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90 Working with Text

Working with Text 91 Importing text from a file Importing text from a word-processor file is the traditional way to create text content for Desktop

92 Working with Text To import text from a file: 1. (Optional) If using an existing empty text frame, select the frame. If inserting text into a p

Working with Text 93 What's a text frame? A text frame is effectively a mini-page, with: • Margins and column guides to control text flow. •

94 Working with Text When you select a frame you'll see its bounding box, indicated by a grey border line plus corner and edge handles, and (i

Working with Text 95 Creating text frames You add frames to a page as you would any other object. PagePlus supports a wide variety of frame shapes w

96 Working with Text Putting text into a frame You can put text into a frame using one of the following methods: WritePlus story editor: With a sel

Working with Text 97 To edit frame properties directly: • Select the frame object, then drag column guide lines to adjust the boundaries of the co

98 Working with Text To edit frame properties using a dialog: 1. Select the frame and click Frame Setup on the Frame context toolbar. 2. From t

Working with Text 99 Linking text frames When a text frame is selected, the frame includes a Link button at the bottom right which denotes the state

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100 Working with Text • You can link to frames already containing text or are already in a link sequence. • If the frame was not part of a link

Working with Text 101 Fitting text to frames Fitting story text precisely into a sequence of frames is part of the art of laying out publications. I

102 Working with Text No Autofit This is the normal mode of operation where, if selected, text won't automatically scale throughout the sele

Working with Text 103 Using artistic text Artistic text is standalone text you type directly onto a page. Especially useful for headlines, pull quot

104 Working with Text • Artistic text won't automatically line wrap like frame text. • Artistic text doesn't flow or link the way frame

Working with Text 105 • To resize freely, hold down the Shift key while dragging. To edit artistic text: • Drag to select a range of text, creati

106 Working with Text To apply a preset curved path to text: 1. Create an artistic text object. 2. With the text selected, on the Text context t

Working with Text 107 To fit existing text to an existing line or shape: 1. Create an artistic text object. 2. Create a freehand, straight, or cu

108 Working with Text Editing text on the page You can use the Pointer Tool to edit frame text, table text, or artistic text directly. On the page,

Working with Text 109 To start a new line within the same paragraph (using a "line break" or "soft return"): • Press Shift+Ente

2 Welcome

110 Working with Text Setting paragraph indents When a text object is selected, markers on the horizontal ruler indicate the left indent, first lin

Working with Text 111 Setting tab stops To set a tab stop: 1. Select the paragraph(s) in which you want to set tab stops. 2. Click the ruler inter

112 Working with Text Using Find and Replace You can search publication text for an extraordinary variety of items: not just words or parts of word

Working with Text 113 Setting text properties PagePlus gives you a high degree of typographic control over characters and paragraphs, whether you&ap

114 Working with Text Using fonts One of the most dramatic ways to change your document's appearance is to change the fonts used in your artis

Working with Text 115 The Fonts tab lets you: • Apply fonts easily without dialog navigation. • Assign fonts to be Websafe or favourites. • View

116 Working with Text To preview fonts: 1. From the tab's Tab Menu button (top-right of tab), check the Preview Font option. 2. Select a

Working with Text 117 To select (and change) a font throughout your document: 1. Right-click a font displayed in the Fonts tab. If the font is use

118 Working with Text PagePlus's font substitution mechanism makes use of the PANOSE Font Matching System which intelligently finds the best f

Working with Text 119 The dialog shows both fonts for substitutions, e.g. The Adamsky SF font is first choice, with Arial used as a secondary fon

Welcome 3 Welcome! Welcome to PagePlus X4, the award-winning Desktop Publishing (DTP) solution from Serif. PagePlus is the easiest way to get superi

120 Working with Text Using FontManager FontManager is a standalone Serif application that works alongside PagePlus with respect to font substituti

Working with Text 121 Styles can be applied to characters or paragraphs using either the Text context toolbar or the Text Styles tab. Both paragrap

122 Working with Text • Typically, a character style applies emphasis (such as italics, bolding or colour) to whatever underlying font the text al

Working with Text 123 As both paragraph and character formatting can be applied to the same text, all of the current text's formatting is displ

