oughout t he book. T his is accom plished by using one ch apter (called the sty le source ) as a model f or the rest of the [...]

156 Working wit h Text Building a Table of Contents or Index From BookPlus , you c an bui ld a Ta ble of Contents and/or Index that incl udes entri es for the ent ire set of chapters . In each case, you'll need t o begin by designat ing a specific ch apter wher e the resul ting pages sho uld be added . To create a ta ble of content s or index [...]

Working wi th Text 157 To export the bo ok or sele cted chapters a s PDF: 1. To export just certai n chapters, make sure their n ames are selected i n the ch apter list. 2. Choose Pu blish as PDF... fr om the Book P l us File me nu. 3. Under "Print Range" on the General t ab, select Enti re book to output all chap ters, or Sel ected chapt[...]

158 Working wit h Text • Edit ing Serif Database files. • Selectin g, fi ltering, and sorting t he mer ge list. • Inser ting pla ceho lders f or y our data . • Previ ewing data in th e publication. • Merg ing and pr inting.[...]

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Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 161 Adding picture fra mes Not to be co nfused w ith a decorat ive border , a picture fr ame is a shap ed cont ainer simil ar to a text fra me. You can select ei ther: • Bordered pictu re frames fro m the Gallery tab . - or - • Sha ped borderle ss frames fro m the Tools toolbar. Either opti on lets you im port a pic[...]

162 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To add a bor der less picture frame: 1. For an empt y square frame, ch oose Pi cture>Empty Fra me... fr o m th e Insert menu. - or - For a fra me of a particular s hape, e.g. Elliptical Pictu re Frame , choose a shape on the Impor t Pic ture f lyout o n the T ools to olbar . 2. The m ouse pointer chang es to th e [...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 163 • Click the butto n to r otate the ph oto in 9 0 deg ree a nti - clockwise incremen ts. • Click the butto n to zo om in/ out of the pho to. - or - 1. Righ t - click on a picture frame and choose Properties>F rame Properties. .. . - or - Select th e picture fra me and choose Fra me Properties on th e Picture c[...]

164 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Importing pictures PagePl us lets you in sert pictures f rom a wide variet y o f f ile form ats, inc luding bitmaps, vector images, and metafiles, and in several different ways. Here's a qu ick overvi ew: • Bi tmapped pi ctur es , als o known as bit maps or rast er pictu re s , are bui lt from a matrix of do t[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 165 To import a pict ure from a f ile: 1. To place th e picture: • inline with the te xt - click f or an insertion point in a te xt object. • detached from the text - make sure all t ext objects are d eselected. • into a frame - create the frame a nd then select it (see abo ve). 2. In the m ain window: Click the I[...]

166 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To set th e size of the in serted picture, drag out a regio n and release th e mous e butto n. To populat e a templat e pictur e placeholder or replace a picture: • Click the butt on show n under t he sele cted f rame. - or - • Double - click the pl aceholder/p icture. Embedding vs. linking Embe dding means th e [...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 167 You can even use the Aut o Flow feature to ad d all photos sequential ly into available e mpty pictu re frames with one click. The bar ca n be used a s a tem porary storage area before pl acing photos in your docum ent, or it can be use d to cre ate more perm anent phot o alb ums f rom w hich you c an ret rieve stor[...]

168 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes The curre ntly load ed album shown on your Media Bar wi ll remain visible irrespe ctive of which document you have open. Photo t humbna ils ca n be dra gge d from the Media Bar dir ectly onto y our pag e, into a n exis ting st andal one phot o, or into a n em pty or populate d pictu re frame . To vie w the Media Bar:[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 169 3. (Optio nal) F or any photo y ou can alt er the r esol ution ( native or 96 dpi), or em bed/link stat us in a dvance of pla ceme nt on your page — clic k a phot o's se tting a nd use t he se tting' s drop - dow n menu to c hange . You ca n also change these setting s during drag/dr op ont o the pa ge. [...]

170 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes AutoFlow — addin g content au tomatically AutoFl ow lets y ou flow the phot os curre ntly display ed i n th e Media Bar throug hout e mpty picture fra me s spre ad thr oughout your pu blica tion (y ou can't ref low phot os once fram es are populate d with c onten t). Thi s is es peci ally us eful whe n using P[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 171 Using Image Cutout Studio Image Cuto ut Stu dio offers a pow erful inte gra ted soluti on for c utt ing obj ects out fr om the ir back groun ds. Depe nding on t he ma ke up of your image s you ca n separate su bject o f interests from t heir backgro u nds, e ithe r by r etaining the subjec t of int erest (usua lly p[...]

172 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Zoom into your image to examine i ts edges; th is may influence the outp ut type c hosen. Le t's look a t the out put ty pes and e xplai n the dif ference betwee n each. Output Ty pe Description and use Alph a - edge d B it map Use when cutt ing out objec ts w ith poorly define d edge s. Tr anspar ency a nd pixe[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 173 Selecting areas to keep or d iscard A pa ir of br ushes f or ke eping a nd disc arding i s use d to "pa int" a reas of the image. The t ools are cal led Keep Brush and Discard Brush , and are either u sed indepe ndent ly or, more typica lly, i n combi nation w ith each o ther. When usi ng e ither tool, t h[...]

