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PagePlus X3 User Guide

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1. 73 Importing text from a file 75 Understanding text frames 75 Fitting text to frames 81 Linking text frames 83 Using artistic text 85 Creating logos 87 Putting text on a path 90 Editing text on the page 92 Using Find and Replace 96 Inserting footnotes and endnotes 97 Setting text properties 97 Using fonts 98 Substituting fonts 100 Using text styles 104 Contents Wrapping text 109 Creating a bulleted or numbered list 11
2. 51 Selecting an object 53 Selecting multiple objects 54 Snapping 55 Creating groups 56 Copying pasting and replicating objects 56 Moving objects 59 Resizing objects 59 Locking an object s size or position 60 Ordering objects 60 Aligning and distributing objects 61 Exporting as a picture 62 Rotating an object 64 Flipping an object 65 Cropping and combining objects 65 Adding borders 69 Hyperlinking an object 70 5 Working with Text
3. 21 Importing PagePlus documents 22 Importing PDF files 22 Working with more than one publication 23 Saving your publication 24 Closing the publication 24 Updating and saving defaults 24 3 Working with Pages 27 Setting up a publication 29 Understanding master pages 31 Viewing pages 32 Navigating 34 Adding removing and rearranging pages 35 Working with layers 36 Setting guides for page margins rows columns and bleeds 42 Using the rulers and dot grid 44 Using headers and footers 48 Using page numbering 48 Contents 4 Working with Objects
4. 216 Sharing by email 218 Contents 10 Using PDF Forms 221 Getting started with PDF forms 223 Creating PDF forms 225 Collecting data from forms 228 11 Producing Web Pages 233 Getting started in Web mode 235 Viewing hyperlinks in your publication 236 Adding hotspots 236 Web site colours 238 Setting Web picture display options 240 Choosing Web page properties 241 Adding animation effects 241 Adding sound and video 242 Adding Java applets 243 Publishing a Web site to a local folder 244 Previewing your Web site in a browser 244 Publishing to the Web
5. 245 Maintaining your Web site 247 12 Index 249 Welcome 1 2 Welcome Welcome 3 Welcome Welcome to PagePlus X3 the award winning Desktop Publishing solution fully certified for Windows Vista PagePlus is the easiest way to get superior publishing results whether on your desktop or via professional printing It s simple for anyone to create publish and share their designs as outstanding printed documents stunning PDFs PDF slideshows stylish Web sites and eye catching emails If you ve upgraded from a previous version this new edition of PagePlus includes a host of exciting new features which keeps PagePlus ahead of its competitors and at a fraction of the price We hope you also enjoy the additional power and performance edge What s New Quick and easy Image Cutouts p 160 Image Cutout Studio makes light work of cutting out your placed images directly in PagePlus Use brushes to discard uniform backgrounds sky walls etc or keep subjects of interest people objects etc Use an advanced transparency blending or feathering technique at a poorly or well defined cutout edge to seamlessly merge your cutout into your page design Stunning logos with LogoStudio p 87 Create striking logos in an integrated Studio environment with a major focus on detailed high quality design
6. You can also specify a bold and or italic page number format 4 Click Mark to insert the new entry mark or update a selected mark To build an index 1 First mark the entries as described above 2 Choose Index from the Insert menu 3 Run through the Index Wizard choosing where to place and how to format your index Repeat at any time to update the information Working with Text 137 Producing a book with BookPlus BookPlus is a management utility built into PagePlus that lets you produce a whole book from a set of separate PagePlus PPP publication files Using BookPlus you can arrange the chapter files in a specific order systematically renumber pages synchronize styles and other elements between all chapters create a Table of Contents and or Index for the whole book and output the book via printing PostScript or PDF BookPlus can perform all these managerial tasks whether or not the original files are open Your settings are saved as a compact BookPlus PPB book file separate from the source publication files Working with books and chapters A book consists of a set of PagePlus PPP publication files Each publication file is considered a chapter in the book To create a new book you ll need at least one constituent chapter file To create a new book In PagePlus on the File menu choose New and then click New Book BookPlus opens with an empty dialog reserved for the chapter list
7. To specify settings for PostScript colour separations select the Separations tab To set professional print options select the Prepress tab 3 Select the print range to be printed e g the whole document the selection area a specific page or range of pages PagePlus also lets you choose odd or even sheets to print and also various double or single sided options that override your current Printer Property settings If you re printing a book you can select Entire book to output all chapters or Selected chapters to output just those you selected Whichever option you ve chosen a drop down list lets you export all sheets in the range or just odd or even sheets with the option of printing in reverse order 4 Select the number of copies 5 The Preview window shows how your publication maps to the selected paper size You can click the dialog s Preview button to hide and show the window 6 Click OK 204 Printing your Publication Previewing the printed page The Print Preview mode changes the screen view to display your layout without frames guides rulers and other screen items Special options such as tiled output or crop marks are not displayed A Trimmed Page mode can be entered which is similar to Print Preview mode but lets you continue designing without layout aids having to be displayed To preview the printed page Click the Print Preview button on the Standard toolbar In Print Preview mode t
8. Change photos over time As you have full control over each slide s layers you can design simple to complex designs based on which layer objects you choose to adopt This and the ability to assign different transition types and slide durations per slide means that you have in built flexibility when designing your slideshow Your original PagePlus document needs to be designed with this in mind 218 Publishing and Sharing To create multi section slides 1 In the Slides tab of the Publish PDF Slideshow dialog choose a page from which you want to create a slide and click the Insert or Copy button The former inserts a chosen slide above the currently selected slide as a copy the latter simply places a copy above a selected slide 2 Select the new slide and click the Properties button 3 Set a slide specific Transition and Duration in seconds from the drop down menus 4 Uncheck any layers which you don t want to be part of the slide to make it distinct from other slides 5 Click the browse button and then browse to and select a Media file which will play while the slide is displayed For the slide s duration this will override any default media file set up to play throughout your slideshow 6 Repeat the insert copy and layer control for another slide building up your multi section slide arrangement To undo the slide properties settings reset the content of your slideshow so that there is only one sli
9. Picture frames are always detached i e they float freely on the page To add a picture to a frame 1 For an empty square frame choose Picture gt Empty Frame from the Insert menu OR For a frame of a particular shape e g Elliptical Picture Frame choose a shape on the Import Picture flyout on the Tools toolbar 2 The mouse pointer changes to the Picture Paste cursor What you do next determines the initial size and placement of the picture frame Images Lines and Shapes 151 3 To insert the frame at a default size simply click the mouse OR To set the size of the frame drag out a region and release the mouse button 4 From the Media Bar s currently displayed album drag and drop a photo directly onto the picture frame Take advantage of the Gallery tab to drag and drop various bordered and basic picture frames onto your page Choose from frames of different orientations and styles The picture is added to the frame using default Picture Frame properties i e it is scaled to maximum fit However you can alter the picture s size orientation and positioning relative to its frame aspect ratio is always maintained To change picture size and positioning Select a populated picture frame and from the accompanying Picture Frame toolbar Click the button to position the photo in the picture frame by panning Click the button to rotate the photo in 90 degree anti clockwise increments Click t
10. 6 To choose from export options such as resolution colour and transparency check Show Filter Options 7 Click Save You ll see export options if available and requested for the particular export filter in use Exporting Serif Metafiles PagePlus lets you export pictures in Serif Metafile Format SMF This proprietary format an improvement on the Windows Metafile Format WMF due to improved text line and fill handling is especially useful for interworking between Serif products i e you may want to utilize PagePlus objects in another Serif application to save time and effort The object is converted to a graphic and becomes non editable but the object s original appearance will be honoured 64 Working with Objects Rotating an object You can rotate single and multiple objects including pictures text objects and groups using the Rotate Tool To rotate an object 1 Select the Rotate Tool on the Tools toolbar s Selection flyout 2 Click to select the object hover over one of its handles until you see the rotate cursor below 3 Hold the mouse button down and drag the cursor in the direction in which you want to rotate the object then release use the Shift key for 15 rotation intervals The Pointer Tool can also be used to rotate objects in the same way with the cursor To undo rotation restore the original orientation Double click the object To restore the rotated position double c
11. Drag the selected object to a new position by using its Move button OR Click within the object not on a handle and drag it to the new location while holding down the left mouse button OR Drag the object s grey bounding box To constrain the movement of an object to horizontal or vertical Select the object and use the keyboard arrows up down left right OR Press and hold down the Shift key after you begin dragging the object If you re looking for absolute positioning you can move objects precisely with the Transform tab See PagePlus Help Resizing objects PagePlus provides several methods of resizing objects Click and drag is the simplest watch the Hintline for context sensitive tips and shortcuts For extremely precise resizing use the Transform tab To resize an object in general 1 Select the object 2 Click one of the selection handles and drag it to a new position while holding down the left mouse button Dragging from an edge handle resizes in one dimension by moving that edge Dragging from a corner handle resizes in two dimensions by moving two edges while maintaining the selection s aspect ratio if needed Use centre snapping to scale an object in two directions simultaneously Centre snapping involves snapping to the object edge then dragging from a corner or edge handle Text in frames and tables doesn t change size when the container object is resized To set two or more objec
12. On the View menu check or uncheck Bleed Area Guides 44 Working with Pages Sticky guides Guides are normally sticky in that objects snapped to them will be moved when the guide is moved across down the page Objects stuck to guides can be unstuck individually at any time or the whole feature can be switched off To make individual objects non sticky 1 Select the object 2 Click one of two small red triangular markers shown at the point where the object is attached to the guide You ll see a link cursor as you hover over the sticky guide marker Click red marker to make non sticky Markers become non sticky and change to black If you then drag the red guide away the object will not follow You can make the object stick to a guide again by offering it up to the guide line To turn sticky guides on and off Check uncheck Sticky Guides from the Arrange menu or the equivalent from Tools gt Options gt Layout Previously stuck objects will remain sticky even after sticky guides are switched off you ll have to make them non sticky manually Using the rulers and dot grid The PagePlus rulers mimic the paste up artist s T square and serve several purposes To act as a measuring tool To create ruler guides for aligning and snapping To set and display tab stops see p 95 To set and display paragraph indents see p 94 Working with Pages 45 Ruler units To select t
13. To select and change a style throughout your document 1 Right click a style displayed on the Text Styles tab 2 If the style is used in your document you ll see a Select All n instance s message n is the number of times the style is used If there are no occurrences of the style you ll see a Not currently used message 3 Click the message label text formatted with the chosen style is highlighted 4 Hover over style names in your styles list then click on a chosen style to apply the style to the selected text Wrapping text PagePlus lets you wrap frame text around the contours of a separate object Usually this means wrapping text to a picture that overlaps or sits above a text frame But you can wrap frame text around a shape artistic text table or another frame Wrapping is accomplished by changing the wrap setting for the object to which text will wrap 110 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 button on the Arrange toolbar 3 Select the manner in which text will wrap around the object by clicking a sample i e 4 Choose which side s the chosen wrapping method will be applied again by clicking a sample The examples show tight wrapping applies to the right of the object only 5 Click OK In addition you can specify the Distance from text the standoff between the object s wrap outline a
14. from the Format menu The object immediately adopts 3D characteristics with a red orbit circle displayed in the object s foreground 2 Click a 3D effect category from the first drop down menu on the 3D context toolbar the bar s options change dynamically according to the category currently selected See the PagePlus Help for more details If you re not happy with how your 3D object is looking you can revert to the object s initial transformation by either clicking the Reset Defaults button on the context toolbar or the Instant 3D button on the Attributes toolbar To switch off 3D effects Click the Remove 3D button on the context toolbar You can always click the Attribute toolbar s Instant 3D button at any time later to reinstate the effect To edit base properties of a 3D object Select the 3D object then click the Edit button at the bottom right hand corner of the 3D object i e The original object s shape is shown allowing its selection handles to be manipulated for resizing and rotating Images Lines and Shapes 181 Using object styles Object styles benefit your design efforts in much the same way as text styles and colour schemes Once you ve come up with a set of attributes that you like properties like line colour fill border and so on you can save this cluster of attributes as a named style PagePlus remembers which objects are using that style and the style appears in the Styles tab and can
15. Editing hotspots You can move and resize hotspots on the page just like other objects A selected hotspot has both an outer bounding box and an inner outline 238 Producing Web Pages To move or resize a hotspot Click to select the hotspot To move drag from the centre or from the hotspot s bounding box To constrain the hotspot to vertical or horizontal movement hold down the Shift key while dragging To resize drag on its outer bounding box handles By editing the inner outline you can convert rectangular hotspots into freeform shapes that closely match the parts of the underlying graphic you want to be hot To edit the outline first move the mouse pointer over the hotspot s inner outline until the cursor changes to indicate whether you re over a node or a line Web site colours A Web site may have an adopted colour scheme selected by using the Schemes tab Each scheme has a name and consists of five complementary basic colours plus additional Web colours which you can apply to any design element see 6Using schemes on p 193 A selection of schemes named WWW 1 through WWW 9 appearing at the bottom of the tab s scheme list are specifically designed for Web use The currently set colour scheme is also shown at the bottom of the Swatches tab for convenience For example for the colour scheme WWW3 numbers or letters represent basic or Web colour sets respectively Producing Web Pages
16. OR From the same tab select Apply to Both from the drop down menu or Clear Text Formatting from the Format menu OR Select Apply to Character to remove all local character formatting leaving paragraph formatting untouched OR Select Apply to Paragraph to remove all local paragraph formatting leaving character formatting untouched Like Clear Formatting you can use Reapply Styles on the Text Styles tab or Text context toolbar to clear all local overrides leaving the default text However where Clear Formatting reverts the text to Normal style Reapply styles reverts the text back to its current name style Use Apply to Character retaining paragraph styles overrides Apply to Paragraph retaining character Working with Text 109 style overrides and Apply to Both to remove both character or paragraph style overrides simultaneously If you prefer you can remove a style s formatting enabling you to start building up your text style again Choose Manage Styles button on the Text Styles tab click the Modify button then click the Clear All button from the General section Changing common styles Changing one character or paragraph style for another is very simple for a single portion of text However in PagePlus it s just as easy to swap one style for another by selecting multiple instances of the style and choosing an alternative style This swaps styles across paragraphs and throughout entire stories all at the same time
17. Text stored on the clipboard can additionally be pasted into a new frame Drag and drop support for frame text allows text to be moved into a different location within the same frame or a different text frame in your publication To copy and paste text 1 Select the text to be copied 2 Select Copy from the Edit menu This places the text onto the clipboard 94 Working with Text 3 Place an insertion point in a different location in your story or artistic text 4 Select Paste from the Edit menu If you don t place an insertion point the text can be pasted into a new text frame directly To move text by drag and drop text frames only 1 Select the text to be moved 2 Hover over the selected text and hold your mouse button down A cursor is shown 3 Move the cursor to the location in the same or different frame you wish to place the text an insertion point should be displayed 4 Release the mouse button to place your text Setting paragraph indents When a text object is selected markers on the horizontal ruler indicate the left indent first line indent and right indent of the current paragraph You can adjust the markers to set paragraph indents or use a dialog The Left indent is set in relation to the object s left margin The 1st line indent is in relation to the left indent The Right indent is in relation to the object s right margin For details on setting frame margins see Fra
18. You can easily change the look of your table of contents by changing the style definitions for these built in Contents styles 136 Working with Text Creating an index An index is a valuable reader aid in a longer document such as a report or manual The Index Wizard helps you create an index with main entries and subentries based on index entry marks you insert in frame table or artistic text To mark index entries 1 Select a portion of text or click for an insertion point before the first word you want to mark and then choose Edit Story from the Edit menu The WritePlus window opens 2 Click the Mark Index button on the Story toolbar 3 Use the Mark Index Entry dialog to edit index entry marks in the Main entry or Subentry box If you selected a word or phrase in the story it appears as the Main entry in the dialog You can use the entry as it is or type new text for the main entry and Sub entry if any You must include a main entry for each sub entry The dialog s scrolling list records entries and sub entries alphabetically Index entry marks are invisible on the PagePlus screen and can only be added or edited in WritePlus To reuse an index entry click it in the scrolling list For a standard index entry leave the Current page box enabled To insert a cross reference with the term s preceded by See enable Cross reference to include a word other than See simply replace it in the box
19. 167 draw type images importing 147 Drop Cap 106 Drop Shadow effect 172 duplex printing manual 208 edges border 69 editing text 92 97 effects 172 175 2D filter 172 3D filter 175 Instant 3D 179 Reflection Map 177 Elbow Connector Tool 184 elliptical fills 191 elliptical transparency 199 email sharing publications as HTML by 219 sharing publications by 218 embedding vs linking 142 149 Emboss effect 172 endnotes 97 envelope mesh warp 178 events calendar 132 exporting 62 213 as PDF 213 objects as a picture 62 extracting images 160 facing pages 29 Feather effect 172 features new 3 fill and line properties 163 167 189 190 Fill Tool 191 fills 189 190 Bitmap 190 gradient 190 solid 189 filter effects 172 175 Index 253 Find amp Replace 96 Fit Text to Curve 91 flipping objects 65 folded publications 20 29 printing 205 FontManager 101 104 fonts assigning 99 checking 143 dynamic installation of 104 FontManager 104 listing in publication 143 previewing 99 replace common 99 setting 98 substituting 100 Fonts tab 98 footers 47 footnotes 97 formatting clear text 98 formatting numbers tables 129 formulas tables 129 frame effect border 69 frame margins 76 frame text 76 defined see also text frames 75 frames 75 applying fill colours 189 191 applying transparency 200 for pictures 147 linking 83 picture 150 setup and layou
20. 181 Using connectors 184 7 Colour Fills and Transparency 187 Applying solid fills 189 Working with gradient and bitmap fills 190 Using schemes 193 Managing publication palettes 196 Working with transparency 199 8 Printing your Publication 201 Printing basics 203 Previewing the printed page 204 Printing special formats 205 Generating professional output 207 Manual duplex printing 208 Saving print profiles 209 9 Publishing and Sharing 211 Exporting PDF files 213 Creating a PDF bookmark list 214 Creating a PDF slideshow
21. Linked video works like linked sound Supported video formats are avi QuickTime mov qt MPEG mpg mpeg mpe mpv and RealVideo ram rv To add background sound to a page 1 Choose Web Site Properties from the File menu and select the Page tab 2 Browse to the sound file you want to add or enter its path name directly 3 If you do not wish to embed the file in your publication uncheck the Embed option Note If you choose not to embed your source files we suggest you keep them together in a subfolder named Media or the like When you publish your site PagePlus exports and copies both embedded and non embedded files into a common folder 4 To have the sound play back as a continuous loop check Loop sound Otherwise it will play just once The sound file will download and play back when the Web page displays in a browser With both linked sound and linked video the basic question is how you want the visitor to be able to trigger the playback of a given media file PagePlus offers the same basic options for both kinds of media Producing Web Pages 243 From a hyperlinked object or hotspot You start with an existing object in the publication and hyperlink it to the media file or use a hotspot over an image From a picture You select an external picture file which PagePlus then imports and links to the media file From an icon PagePlus provides an icon pre linked to the media fi
22. To add a chapter to the chapter list 1 In BookPlus on the Chapter menu click Add 2 In the dialog select one or more PagePlus files to be added as chapters Use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select multiple files or a range of files Click Open The selected files appear in the chapter list which can be reordered by dragging Once you ve created a chapter list you can add new chapters at any time or replace remove chapters in the current list from the Standard toolbar To save the current chapter list as a book file Choose Save or Save As from the BookPlus File menu You can open saved book files from PagePlus using File gt Open You can have more than one book file open at a time 138 Working with Text Numbering pages BookPlus provides a variety of options for incrementing page numbers continuously from one chapter to another through the whole book Page numbers will only appear on pages or more commonly master pages where you ve inserted page number fields To suppress page numbers for example on a title page simply don t include a page number field there BookPlus lets you change page number style choices you ve made in the original file using Format Page Number Format in PagePlus and provides other options such as inserting a blank page when necessary to force new chapters to start on a right hand page You don t need to have the original files open to update page numbering To set
23. To apply the scheme to the current publication or web site click OK Managing publication palettes Each PagePlus publication has a particular set of colours known as a palette which appear as a set of gallery swatches in the Swatches tab PagePlus ships with a range of palettes stored separately as files with the PLT file extension e g RGB plt New paper and Web publications initially use the standard RGB palette you can change the default palette if you wish You can modify a project s palette and create custom palettes as needed by adding removing or modifying palette colours A publication s palette is always saved along with the PagePlus project and loaded when the project is opened Any new colours you create will automatically be added to the Swatches tab in the Publication palette which hosts other colours previously used in the current publication along with a selection of commonly used colours e g Red Green Blue etc Added colours are loaded back into the gallery when you reopen the publication However a publication can also include colours that aren t part of its palette and hence don t appear in the Swatches tab For example you might apply a gallery colour to an object and then modify its shade tint value creating a unique colour Any such colours are of course saved in the publication but they remain separate from the palette itself unless you explicitly add them PagePlus lets you quickly load standa
24. Typically a bookmark links to a specific location such as a section heading in the publication but it can also link to a document page You can insert bookmarks by hand or PagePlus can apply automatic generation to produce a nested bookmark list up to six levels deep derived from named styles in your publication A Bookmark Manager enables you to view all your bookmarks at a glance organize them into a hierarchy of entries and subentries and create modify or delete existing bookmarks as needed To use styles to automatically generate bookmarks 1 Decide which named styles you want to designate as headings at each of up to six levels 2 Check your publication to make sure these styles are used consistently 3 Choose Bookmark Manager from the Tools menu and click Automatic In the dialog you ll see a list of all the style names used in your publication 4 Check boxes to include text of a given style as a heading at a particular level 1 through 6 For example you could include all text using the Heading style as a first level heading To remove all bookmarks in the list clear all check boxes 5 Click OK to generate bookmarks The mechanics of creating a PDF bookmark list by hand are simple For example to create a basic list with bookmarks to section heads you simply proceed forward through the publication inserting a bookmark for each heading Bookmarking a specific location for example a piece of text or a
25. Using styles not only speeds the task of laying out a publication but ensures consistency and ease of updating Styles can be applied to characters or paragraphs using either the Text context toolbar or the Text Styles tab Both paragraph and character styles can be managed from the Text Style Palette Paragraph and character styles A paragraph style is a complete specification for the appearance of a paragraph including all font and paragraph format attributes Every paragraph in PagePlus has a paragraph style associated with it Working with Text 105 PagePlus includes a built in paragraph style called Normal with a specification consisting of generic attributes including left aligned 12pt Times New Roman Initially the Normal style is the default for any new paragraph text you type You can modify the Normal style by redefining any of its attributes and create or adopt any number of new or pre defined paragraph styles having different names and attributes Applying a paragraph style to text updates all the text in the paragraph except sections that have been locally formatted For example a single word marked as bold would remain bold when the paragraph style was updated A character style includes only font attributes name point size bold italic etc and you apply it at the character level that is to a range of selected characters rather than to the whole paragraph Typically a character style app
26. Using the Gallery The Gallery tab serves as a container for storing your own design objects you d like to reuse in different publications It also includes sample designs and is stocked with a wide variety of pre designed elements that you can customize and use as a starting point for your own designs Once you ve copied a design to the Gallery it becomes available in any publication simply open the Gallery To view the Gallery tab The Gallery tab is by default docked with other tabs If not displayed go to View gt Studio Tabs and select the Gallery tab The Gallery has two parts 1 an upper Categories drop down menu and 2 a lower Designs window showing a list of thumbnails representing the designs in the selected category You can adopt a design by dragging the thumbnail onto the page The Gallery tab also lets you store your own designs under My Designs or in a user defined category if you would like to reuse them the design is made available in any PagePlus project When you first install PagePlus the My Designs gallery will be empty You can add and delete any items stored in My Designs or one of its categories with the option of naming elements to facilitate rapid retrieval by searching Designs cannot be added to removed from any pre defined category Images Lines and Shapes 157 To use a design from the Gallery Click its thumbnail in the design category and drag it out onto the page The Gallery reta
27. Will be installed to run from network If you are installing the software from a network this option will allow you to access the content from the network storage saving you disk space Entire feature will be installed to run from network If you are installing the software from a network this option will allow you to access the features and all related subfeatures from the network storage saving you disk space Welcome 13 Entire feature will be unavailable By choosing this option you will not be able to use the selected feature However if you later decide that you want to use the feature you will be able to install it by modifying your installation When you select a feature installation option the information pane on the right of the list will inform you of the amount of hard disk space that the feature needs Not all installation options are available for all features If disk space is not an issue you may decide to install the entire program to your hard disk This can improve performance and you will be able to use all of the features without the need to keep the program disk in your DVD CD drive If you do not want to install the program to its default location click the Change button Browse to the folder that you want to install PagePlus in and click OK Caution should be taken here as changing the default settings may affect subsequent installs of later versions of the software CAUTION Changing the inst
28. adding personal events such as birthdays anniversaries and bill payments unfortunately so that the events show up on your calendar simply use the Calendar Events button on a selected calendar s context toolbar Events show automatically on your calendar under the chosen date Working with Text 133 To enable personal events 1 Select your calendar s bounding box and click Edit Calendar button on the context toolbar 2 From the Events tab check Add personal events 3 Click OK To add an event 1 Select your calendar s bounding box 2 Click Calendar Events on the context toolbar 3 Ensure that the Show personal events option is selected 4 Optional Select Show events by date to view your events in a more traditional calendar layout 5 Click the New event button 6 From the dialog type use the up down arrows or click the Browse button to select a date 7 Enter your event text into the text input box This displays in your calendar under the chosen date 8 If the event is a birthday or other annual event check Event recurs annually 9 Click OK The event appears in the event list under the chosen date 10 When you have finished adding events click Save Use the Edit event or Delete event buttons to modify or delete an existing event Inserting database tables As a great way of producing a database report in your publication it is possible for a database table to be imported and
29. and there is additional story text in the overflow area An Autoflow button also appears to the left of the Link button Continued The frame is linked to a following frame The end of the story text may be visible or it may flow into the following frame Note The button icon will be red if the final frame of the sequence is overflowing or green if there s no overflow There are two basic ways to set up a linked sequence of frames You can link a sequence of empty frames then import the text You can import the text into a single frame then create and link additional frames into which the text automatically flows 84 Working with Text When frames are created by the AutoFlow option for example when importing text they are automatically linked in sequence To create a link or reorder the links between existing frames you can use the Link button or the controls on the Frame context toolbar Remember to watch the cursor which changes to indicate these operations To link the selected frame to another frame as the next frame Click the frame s Link button showing OR Select the frame then click the Link Frame button on the Frame context toolbar Click with the Textflow cursor on the frame to be linked to Only empty frames are valid frames to link to To unlink the selected frame from the sequence Click the Unlink Frame button on the Frame context toolbar OR Click on the frame s Link b