124 Working with Text To create a new style using the properties of existing text: 1. Format the text as desired. 2. To define a character style,

Working with Text 125 • From the dialog, click Remove. For deletion of multiple styles, check multiple style names first. For removal of all or unu

126 Working with Text To remove local formatting: 1. Select locally formatted characters or paragraph(s) as described in the above table. 2. Eith

Working with Text 127 To select (and change) a style throughout your document: 1. Right-click a style displayed on the Text Styles tab. 2. If the

128 Working with Text To wrap text around an object: 1. Select the object around which you want the text to wrap. 2. Click the Wrap Settings

Working with Text 129 In addition, you can specify the Distance from text: the "standoff" between the object's wrap outline and adjac

4 Welcome Key features Before you get started with PagePlus, we recommend you take the opportunity to familiarize yourself with PagePlus key feature

130 Working with Text To create a simple bulleted or numbered list: 1. Select one or more paragraphs. - or - Click in a paragraph's text. 2.

Working with Text 131 Using multi-level lists For multi-level lists, as opposed to bulleted and numbered lists, you can set a different character (s

132 Working with Text The multi-level presets offer some simple but commonly used schemas for paragraph list formatting. However, if you want to cr

Working with Text 133 AutoCorrect To set options for automatic text correction: 1. Choose Options... from the Tools menu and select the Text>Aut

134 Working with Text Multilingual spell checking is supported by use of up to 14 dictionaries. Any language can be enabled globally from Tools>

Working with Text 135 To check spelling as you type: • With the Check spelling as you type feature turned on (from Tools>Options>Options>G

136 Working with Text When a problem is found, PagePlus highlights the problem word. The dialog offers alternative suggestions, and you can choose

Working with Text 137 To replace the original word: • Click the Replace button to replace the original word (selected in your text) with the word i

138 Working with Text Feature Supported Resize/move table Rotate table 1Rotate table text (in cell) 1Sort table contents Solid fill and bor

Working with Text 139 PagePlus lets you: • Edit the pre-defined format before adding a new table to the page. • Create your own custom formats wi

Welcome 5 • Tables and Calendars Choose from a range of preset formats or design your own table. Use the convenient Table context toolbar to sort d

140 Working with Text Manipulating tables You can select, move, resize, delete, and copy a table and its contents, just as you would with a text fr

Working with Text 141 • Fill Right or Fill Down will respectively replicate the contents of a row or column’s first cell across the entire selected

142 Working with Text To change the table's structure and appearance: • To select a cell, click on the edge of a cell. To select more than on

Working with Text 143 • For an individual column or row, click its header's button, choosing Autofit Row to Contents or Autofit Column to Co

144 Working with Text • To apply a coloured background to a whole table, hover over the top-left hand corner of the table until you see a cursor—

Working with Text 145 Inserting a calendar The Calendar Wizard helps you design month-at-a-glance calendars for use in your publication. The calen

146 Working with Text To insert a calendar: 1. Click the Table flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose Insert Calendar. 2. Click again on your p

Working with Text 147 To enable public holidays: 1. Select your calendar's bounding box, and click on the context toolbar. 2. From the Event

148 Working with Text 5. Click New event. 6. From the dialog, type, use the up/down arrows, or click the Browse button to select a date. 7. Ent

Working with Text 149 To insert a database table: 1. Click Insert Database table from the Tools toolbar's Table flyout. 2. Using the pointer

6 Welcome Graphics • Drawing Tools Design stunning vector graphics with Pencil, Pen and Straight Line tools, and add line endings like arrowheads,

150 Working with Text Note that the Boolean operator "And" and "Or" operator to build up your filter criteria row-by-row. The

Working with Text 151 When the table of contents is created, PagePlus formats it using built-in text styles (p. 120) intended specifically for table

152 Working with Text • You can also specify a bold and/or italic page number format. 4. Click Mark to insert the new entry mark or update a sele

Working with Text 153 To add a chapter to the chapter list: 1. In BookPlus, on the Chapter menu, click Add... 2. In the dialog, select one or mor