174 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To select im age areas for keeping/d iscarding : 1. In Im age Cut out St udio, cli ck ei ther Kee p brus h or Discard brush from the lef t of the Studio w orkspa ce. 2. (Optional) Pick a Brus h size suita ble f or the ar ea to be wor ked on. 3. (Optional) Set a Gro w tolerance value to automaticall y expand t he sele[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 175 Refining your cutout area (alpha - edged bitmaps only) If a vector - cropped image i s created vi a Image Cutou t Studio it's p ossible to subse quently m anipulate the cr op out line us ing cr op tool s. How ever, f or alpha - edg ed bitm aps, Er ase a nd Restor e touc h - up tools c an be us ed to ref ine the[...]

176 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Applying PhotoLab filters Filter s can be appli ed and managed in PhotoLa b , a pow erful studio for a pply ing adjustment and ef fect filte rs to pictures indi vi dually or in c ombina tion — all insta ntly a pplied a nd pre view ed! PhotoL ab offe rs the f ollowing key fea tures: • Adj ustment filters Apply ton[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 177 Pictur es pre sent i n your p ublic ation w ill sh ow in y our Im ages t ab (above) i f the tab is expande d. T his tab is hidde n by def ault in PhotoL ab but can be viewed by clicking the butto n at t he bott om of your w orks pace. To launch Phot oLab: 1. Select the pict ure that you wa nt to apply a filter to. 2[...]

178 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes A ppl ying a filter Filte rs are stored i n Pho toLab' s Fav ourites, Adjust ment s, and Ef fect s tabs which gr oup filters logica lly into categories ( e.g., Quick F ix for fast an d comm onl y used cor recti on filte rs). The Favou rites tab o ffers some comm onl y used f ilters (indivi dual a nd i n com bina[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 179 To disable: Click , then click to en able again. To reset: Click . Any changes t o settin gs are reverted back t o the filter' s defaults. To delete: Click . Once you're sure tha t y ou want t o ke ep you f ilter, y o u'll need to commit the filter to y our filters sta ck. To commit y our filter: • [...]

180 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Retouching PhotoL ab of fers some us eful re touching tools on the m ain toolbar , e ach comm onl y used to c orrect photos bef ore apply ing colour c orrec tion a nd ef fects . Selective masking Rathe r than a pply a fil ter to un iform l y change the appea rance of your pictur e, you c an cha nge only selecte d reg[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 181 3. Adjust the settings to sui t requiremen ts, especial ly adjusti ng Brush Size to paint larger o r more intricate r egions. Change t he Mode dr op - down menu from Select to Protect to protec t painted regions from masking ( i.e., the inverse of the Add Region option). 4. Using th e on - screen cu rs or, pa int re[...]

182 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes mas k on anot he r ma sk applied to the current or any other filte r in the f ilter stack. This is usef ul when using fa vourite s contai ning m ultiple adj ustm ents. To edit a ma sk: • Clic k the dow n arrow on the but ton, cho ose the mas k nam e and sel ect Edit Mask . Saving favourites If there's a sp eci[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 183 Exiting PhotoLab • Click . Importing TW AIN images If y our sca nner or digit al camera prov ides TWAIN s upport, y ou can impor t pictu res directl y into PagePlus using the TWAIN stan dard. Or , save the scann ed image separ ately and t hen impor t int o PagePlus . To set up y our TWAIN device for importi ng: ?[...]

184 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes • For an ima ge that w ill end up on a web pag e , it's possible to g et great resul ts sca nning at 100d pi, using ex actly the sc reen dim ensions you need. I f y ou're going to e dit the ima ge, i ncrease the d pi to be on the safe side. • For line art and hal ftone i mag es , save as a bl ack - and [...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 185 Drawing and editin g lines PagePl u s provi des Pencil , Straight Line , Pen , a nd Quick Shape t ools f or creating si mple graph ics. Using the line tools , y ou can dra w sing le lines , connec t line segme nts toge ther, or joi n line e nds t o close the lin e, creatin g a shape (see Drawing and editi ng shapes [...]

186 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Drawing lines To draw a fr eeform lin e (with t he Pencil To ol): 1. Choose t he Pencil T ool fr om t h e Tools toolba r's L ine f lyout. 2. Clic k whe re you w ant the l ine to start , and hol d the m ouse butto n down a s y ou draw. The li ne appea rs imm ediate ly and f ollows y our mous e m ovement s. 3. To [...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 187 A St raight segmen t is simply a straight line co nnecting two nodes . ( Short cut: Press 1 ) A Bézi er segment is curved, displa ying control handle s for prec ise adjustment. ( Short cut: Press 2 ) S ma r t segm ents a ppear w ithout vis ible contr ol handles , using auto matic curve - fitting to connect each no [...]

188 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 3. T o exten d an existi ng line, repeat Step 2 for each n ew segment. Each segment can be of a di ff erent type. 4. T o end the line , pre ss Esc , doub le - click, o r choose a di fferent tool . Editing lines Use the Point er Tool in co njuncti on wi th the C urve c ontex t toolba r to ad just lines once y ou'[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 189 Several tech niqu es offer additi onal ways to custo mize lines: For da shed li nes, s elect from one of five da shed line sty les (see abo ve). - or - (tab a nd dialog only ) Drag the Dash Pattern slider to set the ov erall pattern leng th (the num ber of boxes to the lef t of the slider ) and t he das h leng th (t[...]