30. creating 78 linking unlinking 83 setting default properties 24 Text Manager 81 Text Style Palette 104 text styles 104 remove formatting 107 replace common 109 synchronizing books 139 text wrap 109 Thesaurus 121 thumbnails in printing 206 tiling in printing 207 time field 116 Timmed Page Mode 205 tinting 190 Tool Artistic Text 86 Connection Point 185 Connector 184 Elbow Connector 184 Fill 191 Irregular Crop 65 Path Text 91 Pen 164 Pencil 164 Pointer 53 QuickShape 170 Rotate 53 64 Shadow 174 Square Crop 65 Straight Line 164 Table 123 Transparency 199 200 Warp 178 Transform tab 59 transparency 199 applying 200 Transparency effect 177 Transparency tab 199 200 Transparency Tool 199 200 triangle 170 TWAIN camera scanner source 158 typeface 97 Unicode text 95 116 unlinking text frames 84 Update Object Default 25 Update Text Default 25 user details 116 vector images 147 vertical alignment 97 video 242 adding to Web page 242 view options 33 warping objects 178 WAV Web multimedia 242 Web colours 239 Web Publishing mode 235 Web sites adding animation effects 241 adding Java applets 243 adding sound and video 242 choosing Web site colours 238 Index 259 creating hyperlinks in 70 getting started 235 image settings overview 240 maintaining 247 previewing in Web browser 244 publishing to local folder 244 publishing to Web 245 s
31. mark appears next to its entry in the Layers tab Adding removing and rearranging pages Use the Pages tab to quickly rearrange pages using drag and drop and add or delete standard pages or master pages The tab displays master pages in the upper collapsible Master Pages panel and standard publication pages in the lower Pages panel The Page Manager button provides additional options such as duplicating a particular page assigning a specific master page or adding deleting multiple pages To add a single page 1 On the Pages tab click once to select a page in the Pages panel Note The thumbnail that s shown as selected is independent of the page you re currently working on To work on a particular page double click its thumbnail 2 Click the Add button to add a page or master page before the one selected in the panel OR To add a new page at the end of the publication deselect all pages by clicking in the neutral grey region of the lower panel then click the Add button 36 Working with Pages To add master pages For master pages the above procedure applies but within the Master Pages panel The only exception is that you cannot create a new master page based on a design template s pages no dialog opens To delete a single page master page 1 On the Pages tab select the page or master page to delete on the appropriate panel by clicking its thumbnail 2 Click the Remove button To rearrange pag
32. the option is checked by default Exporting as a picture Exporting as a picture lets you convert all the objects on the page or just the currently selected object s to an image file using a file format you specify It s particularly useful for generating logos and pictures to be used in publications created in other applications such as a word processor PagePlus lets you export all or selected objects in Serif Metafile Format SMF This proprietary format an improvement on the Windows Metafile Format WMF due to improved text line and fill handling is especially useful for interworking between Serif products i e you may want to utilize PagePlus objects in another Serif application to save time The object is converted to a graphic and becomes non editable but the object s original appearance will be honoured PagePlus can import Serif metafiles exported from other Serif applications as well as export them See Importing pictures on p 147 Working with Objects 63 To export as a picture 1 If exporting objects not the whole page Select the object or Shift click or drag a marquee to select multiple objects 2 Choose Export As Picture from the File menu 3 In the Save as type drop down list select a image format e g Serif MetaFile Format smf 4 Specify a folder and file name for the picture 5 To export just selected object s check Selected object s To export the whole page uncheck this box
33. you ve already peeled off several labels from a label sheet and don t want to print on the peeled off sections Check the Preview window to see how the output will look If you haven t set up the publication as a Small Publication but still want to print multiple pages per sheet try using the Fit Many option see Scaling above Note that this option ignores printer margins and doesn t change the imposition orientation of output pages Printing your Publication 207 Tiling Under Tiling on the Print dialog s Layout tab check the Print tiled pages option to print large or enlarged pages using multiple sheets of paper Set the Scale factor to print at a larger size e g 300 Each section or tile is printed on a single sheet of paper the various tiles can then be joined to form the complete page Use this option for printing at larger sizes than the maximum paper size of your printer typically for creating banners and posters To simplify arrangement of the tiles and to allow for printer margins you can specify an overlap value Generating professional output Beyond printing your own copies on a desktop printer or having copies photo reproduced at a quick print shop you may wish to consider professional typically offset printing For example if you need to reproduce more than about 500 copies of a piece photocopying begins to lose its economic advantages Or you may need spot colour or process colour
34. 1 Instant 3D 1 QuickClear QuickFill AutoFormat Edit cell text in WritePlus View cell text in Text Manager Pasting of Excel cell contents 1 If applied will export table as a graphic Web Publishing mode only Table text doesn t flow or link the way frame text does the Frame context toolbar s text fitting functions aren t applicable To create a table 1 On the Tools toolbar choose the Table Tool from the Table flyout and click on the page or pasteboard or drag to set the table s dimensions The Create Table dialog opens with a selection of preset table formats shown in the Format window 2 Step through the list to preview the layouts and select one To begin with a plain table select Default 3 Click OK The new table appears on the page and the Table toolbar appears to assist with entering and formatting spreadsheet data Manipulating tables You can select move resize delete and copy a table and its contents just as you would with a text frame Cell properties can also be modified To manipulate a table object To resize a table select it then drag a corner or side handle To move a table select it and drag an edge when you see the cursor To delete a table select it and press the Delete key To duplicate a table and its text select the table s bounding box then drag with the Ctrl key pressed down 124 Working with Text To select and edit text in cells rows and co
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36. PagePlus or choose New gt New from Startup Wizard from the File menu 2 In the Startup Wizard select the Use Design Template option select the Web Publishing category on the left and examine the samples on the right Click the sample that s closest to the site you want to create then click Open Just as in Paper Publishing mode you also have the option of starting a new publication from scratch or opening an existing publication If you d like to build on previous work you ve done with PagePlus you can also take an existing paper publication and convert it to a Web publication 236 Producing Web Pages To turn an existing PagePlus paper publication into a Web site Open the publication in Paper Publishing mode and choose Switch to Web Publishing from the File menu To adjust size orientation of the current publication 1 Choose Page Setup from the File menu 2 Set page dimensions as Standard for VGA monitors recommended Wide for SVGA or Custom For a custom setting enter page dimensions in pixels Viewing hyperlinks in your publication The Hyperlink Manager gives you an overview of all the hyperlinks in your publication or Web site To display the Hyperlink Manager Choose Hyperlink Manager from the Tools menu The Hyperlink Manager dialog displays both object and text hyperlinks in your publication listed by page number The entries are in from to format showing each link s source object
37. Single Calligraphic and several Dashed and Double line styles as illustrated below 168 Images Lines and Shapes Several techniques offer additional ways to customize lines For dashed lines select from one of five Dashed line styles see above OR Tab only Drag the Dash Pattern slider to set the overall pattern length the number of boxes to the left of the slider and the dash length the number of those boxes that are black The illustrations below show lines with pattern and dash lengths of 1 4 and 2 and 2 5 and 4 For double lines select from one of four Double line styles see above Tab only For Calligraphic lines of variable width drawn as if with a square tipped pen held at a certain angle select the calligraphic line style opposite from the drop down menu then use the Calligraphic Angle box to set the angle of the pen tip as depicted in the examples below The Line tab also lets you vary a line s Cap end and the Join corner where two lines intersect Both properties are more conspicuous on thicker lines joins are more apparent with more acute angles The respective button icons clearly communicate each setting Images Lines and Shapes 169 Round Cap Extended Cap Flat Cap Bevelled Join Direct Join Rounded Join To access all Line properties Click the Line Border button on the Attributes toolbar s Fill flyout In the Line and Border dialog the Line tab lets you adj
38. Start with one of a range of Logo templates or base your logo on existing PagePlus objects either way lets you create vector based logos for corporate or private branding that will make a strong impact on your clientele Equally great for publications or Web site banners Manual Duplex printing p 208 For desktop printers without duplex support use the Manual Duplex Wizard to create any double sided publication Simply follow on screen or printable instructions and flip your paper when prompted Import HD Photos and PostScript files p 147 Import Microsoft s new HD Photo High Definition images as well as Encapsulated PostScript files EPS display previews avoid unnecessary rendering and redraw of PostScript graphics All the latest RAW formats from all the major digital camera manufacturers are supported Package your project Gather together your project s supporting files to allow your project to be used on a different computer or at a print bureau Resources such as fonts linked graphics linked media files and more are embedded in a project package you ll never suffer from missing resources again 4 Welcome Feather for cropped objects p 66 Feather your square or irregular crop outline to soften a cropped object s edge Great for creating vignetting on wedding photos and more New stunning Filter Effects p 172 and 175 Make reflections of an object great for logos icons and image content Blu
39. Text Insert Unicode characters directly into your text by typing your Unicode Hex value and pressing Alt X The Alt X keyboard operation toggles between the displayed character e g and its Hex value e g U 0040 equivalent To export text in Unicode format use WritePlus Using Find and Replace You can search publication text for an extraordinary variety of items not just words or parts of words but a host of character and paragraph attributes such as fonts styles alignment bullets and numbering missing fonts drop caps even inline graphics and more Using the Find and Replace dialog which remains open without interrupting your work until you click its Close button you can replace globally or on a case by case basis To use Find and Replace on frame text 1 Choose Find amp Replace from the Edit menu 2 In the dialog type the text to be found in the Find box and its replacement text if any in the Replace box Click the down arrows to view recent items Click either box s button to use flyout menus to select formats or special characters or define a regular expression for a wildcard type search 3 Select the Range to be searched Current Story just the currently selected text object or story or All Stories all text or Current Selection only used with the Replace All function to operate on the currently selected text 4 Select Match whole word only to match character sequences that hav
40. The Default Paragraph Font some common styles and your document s currently used styles plus any associated styles will always be shown You can preview any style and then apply it to a word paragraph or story 106 Working with Text To apply a named style 1 Using the Pointer Tool click in a paragraph if applying a paragraph style or select a range of text if applying a character style 2 Display the Text Styles tab and select a style from the style list OR On the Text context toolbar click the arrow to expand the Styles drop down list and select a style name The applied style appears in the tab s style list To update a named style using the properties of existing text 1 Make your desired formatting changes to any text that uses a named style 2 On the Text Styles tab right click the style and choose Update lt style gt to Match Selection OR On the Text context toolbar click the arrow to expand the Styles drop down list and select the current style name again Click OK to confirm the option to Update the style to reflect recent changes All text using the named style throughout the publication takes on the new properties To create a new style 1 Either 1 On the Text Styles tab select the style on which you want your new style to be based 2 Click the button or right click and choose Base New Style on lt selected style name gt OR Choose Text Style Palette in the Format m
41. Tools menu Working with Text 121 3 If necessary click the Options button to set options for proofreading including a spell check option and the level of formality with checks for rule types 4 Select Check currently selected story only or Check all stories in my publication to select the scope of the search 5 Click Start to begin proof reading When a problem is found PagePlus highlights the problem word The dialog offers alternative suggestions and you can choose to Change or Ignore this instance or all instances of the problem word 6 Proofreading continues until you click the Close button or the process is completed Using the thesaurus The Thesaurus lets you find synonyms definitions and variations of words in your publication text You can use the Thesaurus from either PagePlus or WritePlus To display the Thesaurus 1 To look up a specific word first drag to highlight it 2 Choose Thesaurus from the Tools menu 3 To look up a different word type it into the Replace Look Up box and click the Look Up button If the selected word or word entered is found in the Thesaurus database The Meanings list shows definitions for the word in the Looked Up box Initially the first definition is selected The Synonyms list shows synonyms for the definition selected in the Meanings box Initially the first synonym appears in the Replace Look Up box To pop a new word into the Re
42. Type a name to identify the gallery thumbnail 7 Click OK A thumbnail for the new object style appears in the designated gallery 184 Images Lines and Shapes Once an object style is listed in a gallery you can modify it or create a copy for example to define a derivative style by right clicking on its thumbnail and choosing Edit or Copy Using connectors Two Connector tools let you create dynamic link lines between any two objects These connectors remain anchored to the objects even if either or both of them are moved or resized So for example it s easy to create a flow chart with connectors between boxes then freely rearrange the layout while preserving the directional relationships Connector types The Connector Tool lets you draw a single straight line connector between any two connection points The Elbow Connector Tool lets you draw a connector with only vertical and horizontal segments for example if you re creating a flow chart organization chart or tree diagram Connection points To make connections easy each PagePlus object has default connection points displayed whenever you select a Connector tool and hover over a target object These default points which can t be moved or deleted are normally evenly distributed around an object s shape To create a connector 1 For a straight line connector select the Connector Tool on the Connector Tools flyout Tools toolbar OR For an e
43. You can use the button to check your cutout as you progress 2 Click the Restore Touch up Tool or Erase Touch up Tool button from the left of the Studio workspace 3 Paint the areas for restoring or erasing as you would with the brush tools 4 Click OK If you ve worked on part of your image between each preview you ll be asked if you want to save or discard changes Drawing and editing lines PagePlus provides Pencil Straight Line Pen and QuickShape tools for creating simple graphics Using the line tools found on the Tools toolbar on the Line flyout you can draw single lines connect line segments together or join line ends to close the line creating a shape see Drawing and editing shapes on p 169 for details Use the Pointer Tool and the Curve context toolbar to resize or reshape lines once you ve drawn them 164 Images Lines and Shapes The Pencil Tool lets you sketch curved lines and shapes in a freeform way The Straight Line Tool is for drawing straight lines for example drawn in the column gutter to separate columns rules at the top and or bottom of the page or horizontal lines to separate sections or highlight headlines The Pen Tool lets you join a series of line segments which may be curved or straight using connect the dots mouse clicks Drawing lines To draw a freeform line with the Pencil Tool 1 Choose the Pencil Tool from the Tools toolbar s Line flyout 2 Click where you
44. and show hide tab status You can adopt the default workspace profile lt Default Profile gt the last used profile lt Current Profile gt a range of profile presets or a workspace profile you have previously saved The Startup Wizard is displayed by default when you launch PagePlus If you don t want to use the Startup Wizard again check the Don t show this wizard again box However we suggest you leave it unchecked until you re familiar with the equivalent PagePlus commands You can switch it on again via the Use startup wizard check box in Tools gt Options use General menu option 20 Getting Started You can also access the Startup Wizard at any time from New gt New from Startup Wizard on the File menu Creating a publication from a design template PagePlus comes complete with a whole range of categorized design templates which will speed you through the creation of all kinds of publications for desktop or commercial printing even your own Web site PagePlus ships with a selection of design templates and many more are available on the PagePlus X3 Resource DVD Templates help ensure continuity between your publications by preserving starting setups for such elements as page layout contents styles and colour palettes To create a publication from a design template 1 Open PagePlus or choose New from the File menu and select New from Startup Wizard 2 Click Use Design Template 3 In the Tem
45. available on the new computer or save the publication as a package see PagePlus Help A third column called Substitutions shows which local fonts are being used as substitutes for missing fonts See Substituting fonts on p 100 for more information To display the font category Click on the font name The font category TrueType Printer or System appears below the Fonts section To view a particular item Double click its name in the list OR Select the item s name and click Display 144 Working with Text Images Lines and Shapes 6 146 Images Lines and Shapes Images Lines and Shapes 147 Importing pictures PagePlus lets you insert pictures from a wide variety of file formats including bitmaps vector images and metafiles and in several different ways Here s a quick overview Bitmapped pictures also known as bitmaps or raster pictures are built from a matrix of dots pixels rather like the squares on a sheet of graph paper They may originate as digital camera photos or scanned pictures or be created or enhanced with a paint program or photo editor Typical examples include GIF JPG PNG and the new HD Photo WDP Draw graphics also known as vector images are resolution independent and contain drawing commands such as draw a line from A to B Metafiles are the native graphics format for Windows and combine raster and vector information Serif also has its
46. button Use when sending the form recipient s completed form data to Serif Web Resources or to your own Web server A Form Submit Wizard is activated to enable quick and easy button setup Reset button Use when you want to add a button to clear all form fields of data often complements the above Submit button Print button Use when you want to add a print button to your form Check Box Ideal when you want to multiply select a series of options displayed side by side A good alternative to a Combo Box or List box if space allows Text Field Use for adding text numbers or a mixture of both 226 Using PDF Forms Combo Box For selection from a scrollable list of items in a drop down menu where only one item can be selected The box also allows data entry to be input into this box type Smaller than a List Box List Box For selection from a scrollable list of items supports multiple selection and advanced actions on selection of menu items Radio Button Good for selection of a single mutually exclusive item from a grouped subset of choices Signature Used for the digital signing of secure documents See PagePlus Help This button shares a drop down menu with other buttons marked with an asterisk The button type previously chosen will always be display on the Form toolbar To add a form field 1 Select one of the form field buttons on the Form toolbar 2 Move your cursor to the location at which you
47. edge Rather than work within the current selection area you can align to page margins if set or just the page edge It s also possible to align a single object either to the top bottom left or right page edge or centre the object vertically or horizontally Alignment controls are available in either the Align tab or from Arrange gt Align Objects 62 Working with Objects As another alignment option layout tools such as rulers guide lines and dot grid provide guides to assist you in placing objects on the page Snapping lets you align objects against sticky or non sticky guides For details see Setting guides for page margins rows columns and bleeds To align the edges of two or more objects 1 Using the Pointer Tool Shift click on all the objects you want to align or draw a marquee box around them to create a multiple selection 2 Select the Align tab 3 Select an option for vertical and or horizontal alignment Choose Top Bottom Left Right Centre Horizontally or Centre Vertically i e To distribute two or more objects Choose Space Evenly Across or Space Evenly Down to spread selected objects uniformly across the either the whole page horizontally or vertically respectively or by a set measurement choose Spaced and set a value in any measurement unit To align one or more objects with the page margins Follow the steps above but check Include margins If only one object is selected
48. floating red ruler guides by clicking and dragging from the PagePlus rulers See Creating ruler guides on p 46 Defining layout guides To define layout guides Click on the Page context toolbar Layout Guides from the File menu or right click on a blank part of the page and choose Layout Guides Then in the Layout Guides dialog use the Margins tab to set guide lines for page margins rows and columns and bleed areas In the Margin Guides section you can set the left right top and bottom page margins individually or click the From Printer button to derive the page margin settings from the current printer settings The dialog also provides options for Balanced margins left matching right top matching bottom or for Mirrored margins on facing pages where the left margin setting becomes the inside and the right margin becomes the outside Use the Row and Column Guides section to define guides for rows and columns If you want rows or columns of uneven width first place them at fixed intervals then drag to reposition them as required Use Bleed area guides to specify the extra margin you want to allow around the original Page Setup dimensions or trim area Note that if the setting is zero or you have View gt Bleed Area Guides unchecked you won t see the bleed area displayed To show or hide layout guides On the View menu check or uncheck Guide Lines To show or hide bleed area guides
49. lets you switch a resource from one mode to the other Linked data consists of a reference to the original file If you copy or move a publication with linked resources for example from one computer to another you should also copy any resource files linked to the publication You can make this process easier by saving the publication as a package see PagePlus Help To display the path name for a resource Click on the resource name The path appears below the Resources section To view a particular item Double click its name in the list OR Select the item s name and click Display To switch an item from linked to embedded 1 Select the item s name 2 Click Embed to embed a linked item Conversely click Make Linked to link an embedded item To check whether pictures you import are to be linked or embedded Choose Options from the Tools menu and click the General tab Check Suggest embed link picture for embedding or linking Set a file size below which files are embedded automatically Working with Text 143 Fonts tab The Fonts tab lists fonts used in text objects on individual pages or throughout the whole publication along with their current status The status column can display OK or Missing If Missing is shown then the font is not available on your PC For this reason if you are copying a publication to take to a different computer you should check that the fonts used are
50. list 2 Choose Synchronize from the File menu 3 In the dialog select whether you want to update All or just Selected chapters Check which attributes should be updated to conform to those defined in the style source file Text styles Object styles Colour scheme and or Colour palette 4 Click OK BookPlus imposes the specified changes and updates the Synchronized time in the chapter list for each selected file If the file was altered in any way the Modified time updates as well 140 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 the entire set of chapters In each case you ll need to begin by designating a specific chapter where the resulting pages should be added To create a table of contents or index for the book 1 In the chapter list select the name of the chapter file where you want to add the table of contents or index 2 Choose Insert from the Chapter menu and select Table of Contents or Index from the submenu BookPlus opens the chapter file if it s not already open and the Wizard for the procedure you ve selected appears 3 Select Yes when the Wizard asks if you want to build a table of contents or index for the entire book Continue clicking Next gt and selecting choices in the Wizard Printing and PDF output When you print or generate PDF output from BookPlus you ll have the choice of prin
51. other Swatch views To delete a design from the Gallery Click on the drop down button in the bottom right corner of a thumbnail shown by hover over and choose Delete Design from the menu 158 Images Lines and Shapes Importing TWAIN images If your scanner or digital camera provides TWAIN support you can import pictures directly into PagePlus using the TWAIN standard Or save the scanned image separately and then import into PagePlus To set up your TWAIN device for importing See the documentation supplied with your scanner for operating instructions To import a scanned image Choose Picture from the Insert menu then select TWAIN and Acquire from the submenu to open a file selection dialog If you have more than one TWAIN compatible device installed you may need to select which source you wish to scan with To select a different TWAIN source for scanning 1 Choose Picture from the Insert menu then select TWAIN and Select Source from the submenu 2 Identify the device you want to use as your TWAIN source Suggestions for image scanning First the tips then the theory As a general rule the optimal scanning resolution for print work in dpi is about one third the dots per inch setting i e twice the resultant lines per inch on the printer or other device that will be used If you re printing at 600dpi then 200 dpi scanning is fine For an image that will end up on a W
52. page numbering options for the book 1 Choose Book Page Number Options from the BookPlus File menu 2 In the dialog select whether you want page numbers to Continue from previous chapter Continue on next odd page or Continue on next even page Typically you ll want new chapters to start on odd right hand or recto pages 3 Leave Insert blank page when necessary checked if you want to output an extra page at the end of a chapter where the next page number if you ve selected odd or even page continuation would otherwise skip a page Either way BookPlus will number your pages correctly but for correct imposition in professional printing it s usually best to insert the blank page Note You won t see the blank page inserted into your original file only in the generated output 4 Click OK BookPlus immediately applies your settings to all chapters To set page numbering options for a chapter 1 Select its name in the list and choose Chapter Page Number Options from the Chapter menu The Page Number Format dialog displays current settings for numbering style and initial numbering 2 To change the numbering style make a selection in the Style section For example you might use lowercase Roman numerals for a preface 3 To force page numbering to start at a certain value uncheck Continue from previous chapter and type the starting value For example you might want to skip page numbering for introductory front ma
53. s blur and opacity For a different colour pick a new colour from the Colour or Swatches tab while the tool is selected Depending on if a basic or skewed shadow is required the origin can exist in the centre shown or at the edge of an object respectively You can change the shadow type at any time from the context toolbar Once you ve created a shadow you can also fine tune it as needed using the Filter Effects dialog Images Lines and Shapes 175 Using 3D filter effects 3D filter effects go beyond 2D filter effects such as shadow glow bevel and emboss effects to create the impression of a textured surface on the object itself You can use the Filter Effects dialog to apply one or more effects to the same object Keep in mind that none of these 3D effects will do anything to an unfilled object you ll need to have a fill there to see the difference they make Overview To apply a 3D filter effect to a selected object 1 Click the Filter Effects button on the Attributes toolbar 2 Check the 3D Effects box at the left The 3D Lighting box is checked by default 3D Effects is a master switch for this group and its settings of Blur and Depth make a great difference you can click the button to unlink them for independent adjustment 3D Lighting provides a light source without which any depth information in the effect wouldn t be visible The lighting settings let you illuminate your 3D landscape and
54. software ASCII Use for sending form data directly to the Server sided Databases as in Web forms FDF The form data is emailed as an attachment and when opened is reunited with the original form to allow data to be read In Situ binary The form data can be stored on the web server XFDF As for FDF but with additional XML based support binary The form data can be stored on the web server PDF Not available binary The form data can be stored on the web server Useful for preserving digital signatures To run the Form Submit Wizard 1 Select the Submit button from the Button flyout menu on the Form toolbar 2 In the first step start the wizard by clicking the Next gt button 3 Choose either Serif Web Resources or your own server as the destination of your form recipient s data The former is appropriate if you don t have access to your own web server Depending on your choice you can 1 For Serif Web Resources click Next gt 2 Click the Get a Form ID button to display Serif s customer login web page This page is where you log onto your customer account to enter firstly your email address to send form data to and secondly to generate a unique Form ID for use in the secure email communication Using PDF Forms 231 3 At the web page if you already have a customer login you can enter your email address and password For new customer you must register before continuing 4 After log
55. subsequently be applied to new objects For example a Quick Star can have a stone effect applied via an object style you ve saved previously all object styles use a cog shape as the default object preview type Here s how object styles work to your advantage Each object style can include settings for a host of object attributes such as line colour line style fill transparency filter effects font and border The freedom to include or exclude certain attributes and the nearly unlimited range of choices for each attribute makes this a powerful tool in the designer s arsenal Any time you want to alter some aspect of a style for example change the line colour you simply change the style definition Instantly all objects in your publication sharing that style update accordingly Object styles you ve saved globally appear not only in the original publication but in any new publication so you can reuse exactly the same attractive combination of attributes for any subsequent design effort The Styles tab ships with multiple galleries of pre designed styles that you can apply to any object or customize to suit your own taste Galleries exist in effect categories such as Blurs 3D Edge Warp Shadows and more with each category having further subcategories 182 Images Lines and Shapes To apply an object style to one or more objects 1 Display the Styles tab 2 Expand the drop down menu to select a name
56. that already has the right properties For graphics you can use a line shape or rectangle all share the same set of defaults 2 Select the object that s the basis for the new defaults and choose Update Object Default from the Format menu or Update Text Default for text Or for line and fill colours including line styles 3 With no object selected choose the required line and or fill colours from the Colour or Swatches tab Use the Line tab to set a default line weight style and corner shape 4 Draw your object on the page which will automatically adopt the newly defined default colours and styles To view and change default text properties 1 Choose Text Style Palette from the Format menu 2 Click Default Text then click Modify to view current settings 3 Use the Text Style dialog to alter character paragraph or other properties To save all current defaults as global settings 1 Choose Save Defaults from the Tools menu 2 Click OK to confirm that you want new publications to use the current publication s defaults 26 Getting Started 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 defined when the new publication is first created either using a design template or as a New Publication choice via File gt New and the Startup Wizard If the S