154 Working with Text To set page numbering options for the book: 1. Choose Book Page Number Options... from the BookPlus File menu. 2. In the di

Working with Text 155 To update page numbering: • Choose Renumber Pages from the BookPlus File menu. Synchronizing chapters Synchronizing means im

156 Working with Text Building a Table of Contents or Index From BookPlus, you can build a Table of Contents and/or Index that includes entries for

Working with Text 157 To export the book or selected chapters as PDF: 1. To export just certain chapters, make sure their names are selected in the

158 Working with Text • Editing Serif Database files. • Selecting, filtering, and sorting the merge list. • Inserting placeholders for your da

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 6

Welcome 7 • Astounding 3D Lighting and Surface Effects Advanced algorithms bring flat shapes to life! Choose one or more effects, then vary surface

160 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 161 Adding picture frames Not to be confused with a decorative border, a picture frame is a shaped container similar to

162 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To add a borderless picture frame: 1. For an empty square frame, choose Picture>Empty Frame... from the Insert

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 163 • Click the button to rotate the photo in 90 degree anti-clockwise increments. • Click the button to zoom in/o

164 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Importing pictures PagePlus lets you insert pictures from a wide variety of file formats, including bitmaps, vector

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 165 To import a picture from a file: 1. To place the picture: • inline with the text - click for an insertion point i

166 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To set the size of the inserted picture, drag out a region and release the mouse button. To populate a template pi

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 167 You can even use the AutoFlow feature to add all photos sequentially into available empty picture frames with one c

168 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes The currently loaded album shown on your Media Bar will remain visible irrespective of which document you have op

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 169 3. (Optional) For any photo you can alter the resolution (native or 96 dpi), or embed/link status in advance of pla

8 Welcome • Fonts Substitute missing fonts when opening third-party publications or PDFs. View your currently installed font set in the Fonts tab,

170 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes AutoFlow—adding content automatically AutoFlow lets you flow the photos currently displayed in the Media Bar throu

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 171 Using Image Cutout Studio Image Cutout Studio offers a powerful integrated solution for cutting objects out from the

172 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Zoom into your image to examine its edges; this may influence the output type chosen. Let's look at the outp

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 173 Selecting areas to keep or discard A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to "paint" areas o

174 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To select image areas for keeping/discarding: 1. In Image Cutout Studio, click either Keep brush or Discard brush

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 175 Refining your cutout area (alpha-edged bitmaps only) If a vector-cropped image is created via Image Cutout Studio it

176 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Applying PhotoLab filters Filters can be applied and managed in PhotoLab, a powerful studio for applying adjustment

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 177 Pictures present in your publication will show in your Images tab (above) if the tab is expanded. This tab is hidde

178 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Applying a filter Filters are stored in PhotoLab's Favourites, Adjustments, and Effects tabs which group filt

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 179 To disable: Click , then click to enable again. To reset: Click . Any changes to settings are reverted back to

Welcome 9 • PDF Forms Create your own electronic PDF form, requesting information from form recipients. Your recipients can type in their responses

180 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Retouching PhotoLab offers some useful retouching tools on the main toolbar, each commonly used to correct photos

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 181 3. Adjust the settings to suit requirements, especially adjusting Brush Size to paint larger or more intricate re

182 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes mask on another mask applied to the current or any other filter in the filter stack. This is useful when using favo

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 183 Exiting PhotoLab • Click . Importing TWAIN images If your scanner or digital camera provides TWAIN support, you ca

184 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes • For an image that will end up on a web page, it's possible to get great results scanning at 100dpi, using e

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 185 Drawing and editing lines PagePlus provides Pencil, Straight Line, Pen, and QuickShape tools for creating simple gra

186 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Drawing lines To draw a freeform line (with the Pencil Tool): 1. Choose the Pencil Tool from the Tools toolbar&ap

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 187 A Straight segment is simply a straight line connecting two nodes. (Shortcut: Press 1) A Bézier segment is curv

188 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 3. To extend an existing line, repeat Step 2 for each new segment. Each segment can be of a different type. 4. To

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 189 Several techniques offer additional ways to customize lines: For dashed lines, select from one of five dashed lin