190 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Drawing and editin g shapes Qui ckSha pes are pre - designed obje cts tha t y ou can i nstantly add to y our page , then adj ust and va ry using c ontrol ha ndles, crea ting va riati ons on t he orig inal QuickSh ape. Anoth er way to create a shap e is to dr aw a line (or series o f line segments) and then connect it[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 191 It’s also pos sible t o use t he alw ays - at - hand Qui ckSha pe cont ext too lbar si tuated above th e workspace to s wap QuickShap es, and adj ust a QuickSh ape’s lin e we ight, colo ur, sty le, and m ore. N ew shap es alwa ys take the default line and fill (initially a black line with no f ill). To create a [...]

192 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Closed shapes As soon as y ou draw or s elec t a line, you' ll see the line' s node s appe ar. Node s show the end points of ea ch segm ent in the li ne. Free hand c urve s typica lly have many nodes; s traig ht or cur ved l ine s egme nts hav e only two. You can m ake a shape by e xtending a line ba ck to [...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 193 To break open a line or shap e: 1. With the Pointe r Tool, selec t the node whe re y ou want to break the shape. 2. Click the Break Curve button on the Curv e conte xt to olbar. A line will se parate into two lines. A shape will be come a line, with th e sele cted node split into t wo node s, one at e ach end of the[...]

194 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Applying 2D filter ef fects PagePl us provid es a variety of filter ef fects that y ou can use to tra nsf orm any obj ect. "3D" f ilter effects let you create t he impression of a texture d surface and are covered el sewhere (se e p. 198 ). Here we'll look at 2D f ilter effects exclusivel y. The follo [...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 195 The Studio’s Styl es tab of fers a range of 2D fil ter effects th at are read y to use. Its mult iple categories each offer a gall ery full of predefin ed effects, such as Shad ows, Bevels, Refle cti ons, Blurs, and more. Each cat egory offe rs subtl e var iations of the categor y effect. Click an y thumbnail to a[...]

196 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Creating reflections A simple wa y to add creative flair to your page is t o apply a vertical reflection on a sel ected object. The effect is especial ly eye - catchin g when ap plied to pictu res, but can b e equally impressive o n artisti c text, such as page titles or text banner s. A c ombina tion of setti ngs ca[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 197 • Radial : applies concentr ic streaks to the o bject to sim ulate a rotating camera or su bject. • Mot ion : applies straig ht streaks to the obje ct to simulate the e ffect of camera or su bject movemen t. Using the Shadow Tool Shadow s are grea t for addi ng f lair and dime nsion to y our work , partic ularly[...]

198 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Once you 've created a shadow, y o u can a lso f ine - tune it as need ed using the Filter Eff ects dialog. Using 3D filter effec ts 3D fil ter effects go bey ond 2D filter ef fects (suc h as sha dow, g low, be vel, a nd emboss ef fects) to creat e the impressio n of a textu red surface on th e object itself. Yo[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 199 There you ’ll see a variet y of remarkab le 3D surface and texture presets i n variou s categories (Gla ss, Metalli c, Wood, etc. ). Click any thumbnail to ap ply it to the sele cted obj ect. As sum ing the objec t has some c olour on it to start with, y o u’ll see an in stant resu lt! Alternati vely, you can cu[...]

200 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To apply 3D filter effects: 1. Click Filter Effects on the Att ribut es toolbar. 2. Check th e 3D Effects box at the left. The 3 D Lig hting box is ch ecked by def ault. 3. Adjus t the " maste r control " slide rs he re to v ary the ove rall pr operti es of any ind ividual 3 D effects you select . • Bl ur[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 201 2D Bump Map The 2D Bu mp M a p effect cre ates th e impression of a textured s urface by app lying a gre ysca le bitm ap you se lect t o add dept h inf orm ation, f or a pea k - and - val ley eff ect. Y ou can us e 2D Bu mp Ma p in conju nctio n with one or m ore additional 3D f ilter effe cts - but not w ith a 3D B[...]

202 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 3D Reflection Map The 3D Reflectio n Map e ffect is u sed to simulate mirrored su rfaces by select ion of a patter n (i.e., a b itmap which po ssesses a shin y surface) which "wraps around " a selected ob ject. Patterns whi ch simulate v arious real istic in door and outdo or envi ronm ents c an be ado pted[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 20 3 Adding dimensiona lity (Instant 3D) Using the Ins tant 3 D fea ture, y ou can ea sily transf orm f lat sha pes (show n) and text into three - di m ensional object s. PagePl us provid es control over 3D ef fect settin gs such as: • bevellin g : u se several rou nded and ch iseled presets o r create your own with a[...]

204 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes X rotati on Y rotati on Z rotati on X and Y rotati on Transfor m about your 3D o bjects' a xes instea d of yo ur pages' axes by holding the Ctrl ke y dow n as you tr ansform using the nodes. You can also adjust t he angle and elevatio n of each "active " light o n the page by dragging the lig ht p[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 205 T o edit base p roperties of a 3D object: • Select th e 3D object , then click the Edi t button a t the b ottom right - hand cor ner of the 3D object, i. e. The origina l objec t's s hape is s how n, allowing its s elec tion handle s to b e mani pulated for re sizing and r otati ng. Using object st yles Objec[...]