57. the line itself Choose a Line end scale percentage value from the Connectors context toolbar or go to End scale from Format gt Line and Border By default line ends are included as part of the line length Internal line ends option Colour Fills and Transparency 7 188 Colour Fills and Transparency Colour Fills and Transparency 189 Applying solid fills PagePlus offers a number of ways to apply solid colour fills to objects of different kinds You can apply solid colours to an object s line or fill As you might expect QuickShapes and closed shapes see Drawing and editing shapes on p 169 have both line and fill properties whereas straight and freehand lines have only a line property Characters in text objects can have fill colour or highlight colour Text frames and table cells can have a background fill independent of the characters they contain You can colourize a paint type bitmap picture that is recolour it to use a different colour If you recolour a full colour picture the colours will convert to tints or shades of the specified colour You can also apply tinting to a full colour picture to produce a low intensity picture useful for backgrounds behind text You can use the Colour tab Swatches tab or a dialog box to apply solid colours to an object To apply a solid colour via the Colour tab 1 Select the object s or highlight a range of text 2 Click the Colour tab and s
58. to new publications If you ve created a new style you ll want to use in another publication you can save it globally so that it will appear in the Styles tab each time you open a new publication Images Lines and Shapes 183 To save a publication s object styles globally Choose Save Object Styles from the Tools menu Saving Object Styles To create a new object style based on an existing object s attributes 1 Right click the object and choose Format gt Object Style gt Create The Style Attributes Editor dialog appears with a tree listing object attributes on the left and a preview region on the right 2 Click to expand or collapse sections within the attributes tree Check any attributes you want to include in the style definition and uncheck any you don t want to include 3 If you want to change any of the current object settings double click an attribute or select it and click the Edit button This will bring up a detailed dialog for the particular attribute 4 The Object pane in the preview region shows the currently selected object after applying the defined style Select the Artistic Text or Frame Text tab to see the style applied to sample objects of those types 5 Click the Browse button to select the gallery category where you want to locate the style thumbnail and optionally save to a different Preview Type Rounded Rectangle Frame Text or Artistic Text instead of the default cog shape 6
59. to the install via the Setup Wizard Microsoft Windows Vista 1 Click the Start button and click Computer 2 Click the button 3 Locate Serif PagePlus X3 in the list of installed programs then select it 4 Click the Change button to make changes to the install via the Setup Wizard You can also access this via Programs and Features by clicking Control Panel from the Windows Start menu or Settings gt Control Panel from the Classic Windows Start menu clicking Programs and then clicking Programs and Features To change the installed features Open the Setup Wizard as described in the previous steps To change the installation select the Modify option and then click Next From here you will be able to make changes such as removing some of the program features Adding additional content may prompt you to insert your original PagePlus X3 Program CD removing content may or may not require the CD See the steps in First time install if you are unsure about any of the options Some features such as fonts cannot be removed by the Setup Wizard once they have been installed This is due to the way they are used by other applications Modifying the installation settings in this case will never free up disk space Fonts in particular will even remain if the program is completely uninstalled Removing PagePlus Open the Setup Wizard Select the Remove option and click Next Click Remove to completely remove PagePlus from you
60. vary its reflective properties 176 Images Lines and Shapes You ll notice that Bump Maps and Pattern Maps come in two varieties 2D and 3D They are all three dimensional effects the 2D 3D distinction refers to how each one achieves its result With the 2D map variants you begin by selecting a bitmap from a gallery With the 3D Bump Maps and Pattern Maps you first pick a mathematical function The function based maps include data about the interior of the space while the bitmap based maps describe only surface characteristics Multiple effects You can combine multiple 3D filter effects as in the illustration above The effects are applied cumulatively in a standard pipeline sequence 3D Bump OR 2D Bump gt 3D Pattern gt 2D Pattern gt 3D Lighting The procedures for applying 3D Filter Effects are covered in the PagePlus Help but here s a quick review of each effect type 3D Bump Map The 3D Bump Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a mathematical function you select to add depth information for a peak and valley effect You can use 3D Bump Map in conjunction with one or more additional 3D filter effects but not with a 2D Bump Map 2D Bump Map The 2D Bump Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a greyscale bitmap you select to add depth information for a peak and valley effect You can use 2D Bump Map in conjunction with one or more additional 3D filte
61. want to include in the style definition 3 Click OK to accept style properties or Cancel to abandon changes 4 Click Apply to update text or click Close to maintain the style in the site for future use Alternatively choose Text Style Palette from the Format menu to modify styles Removing local formatting To return characters and or paragraphs back to their original formatting click on the Clear Formatting option in the Text Styles tab This is great for reverting some formatting which hasn t quite worked out You can clear the formatting of selected characters paragraphs or both depending on what text is currently selected The following table indicates the effects of different types of text selection on clear formatting 108 Working with Text Selection Clicking Clear Formatting affects Word Character Range of text Character Single paragraph Character and Paragraph Multiple paragraphs Paragraph Story text Character and Paragraph Text frame Character and Paragraph You also have the flexibility to be more explicit about how clear formatting is applied by clicking on the Clear Formatting option s drop down arrow i e To remove local formatting 1 Select locally formatted characters or paragraph s as described in the above table 2 Either Select Clear Formatting from the Styles drop down list on the Text context toolbar OR On the Text Styles tab click the Clear Formatting option
62. warp to 178 applying schemes to 195 converting to pictures 62 copying pasting and duplicating 56 cropping 65 distributing 61 flipping 65 locking size or position 60 measuring 44 moving 58 ordering 60 pasting formatting of 58 replicating 57 resizing 59 reusing in different publications 156 rotating 64 selecting individual 53 selecting more than one 54 setting default properties 25 snapping to dot grid or guides 55 opening an existing publication 21 ordering objects 60 Outer Bevel effect 172 Outer Glow effect 172 Outline effect 172 173 oval 170 Page Manager 35 Page Setup 29 page size and orientation 29 pages 34 35 48 adding removing and rearranging 35 numbering 48 138 viewing 32 34 Pages tab 34 35 paint type images 147 importing 147 Palette Publication 196 Palette Manager 197 198 palettes colour 139 190 196 paragraphs 97 alignment 97 setting indents for 94 setting tab stops for 95 styles 104 Paste Format 58 Paste Format Plus 58 pasteboard area 32 path text 90 Pattern Map effects 177 PDF files 214 adding bookmarks 214 importing 22 publishing 140 207 213 substituting fonts in 23 PDF forms 223 collecting data from 228 creating 225 PDF slideshows 216 multi section 217 Pen Tool 164 Pencil Tool 164 photos See pictures pictures 69 150 adding via Media Bar to page 155 borders for 69 colourizing 189 converting objects to 62 def
63. will display the current background colour The easiest way to apply new Web colours is to select a different colour scheme by clicking a sample on the Schemes tab You can also change any of the Web colours within a scheme using the Scheme Manager in the same way that you would modify the scheme s five basic colours See 6Using schemes on p 193 240 Producing Web Pages Setting custom page backgrounds The Web colours defined in the Scheme Manager normally apply throughout the site but you can override the Scheme Manager s Background picture colour setting for any particular page To set a custom page background 1 Choose Web Site Properties from the File menu 2 On the Background tab uncheck Use Scheme Manager settings and set new options for Background colour and or Use picture and or On page colour The settings apply only to the current page Setting Web picture display options When you export a publication as a Web site PagePlus applies certain global settings to determine how each image whether drawn pasted in or imported ends up as a separate bitmap displayed on the Web page The following conversion settings are used for Web publishing Each image in the publication is exported as a separate file Any image you inserted is exported as the original file using its original file name Inserted metafiles and all other graphics are converted to JPEG images using a compression quality set
64. your publication a number of times inserting different information each time from a data source such as an address list file for example into a series of letters or mailing labels PagePlus can handle many kinds of data sources and more challenging creative tasks It is even possible to merge picture data for example digital photos into single fields or even auto create a grid layout of pictures and text suitable for catalogues or photo albums As mail merge is an advanced feature of PagePlus see the PagePlus Help for more detail Subjects covered include Opening a data source Editing Serif Database files Selecting filtering and sorting the merge list Inserting placeholders for your data Previewing data in the publication Merging and printing 142 Working with Text Checking fonts and resources used The Resource Manager lists the fonts and resources used in your publication and shows if the pictures are linked to external picture files or embedded within the document In addition it will allow font substitution after import of PDF or opening of PagePlus files this is necessary when fonts used in the publications are not available on your PC To display the Resource Manager Choose Resource Manager from the Tools menu Resources tab The Resources tab lists imported pictures media Java applets etc and their current status It shows whether each is linked or embedded and
65. 1 Inserting a symbol 115 Inserting date time 116 Inserting user details 116 Viewing and changing document information 117 Using AutoCorrect and AutoSpell 118 Spell checking 119 Automatic proofreading 120 Using the thesaurus 121 Creating text based tables 122 Manipulating tables 123 Using QuickClear and QuickFill 128 Formatting numbers 129 Inserting formulas 129 Inserting a calendar 130 Inserting database tables 133 Creating a table of contents 135 Creating an index 136 Producing a book with BookPl
66. 1 Switch to the master page if desired by clicking the Current Page box on the Hintline 2 Create a new text object Inside the text object click for an insertion point to place the page number 3 On the Insert menu choose Page Number To change page numbering style 1 On the Format menu choose Page Number Format 2 In the Page Number Format dialog in the Style section you can select from various standard numbering schemes such as Arabic numerals 1 2 3 or Upper Roman I II III You can also specify the First Page Number in the sequence this will appear on the first page of the publication For example Chapter Two of a long publication might be in a separate file and begin numbering with page 33 50 Working with Pages Working with Objects 4 52 Working with Objects Working with Objects 53 Selecting an object Before you can change any object you need to select it using one of these tools from the Tools toolbar Pointer Tool Click to use the Pointer Tool to select move copy resize or rotate objects Rotate Tool Click to use the Rotate Tool to rotate an object around a rotation origin normally centred Select the object then drag one of its handles You can also use the Rotate Tool to move and copy objects See Rotating an object on p 64 To select an object Click on the object using one of the tools shown above A grey bounding box appears with small handles de
67. 239 Web colours Web sites have several special Web colour settings usually defined as part of a colour scheme in the Scheme Manager for details see 6Using schemes on p 193 You ll need to know about these settings even if you haven t applied scheme colours to other elements in your site The Hyperlink colour labelled H above applies to hyperlinked text before it s been clicked on The Followed Hyperlink colour labelled F applies to hyperlinked text after a visitor has clicked to follow the link The Active Hyperlink colour labelled A applies to hyperlinked text when a visitor s mouse button is depressed Typically this is the colour shown after clicking and before the hyperlink s page is displayed The Rollover colour labelled R applies to hyperlinked text when a visitor s mouse button rolls over it A Web site s Background is a solid colour with the option of overlaying a tiled repeated picture usually a bitmap pattern The tiled picture option works just like desktop wallpaper so a small bitmap can go a long way The background will fill any blank space left in the browser when displayed on a larger screen If you use a picture background with transparent regions the Background colour is still active and will show through otherwise the picture will cover the background colour The On page colour allows you to have a distinct colour for the defined page area If set to transparent it
68. 245 QuickClear and QuickFill tables 128 QuickShape Tool 170 QuickTime Web multimedia 242 Radial Blur effect 172 raster images 147 importing 147 readability 120 checking with Proof Reader 120 RealAudio Video Web 242 reapply styles 108 Reflection effect 172 registration 10 Resource Manager 142 resources 142 listing imported resources in publication 142 reverting to saved version 21 RGB palette 196 Rotate Tool 64 row and column guides 43 rulers 44 62 setting units for 45 saving a publication 24 scaling printing 206 Index 257 scanned images 158 schemes 193 238 colour 193 238 SDB Serif Database files 141 selecting 53 92 objects 53 text 92 Serif MetaFile Format SMF 62 147 Serif Web Resources 229 service provider server information 246 SFM Serif Font Map files 103 Shade Tint slider 190 shapes 169 applying transparency 200 changing fill colours 189 changing gradient bitmap fill colours 190 closing 171 combining 68 fitting text to 91 resizing 59 skewed shadows 174 slideshows PDF 216 snapping objects 55 solid colours 127 186 189 solid transparency 199 sound 242 adding to Web page 242 special effects 172 175 Spell Checker 119 spelling aids 118 119 Split Curves 69 spreadsheet functions 129 stacking order 61 standalone text 85 star 170 Startup Wizard 19 20 sticky guides 44 story text 76 flowing in frame sequence 76 81 Straig
69. 37 Each layer is situated along with other layers if present within a stack on the Layers tab The uppermost layer is applied over any lower layer on the page Layer 1 and Layer 2 above could represent the following To display the Layers tab Go to View gt Studio Tabs and select the Layers tab if the tab is not visible In order to create new objects on a particular layer you ll need to activate switch to that layer To activate a particular layer From the Layers tab click at the beginning of a layer entry to activate that layer You ll see the layer arrow jump to the now activated layer Layer 1 in the Layers tab example above is currently active 38 Working with Pages Don t confuse this with simply selecting a layer Layer 2 in the example is selected but not activated which is used to manage the layer itself e g to move it preview it view change layer options etc To select a particular layer Click or right click a layer name in the Layers tab The layer entry then possesses a blue background Right clicking a layer name displays a menu of layer related actions as well as Options for that particular layer Adding removing and rearranging layers When you add a new page or master page to the publication you can specify whether to copy the layers and or objects from a particular source page Once you ve created a page it s easy to add delete move or merge layers as ne
70. Opening an existing publication You can open an existing PagePlus publication from the Startup Wizard Standard toolbar or via the File menu It is also possible to Import PDF files via the Startup Wizard Alternatively the pages of an existing PagePlus publication can be inserted into a currently open publication before or after a currently selected page use Insert gt PagePlus File from the Insert menu To open an existing publication from the Startup Wizard 1 Select the Open Saved Publication option In the Documents pane of the Open Saved Work dialog you ll see either your computer s folder structure for navigation to your publications Folders tab or a list of most recently used PagePlus publications History tab Preview thumbnails or publication details can be shown in the adjacent pane depending on your current view 2 Click a file name or sample then click Open To open an existing publication from within PagePlus 1 Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar 2 In the Open dialog select the folder and file name and click the Open button To revert to the saved version of an open publication Choose Revert from the File menu 22 Getting Started Font substitution PagePlus supports automatic font substitution as you open a PagePlus publication which has fonts which are not stored on your computer The dialog that shows also lets you manually substitute a missing font if necessary See PagePlus h
71. Page in lt browser name gt or Preview Site in lt browser name gt to use an external browser The lt browser name gt will reflect which browsers are currently installed e g the entry may read Preview Page in Internet Explorer If you have more than one browser installed you can select which browser s to display on the submenu The page or site is exported to a temporary folder and appears in the specified browser OR if you ve previously published the site to a folder Open your Web browser and use its Open File command to display a page from the site usually the index html Home Page file Publishing to the Web Publishing to the Web involves a few more steps but is basically as simple as publishing to a local folder You can specify that all Web pages are published or only pages updated since your last publish To publish your site to the Web 1 On the File menu choose Web Site Properties and verify your export settings particularly those on the Graphics tab 2 On the File menu choose Publish Site and then select to Web If this is your first time publishing to the Web the Account Details dialog opens with no account information present You ll need to set up at least one account before you can proceed 3 In the dialog enter the following The Account name can be any name of your choice You ll use it to identify this account in PagePlus in case you have more than one The FTP ad
72. Reserved Bitstream Font content 1981 2005 Bitstream Inc All rights reserved Panose Typeface Matching System 1991 1992 1995 97 Hewlett Packard Corporation Portions graphics import export technology AccuSoft Corp amp Eastman Kodak Company amp LEAD Technologies Inc THE PROXIMITY HYPHENATION SYSTEM 1989 Proximity Technology Inc All rights reserved THE PROXIMITY COLLINS DATABASE 1990 William Collins Sons amp Co Ltd 1990 Proximity Technology Inc All rights reserved THE PROXIMITY MERRIAM WEBSTER DATABASE 1990 Merriam Webster Inc 1990 Proximity Technology Inc All rights reserved The Sentry Spelling Checker Engine 2000 Wintertree Software Inc The ThesDB Thesaurus Engine 1993 97 Wintertree Software Inc WGrammar Grammar Checker Engine 1998 Wintertree Software Inc Extensible Metadata Platform XMP Copyright 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated All rights reserved ICC Color Profiles 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated All rights reserved PANTONE Colors displayed in the software application or in the user documentation may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publications for accurate color PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2001 Clipart samples from Serif ArtPacks Serif Europe Ltd amp Paul Harris TrueType font samples from Serif FontPacks Serif Europe Ltd Pantone I
73. Table context toolbar OR For a whole column or row only click the column or row header s button choosing Cell Properties 3 Use the dialog s Border Fill Transparency Margins and Orientation tabs to apply cell formatting then click OK 128 Working with Text Using QuickClear and QuickFill QuickClear and QuickFill are handy shortcuts built into tables Both employ the small QuickFill handle which you may have noticed at the lower right of each selected cell or range of cells QuickClear lets you instantly clear a range of cells whereas QuickFill lets you quickly enter a standard sequence of numbers or entries e g a number letter a month of the year day of the week or any arithmetic progression You can also use QuickFill to replicate one cell s contents over a range of cells To QuickClear a range of cells 1 Select the range to be cleared 2 Drag the QuickFill handle upward until no cells are specified To QuickFill a sequence of entries 1 Type the first entry of the sequence into the starting cell 2 Drag the selected cell s QuickFill handle out to the range of cells to be quickfilled as shown below The function works both backwards and forwards If there are not enough items in the QuickFill sequence the entries wrap back to the beginning value in the sequence To replicate a cell s contents over a range of cells 1 Click to select the cell whose contents you want to replicate 2 Drag ou
74. a range of pre supplied swatch thumbnails in the Swatches tab s Gradient or Bitmap palettes The Fill Tool and a Fill dialog are alternative methods for creating gradient fills To apply a gradient or bitmap fill using the Swatches tab 1 Click the Swatches tab and ensure the Fill button is selected Note that the colour of the underline reflects the colour of your selected object 2 For gradient fills select a gradient category e g Linear Elliptical etc from the Gradient button s drop down menu OR For bitmap fills select a drop down menu category from the Bitmap button 3 Select the object s and then click the appropriate gallery swatch for the fill you want to apply OR Drag from the gallery swatch onto any object and release the mouse button 4 If needed adjust the fill s Tint at the bottom of the tab with the tab slider or set a percentage value in the input box 192 Colour Fills and Transparency To apply a gradient fill with the Fill Tool 1 Select an object 2 Click the Fill Tool button on the Attributes toolbar s Fill flyout 3 Click and drag on the object to define the fill path The object takes a simple Linear fill grading from the object s current colour to monochrome white e g Note If the object is white already or has no fill grading is from white to black Alternatively a dialog can be used to add or subtract key colours from the gradient apply different key colours to individu
75. a to be retained It s OK to repeatedly click and drag until your selection area is made you can t lose your selection unless you click the Reset button The Undo button reverts to the last made selection 5 If you re outputting an alpha edged bitmap you can refine the area to be kept discarded within Image Cutout Studio only after previewing with Erase and Restore touch up tools Vector cropped images can be cropped using standard PagePlus crop tools outside of the Studio Make your outline edge as exact as possible by using brush and touch up tools before committing your work 6 Click OK to create your cutout You ll see your image in its original location but with the selected areas cut away made transparent Images Lines and Shapes 163 Refining your cutout area alpha edged bitmaps only If a vector cropped image is created via Image Cutout Studio it s possible to subsequently manipulate the crop outline using crop tools However for alpha edged bitmaps Erase and Restore touch up tools can be used to refine the cutout area within the Studio before completing your cutout The latter can t be edited with crop tools The touch up tools are brush based and are only to be used to fine tune your almost complete cutout use your Keep and Discard brush tools for the bulk of your work To restore or remove portions of your cutout 1 With your cutout areas already defined click the Preview button Output settings tab
76. age then check Lock Rulers Rulers as a measuring tool The most obvious role for rulers is as a measuring tool As you move the mouse pointer small lines along each ruler display the current horizontal and vertical cursor position When you click to select an object shaded ruler regions indicate the object s left right and top bottom edges on the horizontal and vertical rulers respectively Each region has a zero point relative to the object s upper left corner so you can see the object s dimensions at a glance Creating ruler guides PagePlus lets you to set up horizontal and vertical ruler guides non printing red lines you can use to align headlines pictures and other layout elements Guides are by default sticky so that stuck objects can be dragged around the page by their ruler guide a great way to move previously aligned objects in bulk and simultaneously You can choose to make objects stick to a guide or unstick them or even switch sticky guides off completely See Sticky guides on p 44 To create a ruler guide click on a ruler hold down your mouse button then drag onto your page A red ruler guide line appears parallel to the ruler Alt drag to create the guide at 90 degrees to the ruler Working with Pages 47 To move a guide drag it To remove a guide drag and drop it anywhere outside the page area To lock ruler guides on the Tools menu click Options and select the Layout men
77. al PDF document are preserved to allow comprehensive editing of the document To honour the look and feel of an original PDF file any font embedded in the original PDF and which is used in imported text is extracted from the imported PDF file and installed automatically The document containing the imported Getting Started 23 PDF content will only make the font available if it is embedded in the project This is true of TrueType TTF fonts and OpenType fonts with TTF or Type 1 outlines but PostScript Type 1 fonts themselves are not supported The embedded font can t be used for other documents or applications and will not appear in the Windows Fonts folder The pages of a PDF document can be inserted into a currently open publication before or after a currently selected page or can replace the current page To import a PDF file to create a PagePlus publication 1 Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar 2 Select the name of the file and click Open The PDF document is imported and will repaginate to the number of pages of the original PDF document 3 Click OK 4 Use File gt Save to save as a PagePlus publication PPP To insert a PDF file into an existing PagePlus publication 1 Open your existing PagePlus publication 2 Select and view a page from the Pages tab by double clicking or from the navigation buttons on the Hintline 3 Choose Insert gt PDF File from the Insert menu 4 In the Open d
78. al nodes or vary the overall shading of the effect applied to the object To apply or edit a gradient or bitmap fill using a dialog 1 Right click the object and choose Format gt Fill or select it and choose Fill from the Format menu OR Click the Fill button on the Attributes toolbar s Fill flyout 2 Choose the fill type and the desired fill category Note that you can also use the dialog to apply a solid fill For gradient fills select Gradient from the Type drop down menu and pick a gradient preset A two colour gradient has two nodes one at each end of its path OR Click the From and To buttons to specify the gradient s start and end colours OR Click the Edit button if you want to add or subtract key colours from the currently chosen gradient see Editing the gradient fill spectrum below apply different key colours to individual nodes or vary the overall shading of the effect applied to the object You can adjust the fill s shade tint as needed using the drop down list For bitmap fills select Bitmap from the Type drop down menu choose a category and then click a gallery swatch 3 Click OK to apply the effect or fill to the object Colour Fills and Transparency 193 Editing the fill path When you select a fillable object the Fill tool becomes available otherwise it s greyed out If the object uses a gradient fill you ll see the fill path displayed as a line with nodes marking where the spect
79. allation defaults may result in some options of the program being unavailable It is only recommended for advanced users At the Shortcut Options screen you can choose to automatically create shortcuts by checking the option boxes Click Next Click Install to accept your settings and install the program The dialog will display a progress bar as the program installs Once installation is complete click Finish to exit the Setup Wizard Optional If you ve also obtained the PagePlus X3 Resource DVD install it now following the same procedure you used for the Program CD Your installation is now complete and you can begin using Serif PagePlus X3 Manual install For manual installation use My Computer Windows XP or Computer Windows Vista to navigate to the DVD CD drive in which your PagePlus Program CD is located Double click the DVD CD drive and then double click setup exe in the displayed folder If you are installing on Windows Vista choose Serif PagePlus X3 from the warning dialog optional Follow the on screen installation instructions 14 Welcome Modifying Repairing or Removing PagePlus To modify repair or remove the installation Microsoft Windows XP 1 Click the button and select Control Panel from the Windows Start menu 2 Double click on the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Locate Serif PagePlus X3 in the list of installed programs then select it 4 Click the Change button to make changes
80. ames and or include many independent frame sequences By placing text frames anywhere in any order you can build up newspaper or newsletter style publications with a story flowing from one column to another below or even across pages When you select a frame you ll see its bounding box indicated by a grey border line plus corner and edge handles and if you clicked with the Pointer Tool a blinking insertion point in the frame s text In this mode you can edit the text with the Pointer Tool As in a word processor double clicking selects a word and triple clicking selects a paragraph For details see Editing text on the page on p 92 Working with Text 77 Text frames behave like other PagePlus objects when selected you can manipulate them as for shapes lines artistic text and tables Here s a breakdown of text frame capabilities Feature Supported Margins and column guides Breaks column page and frame Resize move frame Crop frame Rotate frame 1 Frame linking Columns Export as text Line attributes Solid fill and line colour Gradient and bitmap fill Transparency 1 Borders 1 Warp 1 2D 3D Filter Effects 1 Instant 3D 1 1 If applied will export frame as a graphic Web Publishing mode only To select only the frame no insertion point Click the frame s bounding box To move a text frame Drag the frame s bounding box To resize a text frame In a
81. an be applied to a path but frame text cannot Artistic text won t automatically line wrap like frame text Artistic text doesn t flow or link the way frame text does the Frame context toolbar s text fitting functions aren t applicable to artistic text 86 Working with Text To create artistic text 1 Choose the Artistic Text Tool from the Artistic Text flyout on the Tools toolbar 2 Click on the page for an insertion point using a default point size or drag the cross hair cursor across the page to specify a particular size e g 3 Set initial text properties font style etc as needed before typing using the Text context toolbar Format menu or right click and choose Text Format gt 4 Type directly on the page to create the artistic text Once you ve created an artistic text object you can select move resize delete and copy it just as you would with a text frame Solid colours gradient bitmap fills and transparency can all be applied To resize or reproportion an artistic text object To resize while maintaining the object s proportions drag the resize handles To resize freely hold down the Shift key while dragging To edit artistic text Drag to select a range of text double click to select a word or triple click to select a paragraph Now you can type new text apply character and paragraph formatting edit the text in WritePlus apply proofing options and so on With arti
82. aph styles make use of the Style for Increase Level option when creating text styles This sets the paragraph style that will be automatically applied to text if Increase Level is applied from the context toolbar another advantage is that if you apply a multi level style to text the associated next level s style will be made available in the Text Styles tab PagePlus lets you easily associate any bulleted numbered or multi level list style either preset or custom list to an existing text style See Using text styles on p 104 Inserting a symbol You can insert any character from any font installed on your system using either the Insert menu or for common symbols keyboard shortcuts see PagePlus Help You can also use a convenient keyboard switch to enter subscripts or superscripts To insert a symbol character 1 Select the Pointer Tool and click in the text for an insertion point 2 Choose Symbol from the Insert menu and select a symbol from the submenu 116 Working with Text 3 If you need a symbol not shown on the submenu select Other to display the Insert Symbol dialog The dialog remains open so you can continue editing in the workspace as you select symbols Select a Font to display its full character set and then scroll the font table to view characters You can choose from the Subset list to jump to a particular range within the character set Click any individual character or select it while browsin
83. at language Find amp Replace Search through story text for words and phrases but also text attributes particular fonts colours special characters Unicode regular expressions and words at specific positions in sentences Text Composition Tools Includes word count spell checking thesaurus and proof reader AutoCorrect and AutoSpell proofing options are at hand Table of Contents amp Index Create automated Tables of Contents and Indexes for complex documents PagePlus refers to the named styles you ve allocated to headings subheadings and titles to automatically create your Table of Contents with up to six levels Indexing documents is simple too use the intuitive tools to select important terms and let PagePlus do the rest Publishing PDF Import amp Export Import PDF documents as new PagePlus publications or insert a PDF document s contents into existing publications Either way PDF contents can be easily edited within PagePlus the text and paragraph formatting of the original PDF document is maintained Export your documents to PDF with powerful options to publish your PDFs for professional printing PDF X and the Web streaming supported 10 Welcome PDF Forms Create your own electronic PDF form requesting information from form recipients Your recipients can type in their responses then save print or submit their form electronically Serif will email you completed forms or you can set