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10 Welcome New features • PhotoLab for non-destructive adjustment and effects (see p. 176) The powerful PhotoLab studio packs a punch with an impre

190 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Drawing and editing shapes QuickShapes are pre-designed objects that you can instantly add to your page, then adjus

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 191 It’s also possible to use the always-at-hand QuickShape context toolbar situated above the workspace to swap QuickSh

192 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Closed shapes As soon as you draw or select a line, you'll see the line's nodes appear. Nodes show the e

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 193 To break open a line or shape: 1. With the Pointer Tool, select the node where you want to break the shape. 2. Cli

194 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Applying 2D filter effects PagePlus provides a variety of filter effects that you can use to transform any object.

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 195 The Studio’s Styles tab offers a range of 2D filter effects that are ready to use. Its multiple categories each off

196 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Creating reflections A simple way to add creative flair to your page is to apply a vertical reflection on a selecte

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 197 • Radial: applies concentric streaks to the object to simulate a rotating camera or subject. • Motion: applies str

198 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes Once you've created a shadow, you can also fine-tune it as needed using the Filter Effects dialog. Using 3D f

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 199 There you’ll see a variety of remarkable 3D surface and texture presets in various categories (Glass, Metallic, Woo

Welcome 11 • Joining object outlines (see p. 77) Combine QuickShapes, drawn shapes and artistic text together to create more complex outlined objec

200 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To apply 3D filter effects: 1. Click Filter Effects on the Attributes toolbar. 2. Check the 3D Effects box at t

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 201 2D Bump Map The 2D Bump Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a greyscale bitmap you s

202 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 3D Reflection Map The 3D Reflection Map effect is used to simulate mirrored surfaces by selection of a pattern (i.

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 203 Adding dimensionality (Instant 3D) Using the Instant 3D feature, you can easily transform flat shapes (shown) and t

204 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes X rotation Y rotation Z rotation X and Y rotation Transform about your 3D objects' axes instead of yo

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 205 To edit base properties of a 3D object: • Select the 3D object, then click the Edit button at the bottom right-hand

206 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes • Any time you want to alter some aspect of a style (for example, change the line colour), you simply change the s

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 207 If you've applied a style to an object but have lost track of the thumbnail—or want to confirm which style is a

208 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 2. Click to expand or collapse sections within the attributes tree. Check any attributes you want to include in th

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 209 The Gallery has two parts: an upper Categories drop-down menu and a lower Designs window showing a list of thumbnail

12 Welcome Text • Import Word 2007 and Open Office text documents (see p. 91) Add word processing content to any text frame without fuss! Word impo

210 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To view the Gallery: 1. Click the Studio's Gallery tab. 2. Select a category from the drop-down menu. The it

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 211 To rename or delete a custom design from the Gallery: • Click on the drop-down button in the bottom-right corner

212 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes To create a connector: 1. For a straight-line connector, select the Connector Tool on the Connector Tools flyout (

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 213 To add a custom connection point (with tool): 1. Select an object. 2. Select the Connection Point Tool on the Co

214 Pictures, Lines, and Shapes

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216 Colour, Fills, and Transparency

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 217 Applying solid fills PagePlus offers a number of ways to apply solid colour fills to objects of different kinds:

218 Colour, Fills, and Transparency To apply a solid colour via the Swatches tab: 1. Select the object(s) or highlight a range of text. 2. Click

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 219 Using schemes In PagePlus, a colour scheme is a cluster of five complementary colours that you can apply to spec

Welcome 13 • For text and line widths in large publications, use physical measurement units such as centimetres and inches! • Select all frame te

220 Colour, Fills, and Transparency The example below shows three different schemes as applied to a design that's been marked with Scheme Colo

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 221 To assign a scheme colour to an object: 1. Select the object and choose a Fill, Line, or Text button at t

222 Colour, Fills, and Transparency 4. To store the modified scheme in the Schemes tab, click Save Scheme... If modifying an existing scheme, lea

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 223 To apply a gradient or bitmap fill using the Swatches tab: 1. Click the Swatches tab and ensure the Fill butt