206 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes • Any time you want to al ter some aspect o f a style (for example, chang e the li ne col our), y ou si mply change the style def inition. Insta ntly , all obje cts i n your p ubli cation s haring that s tyle update accordi ngly. • Objec t sty les you' ve s aved g lobally appear not only in the orig inal pub[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 207 If yo u 've a pplied a s tyl e to an objec t but hav e lost t rack of the thumbna il —or wa nt to conf irm which sty le is actua lly being us ed on an object — you c an quickly loc ate the thumbnail from the o bject. To locate an object's styl e in the Sty les tab: • Righ t - click the o bject and ch[...]

208 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 2. Click to expand or co llapse sections within the att ributes tr ee. Check any attributes y ou want to include in t he style defini tion, an d unche ck a ny y ou don't w ant to incl ude. 3. If y ou wa nt to chang e any of the cur rent obj ect se ttings , double - click an attribute (or sele ct it and click the[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 209 The Galler y has two part s: an upper Categ ories drop - down m enu and a l ower Designs window showing a list of thum bnails repres enting the designs in the sele cted c ategory . You can a dopt a desig n by dra gging the thum bnail onto t he page. The Galle ry tab c an store your own des igns in t he rea dy - to -[...]

210 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To vi ew t he Gallery: 1. Click the Studio's Gallery tab. 2. Select a catego ry fro m the drop - down m enu. The item s from the folder's first listed category are di splayed b y default. To add, delet e, or rename cu stom categorie s: 1. With th e Gallery tab selected , click Tab M enu and choose Add categ[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 211 To rename or delete a cu stom desi gn from t he Ga l le r y: • Clic k on the d rop - down but ton i n the bo ttom - right c orner of a thum bnail (sh own by hover ove r) and c hoose f rom the me nu. Using connectors Two C onnector tools let y ou crea te dy namic link li nes betw een any tw o object s. The se conne[...]

212 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To create a c onnector: 1. For a s traight - lin e connector, select t he Connect or Tool on the Connec tor T ools fl yout ( Tool s toolbar ). - or - For an el bow connecto r, select the Elbow Conne ctor Tool fr o m t he same locati on. 2. Either: • Hover over an object so t hat de fault connecti on poi nts beco me[...]

Pictures, Li nes, and Shapes 213 To add a cu stom connection point (with to ol): 1. Select an object. 2. Select th e Conn ectio n Point To ol on the C onnect or Tool s fly out ( Too ls toolbar) . 3. Clic k at a chosen loc ation to pla ce the custom connec tion poi nt (insi de or outs ide t he obje ct). T he cust om connec tion poi nt appe ars in bl[...]

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Colour, Fills, and Transparency 217 Applying solid fills PageP lus of fers a numbe r of w ays t o apply s olid colour fills to objects of diff erent k inds: • You ca n apply solid colo urs to an obje ct's line or fill . A s you m ight expect, Qu ickShapes and closed shap es (see Draw ing and e diting shapes on p. 19 0 ) have bo th line and f[...]

218 Colour, Fills, and Transparency To apply a solid colour via t he Swatches tab: 1. Select th e object(s) o r highligh t a range of text. 2. Click th e Swat ches tab . 3. Click the Fill , Line , o r Text button at the t op of the tab to d etermine where colo ur will b e applied. 4. Select a co lour swatch fro m the Publication pa lette (com monly[...]

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 219 Using schemes In P agePlus, a col our sche me is a cluster o f five complementar y colou rs that you c an apply to specif ic el ements i n one or more public ations. The Schemes ta b dis play s pres et schem es whi ch can be selec ted at any poi nt duri ng the desi gn proces s. Each publi cation can h ave just on[...]

220 Colour, Fills, and Transparency The example b elow sho ws three differen t schemes as ap plied to a design that 's been m arked wi th Schem e Colour s 1 thr ough 5 as in t he exam ple above . To select a colour sche me: 1. Click th e Schemes tab. The cu rrent ly assigned sche me is highli ghted in the list. 2. Click a di fferent colo ur sc[...]

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 221 To assign a scheme co lour to an object: 1. Select th e object and ch oose a F ill , Line , or Text button at the top of the Sw atche s tab de pendi ng on the des ired ef fect. 2. From the bot tom of the Sw atche s tab, cli ck on t he sche me colour t hat you w ant to ap ply to the f ill, l ine, or t ext ( or you[...]

222 Colour, Fills, and Transparency 4. To store t he modified sch eme in the Sch emes tab, click S ave Schem e... . If modifying an existi ng scheme, leave the na me unaltered . If c re ating a n ew scheme, ent er a new name. 5. To appl y the scheme to th e current p ublication (or web site), cli ck OK . Working with gradi ent and bitmap fills Grad[...]

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 223 To apply a gradient or bitm ap fill using the Swatch es tab: 1. Click th e Swatches tab an d ensu re the Fill button is selected. Note t hat the colour of the under line r efle cts the colour of y our selected o bject. 2. For grad ient fills, sel ect a gradient category, e.g. Lin ear, Elliptical, etc ., from the [...]

224 Colour, Fills, and Transparency Alternati vely, a dial og can be used to add or sub tract key colours fro m the gra dient, app ly diffe rent k ey colours to in dividual nodes , or v ary the over all shading of the eff e ct a pplied to the object . To apply or edit a gradient or bitmap fi ll using a dial og: 1. Righ t - click the o bject and cho[...]