84. ault sizes 59 deforming Mesh Warp 178 exporting objects as 62 extracting parts of 160 for Web overview 240 frames for 150 importing 147 256 Index listing imported images in publication 142 Media Bar for 152 resizing 59 wrapping text around 110 Pillow Emboss effect 172 PNGs 147 importing 147 point size 97 polygon 170 posters 20 29 printing 205 PostScript output 207 prepress options 207 previewing 204 244 the printed page 204 Web sites in Web browser 244 printing 203 books 140 manual duplex 208 multiple pages 206 of banners posters booklets and thumbnails 205 PDF files 140 previewing the page 204 professional 207 saving print profiles 209 professional printing 207 profiles 19 209 saving print 209 workspace 19 proofing tools previewing the printed page 204 Proof Reader 120 Resource Manager 142 Spell Checker 119 Thesaurus 121 public holidays calendar 132 Publication Palette 196 adding custom colours to 196 saving 198 publications 20 copying to another computer 142 creating hyperlinks in 70 creating from design templates 20 for Web 235 layers in 31 layout guides 43 master pages 31 opening existing 21 producing books 137 saving 24 setting dimensions 29 sharing by email 218 starting from scratch 20 viewing hyperlinks in 236 working with more than one 23 publishing PDF files 140 213 publishing Web sites to local folder 244 to Web
85. aying hotspots The QuickButton circled at left is especially intended for creating stylish button outlines To create a QuickShape 1 Click the QuickShape button on the Tools toolbar and select a shape from the flyout The button takes on the icon of the shape selected 2 Click on the page to create a new shape at a default size Drag to adjust its dimensions 3 When the shape is the right size release the mouse button Now you can alter the shape by dragging on its handles To draw a constrained shape such as a circle Hold down the Shift key as you drag All QuickShapes can be positioned resized rotated and filled What s more you can morph them using adjustable sliding handles around the QuickShape Each shape changes in a logical way to allow its exact appearance to be altered To adjust the appearance of a QuickShape 1 Click on the QuickShape to reveal one or more sliding handles around the shape These are distinct from the inner selection handles Different QuickShapes have different handles which have separate functions 2 To change the appearance of a QuickShape drag its handles To find out what each handle does for a particular shape move the Pointer Tool over the handle and read the HintLine Images Lines and Shapes 171 Closed shapes As soon as you draw or select a line you ll see the line s nodes appear Nodes show the end points of each segment in the line Freehand curves typical
86. because the fonts used in the original document may not be present on the target PC If this occurs font substitution of that unavailable font will be indicated to the user via a dialog as the PPP or PDF file is opened the font status will be Not Available Working with Text 101 PagePlus s font substitution mechanism makes use of the PANOSE Font Matching System which intelligently finds the best font substitution match between a missing and a locally available font By default clicking OK will substitute the missing font for a locally available standard font e g Arial automatically Optionally you can manually substitute the missing font with the font of your choosing by enabling the Edit font substitutions manually button instead A third option is to use Serif s FontManager program which can search and load uninstalled fonts if located fonts are uninstalled after use See Using FontManager on p 104 To avoid font substitution try to source original fonts from the originating PC if possible PagePlus will use any embedded TrueType TTF fonts and OpenType fonts with TTF or Type 1 outlines in imported PDF to honour the intended appearance of imported text that uses those fonts 102 Working with Text To manually substitute a font on loading a publication 1 Enable the Edit font substitutions manually button on the initial dialog and click OK 2 From the Substitute Missing Fonts dialog choose a replacement font f
87. ble to control how text is distributed throughout the frame s via tools on the Frame context toolbar 82 Working with Text The Text Sizing flyout offers three tools for controlling how frame text scales through the text frame These are once off operations compared to the continuous Autofit Options shown below Fit Text Click to scale the story s text size so it fits exactly into the available frame s further text added to the frame will cause text overflow You can use this early on to gauge how the story fits or near the end to apply the finishing touch Fit Text first applies small point size changes then small leading changes then adjustments to the paragraph space below value until the text fits Enlarge Text Click to increase the story s text size one increment Shrink Text Click to reduce the story s text size one increment Each frame s story text can adopt its own individual autofit settings as follows The AutoFit Options flyout offers three autofit modes which continuously act upon a selected frame s story text No Autofit This is the normal mode of operation where if enabled text won t automatically scale throughout the selected text frame possibly leaving partly empty frames at the end of the frame sequence Shrink Text on Overflow If enabled as extra text is added to the text frame all frame text will shrink accordingly to avoid text overflow Autofit If enabled the frame will alway
88. c lines 167 cap setting lines 168 chapters books 137 character styles 104 characters symbols 115 circle 170 Clear formatting 98 107 Clipboard 56 copying and pasting to or from 56 closing PagePlus 24 CMYK palette 196 colour 189 applying fill colours 189 190 creating your own colours 196 in Web publications 238 palettes 190 196 schemes 193 238 Colour Fill effect 172 Colour Picker 196 252 Index Colour Selector 198 Colour tab 167 189 column and row guides 43 blinds 79 margins 79 Combine Curves 65 commercial printing 207 conical fills 191 conical transparency 199 connection points 184 editing 186 Connector Tool 184 connectors 184 editing 186 constraining movement of objects 59 Context toolbar curve 166 frame 80 mesh warp 178 shadow 174 text 97 converting an object to an image 62 correction lists 118 Crop to Shape 67 Crop tools 65 cropping objects 65 Curve context toolbar 166 curves See lines custom publication setup 29 dashed lines 167 data sources for mail merge 141 databases 133 inserting into tables 133 date and time fields 116 Default paragraph font 105 default properties 24 deforming Mesh Warp 178 design templates 20 dictionary 119 personal spell checking 120 digital cameras 158 dimensionality Instant 3D 179 dimensions page 29 distributing objects 61 document information 117 dot grid 47 snapping to 55 double lines
89. ced images are embedded locally with the message This is a great method for publicising your publication send your title page providing work examples email ready photo albums or even datasheets If you d like to create blogs birthday invites holiday photo albums or business emails you can save time by adopting an email ready design template click on Use Design Template in the Startup Wizard Sharing as HTML 1 With your publication open select the page you would like to send 2 Select Send page as HTML from the File menu The page is added to the body of a newly created HTML based email message 3 Add the recipient s valid email address to the To field or equivalent 4 Select the Send button or equivalent on your email program This method shares a single page only To share a multi page publication with recipients who don t use PagePlus consider outputting your project as a PDF and then send the PDF as an attachment 220 Publishing and Sharing Using PDF Forms 10 222 Using PDF Forms Using PDF Forms 223 Getting started with PDF forms The continuing development of Adobe s Acrobat technology means that great new possibilities are available to PagePlus One of the most exciting is the use of electronic based PDF forms these allow information to be collected from readers of your publication in an efficient and modern manner In much the same way as traditional paper forms are used to col
90. changing document information PagePlus maintains basic properties and statistics for each publication file To view or change document properties 1 Choose Properties from the File menu 2 Click the Summary tab to view or change fields for Author Keywords Comments Title and Subject 3 Click the Statistics tab to view key dates last saved information etc 118 Working with Text To insert document information in your text 1 Select the Pointer Tool and click in the text for an insertion point 2 Choose Information from the Insert menu then select Publication Info from the submenu Select a property to insert and click OK If the document information changes and Update automatically is checked the document information field in the text is automatically updated when the publication is saved or loaded Using AutoCorrect and AutoSpell PagePlus includes two powerful support tools to nip possible spelling errors in the bud The AutoCorrect feature overcomes common typing errors and lets you build a custom list of letter combinations and substitutions to be applied automatically as you type You can also turn on AutoSpell feature to mark possible problem words in your story text in red Both features apply to frame text table text and artistic text If you prefer to address spelling issues in larger doses at any point along the way you can run the Spell Checker AutoCorrect To set options for automatic text c
91. cheme is highlighted in the list 2 Click a different colour scheme sample Objects in the publication that have been assigned one of the five colour scheme numbers see below are updated with the corresponding colour from the new scheme You can repeat this selection process indefinitely When you save a publication its current colour scheme is saved along with the document Colour Fills and Transparency 195 Applying scheme colours to objects If you create new elements in a publication to which you have applied a colour scheme or start a publication from scratch how can you extend the current colour scheme to the new objects Although you ll need to spend some time working out which colour combinations look best the mechanics of the process are simple Recalling the paint by numbers example above all you need to do is assign one of the five current scheme colour numbers to an object s line and or fill To assign a scheme colour to an object 1 Select the object and choose a Fill Line or Text button at the top of the Swatches tab depending on the desired effect 2 From the bottom of the Swatches tab click on the scheme colour that you want to apply to the fill line or text or you can drag the colour instead If an object s fill uses a scheme colour the corresponding sample in Swatches tab will be highlighted whenever the object is selected PagePlus lets you create your own colour scheme either from scratch or b
92. cific properties and manage calendar events both personal and public holidays At any time you can update calendar details throughout your project via Set User Details in the same way that you d set up the date along with the time on some alarm clocks This is especially useful if you want to update the year on a year to view Web page composed of 12 monthly calendars you only need to change the year in one place To insert a calendar 1 Click the Table flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose Insert Calendar 2 Click again on your page or drag out to set the desired size of the calendar 3 From the displayed Calendar Wizard define options for your calendar including setting the year and month calendar style square or in single or double column format week start day room to write display options switching on personal events holidays and calendar format 4 Click Finish to complete the wizard To set up your calendar using calendar design template 1 Open a calendar design template from the Startup Wizard s Use Design Template option 2 In the displayed User Details dialog select the Year that your calendar will adopt from the drop down menu 3 In the Events section check Show public holidays and or Show personal events if your template s calendar is to adopt the holidays and events already configured in the Calendar Event Manager to modify personal events click the Events button 4 Click the Updat
93. closed shape and provides a variety of adjustment controls including adding deleting nodes and manipulation of curves See PagePlus help for information on editing lines Images Lines and Shapes 167 Setting line properties All lines including those that enclose shapes have numerous properties including colour weight width or thickness scaling cap end and join corner You can vary these properties for any freehand straight or curved line as well as for the outline of a shape Note that text frames tables and artistic text objects have line properties too To change line properties of a selected object Use the Swatches tab to change the line s colour and or shade If changing the outline colour of a shape or other object click the Line button so that the line not the fill will change Click a gallery sample in the tab s Publication palette or one of the categorized palettes to apply that colour to the selected object Alternatively use the Colour tab to apply a colour to the selected object from a colour mixer Use the Line tab or Line context toolbar shown when a line is selected to change the line s weight thickness type or other properties Select a line width and use the drop down boxes to pick the type of line The context toolbar can also adjust line end scaling as a percentage On the Line tab or context toolbar the middle Line Styles drop down menu provides the following styles None
94. ct with one or more holes on the inside where the component objects fills overlapped one another useful for creating mask or stencil effects You can rotate a cropped object You can apply feathering to the crop outline for a subtle edge softening especially useful when overlapping objects e g for vignetting effects To crop using the object s original outline 1 Select the object then select the Square Crop Tool on the Attributes toolbar s Crop flyout 2 Drag one of the object s edge or corner handles inward 66 Working with Objects To crop by modifying the object s outline Select the object and select the Irregular Crop Tool on the Attributes toolbar s Crop flyout The Curve context toolbar appears and you ll see the nodes and connecting segments that define the object s crop outline To move a node control point where you see the cursor drag the node To move a line segment between two nodes where you see the cursor drag the segment To convert an outline from straight lines to curves click the Fit Curves button on the Curve context toolbar To adjust the curvature of a segment drag the control handle s of the adjacent nodes To add or delete nodes for more or less complex outlines select a node and click the Add Node or Delete Node button on the Curve context toolbar To position a cropped object within its crop outline With either crop tool selecte
95. d click the object and drag its centre when you see the hand cursor To resize objects within the crop outline Select the object and with the Square Crop Tool enabled Ctrl drag either upwards or downwards to increase or decrease object size respectively To feather the crop outline With either crop tool selected click the object From the Crop context toolbar set a Feather value using the up down arrows slider or by direct input Feathering is applied outside the crop outline by the set point size To uncrop restore full visibility Click the Remove Crop button on the Attributes toolbar s Crop flyout Working with Objects 67 Cropping one shape to another The Crop to Shape command works with exactly two objects selected Either or both of these may be a group object The lower object the one behind the other gets clipped to the outline of the upper object leaving a shape equivalent to the overlapping region Note that you can t crop a mesh warped object but can use one to crop another object Use Combine Curves to use one shape to punch a hole in another To crop one shape to another 1 Place the clipping object in front of the object to be cropped using the Arrange menu and or Arrange toolbar as needed In the illustration above a QuickShape is in front of a text frame 2 Choose Crop to Shape from the Tools menu to cut out the obscured underlying text You can restore an object cr
96. d style category e g Blurs then pick a subcategory by scrolling the lower window 3 Preview available styles as thumbnails cog shapes are shown by default in the window 4 Click a style thumbnail in the panel to apply it to the selected object s OR Drag and drop the thumbnail onto any object The Object Style Manager can be used to add or delete categories or subcategories You can even change the display order of categories subcategories or thumbnails themselves To add remove and reorder style categories 1 Select the tab s Tab Menu button and choose Object Style Manager from the flyout menu 2 Use the Add Remove Up or Down buttons as appropriate in each window To remove an object style from a gallery Right click the thumbnail and choose Delete To unlink an object from its style definition Right click the object and choose Format gt Object Style gt Unlink If you ve applied a style to an object but have lost track of the thumbnail or want to confirm which style is actually being used on an object you can quickly locate the thumbnail from the object To locate an object s style in the Styles tab Right click the object and choose Format gt Object Style gt Locate in Studio The Styles tab displays the gallery thumbnail for the object s style Normally a publication s object styles are just stored locally that is as part of that publication they don t automatically carry over
97. de per page click the Reset button on the Slides tab Sharing by email The widespread availability of the Internet means that colleagues family and friends are now only a quick email away Higher line speeds via Broadband connections open up new opportunities for sharing publications either as native PagePlus publications PPP or as HTML PagePlus will create an email from your standard email program e g Outlook either as a file attachment or within the body of your email respectively Publishing and Sharing 219 Sharing PagePlus publications 1 With your publication open and in the currently active window select Send from the File menu If the email program is not loaded a Choose Profile dialog lets you select your email program then a new email message is displayed with document attached If already loaded your email program automatically attaches your publication to a new email message 2 Add the recipient s valid email address to the To field or equivalent 3 Select the Send button or equivalent on your email program as for any other email message An Internet connection is required for the emailing of pictures Interested in sharing content with recipients who may not be using PagePlus The Send page as HTML feature lets you dispatch any page safe in the knowledge that the email recipient s will be able to view your content exactly as intended including all pictures and hyperlinks because all referen
98. dow Tool for applying a shadow to an object directly on your page Control handles let you adjust shadow blur opacity and colour Images Lines and Shapes 173 To apply 2D filter effects 1 Select an object and click the Filter Effects button on the Attributes toolbar 2 To apply a particular effect check its box in the list at left 3 To adjust the properties of a specific effect select its name and vary the dialog controls Adjust the sliders or enter specific values to vary the combined effect You can also select a slider and use the keyboard arrows Options differ from one effect to another 4 Click OK to apply the effect or Cancel to abandon changes Creating reflections A simple way to add creative flair to your page is to apply a vertical reflection on a selected object The effect is especially eye catching when applied to pictures but can be equally impressive on artistic text such as page titles or text banners A combination of settings can control reflection height opacity offset and blurring Creating outlines PagePlus lets you create a coloured outline around objects especially text and shapes as a filter effect For any outline you can set the outline width colour fill transparency and blend mode The outline can also take a gradient fill a unique contour fill fill runs from the inner to outer edge of the outline width or pattern fill and can also sit inside outside or be centred on the obj
99. dress of your Web host will be a specific URL as supplied by your Internet service provider ISP Unless directed by your provider leave the Port number set at 21 Leave the Folder box blank unless directed by your provider or if you want to publish to a specific subfolder of your root directory 246 Producing Web Pages You ll also need a Username and Password These are pre assigned by your provider and will most likely correspond to email login settings Enter the password exactly as given to you using correct upper and lower case spelling or the host server may not recognize it If you don t want to re enter your password with each upload check Save password to record the password on your computer Passive mode Leave checked unless you have FTP connection problems check with your ISP ISPs can operate passive or active FTP modes of operation Web site URL Set your site s URL This allows you to view your site from a dialog after any FTP upload Click OK to close the Account Details dialog You can also use the dialog to Add another account and Copy Edit or Delete an account selected from the drop down menu It s a good idea to test your new or modified account by clicking the Test button if the account details are valid a dialog indicating successful connection displays 4 If you ve set up at least one account the Manage FTP Accounts dialog opens In the dialog the last used account nam
100. e Please read through the licence agreement Click Next Enter your User Name Organization if applicable and the software Product Key that came with your software on your CD s case For more information click the button Click Next Proceed through the following dialogs making appropriate choices as per your requirements At the Setup Options dialog you have the opportunity to customize your installation To install the recommended options simply click Next However if you are concerned about disk space you may choose to run some of the features from the DVD CD The drop down boxes display the available options for each feature Will be installed on the local hard drive If this option is selected it will install the feature to your hard disk but will not automatically install any subfeatures that may be available Entire feature will be installed on the local hard drive By selecting this option all of the subfeatures relating to this feature will also be installed Some subfeatures can require a substantial amount of hard disk space Will be installed to run from the CD If this option is selected you will save space on your hard disk but you will need to have the installation media at hand to access the features Entire feature will be installed to run from the CD This option will allow you to access the content and all of its subfeatures from the installation media saving you disk space
101. e segments which may be curved or straight using connect the dots mouse clicks 92 Working with Text 2 Create a line on the page Your line appears as a path with an insertion point at its starting end for a curved path you can either type directly onto any part of the path or press Esc or double click to get the insertion point at the start of the path 3 Begin typing at the insertion point Text flows along the path Artistic text can also be moved along its path adjusted with respect to text baseline height and flipping reversed on the path See PagePlus help for more details Artistic text can also be moved along its path adjusted with respect to text baseline height and flipped reversed on the path In addition you can fit text to a path as you would fit text to a frame see p 81 where text size can be made to adjust to path length manually or with Autofit Editing text on the page You can use the Pointer Tool to edit frame text table text or artistic text directly On the page you can select and enter text set paragraph indents and tab stops change text properties apply text styles and use Find and Replace For editing longer stories and for more advanced options choose WritePlus Edit Story from the Edit menu Selecting and entering text The selection of frame text artistic text and table text follows the conventions of the most up to date word processing tools The selection area is shaded in s
102. e bar s workspace Adding photos to the page To add a photo to your page 1 Display the Media Bar s temporary album or load a saved album from the top right drop down menu 2 Drag an album s photo thumbnail onto the page either as a detached photo or directly into a picture frame OR Use the AutoFlow feature AutoFlow adding content automatically AutoFlow lets you flow the photos currently displayed in the Media Bar throughout empty picture frames spread throughout your publication you can t reflow photos once frames are populated with content This is especially useful when using Photo Album design templates or other photo rich documents To use this feature you must have multiple picture frames present in your current document as well as a range of photos present in your Media Bar The autoflow process involves a simple click of the mouse button To automatically flow your photos Click the button to the right of the bar s workspace The photos are placed sequentially in your document s available picture frames in the order they appear in the Media Bar A dialog will display if you ve more picture frames than you have photos and vice versa To resolve either remove extra pages or add more frames then add any remaining photos by drag and drop A placed photo s thumbnail shows a green check in its bottom right corner while a photo that is not yet placed will not show the check 156 Images Lines and Shapes
103. e button If you plan to use your calendar in subsequent years simply update the Year setting in Tools gt Set User Details use the dialog s Calendars tab if not shown 132 Working with Text To view and edit a selected calendar s properties 1 Click the Edit Calendar button on the Calendar context toolbar 2 Choose an appropriate tab and make your modification then press OK Right click with the Calendar option selected also lets you select insert distribute delete and adjust widths heights for rows or columns as well as autofit to cell contents but take care not to corrupt your table formatting Adding public holidays When you create a calendar you can set up the appropriate public holidays for the country you reside in The holidays will show up in your calendar automatically if Add public holidays is checked in Calendar Properties To enable public holidays 1 Select your calendar s bounding box and click Edit Calendar button on the context toolbar 2 From the Events tab check Add public holidays 3 Optional Swap to a different country s public holiday settings by using the Region drop down list 4 Click OK To add public holidays 1 Select your calendar s bounding box 2 Click Calendar Events on the context toolbar 3 Enable the Show public holidays option 4 Click the Save button Adding personal events You can complement your public holiday listings e g Easter holidays by
104. e folder deletion or renaming Making the content changes is easy enough all the originals are right there in your publication To maintain files and folders on your Web site 1 Choose Publish Site from the File menu and select Maintain Web Site from the submenu The Account Details dialog appears 2 Select your FTP account name from the drop down menu your Username and Password Type the correct path in the Folder box if required by your provider 3 Click Maintain PagePlus seeks an Internet connection and displays a dialog showing the navigable web site s folders in a left hand window and any selected folder s contents in the adjacent window 4 Use standard Windows Explorer conventions to perform maintenance tasks Click on the column headers to change the current sort or drag to change the column width The top row of buttons lets you view up one level create a new folder delete a selected item upload download a file and refresh the window Right click to Open Download Delete or Rename any file or folder You can Ctrl click to select multiple files or Shift click to select a range of files To move one or more selected files drag them into the destination folder To delete the entire web site click the View button next to your selected Serif Manifest file in the dialog click the Delete all managed files button Remember to use the lower information window which displays a running log of eac
105. e integrated into your Page design as you develop your publication The form s functionality only then becomes active when a PDF of the form is generated When a form recipient enters data into form fields the data can be collected as described below JavaScript is used to allow interactivity in your PDF forms It drives formatting validation calculations and actions all key functions in PDF form development How is data collected Several methods exist for collecting forms once they have been completed 1 By Hardcopy Print 2 You can Save Data to e mail alternatively you can save data within the form 3 You can Submit Data to Web a CGI application by submission to a web enabled server database Using PDF Forms 225 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 to create Typically a mix of form fields will make up your finished form design Fields are created from the Form toolbar or via Insert gt Form Field You assign an internal unique name to each field and then set a variety of properties Each form field has its own set of Form Field Properties which can be modified to suit your form implementation The Form toolbar is turned off by default Display it by going to View gt Toolbars gt Form Icon Form Field Name When to use Button Use when specifying an action that can be triggered by a button click Submit
106. e is shown in the drop down menu its settings are displayed in subsequent boxes You can use the drop down menu to switch to another account if you have set up more than one 5 Click the Upload button PagePlus seeks an Internet connection then If uploading for the first time selected files will be uploaded directly OR If uploading to an existing site must be created with PagePlus an Uploading Files dialog is displayed showing local file action whether files will be added Add will replace the live files Replace or will not be updated Leave In the dialog select either the Incremental Update or Full upload button Choose the former to upload only files that have altered since the last upload You ll see a message when all files have been successfully copied Click OK Gathering server information If you have an email account your contract with the email service provider may allow you a certain amount of file space e g 25MB on their server where you can store files including the files that comprise a Web site Or you may have a separate Web space arrangement with a specialized Internet service provider It s up to you to establish an account you can use for Web publishing Producing Web Pages 247 Maintaining your Web site Once you ve published your site to the Web you ll need to maintain the pages on your site by updating content periodically adding or changing text pictures and links also fil
107. e object at the centre of the page To insert a separate object at the same page location as the copied item use the Paste in Place command Working with Objects 57 To choose between alternative Clipboard formats Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu To duplicate an object 1 Select the object then press the Ctrl key 2 Drag the outline to a new location on the page You can release the Ctrl key to place the duplicated object 3 To constrain the position of the copy to same horizontal or vertical press and hold down the Shift key while dragging A duplicate of the object appears at the new location Replicating objects Duplicating an object means making just one copy at a time The Replicate command lets you create multiple copies in a single step with precise control over how the copies are arranged either as a linear series or a grid You can include one or more transformations to produce an interesting array of rotated and or resized objects It s great for repeating backgrounds or for perfectly aligned montages of an image or object 58 Working with Objects To replicate an object 1 Select the object to be replicated and choose Replicate from the Edit menu The Replicate dialog appears with a preview region at the right 2 To arrange copies in a straight line select Create line For an X by Y grid arrangement select Create grid 3 Specify Line length the number of objects including t
108. e of an email composition window the display of a graphic text or media file or a jump to an anchor attached to a target object To hyperlink an object 1 Use the Pointer Tool to highlight the region of text or select an object 2 Click the Hyperlink button on the Standard toolbar 3 In the Hyperlinks dialog click to select the link destination type and enter the specific hyperlink target an Internet page a page in your publication Web site an email address local file or an object s anchor 4 Click OK As a visual cue hyperlinked words are underlined and appear in the colour you ve specified in the Scheme Manager Working with Objects 71 If you re hyperlinking to an object s anchor you ll have to create the anchor in advance of creating a hyperlink See Creating a PDF bookmark list on p 214 To modify or remove a hyperlink 1 Use the Pointer Tool to select the object or click for an insertion point inside the linked text It s not necessary to drag over a hyperlinked region of text 2 Click the Hyperlink button on the Standard toolbar or choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu The Hyperlinks dialog opens with the current link target shown If the link is in text the whole text link highlights To modify the hyperlink select a new link destination type and or target To remove the hyperlink click the Remove button Removing a hyperlink does not remove the underlying object or
109. e the publication following standard print publishing guidelines and taking the distribution method into account 2 Optional Insert hyperlinks as needed for example to link table of contents entries to pages in the document 3 Optional To create pop up annotations insert PageHints as needed 4 Optional Once the publication is final prepare a bookmark list see Creating a PDF bookmark list on p 214 Note Bookmarks appear as a separate list in a special pane when the PDF file is viewed They can link to a specific page or to an anchor for example a piece of text or a graphic object in your publication 5 Choose Publish as PDF from the File menu and check your export settings To export the whole publication using default settings you won t need to change any settings For a detailed explanation of each export setting see PagePlus Help 6 Click OK to proceed to export If you checked Preview PDF file in Acrobat the resulting PDF file appears in the version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system You can insert sound and movie clips in your publication which will play in your exported PDF file whether you ve created a PDF slideshow PDF form or a simple PDF document Choose options from the PDF Media Clip gt located on the Insert menu 214 Publishing and Sharing Creating a PDF bookmark list Bookmarks are optional links that appear in a separate pane of the Adobe Reader when a PDF file is displayed