224 Colour, Fills, and Transparency Alternatively, a dialog can be used to add or subtract key colours from the gradient, apply different key colou

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 225 Editing the fill path When you select a fillable object, the Fill tool becomes available (otherwise it's gr

226 Colour, Fills, and Transparency Working with transparency Transparency effects are great for highlights, shading and shadows, and simulating &q

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 227 Transparency types available in the Transparency tab are as follows: • Solid transparency distributes the trans

228 Colour, Fills, and Transparency To apply gradient transparency with the Transparency Tool: 1. Select a coloured object. 2. Click the Transp

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 229 To edit a gradient transparency directly: 1. Select an object with gradient transparency and click the Transpar

14 Welcome Optional: • Windows-compatible printer • TWAIN-compatible scanner and/or digital camera • Stylus or other input device • 3D Accelerat

230 Colour, Fills, and Transparency

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232 Printing your Publication

Printing your Publication 233 Printing basics PagePlus supports scaling, tiling, manual duplex printing, and many other useful printing options. Her

234 Printing your Publication 6. The Preview window shows how your publication maps to the selected paper size. You can click the dialog's Pr

Printing your Publication 235 To setup, the wizard asks you printer-related questions. You'll need to: • Consider how you offer paper to your

236 Printing your Publication Previewing the printed page The Print Preview mode changes the screen view to display your layout without frames, gui

Printing your Publication 237 Working in Trimmed Page Mode Trimmed Page Mode lets you toggle between the page you're currently working on (comp

238 Printing your Publication Even if the publication isn't set up as a poster or banner, you can use tiling and scaling settings (see "T

Printing your Publication 239 The multiple page options are enabled when you are working with a page from the Small Publications category in Page Se

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240 Printing your Publication Unless you're handing off camera-ready artwork, your print provider will specify the format in which you should

Publishing and Sharing 9

242 Publishing and Sharing

Publishing and Sharing 243 Exporting PDF files PDF (short for Portable Document Format) is a cross-platform WYSIWYG file format developed by Adobe t

244 Publishing and Sharing Creating a PDF bookmark list Bookmarks are optional links that appear in a separate pane of the PDF viewer when a PDF f

Publishing and Sharing 245 The mechanics of creating a PDF bookmark list by hand are simple. For example, bookmarking a specific location (for examp

246 Publishing and Sharing To delete bookmarks and anchors: 1. Choose Bookmark Manager... from the Tools menu. 2. In the bookmark tree, select a

Publishing and Sharing 247 The main features of PDF slideshow include: • Advance of each slide manually or automatically. • Creation of multi-se

248 Publishing and Sharing 7. For accompanying music, in the Media box, click the Open button to navigate to and select an audio file (wav, mp3 an

Publishing and Sharing 249 To create multi-section slides: 1. In the Slides tab of the Publish PDF Slideshow dialog, choose a page from which you w

16 Getting Started

250 Publishing and Sharing Sharing by email PagePlus lets you share publications as native PagePlus publications (.ppp) or as HTML, as a file attac

Publishing and Sharing 251 To use PagePlus as an alternative email client: • Select Tools>Options... then select HTML E-mail. • Enable Send HT

252 Publishing and Sharing To share a document as an image: 1. Check Send entire HTML page as single image in Tools>Options>HTML E-mail (in

Using PDF Forms 10

254 Using PDF Forms

Using PDF Forms 255 Getting started with PDF forms PagePlus lets you use electronic-based PDF forms to collect inputted data from readers of your pu

256 Using PDF Forms Each field has its own set of Form Field Properties relating to its appearance, its value(s), validation, calculations, and the

Using PDF Forms 257 Creating PDF forms Adding form fields A series of form fields can be added to the page, depending on the type of form you want t

258 Using PDF Forms Check Box Ideal when you want to multiply select a series of options displayed side by side. A good alternative to a Combo Bo

Using PDF Forms 259 To access Form Field Properties: 1. To view the properties do one of the following: • Right-click on a selected form field and

Getting Started 17 Startup Wizard The Startup Wizard presents the following choices: • Start New Publication, to open a blank page to work on. •