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 225 Editing the fill path When y ou select a fillable object, the Fill tool becom es available (otherw ise it's greyed o ut). If the obj ect uses a gradient fill , you'll see the fill path disp layed as a line , with n odes m arking w here the s pectrum betwe en each k ey colo ur begi ns and en ds. A djusti[...]

226 Colour, Fills, and Transparency Working with trans parency Transpar ency effects are grea t for hig hlight s, sha ding an d sha dows , and s imulatin g "rendered" real ism. The y can make the crit ical differen ce between flat - looking public ations and p ublica tions w ith de pth and s nap. PagePl us ful ly suppor ts va riable t ran[...]

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 227 Tran sparenc y types availab le in the Transp arency tab ar e as follows: • Solid transparen cy distr ibutes the t ranspar ency equall y acr oss the obj ect. • Gradi ent t ransparen cies inclu de lin ear, elliptical , and con ical effects (each thumbnail' s tooltip identif ies its categ or y ), ranging f[...]

228 Colour, Fills, and Transparency To apply gradient transpare ncy with the Tr ansparency Tool: 1. Select a co loured ob ject. 2. Click the Trans pare ncy Tool on the Attrib utes toolbar 's Tra nspare ncy f lyout. - or - Select F ormat> Tra nspar ency . 3. Drag your c ursor ac ross the o bject and r elease the mouse b utton. 4. The obj ect[...]

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 229 To edit a gradi ent transpare ncy dir ectl y : 1. Select an objec t with gradient tra nsp arency and click the Trans pare ncy To ol button. T he obj ect' s trans parenc y pa th appea rs, w ith sta rt and e nd node s. 2. Displ ay t he Studio' s Transparen cy tab. 3. To ad d a transpar ency nod e, drag fr[...]

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Printing y our Publication 23 3 Printing basics PageP lus sup ports s caling , tili ng, m anual du plex pri nting, and ma ny other usef ul printi ng opti ons. Here w e'll cov er wha t you nee d to know for basic des ktop printe r outpu t. If you' re work ing w ith a s ervice bureau or prof ess ional pri nter and need to provide PDF outpu [...]

234 Printing your Publicatio n 6. The Preview wi ndow show s how your publ ication ma ps to the selected p aper size. Yo u can click th e dialog's Preview but ton to hide and sh ow the window . 7. Click . If you're printing a book from w ithin BookPlus, you can select Entire b ook to output a ll chapters, or Selec ted chapters to output j[...]

Printing y our Publication 23 5 To se tup, the wiz ard as ks you pr inter - re lated questions. Yo u'll need to: • Conside r how you of fer pa per to your pr inter. • Prin t a test page, check which side pr inted, then reinsert the page a s instructed. To pri nt, y ou need t o sele ct a Ma nual Duple x dou ble - side d option. Double - sid[...]

236 Printing your Publicatio n Previewing the prin ted page The Print Preview mode c hange s the s cree n view to display your lay out wit hout fram es, guide s, ruler s, an d other s cree n item s. Spec ial opti ons, s uch as tiled o utput or cro p ma rks, a re not dis play ed. A Tri mme d Pag e mo de can be enter ed whi ch is si mila r to Pri nt [...]

Printing y our Publication 23 7 Wor king in Trimmed Page Mode Tri mmed Pag e Mo de lets you toggle between t he page you 're currentl y working on (com plete with vis ible guides, pasteboard objec ts, text m arks, special l characters, et c.) and a p review page which s hows how your page will appea r in print. You can still edit page co ntent[...]

238 Printing your Publicatio n Eve n if the publica tion is n't se t up a s a poste r or ba nner, you ca n use tiling a nd scaling se ttings (see "Tiling " below) to print onto m ultiple sheets f rom a stand ard size page. E ach sect ion or tile is print ed on a s ingl e shee t of pa per, a nd the v arious ti les can the n be j oined[...]

Printing y our Publication 23 9 The multiple page o ptions are e nable d when y ou are w orking with a page fro m the Small P ublicat ions category i n Page Setu p. You can select t he number of times to repeat each p age, and tell PageP lus to skip a cert ain number of regio ns on the firs t sheet of pape r. Ski pping r egions is usef ul if, for e[...]

240 Printing your Publicatio n Unles s y ou're ha nding of f cam era - ready artwork, your print provider w ill spec ify the form at in w hich y ou should s ub mit the publication: eit her PDF ( PDF/X format) or PostScript ( see Online Help ). Once you've deci ded wheth er to out put as PDF or PostSc ript, y ou'll need to set P repre[...]

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Publis hing and Sharing 243 Exporting PDF files PDF (short for Portable Docum ent For mat ) is a c ross - platf orm WYSIWYG file form at dev eloped by A dobe to ha ndle docume nts in a devic e - and pla tform - indepe ndent manne r. The form at has ev olved i nto a w orldw ide sta ndard f or docum ent dist ribut ion w hich w orks e qually well f or[...]

244 Publishing and Sharing Creating a PDF boo kmark list Boo kmarks are optional links that appear i n a separate p ane of the PDF vie wer when a P DF file is di splayed. Typicall y, a bookmark lin ks to a speci fic location such as a sectio n headin g in the publication, b ut it can als o lin k to a w hole pag e. You can ins ert book ma rks by ha [...]