110. e to print the other side 5 You should now have a double sided printout Saving print profiles You can save the current combination of settings made in the Print dialog as a print profile with a unique name Note that the profile includes settings from all tabs except the Separations tab By the way don t confuse these PagePlus print profiles with ICC device profiles To save current print settings as a print profile On the Print dialog s General tab click the Save As button next to the Print Profile list Type in a new name and click OK The settings are saved as a file with the extension ppr You can restore the profile later on simply by choosing its name in the list 210 Printing your Publication Publishing and Sharing 9 212 Publishing and Sharing Publishing and Sharing 213 Exporting PDF files PDF short for Portable Document Format is a cross platform file format developed by Adobe In a relatively short time PDF has evolved into a worldwide standard for document distribution which works equally well for electronic or paper publishing including professional printing In recent years print stores are moving away from PostScript and toward the newer more reliable PDF X formats expressly targeted for graphic arts and high quality reproduction Several different flavours of PDF X exist PagePlus supports PDF X 1 and PDF X 1a To export your publication as a PDF file 1 Prepar
111. e white space space tab character page break etc or punctuation at each end or which are at the start end of a paragraph Select Match case for case sensitive search Select Regular expressions to treat the contents of the Find box as an expression rather than as a literal string to be found 5 Click Find Next to locate the first instance of the Find text OR Click Select All to highlight all instances of matching text in your document simultaneously 6 Click Replace if you want to substitute with replacement text Alternatively click Find Next again to skip to the next matching text Continue using the Replace option as required until you reach the end of your document OR Click Replace All to replace all instances of the found text with the replacement text at the same time PagePlus reports when the search is completed 7 Click Close to dismiss the Find and Replace dialog Working with Text 97 The Find and Replace dialog also lets you perform a wildcard type search by using a regular expression a formula for generating a set of strings to specify complex search criteria This is covered in more detail in PagePlus Help Inserting footnotes and endnotes Within frame text it s easy to add footnotes which normally go at the bottom of a column and or endnotes normally at the end of a text story In either case you can customize the consecutive numbering or symbols used by reference marks the style of both marks and no
112. ePlus names your first Home page index html the standard file name a browser will be looking for Depending on the particular server in use however some other name may be required Likewise the extension htm is sometimes used for pages Adding animation effects PagePlus lets you add two varieties of eye catching animation effects to any Web page animated marquees and GIF animations Either way you can preview the animation and or customize the effect Once placed into your Web publication the animations appear static but they will spring to life once the site has been exported and a visitor views your page in a Web browser 242 Producing Web Pages Adding sound and video PagePlus lets you augment your Web pages with sound and video files in a variety of standard formats including both non streaming and streaming media Non streaming files must download in entirety to a user s computer before they begin playing streaming files require a special player that buffers incoming data and can start playing before the whole clip has arrived There are actually two sound playback options background sound where a sound loads and plays automatically when a specific page is first displayed in the visitor s Web browser and linked sound triggered by a mouse click for example on an icon or hyperlinked object The supported audio formats are wav mp3 Aiff aiff aif aifc au MIDI mid midi and RealAudio ra ram
113. eb page it s possible to get great results scanning at 100dpi using exactly the screen dimensions you need If you re going to edit the image increase the dpi to be on the safe side For line art and halftone images save as a black and white TIFF PCX or GIF For greyscale photographic images scan using greyscales and save as a greyscale TIFF file If you have a colour scanner save a colour TIFF You can resize these images and still maintain reasonable quality provided you don t make them significantly larger than the original In general the number of greyscales or colours is a more important issue than the actual resolution dpi Images Lines and Shapes 159 Scanned images especially colour can get very large and you need to take this into consideration Large files take a long time to load save and print and eat your disk space One myth is that the higher the resolution of your scanner the better results you ll achieve While that s true in theory the real limit to quality is how the image will ultimately be reproduced Will it end up on the printed page or on screen Either way the real issue is how many extra pixels you ll need in the original scan Printed output If the image will be professionally printed will that be onto a sheet of newsprint or a glossy coated stock Paper itself puts a ceiling on reproduction quality Lower grade paper tends to spread ink around more easily so the dots of ink used to p
114. ect edge As with all effects you can switch the outline effect on and off You ll be able to apply a combination of 2D or 3D filter effects along with your outline by checking other options in the Filter Effects dialog Blur Various blur effects can be applied to PagePlus objects The types of blur include Gaussian the effect smoothes by averaging pixels using a weighted curve Zoom applies converging streaks to the image to simulate a zoom lens Radial applies concentric streaks to the object to simulate a rotating camera or subject Motion applies straight streaks to the object to simulate the effect of camera or subject movement 174 Images Lines and Shapes Using the Shadow Tool Shadows are great for adding flair and dimension to your work particularly to pictures and text objects but also to shapes text frames and tables To help you create them quickly and easily PagePlus provides the Shadow Tool on the Attributes toolbar The tool affords freeform control of the shadow effect allowing creation of adjustable basic or skewed edge based shadows for any PagePlus object Basic left and skewed shadows right applied to a basic square QuickShape Adjustment of shadow colour opacity blur and scaling distance is possible using controllable nodes directly on the page or via a supporting Shadow context toolbar Nodes can be dragged inwards or outwards from the shadow origin to modify the shadow
115. ectrum in the Colour Selector dialog 3 Click the OK button The colour is updated in the Publication palette To remove a colour from the publication s palette Right click on the colour in the Publication palette of the Swatches tab and choose Delete Alternatively use the Palette Manager To load a named palette 1 In the Swatches tab click the down arrow on the Palette button 2 From the resulting drop down menu select a standard e g standard cmyk or rgb or themed palette The loaded palette s colours appear as swatches in the Swatches tab replacing the swatches previously visible Note that changing the palette has no effect on colours already defined for particular objects in your publication 198 Colour Fills and Transparency Using the Palette Manager and Colour Selector The Palette Manager and Colour Selector are complementary dialogs The Palette Manager extends the Colour Selector s Publication palette tab It not only lets you modify the publication s current palette but also load and save named palettes The Colour Selector lets you choose a colour to apply or mix custom colours Its Models tab displays the colour space of several established colour models RGB red green blue HSL hue saturation luminosity CMYK cyan magenta yellow black and PANTONE Colours For all colour models the values are in the range of 0 to 255 Its Publication palette tab lets you modify and view
116. ed picture frame To view the Media Bar Unless already displayed click the handle at the bottom of your workspace To add photos to a temporary album 1 With the Media Bar visible and a temporary album loaded click on the Media Bar s workspace to reveal an Open dialog 2 From the dialog navigate to a photo or folder select photo s and optionally choose whether your photos are to be placed at native or 96 dpi or embedded or linked embedding may increase your file size significantly 3 Click Open Your photos appear as thumbnails in the Menu Bar workspace Unless you save it the temporary album and its photo contents will not be saved when you close PagePlus You can drag one or more files from any Windows folder directly into the Media Bar window If you right click an image in the Media Bar and choose Locate in Explorer you ll open the photo s folder via Windows Explorer great for drag and drop or just general file management 154 Images Lines and Shapes To save a temporary album to a named album 1 Click the down arrow on the button From the menu select New Album 2 In the New Album dialog in the Album Name box type a name to identify your album in the future 3 Optional For any photo you can alter the resolution native or 96 dpi or embed link status in advance of placement on your page click a photo s setting and use the setting s drop down menu to change You can also change these s
117. eded Moving a layer will place its objects in front or in back of those on other layers To add a new layer to the current page or master page 1 In the Layers tab click the Insert new layer button 2 You ll be prompted to give the new layer a name and set its properties When you ve made your selections click OK To delete a layer In the Layers tab select the layer s name and click the Delete selected layer s button You can move layers up or down in the stacking order to place their objects in front or behind those on other layers move objects to specific layers and even merge layers To move a layer in the stacking order In the Layers tab select the layer s entry then click the Move layer up or Move layer down button to move the layer up or down in the list respectively To move an object to a specific layer Select the object and choose Send to Layer from the Arrange menu then select the destination layer from the submenu Working with Pages 39 To merge one layer with another in the Layers tab 1 Activate the layer you want to merge to by clicking its entry A mark indicates that the layer is active Note that the active layer becomes uppermost in the workspace 2 Select the entry of the layer you want to merge and click the Merge into active layer button The contents of the merged layer appear on the active layer Selecting objects on layers Once you ve displayed a page o
118. eft hand pane 3 Click Open 4 To insert the logo at a default size simply click the mouse to leave a logo placeholder envelope OR To set the size of the logo drag out the cursor across the page leaving a placeholder then release the mouse button 5 LogoStudio is automaticallly launched from which you can create your custom design using standard tools Use the supporting LogoStudio help shown in the LogoStudio s user interface if needed 6 Click from LogoStudio s main toolbar to exit Working with Text 89 Once you ve got your template based logo on the page it s likely that you ll want to modify the logo further Further objects can be added or text filter effects or fills can be adjusted To edit an existing logo 1 Click the button on the control bar under the selected logo LogoStudio is launched with your object s zoomed in to fit your workspace 2 Using standard PagePlus tools and tabs customize your logo design to your liking 3 Click from LogoStudio s main toolbar to exit The modified logo is updated in its original position You can use the button to enable a Fixed Canvas Size that won t be exceeded Otherwise the canvas you work on dynamically resizes as you move objects outside the viewable area For example a typical horizontal Web banner of dimensions 468 x 60 pixels could be defined in Web Publishing mode The button changes the logo s background colour Colours from the current Pub
119. elect one of several colour modes RGB CMYK or HSL from the drop down list 3 Click the Fill Line or Text button at the top of the tab to determine where colour will be applied The colour of the underline reflects the colour of your selected object 4 Select a colour from the colour spectrum or sliders depending on colour mode selected 190 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 the Swatches tab 3 Click the Fill Line or Text button at the top of the tab to determine where colour will be applied 4 Select a colour swatch from the Publication palette commonly used colours and those previously applied to your publication or Standard Palette supplied preset swatches Use Format gt Fill to apply colour via a dialog To change a solid colour s shade tint lightness 1 Select the object and set the correct Fill Line or Text button in the Colour tab 2 From the Colour mode drop down menu select Tinting 3 Drag the Shade Tint slider to the left or right to darken or lighten your starting colour respectively the original colour is set at 0 You can also enter a percentage value in the box entering 0 in the input box reverts to the original colour Adjust the percentage tinting via slider or direct input to apply object tinting from the Swatches tab PagePlus automatically adds used colour
120. elp for more details Importing PagePlus documents It is possible to import any PagePlus document into your currently loaded PagePlus document typically to reuse content The character formatting layout and images used in the original document are maintained to honour the look and feel of the original content Pages are inserted into the currently open publication before or after a currently selected page or can replace the current page To insert a PagePlus document into an existing PagePlus document 1 Open your existing PagePlus document 2 Select a page from the Pages tab remember to double click the page to select or from the navigation buttons on the Hintline 3 Choose Insert gt PagePlus File from the Insert menu 4 In the Open dialog navigate to and select the PagePlus document for insertion Click Open 5 From the Insert PagePlus File dialog choose to insert the pages of the imported PagePlus document Before the current page On the current page or After the current page 6 If necessary check the options to group each new page as a single object and to resize your current publication to that of your inserted PagePlus document 7 Click the OK button Importing PDF files It is possible to import any PDF document created with other applications directly into PagePlus to create either a new PagePlus publication or to add to an existing publication The character formatting layout and images in the origin
121. emi transparent blue for clear editing Double or triple click selects a word or paragraph respectively You can also make use of the Ctrl click or drag for selection of non adjacent words the Shift key for ranges of text To edit text on the page 1 Select the Pointer Tool then click or drag in the text object A standard insertion point appears at the click position see below OR Select a single word paragraph or portion of text is already selected 2 Type to insert new text or overwrite selected text respectively Working with Text 93 To start a new paragraph Press Enter To start a new line within the same paragraph using a line break or soft return Press Shift Enter The following two options apply only to frame text You can use these shortcuts or choose the items from the Insert gt Break submenu To flow text to the next column Column Break frame Frame Break or page Page Break Press Ctrl Enter Alt Enter or Ctrl Shift Enter respectively To switch between insert mode and overwrite mode Press the Insert key To repeat a text action Choose Repeat from the Edit menu or press Ctrl Y For example if you ve applied new formatting to one paragraph you can click in another paragraph and use the Repeat command to apply the same formatting there Copying pasting and moving text You can easily copy frame text and paste into the same or a different text frame
122. en up by a page or artwork area and a surrounding pasteboard area In PagePlus the page area is where you put page layout guides and of course the text shapes and pictures that you want to print The Pasteboard area is where you generally keep any text shapes or pictures that are being prepared or waiting to be positioned on the page area If you d like a different pasteboard colour for a different look or more practically if your off page objects don t contrast with the existing colour you can set this via Tools gt Options gt Layout To move or copy an object between pages via the Pasteboard 1 Drag the object from the source page onto the pasteboard hold down the Ctrl key to copy 2 Use the page navigation buttons on the Hintline to jump to a target page 3 Drag or Ctrl drag to copy the object from the pasteboard onto the target page PagePlus makes it easy to see exactly what you re working on from a wide view of multiple pages to a close up view of a small region For example you 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 window If you re using a wheel mouse you can scroll vertically by rotating the wheel or horizontally by Shift scrolling Working with Pages 33 The View toolbar provides the Zoom In and Zoom Out tools so you can inspect and or edit the page at different levels of detail Zoom Percent option to set a level
123. enu and with a base style selected in the dialog click the Create button 2 In the Text Style dialog define the style Name the style to be Based on Style for the following paragraph and the style to be changed to if Increase Level is applied Check Always list in Studio to ensure the style will always appear in the Text Styles tab 3 In the left tree menu change any character or paragraph attributes tabs bullets and drop caps you want to include in the new style definition 4 Click OK to create the style or Cancel to abandon changes Working with Text 107 To create a new style using the properties of existing text 1 Format the text as desired 2 To define a character style select a range of reformatted text To define a paragraph style deselect text but leave a blinking cursor insertion point within the newly formatted section 3 Type a new style name into the Text context toolbar s Styles box and press Enter The new style is defined with the properties of the selected text To modify an existing style 1 From the Text Styles tab Right click on the character or paragraph style you want to modify and then choose Modify lt style gt OR With a style selected pick the button from the Text Styles tab then choose the Modify button 2 From the Text Style dialog define or change the style name base style and any character or paragraph attributes tabs bullets and drop caps you
124. er line In addition text on a path is editable in some unique ways as described below To apply a preset curved path to text 1 Create an artistic text object 2 With the text selected on the Text context toolbar click the Path flyout and choose a preset path The text now flows along the specified path Working with Text 91 To add artistic text along an existing line or shape 1 Create a freehand straight or curved line see Drawing and editing lines on p 163 or a shape see Drawing and editing shapes on p 169 2 Choose the Artistic Text Tool from the Artistic Text flyout on the Tools toolbar 3 Bring the cursor very close to the line When the cursor changes to include a curve click the mouse where you want the text to begin 4 Begin typing at the insertion point Text flows along the line which has been converted to a path To fit existing text to an existing line or shape 1 Create an artistic text object 2 Create a freehand straight or curved line or a shape 3 Select both objects On the Tools menu choose Fit Text to Curve from the Tools menu The text now flows along the specified path To create text and path at the same time 1 Choose one of the Path Text tools from the Text flyout The Freehand Path Text Tool lets you sketch a curved line in a freeform way The Straight Path Text Tool is for drawing a straight line The Curved Path Text Tool lets you join a series of lin
125. ercentage The default is 100 or normal size To scale your work to be printed at a larger size specify a larger value to scale down specify a smaller value Check Fit Many to have PagePlus fit as many pages as possible on each sheet for example two A5 pages on a landscape A4 sheet Set Scale to fit paper size values to adjust artwork automatically to fit neatly on the printed page Note that the Fit Many option ignores printer margins while Scale to Fit takes them into account So if you use Fit Many make sure your page layout borders don t extend beyond the printable region Printing thumbnails Under Special Printing on the Print dialog s Layout tab set the Print as thumbnails option to print multiple pages at a reduced size on each printed sheet taking printer margins into account Specify the number of thumbnails per sheet in the value box PagePlus will print each page of the publication at a reduced size with the specified number of small pages or thumbnails neatly positioned on each printed sheet Multiple pages Under Multiple pages per Sheet on the Print dialog s Layout tab select an option The multiple page options are enabled when you are working with a page from the Small Publications category in Page Setup You can select the number of times to repeat each page and tell PagePlus to skip a certain number of regions on the first sheet of paper Skipping regions is useful if for example
126. es On the Pages tab in the lower Pages panel drag a page thumbnail to a new location in the page sequence Assigning master pages to layers Each layer you add to a regular page can use its own master page If your publication uses more than one master page you can reassign specific master pages to specific page layers at any time To assign a master page to a page layer 1 On the Layers tab double click in the Master Page s column of the chosen page layer 2 In the Select Master Page dialog select the normal page and master page from the drop down menus Working with layers Each new page or master page consists of a single layer One layer may be enough to accommodate the elements of a particular layout but you can create additional layers as needed On each layer objects such as text frames and pictures are stacked in the order you create them from back to front with each new object in front of the others Layers themselves are stacked in a similar way and of course you can juggle the order of objects and layers as needed Layers are useful when you re working on a complex design where it makes sense to separate one cluster of objects from another You can work on one layer at a time without worrying about affecting elements on a different layer Once you ve displayed a page you can normally edit any object on it regardless of which layer the object is on simply by clicking the object Working with Pages
127. es Colour schemes are saved globally so the full set of schemes is always available 194 Colour Fills and Transparency How colour schemes work Colour schemes in PagePlus work much like a paint by numbers system where various regions of a layout are coded with numbers and a specific colour is assigned by number to each region For example imagine a line drawing coded with the numbers 1 through 5 To fill it in you d use paint from jars also numbered 1 through 5 Swapping different colours into the paint jars while keeping the numbers on the drawing the same would produce quite a different painting In PagePlus the paint jars are five numbers you can assign to objects in your publication They re known as Scheme Colour 1 Scheme Colour 2 and so on When you apply Scheme Colour 1 to an object it s like saying Put the colour from jar number 1 here The Schemes tab shows the various available schemes each with a different set of five colours in the five jars Whichever named colour scheme you select that scheme s first colour as shown in its sample will appear in regions defined as Scheme Colour 1 its second colour will map to Scheme Colour 2 and so on throughout the publication The example below shows three different schemes as applied to a design that s been marked with Scheme Colours 1 through 5 as in the example above To select a colour scheme 1 Click the Schemes tab The currently assigned s
128. eset shown in the Bullets amp Numbering dialog described below To create a bulleted or numbered list using presets 1 Select one or more paragraphs OR Click in a paragraph s text 2 Select Bullets amp Numbering from the Format menu 3 From the Text Style dialog choose Bullet Number or Multi Level from the drop down menu 4 Select one of the preset formats shown by default OR For a custom list click the Details button to display then alter custom options 5 Click OK to apply list formatting Each time you insert a following return a new line will begin with the specified symbol or number In addition typing two returns in a row pressing Enter twice cancels bullets or numbers and resumes regular paragraph formatting For number and multi level lists check Restart numbering to restart numbering from the current cursor position in the list otherwise leave the option unchecked Working with Text 113 To turn off bullets numbering or multi level list formatting 1 Select the paragraph with list formatting 2 Select Bullets amp Numbering from the Format menu OR Right click the paragraph and from the Text Format option choose Bullets amp Numbering 3 In the Text Style dialog click the None preset option For custom lists you may need to click the Preset button first to show the None preset Using multi level lists For multi level lists as opposed to bulleted and numbered lists y
129. ess the Ctrl key and hover over the cell border s until the copy cursor is shown click and drag the copied cell to its new cell location Alternatively select the cell s Copy and then Paste both via the Edit menu into a new cell while holding down the Shift key To apply a coloured background to a whole table hover over the top left hand corner of the table until you see a cursor click once and then use the Colour tab or Swatches tab to apply a colour fill See 5Applying solid fills on p 189 To apply a coloured background to specific cells select the cell s and again use the Colour tab or Swatches tab to colour the cells Using AutoFormat To use style presets to customize the table s appearance Choose AutoFormat from the Table menu The dialog presents a list of sample tables which differ in their use of Lines inner and outer cell borders Fill cell and table Font bold italic etc and Alignment left centre etc You can pick any sample and use the check boxes to specify which of the sample s attribute s to apply to your actual table This lets you mix and match for example by applying in two passes the Colour from one sample and the Font from another To restore plain formatting choose Default Setting Cell Properties To customize the appearance of one or more cells by hand 1 Select the cell s row s or column s 2 Click the Cell Properties button on the
130. etting page and file properties 241 viewing hyperlinks in 236 working with hotspots 236 Welcome to PagePlus X3 3 What s New 3 WMF images 147 word processor files 75 workspace profiles 19 wrap outline 110 cropping object to 67 wrapping text around objects 110 WritePlus 79 zero point 45 Zoom Blur effect 172 zoom view options 33
131. ettings during drag drop onto the page 4 Click OK To include a temporary album s photos in an existing saved album click the Add To button and choose a named album from the menu To create a named album 1 Click the bar s button 2 In the dialog in the Album Name box type a name to identify your album in the future 3 Click the Add Image or Add Folder button 4 In the dialog navigate to a photo or folder and optionally choose whether your photos are to be placed at native or 96 dpi or embedded or linked embedding increases your file size significantly Click Open 5 The New Album dialog lists the files for inclusion Optionally alter DPI and Embed options by clicking on each photo s setting then selecting from the drop down menu 6 Click OK To load a saved album Select a saved album name from the bar s top right drop down menu The album s photos will display in the workspace A saved album can be selected as above and then modified via the Manage button only shown for existing saved albums You can add photos folders delete photos change DPI and alter embed link status Images Lines and Shapes 155 To rename or delete an album Right click an existing album name in the top right drop down menu and choose Rename Album or Delete Album To sort results from an album In the Sort By search box enter your search criteria Any matching files will be displayed in th
132. f multi section slides from individual PagePlus pages Use of slide specific layer control switch layers on or off Freedom to reorder your slideshow Apply slide specific transition effects Control of slide duration Play a soundtrack for single slides or for the entire slideshow To publish a slideshow 1 Select Publish as PDF Slideshow from the File menu 2 In the dialog on the General tab choose a default Transition type for all slides e g Blinds Wipe or Dissolve An individual slide can override this setting with its own transition setting 3 Check Manual Advance if you don t want your slideshow to display slides one by one automatically slides will be progressed manually by mouse click or by pressing the space bar For automatic slideshows choose a Duration i e the number of seconds each slide will remain on screen 4 Uncheck Preview PDF file in Acrobat if you don t want to see a slideshow preview immediately after publishing 5 When your slideshow reaches the last page you can Loop slideshow continuously or Return to normal view to exit the slideshow Publishing and Sharing 217 6 In the Compatibility field select a version of Acrobat Reader You ll get best results by using the latest version but if your intended audience is unlikely to have the latest Reader software you may opt for an earlier version 7 For accompanying music in the Media box click the Open button to
133. f your publication The Headers and Footers Wizard lets you create these elements easily To create headers and or footers On the Insert menu choose Headers and Footers and follow the Wizard instructions The header and or footer is automatically applied to the master page and not the current page To edit existing headers and footers On the Insert menu choose Headers and Footers In the Headers and Footers Wizard select Edit header Leave header as it is or Delete header and then complete the Wizard instructions Carry out the equivalent operation for your footer if needed Using page numbering Page number fields automatically display the current page number Typically these fields are added automatically to the master page so they appear on every page with the Header and Footers Wizard but you can insert a page number field anywhere in your text You can change the style of page numbers the page on which numbering begins and number continuation across chapters all via Page Number Format on the Format menu To define a header or footer that includes a page number field 1 Create a header or footer on the master page by choosing Headers and Footers from the Insert menu 2 In the wizard press the Page Number button to insert a page number field as a prefix or suffix along with any optional header footer text 3 Complete the wizard Working with Pages 49 To insert a page number field
134. fining the object s corners and edges The object also shows an attached Move button which lets you drag the selected object to a new position If objects overlap Alt click until the desired object is selected When selecting a text object with the Pointer Tool Clicking on a text object with the Pointer Tool selects the object and also positions the blinking text selection cursor within the object s text In this mode you can edit the text Double click to select a word and triple click to select a paragraph Press the Delete key to delete characters after the cursor To delete the frame itself choose Delete Object from the Edit menu or Ctrl Delete To select only the frame for example to adjust its margin and column guides click the frame s bounding box Simply clicking on any member of a group selects the group object In general any operation you carry out on a selected group affects each member of the group However you can also select and edit an individual object within a group 54 Working with Objects To select an individual object within a group Ctrl click the object Selecting multiple objects Selecting more than one object at a time creating a multiple selection lets you Position or resize all the objects at the same time Create a group object from the multiple selection which can then be treated as a single object with the option of restoring the individual object
135. fonts is time consuming a challenge to the memory and most importantly document specific only As a solution especially if the same substitutions need to be applied between different publications in the future you can export all your font mappings to a single Serif Font Map SFM file which can subsequently be imported into other publications saving you the effort of recreating the mappings again The SFM file replaces the font mapping information stored within the publication The font map file is binary so cannot be edited To export Serif Font Map files 1 Perform font mappings for all missing fonts as described above 2 Select the Export button 3 Save your font substitutions to a named Serif Font Map SFM file in a chosen location To import Serif Font Map files 1 Open a publication to which you want to apply saved font substitutions 2 Select Resource Manager from the Tools menu 3 Choose the Fonts tab and select the Substitutions button 4 Select the Import button 5 Locate the Serif Font Map SFM file select it and click Open Saved substitutions in the Font Map file are applied to the current publication For PDF imports especially if you want all new publications to utilize the font substitutions used in your current publication use the Tools gt Save Defaults option to make the current font substitutions your default 104 Working with Text Using FontManager FontManager is a standalone Se
136. g from the Format menu 2 With the Style drop down menu set to Multi Level select the list preset called None and click the Details button 3 From the dialog you can use the Format field to build up a list format for the currently selected Level Pick the Level then the List type which could be bulleted numeric roman numeric or alphabetic 4 Choose a Start at value from which the currently set level s sequence will begin 5 Adjust the character position details including indents Number at and Text indent first tab position Tabstop at and list Align for that level 6 Repeat the process for each subsequent level needed for the list You can edit the Format structure for each new level if needed Reference another level in your Format field by selection from the Insert drop down list optionally choosing a font and its attributes via the Font button To modify an existing preset select it from the list and click the Details button Change the list settings as described above and select the OK button When you create any type of list whether bulleted numbered or multi level the list s settings can be recalled by reselecting any part of the list and choosing Bullets amp Numbering from the Format menu If a preset was used PagePlus remembers this and shows the presets page if the list was a custom list and not saved as a preset the Details page is shown It s possible to save the custom list as a preset at an