260 Using PDF Forms Exceptions exist when using Standard or Professional software. Within the PDF file Alternatively, it is possible to store form

Using PDF Forms 261 configured in order to submit the form data to the web server. You can either create the button unaided or use the Form Submit W

262 Using PDF Forms 1. For Serif Web Resources, click Next>. 2. Click the Get a Form ID button to display Serif's customer login web pag

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264 Producing Web Pages

Producing Web Pages 265 Getting started in web mode How easy is it to create your own website with PagePlus? It can be as simple as selecting a pre

266 Producing Web Pages To create a new web publication from scratch: 1. Launch PagePlus or choose New>New from Startup Wizard from the File men

Producing Web Pages 267 Viewing hyperlinks in your publication The Hyperlink Manager gives you an overview of all the hyperlinks in your publicati

268 Producing Web Pages To modify a hotspot hyperlink: • Using the Pointer Tool, double-click the hotspot, and edit the hyperlink. - or - Click to

Producing Web Pages 269 By editing the inner outline, you can convert rectangular hotspots into freeform shapes that closely match the parts of the

18 Getting Started As you select different profiles from the menu, your workspace will preview each tab layout in turn. The Startup Wizard is disp

270 Producing Web Pages • The Hyperlink colour (labelled H above) applies to hyperlinked text before it's been clicked on. • The Followed Hyp

Producing Web Pages 271 Setting custom page backgrounds The web colours defined in the Scheme Manager normally apply throughout the site, but you c

272 Producing Web Pages Choosing web page properties There's more to creating a successful website than designing the pages. It's a good i

Producing Web Pages 273 (Non-streaming files must download in entirety to a user's computer before they begin playing; streaming files require

274 Producing Web Pages 3. From a picture: You select an external picture file, which PagePlus then imports and links to the media file. 4. Inline:

Producing Web Pages 275 Publishing a website to a local folder Even though you may have saved your website as a PagePlus publication, it's not

276 Producing Web Pages Previewing your website in a browser Previewing your site in a web browser is an essential step before publishing it to the

Producing Web Pages 277 • The FTP address of your web host will be a specific URL as supplied by your Internet service provider (ISP) . • Unless

278 Producing Web Pages button—if the account details are valid, a dialog indicating successful connection displays. 5. Click the Upload button. Pa

Producing Web Pages 279 Index 12

Getting Started 19 Instead of a design template, you can adopt a Theme Layout instead; layouts offer picture placeholders instead of actual picture

2D filter effects, 194 3D filter effects, 198 applying, 200 Instant 3D, 203 adjustment (of pictures), 176 Adobe PDF files bookmark lists in, 244 ex

calendars, 145 events for, 147 public holidays for, 146 calligraphic lines, 188 Cap setting (lines), 189 cell properties (tables), 144 chapters (boo

double lines, 188 drawing lines, 185 draw-type images importing, 164 Drop Cap, 123 Drop Shadow effect, 194 duplex printing (manual), 234 dynamic gui

formatting clear text, 113 frame effect (border), 80 frame margins, 93 frames, 92 applying fill colours, 222 applying transparency, 226 custom pictu

Instant 3D, 203 interface rulers, 47 setting units, 48 view options, 33 Internet Service Provider (ISP), 277 Java applets (for web), 274 Join settin

assigning, 38 headers and footers on, 50 overview, 31 page numbers on, 50 viewing and editing, 36 measuring objects, 47 Media bar, 166 merge list, 1

outlines (filter effect), 196 outlines (object), 77 Page Manager, 36 Page Setup, 29 page size and orientation, 29 PagePlus files importing, 23 pages

posters, 29 printing, 237 PostScript output, 240 prepress options, 240 previewing the printed page, 236 websites in web browser, 276 printing, 233 b

Rotate Tool, 55, 68 rotating objects, 68 row and column guides, 45, 46 ruler guides, 46 rulers, 47 setting units for, 48 Save Defaults, 26 saving a

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20 Getting Started 5. Examine the page sample(s) on the right. If you're happy with the template page(s), click Open. To create a publica

substituting fonts, 117 Swatches tab, 188, 218, 222 switching between publication windows, 24 system requirements, 13 tab stops, 111 table of conten