Publis hing and Sharing 245 The mechani cs of creat ing a PDF boo kmar k list by han d are si mple. For example, b ookmarking a sp ecific lo cation (for exa mple, a piece of text o r a graphi c object) ent ails placing an anchor at th at locati on; the anch or serves as the target f or the bookma rk link. To insert bookmarks by hand: 1. (Optional) [...]

246 Publishing and Sharing To delete bo okmarks an d anchors: 1. Choose Boo kmark Man ager.. . from the Tools m enu. 2. In th e bookmark tree, select an entry for d eletion , then click the Re mo ve button. You' ll be a sked i f y ou want to rem ove unused anchor s. - or - 1. Select th e obje ct whi ch has a bookm ark that y ou wis h to rem ov[...]

Publis hing and Sharing 247 The main f eatures of PDF sl idesh ow inc lude: • Advance o f each slide man ually or aut omatically. • Creation of m ulti - secti on slide s fr om indiv idual PagePl us pag es. • Use of slide - specif ic layer c ontrol ( swi tch lay ers on or of f). • Free dom to r eorder y our slide show . • Apply slide - spe[...]

248 Publishing and Sharing 7. For ac compa nyi ng music , in the M edia bo x, click the Open button to navigate to and select an audio file (wav, mp3 and aiff f ile s suppor ted). 8. For multi - section slides, from the Slides tab, dup licate or co py a selecte d slide with the Insert or Copy but ton, respect ively. Delete a slide i f needed, or re[...]

Publis hing and Sharing 249 To create mu lti - sectio n slides: 1. In the Slides ta b of the Publish P DF Sl ideshow dialo g, choose a page fro m wh i ch you want to create a s lide and cli ck the Insert or C opy but ton. The former inser ts a chosen sl ide above the cu rrently selected slide as a co py; the latt er simply places a co py above a se[...]

250 Publishing and Sharing Sharing b y email PageP lus lets you sha re publica tions a s nativ e Pag ePlus public ations (.ppp) or as HTM L, as a file attachm ent or as HT ML wit hin the body of your e mail, respecti vely. Sharing PagePlus publications 1. Wit h your pu blicat ion ope n and i n the c urrentl y ac tive window, selec t Send. .. fr o m[...]

Publis hing and Sharing 251 To use PageP lus as an alternativ e email cli ent: • Select T ools>O ptio ns.. . . then select HTML E - ma i l . • Enab le Send HTM L E - m ail using PagePlus , and enter the mail server na me (e.g., mail - srv or ma il.com pany.c om) . The port number 25 is al way s used. Both HTML a nd ima ge shari ng methods sh[...]

252 Publishing and Sharing To share a do cument as an image: 1. Check Sen d entire HTML page as single i ma ge in Tools >Opti ons> HTML E - mai l (in PageP lus). 2. Carry out procedur e as f or shar ing a docum ent a s HTML above. Use this option for O utlook Express, Outlo ok (including Outlook 2007) , and Wi ndows Mail.[...]

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254 Using PDF Forms[...]

Using PDF Forms 255 Getting started w ith PDF forms PagePl us lets you use el ectroni c - ba sed PDF form s to col lect in putt ed data from rea ders of your pu blicati on in a n eff icient a nd mode rn ma nner. I n m uch the same way as trad ition al paper forms are u sed to co llect informatio n (remember your last T a x Retur n!), PDF form s off[...]

256 Using PDF Forms Each f ield has its own se t of Form Fiel d Properties relating t o its appearan ce, its valu e(s), validat ion, calcu lations, and the action expected of the field . In Pag ePlus, t he form should be inte grate d into y our Page de sign a s you de velop your publica tion. T he f orm's functiona lity only then be com es ac [...]

Using PDF Forms 257 Creating PDF forms A ddi ng form fields A s eries of form fields can be a dded to the pag e, de pending on t he ty pe of f orm you w ant to cr eate . Typi cally a mix of form fields will make up y o ur f inished form desig n. Field s are created from the F orm too lbar or via Insert>F orm Field . You assign an in ternal uniqu[...]

258 Using PDF Forms Check Box I deal when y ou want to multiply selec t a series of options displ aye d side by side. A good al ternat ive to a Com bo Box or Lis t box if sp ace allows. Text Field U se f or adding t ext, n umbe rs or a m ixture of both. Com bo Box For se lection from a scrollable list of items in a dr op - dow n menu w here only on[...]

Using PDF Forms 259 To access Form Field Pr opert ies: 1. To v iew the proper ties do one of the f ollowi ng: • Righ t - click on a selected form fie ld and choo se Form Fiel d Properties . • Double - c lick the form field. • Select th e form field, an d click the butt on fr om the For m toolba r. 2. Click on one of several tab s for editin g[...]

260 Using PDF Forms Exceptions exist when using Standard or Professio nal softwar e. With in the PDF file Alternativ ely, it is possible to stor e form data w ithin the PDF Form itse lf by using the Save or Save A s... command. O ne c ondition of this is that the f orm rec ipient m ust be us ing one of t he f ollowi ng ve rsions of Acroba t sof twa[...]