137. g a preset design template and editing the headings and accompanying text And no matter how much customizing you choose to do after that the whole job won t be nearly as complicated as developing your own site from first principles So if you re already comfortable using PagePlus for paper publications you ll find it easy going If you re just beginning you ll learn to use PagePlus tools as you go Essentially PagePlus takes the pages you ve laid out and converts them to HTML In fact the Web design templates simplify things further by providing you with a variety of starter layouts professionally designed expressly for Web display Starting a new Web publication Paper Publishing mode is the familiar PagePlus environment for creating print publications However before developing your web site PagePlus must operate in Web Publishing mode The Web Publishing mode includes special features such as menu items and custom settings to facilitate creation of Web pages If you choose any of the Web Page design templates after starting PagePlus you will be in Web Publishing mode automatically Anyone using Web Publishing mode for the first time should begin by creating a simple Web site using a design template You ll find a selection of templates available by default plus lots more on the PagePlus X3 Resource DVD For more details about the Resource DVD contact Serif To create a new Web publication using a Design Template 1 Launch
138. g on brush type A configurable number of pixels adjacent to the outline area are blended Either tool allows the default brush size to be set before you select areas for keeping discarding You can set your own custom size or use a small medium or large preset brush size Choose from the top of the Studio workspace 162 Images Lines and Shapes To aid the selection operation several display modes are available to show selection Show Original Show Tinted and Show Transparent buttons respectively display the image with selection areas only various coloured tints aiding complex selection operations checkerboard transparency areas marked for discarding For Show tinted a red tint indicates areas to be discarded a green tint shows areas to be kept For Show transparent mode a different Background colour can be set at bottom of the Studio which might help differentiate areas to keep or discard To select image areas for keeping discarding 1 In Image Cutout Studio click either Keep brush or Discard brush from the left of the Studio workspace 2 Optional Pick a Brush size suitable for the area to be worked on 3 Optional Set a Grow tolerance value to automatically expand the selected area under the cursor by detecting colours similar to those within the current selection The greater the value the more the selected area will grow 4 Using the circular cursor click and drag across the are
139. g using the arrow keys on your keyboard to view the character s name and Unicode Index at the bottom of the dialog You can also enter any Unicode hex value and click Go to jump to that particular character in the current font To insert a character into your text double click it or select it and click Insert To enter subscript or superscript characters Press Ctrl to enter subscript mode or Ctrl Shift for superscript mode Type the subscript or superscript then press the key combination again to return to entering regular characters Inserting date time You can insert a date time field into your text stamped with current date time information by using Information gt Date or Time from the Insert menu Various date and time formats are available By default the date time field updates itself automatically when the publication is saved or loaded You can turn auto updating off if necessary Inserting user details When you create a publication from a Design Template for the first time you may be prompted to update your user details from a User Details dialog which will then be used for subsequent design templates This means you don t need to re enter the same information the next time it s required in your next Design Template Note that some templates don t make use of these user details so a prompt may not occur You can also use this User Details dialog to review your User Details at any time Whether open
140. graphic object entails placing an anchor at that location the anchor serves as the target for the bookmark link To insert bookmarks by hand 1 Optional To bookmark a specific location in the publication first place the cursor at that point or select an object You can select a range of text for example a section heading to use it as the actual text of the bookmark 2 Choose Bookmark from the Insert menu or Insert Bookmark from the right click menu OR Choose Bookmark Manager from the Tools menu In the bookmark tree display the entry below which you want to create the new bookmark Check Create as sub entry if you want the new bookmark nested as a child of the selected entry Then click the Create button Publishing and Sharing 215 3 In the Create Bookmark dialog the Text field shows the range of text you selected if any for example a section heading You can leave this if it s suitable for the bookmark text or edit it as needed otherwise enter new text if the field is empty 4 Click to select the bookmark destination type then enter the destination To bookmark a specific location choose An anchor in your publication To place a new anchor at the cursor location select lt Anchor at current selection gt from the list below You ll be prompted to enter an anchor name with the bookmark text as the default edit the name if you like and click OK To bookmark a previously placed anchor simply ch
141. h maintenance task and its status 5 When you re done click the window s Close button to terminate the FTP connection and return to PagePlus 248 Producing Web Pages Index 12 250 Index Index 251 2D 172 filter effects 172 3D 175 filter effects 175 Instant 3D 179 3D Lighting 175 178 3D Reflection Map 177 Adobe Acrobat PDF files 22 213 214 216 bookmark lists in 214 exporting 213 importing 22 albums photo 153 alignment 61 97 of objects 61 of paragraphs 97 anchors hyperlinking to 70 animation effects adding to Web page 241 animation effects Web 241 arrows 170 artistic text 85 on a path 90 Artistic Text Tool 86 AutoCorrect 118 AutoFit 82 of frame text 82 of path text 92 to table row column cell contents 126 AutoFlow 83 155 of frame text 83 of images 155 AutoSpell 119 AVI Web multimedia 242 background master page 31 background colour or scheme of Web pages 239 banners 20 29 printing 205 B zier curves 165 bitmap fills 191 bitmap transparency 199 bitmaps 147 importing see also images 147 replacing 152 bleed area guides 42 Blur effect 173 BMP images 147 booklets 20 29 printing 205 bookmarks 214 for PDF files 214 BookPlus 137 books 137 borders 69 boxes 170 bulleted lists 106 111 Bump Map effects 176 Calendar Event Manager 130 Calendar Wizard 130 calendars 130 events for 132 public holidays for 132 calligraphi
142. he button to zoom in out of the photo OR 1 Right click on a picture frame and choose Properties gt Frame Properties OR Select the picture frame and choose Frame Properties on the Picture context toolbar 2 In the dialog you can scale to maximum minimum Stretch to Fit or use the original image s size No Scale 3 To change vertical alignment of pictures within the frames select Top Middle or Bottom 4 For horizontal alignment select Left Centre or Right While you can take advantage of PagePlus s preset frames you can create your own shape e g a morphed QuickShape or closed curve then convert it to a picture frame 152 Images Lines and Shapes Creating custom picture frames 1 Create the shape as required 2 Right click the shape and select Convert to Picture Frame OR Select Convert to gt Picture Frame from the Tools menu You can then add a picture to the frame as described previously Using the Media Bar The Media Bar acts as a basket containing photos for inclusion in your publication Its chief use is to aid the design process by improving efficiency avoiding having to import photos one by one and convenience making photos always at hand For photo rich documents in particular perhaps based on Photo Album design templates the Media Bar is a valuable tool for dragging photos directly into picture frames or for simply replacing existing pictures on the page You can even use t
143. he AutoFlow feature to add all photos sequentially into available empty picture frames with one click The bar can be used as a temporary storage area before placing photos in your document or it can be used to create more permanent photo albums from which you can retrieve stored photos at any time By default photos are added to a temporary album but remember to click the New Album button if you want to Images Lines and Shapes 153 save your album for later use Each time you start PagePlus you simply load that saved album or any other saved album or just work with a temporary album the choice is yours Photo albums can be subsequently modified renamed and deleted viewing the contents of an individual album or all albums at the same time is possible You can import an unlimited number of photos by file or by whole folders and set photo resolution native or 96dpi and whether photos are embedded or linked to your project in advance of photo placement on the page For large photo collections searching throughout albums for photos by file name and EXIF IPTC or XMP metadata is possible in the search box at the top of the Media Bar even edit XMP metadata from within PagePlus The currently loaded album shown on your Media Bar will remain visible irrespective of which document you have open Photo thumbnails can be dragged from the Media Bar directly onto your page into an existing standalone photo or into an empty or populat
144. he CMYK colour space and fonts you ve used will be embedded 208 Printing your Publication A single PDF X file will contain all the necessary information fonts images graphics and text your print partner requires to produce either spot or process colour separations To output your publication as a PDF X file 1 Choose Publish as PDF from the File menu 2 Review General and Advanced tab settings see Exporting PDF files When preparing a PDF X file for professional printing choose either PDF X 1 or PDF X 1a in the General tab s Compatibility list as advised by your print partner Also inquire whether or not to Impose pages this option is fine for desktop printing of a folded publication or one that uses facing pages but a professional printer may prefer you to leave the imposition page sequencing to them 3 Review Prepress tab settings You don t need to worry about the Compression or Security tabs these only apply to standalone PDFs Manual duplex printing Duplex two sided printing can give your greetings cards and other documents the edge It can also save money by allowing you to use less paper However not all printers have this built in duplexing function and are considered simplex supports single sided printing only Using the Manual Duplex Printing wizard you can overcome this limitation of simplex printers by flipping pages in the printer s manual feed tray when prompted To set up your printe
145. he basic measurement unit used by the rulers Choose Options from the Tools menu and select the Rulers page In Paper Publishing mode the default unit is inches or centimetres in Web Publishing mode the default is pixels Adjusting rulers By default the horizontal ruler lies along the top of the PagePlus window and the vertical ruler along the left edge The default ruler intersection is the top left corner of the pasteboard area The default zero point marked as 0 on each ruler is the top left corner of the page area Even if you have set up bleed area guides and the screen shows an oversize page the zero point stays in the same place i e the top left corner of the trimmed page To define a new zero point Drag the tab marker on the ruler intersection to a new zero point on the page or pasteboard Be sure to click only the triangular marker To move the rulers With the Shift key down drag the tab marker on the ruler intersection The zero point remains unchanged Double click on the ruler intersection to make the rulers and zero point jump to the top left hand corner of the currently selected object This comes in handy for measuring page objects 46 Working with Pages To restore the original ruler position and zero point Double click the tab marker on the ruler intersection To lock the rulers and prevent them from being moved Choose Tools gt Options and select the Rulers p
146. he layer to not to print lock layers to prevent accidental changes to objects or set a selection handle colour to help identify which objects belong to which layer To set layer properties 1 Display the Layers tab 2 Select desired settings for the chosen layer Check the box in the Master Page s column to assign a normal and or master page to the layer Check the box in the Visible column to show the layer and any objects on it uncheck to hide the layer Check the box in the Master Page s visible column to show the layer s master page uncheck to hide it Check the Printable column to include the layer in page printouts uncheck to exclude it Check the box in the Locked column to prevent objects on the layer from being selected edited uncheck to allow editing 42 Working with Pages To set the Selection handle colour click the colour selection button and choose a colour from the palette click More Colours for a wider choice If required you can click the Layer Options button instead To toggle all layer properties Choose All Layers Visible All Layers Printable or All Layers Locked from the View menu You can also toggle View Master Page Objects to show hide master page objects Setting guides for page margins rows columns and bleeds Layout guides are visual guide lines that help you position layout elements They can include page margins row and column g
147. he lower toolbar provides a variety of familiar view options plus the Multipage button which lets you preview your publication using a page array To arrange multiple pages in the preview window 1 Click the Multisheet button An array selector appears 2 Move the pointer across the menu to choose an array To expand the number of choices move the pointer upwards and to the right 3 Click once to make your selection To return to single page view Click the Multisheet button and select the 1x1 Sheets array To cancel Print Preview mode Click the Close button Printing your Publication 205 Working in Trimmed Page Mode Trimmed Page Mode lets you toggle between the page you re currently working on complete with visible guides pasteboard objects text marks etc and a preview page which shows how your page will appear in print PagePlus takes this useful feature a step further by allowing the page content to be edited whilst still in Trimmed Page mode To enter Trimmed Page mode Click the Trimmed Page Mode button on the Hintline toolbar Printing special formats Printing booklets PagePlus automatically performs imposition of folded publications when you use File gt Page Setup and select or define a Folded Publications type The settings ensure that two or four pages of the publication are printed on each sheet of paper with pages printed following the booklet sequence This saves you fr
148. he original in the arrangement or the Grid size Note that you can use the Line length setting to include an odd number of objects in a grid 4 Set spacing between the objects as either an Offset measured between the top left corners of successive objects or a Gap between the bottom right and top left corners You can specify Horizontal and or Vertical spacing and or an angular Rotation To set a specific horizontal or vertical interval check Absolute uncheck the box to specify the interval as a percentage of the original object s dimensions 5 Click OK The result is a multiple selection Click its Group button if you want to keep the separate objects linked for additional manipulations Pasting an object s formatting Once you have copied an object to the Clipboard you can use Paste Format to apply its formatting attributes to another object Another command Paste Format Plus displays a master control dialog that lets you optionally select or deselect specific attributes to be included when formatting is pasted See the PagePlus Help for more information on the Paste Format Plus feature To paste one object s formatting to another 1 Copy the source object 2 Select the target object and choose Paste Format from the Edit menu The target object takes on any formatting attributes and settings of the source object Working with Objects 59 Moving objects To move an object including a multiple selection
149. ht Line Tool 164 165 Style Attributes Editor 183 styles 181 object 181 setting font 97 synchronizing books 139 text 104 assigning numbers to 115 named 105 previewing 105 reapply 108 subscripts 116 substituting fonts 100 superscripts 116 Swatches tab 167 190 191 switching between publication windows 23 symbols 115 tab stops 95 table of contents 135 creating 140 for PDF file 214 Table Tool 123 tables Autofit to row column cell contents 126 calendars 130 distribute rows columns evenly in 125 formatting numbers 129 inserting formulas 129 manipulating 123 overview 122 QuickClear and QuickFill 128 set row height column width in 125 sorting text in 124 templates design 20 logo 87 text 75 adding to text frame 79 applying fonts to 98 artistic standalone 85 AutoCorrect and AutoSpell 118 258 Index changing colour or shading of 189 copying pasting moving 93 default properties of 25 editing on the page 92 Find amp Replace 96 fitting to frames 81 fitting to path 92 formatting in PagePlus 97 frames 75 importing from file 75 105 in Web publications 239 inserting date time 116 inserting symbols 115 inserting user details 116 on a path 90 selecting 92 setting default properties 25 setting indents 94 setting tab stops 95 special effects 172 175 table overview 122 using gradient and bitmap fills on 86 190 Text context toolbar 97 text frames
150. ialog navigate to and select the PDF file for insertion Click Open 5 From the Insert PDF File dialog choose to insert the pages of the imported PDF document Before the current page On the current page or After the current page 6 If necessary check the options to group each new page as a single object and to resize your current publication to that of your inserted PDF document 7 Click the OK button Working with more than one publication PagePlus lets you open more than one publication at a time Each new publication you open appears in a separate window with its own settings With windows reduced or tiled you can also drag and drop objects between windows You can also preview the current publication in a separate window see Previewing the printed page on p 204 24 Getting Started To close the current window Choose Close from the File menu or click the window s Close button If it s the only window open for the publication the command closes the publication and you ll be prompted to save changes You can close all open publications without exiting the main PagePlus application The Window menu lets you create new windows and arrange the open document windows in various ways i e by cascading and tiling horizontally or vertically Saving your publication To save your work Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar To save under a different name choose Save As from the File menu Cl
151. ike alignment left centre right 5 Check the Ignore line wrapping box to ignore returns in the source text that is only if the file has been saved with a carriage return at the end of every line and you want to strip off these extra returns Otherwise leave the box unchecked 6 Click Open The text will imported into the pre selected text object or a new text frame Understanding text frames Typically text in PagePlus goes into text frames which work equally well as containers for single words standalone paragraphs or multipage articles or chapter text You can also use artistic text see p 85 for standalone text with special effects or table text see Creating text based tables on p 122 for row and column displays 76 Working with Text What s a text frame A text frame is effectively a mini page with Margins and column guides to control text flow Optional preceding and following frames Text and optional inline images that flow through the frame from the previous frame and on to the next The text in a frame is called a story When you move a text frame its story text moves with it When you resize a text frame its story text reflows to the new dimensions Frames can be linked so that a single story continues from one frame to another But text frames can just as easily stand alone Thus in any publication you can create text in a single frame spread a story over several fr
152. in select the add form link to enter the email address that you want your form data to be sent to 5 Click the Add Form button This generates an entry in the displayed list from which a 30 digit Form ID can be copied 6 Paste the Form ID directly from the web page into the input field in your Wizard dialog 7 Click the Next gt button 8 Select a Data format from the drop down menu that you would like to store and transport your form data Select one of HTML FDF or XFDF see above OR 1 For your own Web server click Next gt 2 Add your Web Server address to the displayed field click Next gt NOTE this should not be a file directory but a valid Web site on the Intranet Internet 3 Choose a data format for exporting the form data Select one of HTML FDF PDF or XFDF see above NOTE You must ensure that your server is able to process the above data formats 4 Finish the Wizard process by clicking the Finish button 5 Move your cursor to the location for your button and click once The Submit button settings can be edited as for other form fields by right clicking and selection of Form Field Properties This will allow form fields to be included excluded from data collection 232 Using PDF Forms Producing Web Pages 11 234 Producing Web Pages Producing Web Pages 235 Getting started in Web mode How easy is it to create your own Web site with PagePlus It can be as simple as selectin
153. in PagePlus is now distinct from the original file Embedding results in a larger PagePlus file and if you need to alter an embedded picture you ll need to re import it after editing Still it s the best choice if file size isn t an issue and graphics are final Linking inserts a copy of the picture file into the PagePlus publication linked to the actual file so that any changes you later make to it in the native application will be automatically reflected in PagePlus Linking is one way of avoiding bloat by limiting the size of the publication file On the other hand you ll need to manage the externally linked files carefully for example making sure to include them all if you move the PagePlus file to a different drive By default PagePlus prompts you to embed pictures that are smaller than 256 KB by preselecting the Embed Picture option in the Insert Picture dialog but you can always select Link Picture instead If you like you can change the threshold file size or even switch off the automatic selection You can use the Resource Manager later on to change an item s status from linked to embedded or vice versa For dragging images from the Media Bar images lt 256 KB are embedded while images gt 256 KB are linked However you can change embed or link status with the Shift key as you drag To preselect embedding or linking based on file size 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu You ll see the General tab 2 To p
154. ines mean you have greater control over where text flows and how it appears Import paste export text in Unicode format design with a foreign language or special fonts and characters Text Control Apply text formatting from an on hand text context toolbar apply multi level bullet and numbering schemas to your paragraphs even to your text styles a Text Styles tab for allocating text attributes to chosen paragraphs flexible bullet numbering and indenting buttons and much more Welcome 9 Fonts Substitute missing fonts when opening third party publications View your currently installed font set in the Fonts tab including those most recently assigned to text favourite fonts and those considered WebSafe Hover over a listed font for an in situ font preview of your selected text simply click to apply the new font if you like it Easily swap all selected instances of a common font for another font in one fell swoop Frame and Artistic Text Create text with stunning transparency effects gradient bitmap photo fills 2D 3D effects and more Use designer artistic text for high impact headlines and powerful design elements artistic text scales flips and can follow a drawn path while frame text flows and line wraps Multilingual Support Create multiple language documents in PagePlus You can mark words paragraphs or whole stories with a language and PagePlus will automatically check the spelling for you in th
155. ing a template or updating an existing publication the fields once edited can be updated at the click of a button To switch off prompting for user details uncheck the Show when opening new templates check box in the User Details dialog Working with Text 117 To add edit or change User Details 1 Click the button on the Pages context toolbar deselect objects to view 2 Enter new information into the spaces on the Business Home or Custom tab a Calendars tab will appear if there is a calendar in your publication You can also insert one or more User Details fields into any publication at any time The Custom tab of the User Details dialog includes modifiable and nameable fields into which you can enter any information you may frequently need to plug into your publications To insert a User Detail field 1 Select the Pointer Tool and click in the text for an insertion point 2 Choose Information from the Insert menu then select User Details from the submenu 3 Select a User Detail entry and optionally any text Prefix or suffix Postfix to include with your user details e g Name 4 Click OK To update fields Enter new information in the User Details dialog via Tools gt Set User Details Click the Update button to automatically update any altered field currently placed in your publication or template This field will remain linked to User Details until it is deleted Viewing and
156. ins a copy of the design until you expressly delete it To view your Gallery 1 Click the Studio s Gallery tab 2 Select a folder or category from the drop down menu The items from the folder s first listed category are displayed by default To add delete or rename My Design categories 1 With the Gallery tab selected click the Tab Menu button and choose Add category Remove category or Rename category from the drop down list 2 Use the dialog to enter and or confirm your change If adding a category you need to name the category in a dialog For removal or deletion simply pick the category in advance of picking the option All designs in a deleted category will also be lost To move or copy an object into the Gallery 1 Select My Designs or a gallery category within that group into which you want to add the object Use the Categories drop down menu for this 2 To move drag the object from the page and drop it onto the Designs group in the right category To copy press the Ctrl key before starting to drag 3 If the Prompt to Rename option is turned on you ll be prompted to type a name for the design You can name or rename the design later if you wish By default unnamed designs are labelled as Unnamed 4 A thumbnail of the design appears in the Designs group and its name or label appears as a tooltip Tiny Swatches view when you hover the pointer over the design or as a label underneath the icon all
157. lbow connector select the Elbow Connector Tool from the same location Images Lines and Shapes 185 2 Either Hover over an object so that default connection points become visible e g for various shapes OR Hover over an object s edge until you see a red square 3 Drag from the object s connection point to another object s connection point default or custom Release the mouse button when the pointer is over the target connection point A direct connector will appear between the two connection points Instead of using an object s default connection points you can create your own custom connection points by either hovering over any shape s edge and dragging from that originating point or by simply creating a custom connection point with the Connection Point Tool They can also be placed anywhere on the page and are especially useful when creating a connection onto grouped QuickShapes or more complex grouped objects such as symbols To add a custom connection point with tool 1 Select an object 2 Select the Connection Point Tool on the Connector Tools flyout Tools toolbar 3 Click at a chosen location to place the custom connection point inside or outside the object The custom connection point appears in blue To view the connection points again you have to hover over the object which was selected while the connection point was created Remember to enable either the Connector Tool or Elbow Connecto
158. le You then position the icon on your page Inline A media player will be visible on your published Web page rather than appearing after the user clicks a link icon or picture In PagePlus you ll see a marker on the page where the player will appear With the first option the media file remains external and can t be embedded in your publication The last two options give you the choice of embedding the media file To add linked sound or video to a page 1 To link from an icon picture or inline player options 2 to 4 choose Web Object from the Insert menu and select either Sound or Video from the submenu 2 Browse to locate the media file name 3 Select a link display option 4 If you do not wish to embed the file in your publication uncheck the Embed option Note If you choose not to embed your source files we suggest you keep them together in a single subfolder named Media or the like When you publish your site PagePlus exports and copies both embedded and non embedded files into a common folder 5 Click OK to close the dialog then click or click and drag with the cursor to place the icon picture or marker on your page Adding Java applets Java is a cross platform object oriented programming language used to create mini applications called applets that can be attached to Web pages and that run when the page is viewed in a Web browser PagePlus lets you add Java applets to your Web p
159. lect information remember your last Tax Return PDF forms offer the same form completion concepts but increase the interactivity between publisher and audience by using an electronic medium Some common form types include Application forms Contact Information forms Request forms Feedback forms and Guest books One thing in common with all PDF forms is that they have to be published as PDF to operate A PagePlus PPP file with form functionality must be converted to PDF with File gt Publish as PDF Form Structure The building blocks of a form comprise a mixture of text graphics and Form fields Form fields collect recipient data and can be added moved and modified in a similar way to more familiar objects in PagePlus such as graphics and table elements A field can be a Text field Radio Button Combo box List box Check box or a simple button 224 Using PDF Forms From the form recipient s perspective information is typed into text boxes or selected from check boxes radio buttons or drop down boxes The information entered can be numeric textual or a mixture of both It is possible to arrange and lock form fields plus control the order in which form fields can be navigated see Designing your PDF forms in PagePlus Help Each field has its own set of Form Field Properties relating to its appearance its value s validation calculations and the action expected of the field In PagePlus the form should b
160. lication Palette tinted colours from your current colour scheme or any other colour can be chosen Layout Guides can be set via the button including Margin Guides and Centre Guides from the Margins tab and Ruler Guides via the Guides tab You ll notice that guides are centred on the page by default the ruler origin is also set to the centre of your workspace Converting objects to logos It s just as easy to by pass the logo templates and base your design on objects already present in your publication or Web site To convert existing objects to a logo 1 Select one or more objects on the page 2 Right click and select Convert to gt then pick Logo from the submenu You can then edit your logo as described above OR 90 Working with Text 1 Select one or more objects on the page 2 Select the Edit in LogoStudio button from the Tools toolbar s Logo flyout 3 Optional Edit your logo design In particular you can use the upper Logo Text input box to caption your logo typically a company or club name then click the green check box 4 Click from the Standard toolbar to exit Putting text on a path Ordinary straight line artistic text is far from ordinary but you can extend its creative possibilities even further by flowing it along a curved path The resulting object has all the properties of artistic text plus its path is a B zier curve that you can edit with the Pointer Tool as easily as any oth
161. lick again To change the rotation origin 1 Select the Rotate Tool and click to select the object 2 Move the rotation origin away from its original position in the centre of an object to any position on the page The origin can also be moved to be outside the object ideal for rotating grouped objects around a central point 3 Drag the rotate pointer to a new rotation angle the object will rotate about the new pivot To rotate an object 90 degrees left or right Select the object and click the Rotate Left or Rotate Right button on the Arrange toolbar Working with Objects 65 Flipping an object You can flip objects horizontally left to right top and bottom stay the same or vertically top to bottom left and right stay the same To flip an object horizontally vertically Select the object and choose Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical from the Arrange menu Cropping and combining objects Cropping means masking hiding parts of an object for example to improve composition or create a special effect The underlying object remains intact Several cropping techniques are available to the user You can use either the Square or Irregular Crop Tool to adjust the object s crop outline Use the Crop to Shape command which lets you crop one object to the outline of another The Combine Curves command like Crop to Shape starts with more than one object but creates a special composite obje
162. lies emphasis such as italics bolding or colour to whatever underlying font the text already uses the assumption is that you want to keep that underlying font the same The base character style is shown in the Text Styles tab or palette as Default Paragraph Font which has no specified attributes but basically means whatever font the paragraph style already uses Applying the Default Paragraph Font option from the Text Styles tab or the Text context toolbar s Styles box will strip any selected local character formatting you ve added and will restores original text attributes paragraph styles are not affected As with paragraph styles you can define any number of new character styles using different names and attributes or adopt a pre defined character style Working with named styles The named style of the currently selected text is displayed in either the Text Styles tab or the drop down Styles box on the Text context toolbar A character style if one is applied locally may be shown otherwise it indicates the paragraph style You can use either the tab the drop down Styles box or a dialog to apply a particular style to the existing text The Text Style Palette lets you modify an existing style import styles or define a new style By default a limited set of styles are shown in the Text Styles tab although you can display all styles by checking the tab s Show All option or via Tools gt Options gt UI Settings