Path Text, 107 Pen, 185 Pencil, 185 Pointer, 55 Rotate, 55, 68 Shadow, 197 Square Crop, 70 Straight Line, 185 Table, 139 Transparency, 228 Transform

Getting Started 21 2. The adjacent pane updates to show document types for that selected theme. Select a thumbnail. 3. In the upper-right corner

22 Getting Started 4. From the right-hand Pages pane, select one or more page layouts by checking the box under each thumbnail. Some publication ty

Getting Started 23 Opening existing publications You can open a PagePlus publication from the Startup Wizard, Standard toolbar, or via the File menu

24 Getting Started Working with more than one publication If you have multiple publications open at the same time it's easy to jump between the

Getting Started 25 To close all publications except current: • Right click a Publication tab on the Publications toolbar and choose Close All But T

26 Getting Started Or, for line and fill colours, including line styles: 1. With no object selected, choose the required line and/or fill colours

Working with Pages 3

28 Working with Pages

Working with Pages 29 Setting up a publication A publication's page size and orientation settings are fundamental to your layout, and are defin

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30 Working with Pages On the Pages context toolbar, these page sizes are indicated by the suffix "(From printer)" in the Paper size drop

Working with Pages 31 Understanding master pages Master pages provide a flexible way to store background elements that you'd like to appear on

32 Working with Pages all the pages incorporate that element. Of course, each individual page can have its own "foreground" elements. Mas

Working with Pages 33 Viewing pages Most of the PagePlus display is taken up by a page or "artwork" area and a surrounding "pasteboar

34 Working with Pages can use the scroll bars at the right and bottom of the main window to move the page and pasteboard with respect to the main wi

Working with Pages 35 Switching view modes You can switch between different view modes, which offer single or multiple pages to view: • Normal view

36 Working with Pages Navigating pages To switch between pages: • Click the Previous Page, Next Page, First Page or Last Page button on the

Working with Pages 37 To add a single page: 1. On the Pages tab, click once to select a page in the Pages window. Note: The thumbnail that's

38 Working with Pages Assigning master pages If you're only using one master page it is assigned to any newly created page by default. However,

Working with Pages 39 Layers are useful when you're working on a complex design where it makes sense to separate one cluster of objects from an

Contents Contents 1. Welcome ... 1 Welcome! ...

40 Working with Pages In order to create new objects on a particular layer, you'll need to "activate" (switch to) that layer in the L

Working with Pages 41 Using the tab's buttons, you can move layers up or down in the stacking order to place their objects in front or behind t

42 Working with Pages Layers and master pages Master pages are special "background" pages that can be shared by more than one regular page

Working with Pages 43 To assign a master page to a page layer: 1. In the Layers tab, double-click in the Master Page(s) column of the chosen page

44 Working with Pages • Click in the Master Page(s) column to optionally assign a master page to the layer. • Check the box in the Visible col

Working with Pages 45 You also have the option of setting up row and column guides as an underlying layout aid. PagePlus represents rows and column

46 Working with Pages button to derive the page margin settings from the current printer settings. The dialog also provides options for Balanced mar

Working with Pages 47 • To move a guide, drag it. • To remove a guide, drag and drop it anywhere outside the page area. • For precise ruler gui

48 Working with Pages Ruler units To select the basic measurement unit used by the rulers: • Right-click the Ruler Intersection and set the measu

Working with Pages 49 • Double-click on the ruler intersection to make the rulers and zero point jump to the top left-hand corner of the currently

Contents 4. Working with Objects ... 53 Selecting an object ...

50 Working with Pages You can also set the grid spacing, style, colour, and positioning in the dialog (see PagePlus help). Using headers and footer

Working with Pages 51 To define a header or footer that includes a page number field: 1. Create a header or footer on the master page by choosing H

52 Working with Pages

Working with Objects 4

54 Working with Objects

Working with Objects 55 Selecting an object Before you can change any object, you need to select it using one of these tools from the Tools toolbar:

56 Working with Objects • Double-, triple-, or quadruple-click to select a word, paragraph, or all text. • To select only the text frame, click

Working with Objects 57 Alternatively, hold down the Shift key and click each object in turn. To add or remove an object from a multiple selection:

58 Working with Objects If you're using another Windows application, you can usually copy and paste objects via the Clipboard. To paste an obj

Working with Objects 59 To replicate an object: 1. Select the object to be replicated and choose Replicate... from the Edit menu. The Replicate di

Contents Substituting fonts ... 117 Using text styles ...