Using PDF Forms 261 conf igured i n order to su bmit th e form data to t he web server. You can either cre ate the butt on unaided or use the Form Submit Wiza rd (see bel ow). Eith er way, the u se of the submit p rocess is th e major differen ce between web - read y and ot her les s dyna mic forms . The web p rocess, as mentio ned, req uires a web[...]

262 Using PDF Forms 1. For Serif Web Re sources , cl ick Nex t> . 2. Click the Get a Form ID button to dis play Se rif's custom er logi n web page . This page i s whe re you log onto y our custom er ac count to e nter firstly y our em ail addre ss to s end f orm data to, an d secon dly t o generate a u nique Fo rm ID for use in th e secure [...]

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264 Producing Web P ages[...]

Producing W eb Pages 265 Getting started in w eb mode How easy is i t to create your own website with PageP lus? It can be as si mple as selectin g a preset desi gn template an d editin g the headings an d accompan ying tex t. And no m atter how muc h custom izing you choose to do a fte r that, t he whole job won' t be ne arly as complica ted [...]

266 Producing Web P ages To create a n ew web publica tion from scratch: 1. L aunc h Page Plus or c hoose New>New from Startup Wiza rd fr om the File menu. 2. In th e Startup Wizard, select the St art New Publi cation option, select the We b Pag e catego ry on th e left, and choo se a Standard (VGA ) o r Wide (SV GA) page. 3. Click OK . PagePlus[...]

Producing W eb Pages 267 Viewing h y perlinks in your publication The Hyperlink Man ager gives you an ov ervi ew of all the hy perlink s in y our publication. To display the Hyperl ink Manager: • Choose Hyperlink Manager... from the Tool s menu. The Hyper link Mana ger dialog di splay s both o bject and te xt hy perlink s in y our public atio n, [...]

268 Producing Web P ages To modify a hotspot h y perlink: • Using the P ointer To ol , double - click the hotspot, and edit the hype rlink . - or - Click to sele ct the hotspot, then click the Hyperlink button on the Sta ndard t oolbar. Editing hotspots You ca n mov e and re size hot spot s on the pa ge, us ing i ts oute r bou nding box. A n inne[...]

Producing W eb Pages 269 By e diting the inner outli ne, y ou can conve rt rec tangula r hots pots i nto fr eef orm shape s that c losely match the parts of the underly ing gra phic y ou want to be "hot." To edi t the o utline , fir st m ove the m ouse point er ov er the hots pot's in ner outline until th e cursor changes t o indicat[...]

270 Producing Web P ages • The Hyperlink colour (la belled H ab ove) a pplies t o hype rlinke d tex t before it's b een clicked o n. • The Follow ed Hyperlink colour (l abelle d F ), appl ies to hyper linke d text af ter a visitor has click ed to "follow" the link. • The Active Hyperlin k c olour (labe lled A ), applie s to hyp[...]

Producing W eb Pages 271 Setting custom page backgrounds The web co lours defin ed in the Scheme Man ager normall y a pply throug hout t he site , but y ou can ov erride the Sc hem e Manag er's B ackg round pict ure/c olour settin g for any particul ar page. To set a cus tom page b ackground: 1. Choose W eb Site Prop erties... f rom the File m[...]

272 Producing Web P ages Choosing w eb page properties There's more to creati ng a successful web site than designing t he pages. It's a good i dea to brows e the Site Properties di alog, accessib le from File>Web Site Properties an d revie w a variety of set tings y ou might not othe rwis e have conside red! Site Properties/Page tab S[...]

Producing W eb Pages 273 (Non - stream ing files must dow nload i n entire ty to a user' s com puter be fore they begin play ing; streaming f iles require a special play er tha t buf fer s incom ing data and can start playing befor e the who le clip has arri ved.) The re are actuall y tw o sound play back opti ons — ba ckground sound , where[...]

274 Producing Web P ages 3. Fro m a pict ure: You sel ect an external pictur e file, which PageP lus then im ports and li nk s to the media file. 4. Inline: A media "pl ayer" will be visible on your publis hed w eb pa ge (rather than appear ing after the u ser clicks a link, ico n, or pictu re). In PagePl us, you'll s ee a marker on [...]

Producing W eb Pages 275 Publishing a w ebsite to a local folder Eve n though y ou may have sa ved your webs ite as a Page Plus publi cat ion, it' s not tr uly a "webs ite" until y ou've converte d it to H TML a nd ima ge f iles — in other w ords, a for mat that ca n be v iewed i n a we b brows er. In PagePlus , this conve rsi[...]

276 Producing Web P ages Previewing y our w ebsite in a brow ser Previe wing your si te in a w eb brow ser is a n esse ntial s tep bef ore pu blishing it to the w eb. It' s the on ly w ay y ou can see just how your Page Plus publi cati on will appear t o a visitor. We'll assu me you've alread y publi shed y our we bsite to a local fo[...]

Producing W eb Pages 277 • The FTP address of your w eb host w ill be a spe cifi c URL a s suppli ed by your I nternet s ervi ce prov ider (I SP) . • Unles s direc ted by your provider , lea ve the Port num be r set at "21 ." If chang ing your port number , remem ber to chang e y our firewall se ttings to reflect ne w port numbers. ?[...]