163. lumns To select text in a single cell double or triple click text for word or paragraph selection or drag over the text See Editing text on a page on p 92 To move to the next or previous cells use the Tab or Shift Tab keys respectively or the keyboard arrow keys To enter text simply type into a cell at the insertion point Cells expand vertically as you type to accommodate extra lines of text To enter a Tab character press Ctrl Tab To select a row or column click its header along the left or top of the table To select more than one row or column drag across their headers To select all text all rows and columns choose Select gt All from the Table menu To copy paste and delete selected table text within the same table or between different tables use the Copy Paste and Delete commands as you would for frame text You can also right click on a cell containing text and choose Text Menu gt Copy select a new cell then pick Paste from the Edit menu Fill Right or Fill Down will respectively replicate the contents of a row or column s first cell across the entire selected row or column Click the row or column header s button and choose the option from the flyout menu To create a sequence of numbers or entries across cells see Using QuickFill and QuickClear p 128 The copy and paste of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet cell contents into any PagePlus table is also possible To
164. ly have many nodes straight or curved line segments have only two You can make a shape by extending a line back to its starting point To turn a selected line into a shape Select the line with the Pointer Tool and then click the Close Curve button on the Curve context toolbar You can go the other way too break open a shape in order to add one or more line segments To break open a line or shape 1 With the Pointer Tool select the node where you want to break the shape 2 Click the Break Curve button on the Curve context toolbar A line will separate into two lines A shape will become a line with the selected node split into two nodes one at each end of the new line 3 You can now use the Pointer tool to reshape the line as needed See online Help for more information on editing shapes 172 Images Lines and Shapes Applying 2D filter effects PagePlus provides a variety of filter effects that you can use to transform any object 3D filter effects let you create the impression of a textured surface and are covered elsewhere see p 175 Here we ll look at 2D filter effects exclusively The following examples show each 2D filter effect when applied to the letter A Drop Shadow Inner Shadow Outer Glow Inner Glow Inner Bevel Outer Bevel Emboss Pillow Emboss Gaussian Blur Zoom Blur Radial Blur Motion Blur Colour Fill Feather Outline Reflection PagePlus additionally provides the Sha
165. m the submenu For an individual column or row click the header s button and choose Delete To insert remove columns in an existing table click and drag left right on the header after the end of the last table column columns are added or removed as you drag For insertion of rows drag up down on the header at the end of the last row Alternatively select one or more cells then choose Insert from the Table menu Table gt Insert from the right click menu then either Rows or Columns from the submenu In the dialog specify how many to add and whether to add them before or after the selected cells To merge cells into larger cells that span more than one row or column for example a column head select a range of cells and choose Merge Cells from the Table menu Table gt Merge Cells from the right click menu The merged cell displays only the text originally visible in the top left selected cell The original cells and their text are preserved however to restore them select the merged cell and choose Separate Cells from the Table menu Table gt Separate Cells from the right click menu To merge all cells in an individual column or row click the column or row header s button choosing Merge Cells Do the equivalent with the Separate Cells command to split cells Working with Text 127 To copy cell contents including text formatting borders and colours to a new cell in the same table select the cell s pr
166. mages and text really stand out Easily add shadows glows bevels blurs reflections outlines feathering or embossing effects and alter the flexible settings for exactly the right look your original object remains intact and editable if you change your mind Use the Shadow Tool for on the page control of basic or skewed drop shadows Astounding 3D Lighting and Surface Effects Advanced algorithms bring flat shapes to life Choose one or more effects then vary surface and source light properties Start with a pattern or a function adjust parameters for incredible surface contours textures fills realistic looking wood water skin marble and much more Instant 3D Transform your artistic text and shapes into impressive 3D objects directly on the page Apply multiple coloured lighting effects with directional control along with custom bevel and lathe effect profiles to create your very own unique contours Connector Tools Easily design organizational charts family trees and other diagrams connectors will link your boxes circles or other shapes together with links being maintained during any object repositioning Text Text Frames Compose story text in text frames then easily position rotate or size the frame to suit connected frames host the same story text and can be filled automatically by AutoFlow Intelligently control how text fits to frames Enhanced text wrap options and separate crop and wrap outl
167. mbined object permanently takes the line and fill properties of the front object Combining is reversible but the component objects keep the line and fill properties of the combined object Combining is a quick way to create a mask or stencil cutout Quickshapes Convert to Curves Combine Curves Drop Shadow Added To combine two or more selected lines or drawn shapes 1 Draw your two lines or QuickShapes 2 Place the clipping object in front of the object to be cut out using the Arrange menu and or Arrange toolbar as needed Working with Objects 69 3 Select each object and choose Tools gt Convert To gt Curves for both 4 Select both objects 5 Choose Combine Curves from the Arrange menu Combining doesn t work with QuickShapes or text objects Use Tools gt Convert To gt Curves if necessary to first convert these objects to nodes and segments To restore the original shapes from a combined object Select it and choose Split Curves from the Arrange menu Adding borders A border is a repeating decorative element that can be set to enclose an object Borders work especially well with imported pictures To add a border to an object 1 Click Line Border on the Tools toolbar s Fill flyout 2 To apply the border to specific edges of the object use the Border Edges tab To select all edges or no edges click the corresponding icon in the top row To toggle a single edge click the corresp
168. me setup and layout on p 79 Working with Text 95 To set the indents of the current paragraph Drag the appropriate ruler marker s OR For quick left indents select the Increase Level or Decrease Level button to increase or decrease indent respectively Indent is by the currently set default tab stop distance OR To adjust indent settings numerically choose Paragraph from the Format menu or Text Format gt Paragraph from the right click menu In the Indentation box you can enter values for Left Right 1st Line or Hanging indents 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 intersection button until it changes to the type of tab you want Left Centre Right or Decimal Left Centre Right Decimal 3 Click on the horizontal ruler where you want to set a tab stop You ll see your tab stop appear To move a tab stop drag it to a new ruler position To delete a tab stop drag it off the ruler If you want to set precise measurements for tabs right click the frame and choose Text Format then select Tabs from the submenu Working with Unicode text PagePlus fully supports Unicode making it possible to incorporate foreign characters or special symbols To paste Unicode text from the Clipboard to the page use Edit gt Paste Special then select Unformatted Unicode Text 96 Working with
169. move cell contents within the same table select the cell s and hover over the cell border s until the move cursor is shown click and drag the cell to its new cell location To format selected text apply character and paragraph properties or text styles as with any text from the Text context toolbar or Format menu To rotate selected text right click and choose Table gt Cell Properties On the Orientation tab use the rotation dial to set a rotation angle or enter a specific value into the input box Table text can be sorted by row column multi row multi column regions or entire table using the Sort button from the context toolbar Working with Text 125 Characters as part of table text can take line gradient and bitmap fill properties Table text shares default properties with frame text For details see Updating and saving defaults on p 24 To format numbers and insert formulas switch on the Spreadsheet functions button on the Table context toolbar For more details see online Help To change the table s structure and appearance To select a cell click on the edge of the chosen cell To select more than one cell click in one cell and drag across the others one row or column at a time To adjust row or column size drag the cursor shown when hovering over the separating lines in the table row or column headings Note that you can adjust a row s height independent of the amo
170. n the publication choose Ignore All from the right click menu 4 To add the marked word as spelled to your personal dictionary choose Add to Dictionary from the right click menu This means PagePlus will subsequently ignore the word in any publication 5 To run the Spelling Checker Wizard choose Check Spelling from the menu Spell checking The Spell Checker lets you check the spelling of a single word selected text a single story or all stories in your publication To help trap spelling errors as they occur use AutoCorrect and AutoSpell You can customize the built in dictionary by adding your own words Multilingual spell checking is supported by use of up to 14 dictionaries Any language can be enabled globally from Tools gt Options gt General or applied specifically to text or paragraphs via the Language Selector in the Character tab Spell checking can be turned off temporarily by selecting None as a language type this could be useful when working with text containing lots of unusual terms perhaps scientific or proprietary terminology 120 Working with Text To check spelling 1 Optional To check a single story first make sure the text or text object is selected 2 Choose Spell Checker from the Tools menu OR In WritePlus Click the Spell Check button 3 Optional In the dialog click Options to set preferences for ignoring words in certain categories such as words containing numbers or d
171. n your artistic text frame text or table text Applying different fonts to a character or entire paragraph can communicate very different messages to your intended readership Font assignment is very simple in PagePlus and can be done from the Fonts tab Text context toolbar or in the Character dialog via right click or from the Format menu The Fonts tab lets you Apply fonts easily without dialog navigation Assign fonts to be Websafe or favourites View most recently used Websafe and your favourite fonts simultaneously Search for installed fonts via search box Hover over preview of fonts applied to your document s text optional Change a font for another throughout your Publication or Web site by right click Select All Access Serif FontManager subject to availability Working with Text 99 The Fonts tab is automatically hidden by default but can be viewed by clicking the arrow button at the left of your workspace You may also need to click the Fonts label to display the Fonts tab Assigning and previewing fonts The fonts shown in the Fonts tab represent the currently installed fonts on your computer This means that these fonts are available to format any selected character or paragraph To assign a font Select some text then click on the font name in the Fonts tab to assign the font to the text You can preview how fonts will appear on your selected text by enabli
172. navigate to and select an audio file WAV MP3 and AIFF files supported 8 For multi section slides from the Slides tab duplicate or copy a selected slide with the Insert or Copy button respectively Delete a slide if needed or rearrange the playback order of existing slides with the Up or Down buttons For more information see Multi section slides see p 217 9 The Compression Security and Advanced tabs are as described in Exporting PDF files see p 213 and should be set accordingly For most slideshows the Compression tab s Downsample Image option should be checked and set to 96dpi suitable for on screen display 10 Click OK In the dialog save your named PDF file to a chosen location If Preview PDF file in Acrobat was checked your slideshow will start to run automatically Multi section slides One strength of the slideshow feature comes from the ability to make multi section slide variants based on a single PagePlus page this is done using page layers Multi section slides allow you to build up an image in sections display multiple images and text objects sequentially on the same page show and hide page elements and so on Simply create slides based on the original page then edit them by switching on off specific layers to create unique slides A few examples Create time delayed bulleted lists great for mouse or pointer driven presentations Introduce artistic elements to your page over time
173. nc is the copyright owner of colour data and or software which are licensed to Serif Europe Ltd to distribute for use only in combination with PagePlus PANTONE Colour Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of PagePlus All Serif product names are trademarks of Serif Europe Ltd Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks acknowledged 2008 Serif Europe Ltd All rights reserved No part of this User Guide may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Serif Europe Ltd Serif PagePlus X3 2008 Serif Europe Ltd Screenshots in this User Guide have been taken from the UK version of PagePlus Contents Contents 1 Welcome 1 Welcome 3 Installation 11 2 Getting Started 17 Startup Wizard 19 Creating a publication from a design template 20 Starting a new publication from scratch 20 Opening an existing publication
174. nce to insert an equal sign into the edit field or type yourself then continue to type the formula Click the Accept button to update the selected cell or click Cancel See the PagePlus Help for a more detailed explanation of operators percentages values and functions used in formulas Inserting a calendar The Calendar Wizard helps you design month at a glance calendars for use in your publication The calendar is created as a scalable text based table so you can edit text using the standard text tools The properties of a selected calendar are similar to those of a table and can be modified identically see Manipulating tables on p 123 The wizard lets you set up the month year and calendar style format and controls the inclusion of personal events and or public holidays The Calendar Event Manager lets you add personal events before or after adding a calendar Working with Text 131 to the page The Calendar Event Manager lets you add personal events before or after adding a calendar to the page If you have adopted a calendar based design template you ll be initially prompted to configure global calendar details via a User Details dialog This updates all calendar details throughout your PagePlus document in the same way that you d set up the date along with the time on some alarm clocks For calendar specific properties a context toolbar lets you change an existing calendar s month year modify calendar spe
175. nd adjacent text The wrap outline is a contour that defines the object s edges for text wrapping purposes Different object types have different initial wrap outlines For QuickShapes the wrap outline corresponds exactly to the object s edges while for closed shapes the outline is a rectangle You can manually adjust the wrap outline using the Curve context toolbar for more precise text fitting See PagePlus help for more information Flowing text around inline images An inline image is one you ve imported at an insertion point in a text object or have pasted into a text object Where text flow is concerned inline picture frames behave just like inline images Both frame and artistic text will flow around an inline image if the picture s alignment setting is Left Centre Right or Indent shown below but not if it s Top Middle or Bottom shown below Working with Text 111 You can also adjust the Distance from text which as with regular text wrap affects the standoff between the object and adjacent text With frame text the effect is similar to wrapping around a separate object as detailed above Lines of artistic text on the other hand are only terminated by line breaks and don t wrap rather they break around the image and the text object expands to the right To flow text around an inline image or picture frame 1 Right click the inline image or frame 2 Use the Align flyout to set Left Centre Right o
176. nd bleeds on p 42 You may notice that with snapping enabled when you move a guide any snapped to objects will move with the guide This object stickiness is enabled by default with the Sticky Guides feature but can be disabled permanently or temporarily as necessary in Tools gt Options gt Layout It is especially useful for selectively repositioning objects in bulk by guide movement without any unnecessary grouping operations To turn snapping on and off Click the Snapping button on the Hintline When the button is down snapping is on Selective snapping You control which points and lines are snapped to by showing or hiding the individual guide elements i e Rulers Guide Lines Frames Dot Grid etc and by changing options settings for those visible elements To show or hide guide elements Enable or disable the element from the View menu OR Check or uncheck the element s name from Tools gt Options gt Layout OR Right click on the page or pasteboard and choose View then select the element s name To set which visible elements are snapped to 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu 2 Under Snap to on the Snapping option uncheck any elements you don t want to snap to The choices include Grid dots Page Bleed edge Page margins Ruler guides Row column guides Nearest Pixel and Ruler Marks 56 Working with Objects Creating groups You can easily turn a multiple selection into a g
177. ng PagePlus s font preview feature To preview fonts 1 From the tab s Tab Menu button top right of tab check the Preview Font option 2 Select a section of text a letter word or paragraph in your document 3 On the Fonts tab hover over any font in the list The selected text will update to show how the font will appear in situ 4 Optional Click on the font in the Fonts tab to assign the font to the text Changing common fonts Changing one font for another is very simple for a single portion of text but the Fonts tab can take things a step a further by allowing a font to be located throughout the entire document and if necessary swapped for another font It s simple to then re assign a different font to the selected text 100 Working with Text To select and change a font throughout your document 1 Right click a font displayed in the Fonts tab If the font is used in your document you ll see a Select All n instance s message n is the number of times the font is used If there are no occurrences you ll get a Not currently used message 2 Click the message label making it shaded in blue text formatted with the chosen font is selected 3 Hover over font names in your font list Click on a chosen font to apply it to the selected text Substituting fonts Font substitution issues may arise when opening PagePlus Publications PPP and importing PDF files that have no embedded fonts This is
178. nu 3 In the dialog locate the folder where you wish to store the output files by clicking the Choose Folder button You can create a new folder under any selected folder with the Make New Folder button Click OK 4 Either check the Publish All Pages option or in the site structure tree check which specific page s to publish This can save a lot of time by skipping the export of pages you haven t changed 5 Click OK After PagePlus has finished exporting the selected pages you ll be asked if you want to launch your Web Browser to view your pages Click Yes if you wish to do this Previewing your Web site in a browser Previewing your site in a Web browser is an essential step before publishing it to the Web It s the only way you can see just how your PagePlus publication will appear to a visitor Bear in mind that pages generally load much more quickly from a hard disk than they will over the Web If performance is sluggish from a hard disk it s time to subtract some graphics divide the content into more and smaller pages or run the Layout Checker again Producing Web Pages 245 To preview your Web site from a local hard disk Choose Publish Site from the File menu and select to Disk Folder from the submenu After publishing the site or selected pages answer Yes when asked if you want to run a Web browser to preview your pages OR Choose Preview in Browser gt from the File menu then choose a Preview
179. numbers are displayed See PagePlus help for more information Inserting formulas A table cell can display the result of a formula combining values of other cells with arithmetic operators and functions Formulas are recalculated whenever values in the table change so they re always up to date Any cell starting with the character is treated as a formula To enter or edit formulas use the Table context toolbar s edit field Note that you can only select or edit an entire formula not just part of it PagePlus lets you make use of relative or absolute cell references The latter makes use of the symbol before a column and or row reference A 1 A1 A 1 and can be used when copying and pasting formulas in order to reference a constant value throughout your table 130 Working with Text Remember to enable the Spreadsheet functions button on the Table context toolbar to allow you to create formulas To display a cell s formula for editing in the Table context toolbar s edit field Click to select the cell containing the formula To enter a formula Click the Function button on the Table context toolbar and choose a specific function from the drop down menu For example if you start with a blank cell and choose SUM PagePlus adds SUM to the edit field and positions the text cursor between the brackets so that you can type numbers or cell references straight away OR Click the Function button o
180. ny selection mode drag a corner or edge handle 78 Working with Text Creating text frames You add frames to a page as you would any other object PagePlus supports a wide variety of frame shapes You can resize any frame but cannot alter its basic shape To create a frame 1 Select a text frame from the Text Frame flyout on the Tools toolbar 2 Click on the page or pasteboard to create a new frame at a default size OR Drag out to place the text frame at your chosen dimensions To create a frame from a shape You can also draw a shape and select Convert to gt Shaped Text Frame on the Tools menu text is not auto aligned OR Type directly onto any shape to automatically create a shaped frame text is automatically centred vertically and horizontally Useful for creating objects for diagrams To delete a frame Select the frame click its edge until a grey border appears and then press the Delete key Working with Text 79 Putting text into a frame You can put text into a frame using one of the following methods WritePlus story editor Click the WritePlus button on the Frame context toolbar This opens the PagePlus integrated story editor useful for typing formatting and proofing large amounts of text If the frame already contains text it is automatically loaded into WritePlus for editing Importing text Right click on a frame and choose Insert Text File shortcut Ctrl T to impor
181. of bitmap transparency which mirror those on the Swatches tab Changes to the Transparency gallery are recorded as global settings Setting the default transparency The default transparency means the transparency that will be applied to the next new object you create Local defaults only affect objects in the current project For information on setting defaults in PagePlus see Updating and saving defaults on p 24 Printing your Publication 8 202 Printing your Publication Printing your Publication 203 Printing basics PagePlus supports scaling tiling colour separations and many other useful printing options Here we ll cover what you need to know for basic desktop printer output If you re working with a service bureau or professional printer and need to provide PostScript output see Generating professional output p 207 which also covers PDF output for professional printing To set up your printer or begin printing Click the Print button on the Standard toolbar The Print dialog appears To print 1 On the General tab select a printer from the list If necessary click the Properties button to set up the printer for the correct page size etc 2 If necessary click the Layout Separations or Prepress tab s to set special print options To set options for scaling thumbnails multiple pages tiling or mail merge select the Layout tab For details see Printing special formats on p 205
182. of magnification expressed as a percentage Zoom Tool to zoom into an area defined by a drawn marquee selection Pan Tool for moving the page area by dragging Actual size option for viewing the page at its true size 100 Zoom to selection option to focus on a selected area Page Width option to fit to the page s width Full Page option to fit the page into your current window Multi page option to view multiples pages simultaneously set page number by dragging a page array from the flyout menu Switching view modes You can switch between different view modes Normal view which displays one page at a time Multi page view used for inspecting long documents displays a number of pages according to a configurable page array e g a 3x1 grid In Normal and Multi page view the pasteboard is shared by all pages In Multi page view it s also especially easy to move or copy objects between pages using drag and drop and set the number of pages displayed For any view use the Pan Tool to quickly locate the area of interest in your publication 34 Working with Pages To view multiple pages in Multi page mode 1 Click the Multi page flyout on the View toolbar An array selector appears 2 Click and drag to choose an array within the selector for example 2x4 Pages or 3x1 Pages as shown To expand the number of choices drag down and to the right Click Normal View if you change your mind The p
183. olbar s Picture flyout In WritePlus Choose Picture File from the Insert menu 3 Use the dialog to select the picture to open 4 Select either Embed picture or Link picture to include or exclude the picture from the project respectively Use linked pictures to minimize project file size 5 If you select the Place at native dpi option and the picture has a different internal setting PagePlus will scale it accordingly otherwise it applies a screen resolution setting of 96 dpi Either way or if you resize it downwards later on the picture retains all its original picture data until it s published Check Place as raster if you want to permanently convert an imported EPS Windows Metafile or Serif Metafile to a bitmap 6 Click Open 7 If there s a text insertion point in the main window you ll be prompted whether to insert the picture at the current cursor position Click Yes if you want to do this The mouse pointer changes to the Picture Paste cursor if there was no insertion point or you answered No to the prompt What you do next determines the initial size and placement of the detached picture 8 To insert the picture at a default size simply click the mouse OR To set the size of the inserted picture drag out a region and release the mouse button To replace a picture Click the button shown under the selected frame Images Lines and Shapes 149 Embedding vs linking Embedding means the picture
184. om having to calculate how to position and collate pairs of pages on a single larger page and lets you use automatic page numbering for the booklet pages To produce double sided sheets use your printer s double sided option or run sheets through twice printing first the front and then the back of the sheet reverse top and bottom between runs The sheets can then be collated and bound at their centre to produce a booklet with all the pages in the correct sequence With complex setups you may wish to use commercial printing Printing posters and banners Posters and banners are large format publications where the page size extends across multiple sheets of paper To have PagePlus take care of the printing set up your publication beforehand using File Page Setup with the Large Publications option to preview and select a particular preset arrangement Even if the publication isn t set up as a poster or banner you can use tiling and scaling settings see Tiling below to print onto multiple sheets from a standard size page Each section or tile is printed on a single sheet of paper and the various tiles can then be joined to form the complete page To simplify arrangement of the tiles and to allow for printer margins you can specify an overlap value 206 Printing your Publication Scaling Under Special Printing on the Print dialog s Layout tab set the As in document Scale factor option to specify a custom scaling p
185. omain names 4 Select Check currently selected story only or Check all stories in my publication to select the scope of the search 5 Click Start to begin the spelling check When a problem is found PagePlus highlights the problem word The dialog offers alternative suggestions and you can choose to Change or Ignore this instance or all instances of the problem word with the option of adding the problem word to your dictionary 6 Spell checking continues until you click the Close button or the spell check is completed To check the spelling of a single word 1 With the AutoSpell feature turned on from Tools gt Options gt General select in a marked word then right click You ll see alternative spellings on the context menu 2 To replace the word choose an alternative spelling from the menu 3 To tell PagePlus to ignore leave unmarked all instances of the marked word in the publication choose Ignore All 4 To add the marked word as spelled to your personal dictionary choose Add to Dictionary This means PagePlus will ignore the word in any publication Automatic proofreading The Proof Reader checks for grammar and readability errors in selected text a single story or all text in your publication You can use Proof Reader from either PagePlus or WritePlus To start automatic proofreading 1 To check a single story first make sure the text or text object is selected 2 Choose Proof Reader from the
186. onding icon in the bottom row The preview at the left indicates with bolding which edges of the selected object will be updated with the current Border tab settings when you click OK 70 Working with Objects 3 To define the border select the Border tab In the Side list select a border preset You can preview each border in the window at the right To remove a border select None 4 To match the corner pattern to the sides leave Keep side and corners the same checked To mix and match uncheck the box and select a preset from the Corner list 5 Choose an Alignment setting to fit the border to the Outside Inside or Middle of the object s bounding box 6 Set other properties as needed To vary the border width select or type a value in the Weight list If Behind contents is checked the inner half of the border extends behind the object If unchecked the whole border appears in front the wider the border the more it encroaches on the filled region If Scale with object is checked both border and object change together when you resize the object If unchecked the border weight remains constant during resizing 7 Click OK when you re done Hyperlinking an object Hyperlinking an object such as a box or Quick Button a word or a picture means that a reader of your PDF or visitor to your Web site can click on the object to trigger an event The event might be a jump to a different page the appearanc
187. oose it from the list To bookmark a specific page in the publication select A page in your publication and select the target page number 5 Click OK to confirm your choices To delete bookmarks and anchors 1 Choose Bookmark Manager from the Tools menu 2 In the bookmark tree select an entry for deletion then click the Remove button You ll be asked if you want to remove unused anchors OR 1 Click Bookmark from the Insert menu or Insert Bookmark from the right click menu 2 In the Insert Bookmark dialog click the Delete Anchor button 3 From the dialog you can either leave or delete all bookmarks or hyperlinks to the anchor independently of each other Click Yes or No as appropriate Unlike hyperlinks bookmarks also work as actual links within PagePlus publications You can use the Bookmark Manager as a jumping off point to any bookmarked entry 216 Publishing and Sharing Creating a PDF slideshow The creation of PDF slideshows takes PagePlus s PDF publishing a step further While a PDF file shows the exact replication of your original project for electronic distribution or printing the PDF slideshow feature does the same but with the intention of creating automated multimedia presentations These can be shared by email and viewed without the need for special presentation software The main features of PDF slideshow include Advance of each slide manually or automatically Creation o
188. opped in this way to its original shape but the upper cropping object is permanently deleted use Undo to recover it if necessary Cropping to the wrap outline Objects other than inline pictures have a wrap outline which determines how text flow changes if the object overlaps a text frame Initially the wrap outline is set to match the crop outline but for adjustment purposes the two are independent unless you specify that the crop outline should match the wrap outline If you re planning to wrap text around an object and also need to crop it somewhat it will save effort to adjust the wrap outline first then set the crop outline to match 68 Working with Objects To crop a selected object to its wrap outline 1 Click the Wrap Settings button on the Arrange toolbar or choose Wrap Settings from the Arrange menu OR Right click the object and choose Wrap Settings 2 Check the Crop object to wrap outline box For details see Wrapping text on p 109 Combining lines and shapes Combining curves is a way of creating a composite object from two or more lines or drawn shapes As with cropping to a shape the object in front clips the object s behind in this case leaving one or more holes where the component objects overlapped As with grouping you can apply formatting such as line or fill to the combined object and continue to edit individual nodes and segments with the Pointer Tool Unlike those other methods a co