60 Working with Objects Pasting an object's formatting Once you have copied an object to the Clipboard, you can use Paste Format (Edit menu) t

Working with Objects 61 For precise ruler guide placement, check Ruler Marks in Tools>Options to snap guides to ruler marks. Snapping with dyna

62 Working with Objects To switch on dynamic guides: • Click the down arrow on the Snapping button (Hintline) and click Dynamic Guides on the dr

Working with Objects 63 Simply clicking on any member of a group selects the group object. In general, any operation you carry out on a selected gro

64 Working with Objects Resizing objects PagePlus provides several methods of resizing single or grouped objects. Click-and-drag is the simplest—wa

Working with Objects 65 To set two or more objects to the same horizontal or vertical size as the last selected object, you can use Arrange>Siz

66 Working with Objects To shift the object's position one step toward the back or front: • Right-click on the object and choose Arrange>B

Working with Objects 67 To align/distribute objects to page margins or edges: Select from the Relative to drop-down menu to align the selected obje

68 Working with Objects Rotating an object You can rotate single and multiple objects, including pictures, text objects, and groups using the Rotat

Working with Objects 69 To undo rotation (restore the original orientation): • Double-click the object. • To restore the rotated position, double

Contents 7. Colour, Fills, and Transparency ... 215 Applying solid fills ...

70 Working with Objects Cropping and combining objects Cropping means masking (hiding) parts of an object, for example to improve composition or cr

Working with Objects 71 • To move a line segment (between two nodes) where you see the cursor, drag the segment. To position a cropped object with

72 Working with Objects To crop one shape to another: 1. Place the "clipping" object in front of the object to be cropped. In the illust

Working with Objects 73 To combine two or more selected lines or drawn shapes: 1. Draw your two lines or QuickShapes. 2. Place the "clipping&

74 Working with Objects • Float with text. The object is positioned horizontally and vertically relative to an anchor point. This option is ide

Working with Objects 75 PagePlus objects can be anchored to anywhere in your publication text, but the floated object can be positioned in relation

76 Working with Objects Or, for an inline object: 1. Enable Position inline as character. 2. To set the object's vertical alignment with res

Working with Objects 77 To view anchor properties: 1. Select an anchored object. 2. Click Anchor Properties shown under the object. The Anchore

78 Working with Objects To join outlines (selected via marquee selection): • Select an outlines option from the Join Outlines flyout on the Arra

Working with Objects 79 Intersect Retains the overlap and discards the rest. Exclude Merges two or more objects into a composite object, with a

Contents Setting web picture display options ... 271 Choosing web page properties...

80 Working with Objects After applying a preset envelope from the Attributes toolbar's Warp flyout (or context toolbar), you can use the Mesh

Working with Objects 81 To remove a border, select None from the top of the list. 3. Select a border Weight (width) for your border. You may need

82 Working with Objects • Select an Alignment setting to fit the border to the Outside, Inside, or Middle of the object's bounding box. • If

Working with Objects 83 Adding logos Logos are intended to send a clear message to your target audience, all within a simple and identifiable desig

84 Working with Objects 7. To insert the logo at a default size, simply click the mouse to leave a logo placeholder (envelope). - or - To set the

Working with Objects 85 To convert existing objects to a logo: 1. Select one or more objects (or a grouped object) on the page. 2. Select Edit in

86 Working with Objects 2. Scroll the lower pane to preview flash subcategories; collapse unwanted subcategories by clicking the button next to t

Working with Objects 87 • For colour: To apply the poster's current colour scheme to your design, uncheck Apply colour set. Alternatively, t

88 Working with Objects As a visual cue, hyperlinked words are underlined and appear in the colour you've specified in the Scheme Manager. To

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