278 Producing Web P ages button — if the account detail s are valid, a di alog indicatin g successful connec tion dis play s. 5. C lick the Uploa d butt on. PagePlus seeks an Intern et connectio n, then: • If upl oading for the firs t tim e, se lected f iles w ill be upl oaded directly . - or - • If upl oad ing to a n existing site (m ust be [...]

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2D filter eff ects, 194 3D filter eff ects , 198 apply ing, 20 0 Insta nt 3D, 203 adjust ment (of pic tures) , 176 Adobe PDF files bookm ark lists in, 244 expor ting, 24 3 importing, 23 album s photo, 166, 1 68 searchin g Media Bar, 170 alignmen t of li ne strok e, 188 of obje cts, 6 6 of pa ragr aphs, 113 using dynam i c g uides, 61 anchor ing obj[...]

calend ars, 145 eve nts f or, 147 public holi day s for, 146 calligra phic lines, 188 Cap setting (li nes), 189 cell prop erties (tab les), 144 chapte rs (bo oks), 1 52 character styles, 121 characters ( special) displa ying , 109 Clea r form atting , 113, 1 25 Clipboard copy ing and pa sting to or f rom, 57 closi ng Page Plus, 24 colour apply ing [...]

double lines , 188 draw ing li nes, 185 draw - type i mages im porting, 1 64 Drop Ca p, 123 Drop S hadow effe ct, 194 duple x print ing (m anual) , 234 dynam ic guides, 6 1 edit ing te xt, 108, 113 effects 2D filter, 194 3D filter, 198 anim ation ( web), 272 beve l (Inst ant3D), 203 lathe (Insta nt 3D), 203 pictur es, 176 Elbow Connec tor Too l, 21[...]

formatting clear text, 1 13 frame effect (border), 80 frame margi ns, 93 frames, 92 apply ing f ill col ours, 22 2 apply ing tr anspar ency , 226 custom picture, 1 63 for pi ctures , 164 lin king, 99 pictur e, 161 s etup a nd lay out, 96 text f or, 93 Gallery tab , 208 Ga ussian B lur eff ect, 194 GIF anim ations , 272 used f or w eb, 271 gradient [...]

Insta nt 3D, 203 in terface rulers, 47 setting units, 4 8 view options, 33 Internet Service Provider (ISP), 277 Java applet s (for web), 274 Join setting (lines ), 189 joining objects, 7 7 JP Gs for w eb, 271 im porting, 1 64 key featu res, 4 labels, 29 la yer s, 3 8 adding , 40 assignin g master pages t o, 42 deleting, 40 prope rties of, 43 select[...]

ass igning, 38 heade rs and f ooters on, 5 0 overvi ew, 31 page numbe rs on, 50 view ing a nd editing , 36 measurin g objects, 47 Media bar, 1 66 merge list, 1 58 mesh warp s, 79 metafiles expor ting, 67 im porting, 1 64 Ser if, 67 Motion B lur eff ect, 19 4 mov ing object s, 63 multi - lev el lists, 131 multilingual spell - checking, 134 mul timed[...]

outlines (filte r effect), 196 outli nes (obje ct), 77 Page Man ager, 36 Page Setup, 2 9 page size and orien tation, 29 PagePl us files importing, 23 pages adding , rem oving , and rearrangin g, 36 numbe ring, 50, 153 viewin g, 33 Pages tab, 36 paint - ty pe imag es, 164 im porting, 1 64 para graphs , 113 alignmen t, 113 sett ing inde nts f or, 110[...]

poster s, 29 printi ng, 237 PostScript output , 240 prepre ss opt ions, 2 40 previewing the pri nted page, 236 we bsites in web brow ser, 276 printi ng , 233 books, 15 6 manua l duple x, 234 mul tiple pag es, 238 of banne rs, poste rs, book lets , and thum bnails , 237 PDF f iles, 156, 243 prev iewing the pag e, 236 profe ssiona l, 239 sav ing prin[...]

Rotat e Tool, 55, 6 8 rotating object s, 68 row and colum n guide s, 45 , 46 ruler guides, 46 rulers, 47 setting units f or, 48 Save Defaul ts, 26 savin g a publication, 2 4 scaling printi ng eff ect, 238 sca nned im ages, 183 schemes colour , 219 colour (for web) , 269 SDB (Ser if Database) fil es, 158 selectin g object s, 55 text, 108 Serif MetaF[...]

substi tuting fonts, 117 Swa tches tab, 188, 218, 2 22 switching betw een publi catio n wind ows, 24 sys tem re quirem ents, 13 tab st ops, 1 11 table of conte nts, 150 creating, 156 for PD F fil e, 2 44 Ta ble Tool, 139 tables anchor ing, t o tex t, 73 cell prop erties, 144 mani pulating , 140 over view , 137 taggin g, 17 0 templates desi gn , 18 [...]

Path T ext, 107 Pen, 185 Pen cil, 185 Poi nter, 55 Rotat e, 55, 68 Shadow , 197 Square Crop, 70 Straight Line, 1 85 Ta ble, 139 Tra nspare ncy, 228 Tra nsform tab, 63, 65 transp arency apply ing, 22 7 filter eff ect, 201 gra dient, 2 28 Tra nspare ncy ta b, 226 Tra nspare ncy Tool, 228 Trimmed P age M ode , 237 TWAIN (camer a/scann er) source, 183 [...]