189. ormat WMF Better line fill and text definitions make them ideal for sharing graphics between Serif applications Customized keyboard shortcuts and toolbars Take advantage of customizable keyboard shortcuts assign your own keystrokes to toolbar and menu commands even to text styles Tailor PagePlus to your needs with user friendly toolbar and icon customization Drag and drop options onto your own bespoke toolbar Welcome 5 and some great new enhancements Hyperlink to anchors attached to text shapes or images Rotate objects about a moveable on the page origin point Preserve original arrows shapes and curved corners by locking QuickShape geometry Import multiple pictures and paste one by one Swap the User Interface look and feel choose Silver Blue Aqua Silver Blue or Classic Support for Word 2007 text import filter The Styles tab gets a completely new look with an Object Styles Manager for creating new or rearranging categories Define your own pasteboard colours Drawn ruler guides can now adopt different colours even the current layer s colour For Web publishing colour schemes now offer an off page browser window Background colour and On page colour settings Additionally the Web page Layout Checker has been improved 6 Welcome Key features Before you get started with PagePlus we recommend you take the opportunity to familiarize yourself with PagePlus key features and capabilities Layout Ver
190. orrection 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu and select the Auto Correct page 2 Check your desired correction options as required Note Check Replace text while typing to turn on AutoCorrect To create a correction list 1 In the Replace field type a name for the AutoCorrect entry This is the abbreviation or word to be replaced automatically as you type For example if you frequently mistype product as prodcut type prodcut in the Replace box 2 In the With field type the text to be automatically inserted in place of the abbreviation or word in the Replace field 3 Click the Add button to add the new entry to the list 4 To modify an entry in the correction list select it in the list then edit it in the Replace and With field above Click the Replace button below 5 To remove an entry select it and click Delete Working with Text 119 To turn off AutoCorrect Uncheck Replace text while typing AutoSpell To turn AutoSpell on or off 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu 2 From the General menu option check or uncheck Autospell When AutoSpell is activated possible problem words in your story text are marked in red and you can view a list of suggested alternatives To view alternatives 1 Right click a marked word 2 To replace a marked word choose an alternative spelling from the menu 3 To tell PagePlus to ignore leave unmarked all instances of the marked word i
191. osing the publication To close the current window Choose Close from the File menu or click the window s Close button If it s the only window open for the publication the command closes the publication and you ll be prompted to save changes To close PagePlus Click the program s Close button at the top right of the window OR Choose Exit from the File menu You ll be prompted to save changes to any open publications Updating and saving defaults Object defaults are the stored property settings PagePlus applies to newly created text graphics and frames When you create text in your publication it will have default properties for font size colour alignment etc New graphics will have default properties for line and fill colour shade pattern etc New frames will have default properties for margins columns etc You can easily change the defaults for any type of object Getting Started 25 Default settings are always local that is any changed defaults apply to the current publication and are automatically saved with it so they re in effect next time you open that publication However at any time you can use the Save Defaults command to record the current defaults as global settings that will be in effect for any new publication you subsequently create To set local defaults for a particular type of object 1 Create a single sample object and fine tune its properties as desired or use an existing object
192. ositioned to produce dramatic lighting effects lathe effects create contoured objects e g a bottle cork with the custom lathe profile editor and extrusion control texture control how texture is extruded on objects with non solid fills viewing rotate your object in three dimensions material controls the extent to which lighting has an effect on the object s surfaces great for 3D artistic text An always at hand 3D context toolbar hosted above your workspace lets you configure the above settings each setting contributes to the 3D effect applied to the selected object For on the page object control you can transform in 3D with use of a red orbit circle which acts as an axis from which you can rotate around the X Y and Z axes in relation to your page Look for the cursor changing as you hover over the red circles nodes or wire frame X rotation Y rotation Z rotation X and Y rotation 180 Images Lines and Shapes Transform about your 3D objects axes instead of your pages axes by holding the Ctrl key down as you transform using the nodes You can also adjust the angle and elevation of each active light on the page by dragging the light pointer to a position which simulates a light source After any transformation the underlying base object remains editable To add dimensionality 1 Select an object and click the Instant 3D button on the Attributes toolbar or choose Instant 3D
193. ou apply gradient or bitmap transparencies to create your own 32 bit anti aliased images You can export transparent graphics as GIFs PNGs or TIFs and preserve transparency effects in both your printed output and your Web pages Transparencies work rather like fills that use disappearing ink instead of colour The more transparency in a particular spot the more disappearing takes place there and the more the object s underneath show through Just as a gradient fill can vary from light to dark a transparency can vary from more to less i e from clear to opaque as in the illustration In PagePlus transparency effects work very much like greyscale fills Just like fills Transparency effects are applied from the Studio in this case using the Transparency tab The Transparency tab s gallery has thumbnails in shades of grey where the lighter portions represent more transparency To apply transparency you click thumbnails or drag them onto objects Most transparency effects have a path you can edit in this case with the Transparency Tool As for the effects available on the Swatches tab all are comparable to the fills of the same name Solid transparency distributes the transparency equally across the object Gradient transparencies include linear elliptical and conical effects each thumbnail s tooltip identifies its category ranging from clear to opaque The Bitmap gallery includes text
194. ou can set a different character symbol text or number to display at each level of your list Levels are normally considered to be subordinate to each other where Level 1 first level Level 2 second Level 3 third etc are of decreasing importance in the list For example the simple multi level numbered passage of text opposite is arranged at three nested levels The flexibility of PagePlus s multi level bullet and numbering system means that you have full control over what gets displayed at each level For this reason no common numbering schema needs to exist between levels i e the list could equally be prefixed with a different symbol text prefix or number at each level If you apply a multi level preset to a range of text you ll get a list with the preset s Level 1 format applied by default Unless you use text styles you ll have to change to levels 2 3 4 etc to set the correct level for your list entry Changing list levels on selected paragraphs Click the Increase Level or Decrease Level button on the Text context toolbar to increment or decrement the current level by one 114 Working with Text The multi level presets offer some simple but commonly used schemas for paragraph list formatting However if you want to create your own lists or modify an existing list your own or a preset PagePlus will do this Creating a multi level list from selected paragraphs 1 Select Bullets amp Numberin
195. own metafile format Serif MetaFile Format SMF which is optimized for image sharing between Serif applications You can also acquire pictures directly from PhotoCDs or via TWAIN devices scanners or digital cameras see PagePlus help Inserting pictures There are several ways to bring a picture into PagePlus You can drag a file from an external Windows folder directly onto your page drag a thumbnail from PagePlus s Media bar or import a picture as an embedded or linked image via a dialog even place it into a picture frame Detached pictures float freely on a page while inline images are incorporated with the text flow in a text object Embedded pictures become part of the publication file while linking places a reference copy of the picture on the page and preserves a connection to the original file Each approach has its pros and cons see Embedding vs Linking on p 149 Picture frames let you add your picture into a previously applied shaped frame Choose from elliptical star heart and triangular frames amongst many others 148 Images Lines and Shapes To import a picture from a file 1 To place the picture inline with the text click for an insertion point in a text object detached from the text make sure all text objects are deselected into a frame create the frame and then select it see above 2 In the main window Click the Import Picture button on the Tools to
196. pages if you re creating a publication where you need to see both the left hand verso and right hand recto pages or one that employs double page spreads where a headline or other element needs to run from the left hand page to the right hand page If you set up a publication to use facing pages you can specify either a single or dual master page A single master page is as the name implies a single page a dual master page is a spread with both a left and right page component allowing you to run elements across the spread in the background of the 30 Working with Pages publication or position left side page numbers and right side page numbers at opposite corners The Pages tab shows single master pages with a standard page thumbnail and dual master pages with a split page thumbnail To set up facing pages 1 In the Page Setup dialog check Facing Pages 2 If you plan to use background elements that span a double page spread select Dual master pages This will let you define master pages with paired left page and right page components OR For a facing page layout where both left and right pages initially share the same master page and you don t need to run background elements across the spread clear Dual master pages Because you assign master pages to individual page layers one page at a time it takes two separate steps to assign a dual master page to both left and right facing pages For details see Assigning maste
197. place Look Up box Click the word in the Synonyms list OR Type a new word directly into the Replace Look Up box You can navigate indefinitely through the thesaurus by selecting the specific meaning followed by the specific synonym you are interested in and then clicking on the Look Up button to get a new range of meanings and synonyms for the new word 122 Working with Text To replace the original word Click the Replace button to replace the original word selected in your text with the word in the Replace Look Up box To exit the thesaurus Click the Cancel button Creating text based tables Tables are ideal for presenting text and data in a variety of easily customizable row and column formats with built in spreadsheet capabilities Each cell in a table behaves like a mini frame Like frame text you can vary character and paragraph properties apply named text styles embed inline images apply text colour fills solid gradient or bitmap track font usage with the Resource Manager and use proofing options such as AutoSpell Spell Checker Proof Reader and Thesaurus Some unique features include number formatting and formula insertion Feature Supported Resize move table Rotate table 1 Rotate table text in cell 1 Sort table contents Solid fill and border colour Gradient and bitmap fill Transparency 1 Borders 1 Working with Text 123 Warp 1 2D 3D Filter effects
198. plates list on the left select a publication category and then examine the samples on the right Click the sample that is the closest match to the document you want to create and then click Open Starting a new publication from scratch Although design templates can simplify your design choices you can just as easily start out from scratch with a new blank publication To make life easier you can adopt a particular document type regular normal folded small large publication web page as a starting point Examples include greeting cards banners posters and labels To start a new publication via Startup Wizard 1 Open PagePlus to display the initial Startup Wizard if switched on OR With PagePlus loaded choose New from the File menu and then select New from Startup Wizard 2 Select Create gt Start New Publication 3 In the Templates list on the left select a document type and then examine the samples on the right Click the sample that is the closest match to the document you want to create OR You can define a custom publication by clicking Custom Page Setup Getting Started 21 4 Click Open to open a new publication with a blank page If you click Cancel or press Escape from the Startup Wizard PagePlus opens a blank document using default page properties To start a new default publication Click the New Publication button on the Standard toolbar only if Startup Wizard is turned off
199. presented as a PagePlus table The database table could be from one of a comprehensive range of database file formats Serif databases sdb Microsoft Access dBASE as well as from HTML files Excel files ODBC and various delimited text files For multi table databases PagePlus lets you select the table to be inserted For a high degree of control it is also possible to filter and sort your database records prior to import 134 Working with Text Insertion of database tables adopts the same principles as those used for Mail merge see p 141 However instead of creating letters or labels you are merging content into a table To insert a database table 1 Click Insert Database table from the Tools toolbar s Table flyout 2 Using the pointer draw an area on your page that will contain your database information If there are many fields in your database table you may consider presenting the information on a page with landscape orientation Alternatively you can choose only a subset of those fields see below 3 In the dialog navigate to your database file and select it Use the drop down menu to change file format if you can t find the database file you require 4 Click Open 5 Optional for multi table databases The Select Table dialog displays the tables within your database Select your table and click OK 6 The Merge List dialog shows all the table rows records in the table choose to Select All record
200. printing for a particular job You can output your PagePlus publication and hand it off to any trusted commercial printer If you re not using colour matching we suggest you set up ICC device profiles for image colours and enable colour management so that images in the exported file include correct colour space information You can also specify a device profile for your desktop printer for accurate on screen proofing of desktop printed colours For details see Managing screen and output colours Unless you re handing off camera ready artwork your print provider will specify the format in which you should submit the publication either PDF X or PostScript see online Help Once you ve decided whether to output as PDF or PostScript you ll need to set Prepress options before choosing the appropriate output command The Separation and Pre press options are further described in the PagePlus Help In addition the process for producing colour separations is detailed PDF X PDF is a format developed by Adobe to handle documents in a device and platform independent manner PDF excels as an electronic distribution medium and the reliable PDF X formats are perfect for delivering a publication file to a professional printer Your print partner can tell you whether to deliver PDF X 1 or PDF X 1a PagePlus supports both but from the PagePlus end of things you won t see a difference In either mode all your publication s colours will be output in t
201. produce professional results with negligible interference from background colours The term alpha refers to a 32 bit image s alpha transparency channel Vector cropped Bitmap Use on more well defined edges A cropped image with crop outline is created which can be later manipulated with the crop tools You can optionally apply feathering to the image edge but will not remove background colour To create an alpha edged bitmap 1 Select Alpha edged Bitmap from the Output Type drop down menu 2 Optional Drag the Width slider to set the extent to which the alpha blending is applied inside the cutout edge 3 Optional Adjust the Blur slider to smooth out the cutout edge To create a vector cropped bitmap 1 Select Vector cropped Bitmap from the Output Type drop down menu 2 Optional Drag the Feather slider to apply a soft or blurry edge inside the cutout edge 3 Optional Drag the Smoothness slider to smooth out the cutout edge 4 Optional The Inflate slider acts as an positive or negative offset from the cutout edge Selecting areas to keep or discard A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to enable parts of the image to be selected The tools are called Keep Brush and Discard Brush and are either used independently or more typically in combination with each other When using either tool the brush paints an area contained by an outline which is considered to be discarded or retained dependin
202. r 1 Go to File gt Setup Manual Duplex Printing 2 A list of printers available for manual duplex printing will be displayed Select the printer that you wish to configure and click Next 3 Ensure that the printer tray has paper loaded and click Next 4 Follow the instructions and select the options that apply to your printout Click Next when you are ready to proceed through the setup 5 At the end of the configuration you will be asked whether you would like an instruction page when using the manual duplex with this printer If you select yes recommended an instruction sheet will be printed whenever you use the Manual Duplex option with this printer 6 Click Finish Printing your Publication 209 The instruction page can potentially save wasted time and money by helping to prevent the paper from being loaded incorrectly when it is reloaded into the printer If at a later date you decide that you don t want the instruction page you can turn it off by running through the Setup again You must configure your printer before you can use the Manual Duplex printing option To print using manual duplex 1 Go to File gt Print 2 In the Print dialog set your printing options and choose Manual Duplex printing from the Double sided options drop down menu 3 Click Print 4 The first set of pages should print along with an instruction page if you requested one Place the paper back in the tray and press continu
203. r Indent OR Choose Properties from the menu In the Picture Properties dialog set the Align type Optionally set the Distance from text i e the indent from Left Right Top or Bottom then click OK Creating a bulleted or numbered list You can turn a series of paragraphs into bulleted numbered or multi level lists Bullets are especially useful when listing items of interest in no specific order of preference numbered lists for presenting step by step procedures by number or letter and multi level lists for more intelligent hierarchical lists with prefixed numbers symbols or a mix of both all with supporting optional text see Using multi level lists on p 113 Bulleted list Numbered list Multi level list 112 Working with Text PagePlus lets you create simple lists directly from the Text context toolbar or choose from a preset bullet number or multi level lists via dialog If you want to go a step further you can create custom list styles by selecting your own symbols numbers and letter formats You then have the option of replacing an existing preset with your own preset based on your own custom list style Lists can be applied to normal text as local formatting or to text styles equally To create a simple bulleted or numbered list 1 Select one or more paragraphs OR Click in a paragraph s text 2 Select Bulleted list or Numbered list from the Text context toolbar The list style used is the first pr
204. r Tool in advance 186 Images Lines and Shapes Editing connection points and connectors To move a custom connection point select the object to which it is associated and drag the point with the Connection Point Tool To delete a custom connection point you ve added use the Connection Point Tool to click the object to which the connection point was associated click the connection point you want to delete and then press Delete Default nodes are fixed and can t be deleted To move reshape or detach reattach a connector use the Pointer Tool to drag individual nodes Drag the end node of a connector to detach or reattach it See Drawing and editing lines on p 163 If you draw a connector with either or both ends unconnected the free ends stay anchored to the page as drawn Of course you can still move reattach or edit the connector just as if it were connected to an object As any connector is treated as an ordinary line you can format it to add arrows feathers or other decorative line end To format the connecting line To change the line properties select the connector and display the Line tab Use the controls to set line thickness line end and line dash pattern see Setting line properties on p 167 To change the line colour use the Colour tab or Swatches tab see 5Applying solid fills on p 189 PagePlus lets you scale the connector s line ends in relation to the thickness of
205. r any object or stroke a coloured solid or gradient outline around object edges use the new Contour fill which applies gradient fill from the inner to outer outline width 3D effects are boosted with Reflection Maps which offer a realistic glass like transparency control of non reflective reflective surfaces Multiple separately coloured lights are added for dramatic lighting effects All filter effects can now be applied in preview mode or to the object on the page Shared frame and artistic text properties p 73 Apply gradient colour fills and transparency to table and frame text as for artistic text apply to selected characters whole words or even entire paragraphs Control Text Fitting in Frames and Text paths p 81 Use Fit Text Enlarge Text and Shrink Text to control how text fits in a single or linked frames Switch on off Autofit or Shrink text on Overflow on a per frame basis Text paths also now benefit from improved text fitting Table enhancements p 123 Adopt absolute cell references using the notation seen in popular spreadsheet programs e g A 2 Add remove columns rows by dragging end headers Use in context drop down menus on row column headers to drag out new rows or columns Benefit from resizing of table columns without affecting overall table width A New Metafile Format p 147 Import and Export Serif Metafiles SMF a proprietary image format with improvements to the Windows Metafile f
206. r computer Welcome 15 Repairing PagePlus On occasion it may be necessary to repair your installation of PagePlus This can happen if system files are overwritten by another program or if they are accidentally deleted Open the Setup Wizard and select the Repair option and click Next Click Repair The repair process will reinstall all files and registry entries therefore replacing any missing or incorrectly overwritten files Once the repair has completed open PagePlus 16 Welcome Getting Started 2 18 Getting Started Getting Started 19 Startup Wizard Once PagePlus has been installed you re ready to start Setup adds a Serif PagePlus X3 item to the All Programs submenu of the Windows Start menu Use the Windows Start button to pop up the Start Menu click on All Programs and then click the PagePlus item or if PagePlus is already running choose New gt New from Startup Wizard from the File menu The Startup Wizard presents the following choices Start New Publication to open a blank page to work on Use Design Template to create an instant document from a pre designed template Open Saved Publication to edit a saved PagePlus file Import PDF to create a publication from an existing PDF Browse Tutorials to see easy to follow step by step tutorials Use the Choose Workspace drop down menu to choose your workspace appearance i e Studio tab positions tab sizes
207. r effects but not with a 3D Bump Map Images Lines and Shapes 177 3D Pattern Map The 3D Pattern Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a mathematical function you select to introduce colour variations You can use 3D Pattern Map in conjunction with one or more other 3D filter effects 2D Pattern Map The 2D Pattern Map effect creates the impression of a textured surface by applying a greyscale bitmap you select to introduce colour variations You can use 2D Pattern Map in conjunction with one or more other 3D filter effects Transparency The uniform transparency of an object with 3D filter effects applied can be controlled via the Transparency tab see first example below However for more sophisticated transparency control especially for simulating reflective lighting effects on glass objects transparency settings can instead be set within the 3D filter effects dialog check the Transparency option Transparency can be adjusted independently for both non reflective surfaces typically an object s edge shadows shown when side lit and top lit surfaces see second example below 3D Reflection Map The 3D Reflection Map effect is used to simulate mirrored surfaces by selection of a pattern i e a bitmap which possesses a shiny surface which wraps around a selected object Patterns which simulate various realistic indoor and outdoor environments can be adopted with optional use of 3D lighting
208. r master page you can normally select and then edit any object on it regardless of which layer the object is on simply by clicking the object Alternatively you can limit object selection and editing to objects on a specific active layer To edit only objects on the active layer In the Layers tab select the chosen layer the mark should show next to the active layer and uncheck Edit all layers To select all objects on a particular layer In the Layers tab right click the chosen layer and choose Select All Objects Normally the active layer stays the same regardless of which object you select For ease in identifying which layer a given object resides on the object s selection handles will be coloured according to the layer it resides on the layer colour is shown in the Layers tab see Layer names and properties on p 41 and is configurable 40 Working with Pages Layers and master pages Master pages are special background pages that can be shared by more than one regular page They are assigned to each layer of a regular page rather than to the page as a whole so if a page has multiple layers it can also employ multiple master pages For example one master page might include background text elements while another included background graphics By assigning the two master pages to separate layers you could achieve a unified design while keeping the elements separate Page layers can each take a master page b
209. r pages on p 36 You can assign different master pages to the left and right publication pages if necessary For example see below a left hand body text page might use the left side component of one master page while a right hand chapter divider page could use the right side of a different master page Working with Pages 31 Understanding master pages Master pages provide a flexible way to store background elements that you d like to appear on more than one page for example a logo background header footer or border design The key concept here is that a particular master page is typically shared by multiple pages as illustrated below By placing a design element on a master page and then assigning several pages to use that master page you ensure that all the pages incorporate that element Of course each individual page can have its own foreground elements Master pages are available in every publication but in a simple publication you may not need to use any master pages or you may need only one master page Facing pages and multiple master pages prove valuable with longer more complex publications Using the Pages tab or Page Manager you can quickly add or delete master pages for example you could set up different master pages for title or chapter divider pages For details see Adding removing and rearranging pages on p 35 32 Working with Pages Viewing pages Most of the PagePlus display is tak
210. rd RGB CMYK or themed palettes as well as save and load custom palettes for use in other publications To add a custom colour to the Publication palette automatically With the Colour tab selected optionally choose a colour mode from the Colour mode drop down list Pick a colour from the displayed colour spectrum or use colour sliders OR Select the Colour Picker on the Colour tab to select any colour already on your page Optionally hold down the mouse button and drag the cursor onto the page to get a zoomed in view of pixel colours Colour Fills and Transparency 197 Don t colour pick with an object selected otherwise you ll recolour the object with the picked up colour You can also add or edit standard or themed palette colours to the Publication palette by right clicking on a palette swatch then selecting the Add or Edit option or by using the Palette Manager If you don t want to add colours automatically uncheck Automatically Add to Publication palette on the Colour tab s Tab Menu button To add an object s solid fill colour to the Publication palette Right click the object and choose Format gt Add Fill to Studio The colour is added to the Publication palette of the Swatches tab directly To edit a specific palette colour in the Publication palette 1 Right click a sample in the Publication palette of the Swatches tab and choose Edit 2 Choose a different colour from the colour sp
211. requires a Web server to operate Not everyone will have access to or even want to operate their own Web server so as an alternative to this you can use Serif Web Resources This is a free Web to email gateway service which will collect your valued form data at Serif and send it to your email address the service does require that you firstly have a Customer login for security reasons which will allow you to create edit and delete Form IDs via a web page accessible from the Wizard The Form ID a unique 30 digit number is required for the service to operate and is generated automatically when you enter your destination email address in the above web page No personal data will be stored on Serif Web servers All form data is redirected in real time Submitting Form Data The submission of form data sounds a very complicated operation but by using a Form Submit Wizard the process is relatively straightforward The Wizard not only creates a Submit button for your form but configures the underlying submit process and the format in which your form data is to be stored in The submit process is made either to Serif Web Resources or to your own Web server address e g http testserver global com forms collect asp Form data can be stored in several data formats 230 Using PDF Forms Data Format via Serif Web Resources To Web Server HTML ASCII The form data can be read directly in your email without acrobat
212. reselect the Embed Picture option for pictures under a certain size select the threshold size in the Embed if smaller than list Link Picture will be pre selected for pictures larger than the threshold 3 To choose whether to embed or link each picture uncheck Suggest embed link picture You can still select either option in the import dialog it will now remember and preselect the last setting you used 150 Images Lines and Shapes Adding picture frames Not to be confused with a decorative border a picture frame is a shaped container similar to a text frame You can select any one of a series of shaped empty frames as a placeholder and then import or drag a picture into it At any time you can swap a different picture into the same frame This gives you the flexibility of separating the container from its content you can incorporate the picture frame into your layout irrespective of the actual picture that will go inside it You may encounter picture frames if you use photo rich design templates such as those found in the Photo Album template category When loaded the picture frames display as blank placeholders ready for adding your own pictures from the Media Bar or by using Replace Picture All picture frames when selected display a supporting Picture frame toolbar under the frame which offers panning rotation 90 degrees anti clockwise zoom in zoom out and replace picture options shown below from left to right
213. rif application that works alongside PagePlus with respect to font substitution Its main feature is to locate and dynamically install a publication s missing fonts The following procedure assumes FontManager is installed FontManager is a separate application to PagePlus and as a result may not be available for sale in your locality To install fonts dynamically with FontManager 1 Launch Serif PagePlus and open a PagePlus publication PPP OR PDF file 2 From the dialog enable the Use the FontManager option greyed out if FontManager is not installed This locates and dynamically installs any missing fonts which are currently uninstalled but are present on your PC When the current session is closed the dynamically installed fonts will uninstall automatically Using text styles It s a good idea to establish the main text and graphic formatting to be used in your publication early in the creative process PagePlus facilitates this by letting you use named text styles pre or user defined which can be applied to frame text table text or artistic text A text style is a set of character and or paragraph attributes saved as a group When you apply a style to text you apply the whole group of attributes in just one step For example you could use named paragraph styles for particular layout elements such as Heading 1 or Body and character styles to convey meaning such as Emphasis Strong or Subtle Reference
214. rint a picture need to be larger This means a wider halftone screen with fewer lines per inch lpi If you ll generate your output on a desktop printer the device will be putting bits of toner or droplets of ink on the paper On a laser printer shades of grey result from variations in toner coverage Desktop colour printers create colour by laying down dots of cyan magenta yellow and black ink Again printer resolution and paper type are quite variable Dpi dots per inch is the most common measure of print quality But the lines per inch based on halftone reproduction is equally useful A print resolution of 600 dpi corresponds to about 100 lpi that s how we arrived at the 200 dpi scanning recommendation above Screen output If your image will end up on screen instead of in print it will no doubt be viewed at standard screen resolution of 96 dpi That s why this is the default resolution in PagePlus If you re producing Web images it makes more sense to regard resolution as a fixed factor and think in terms of image dimensions instead This means that for an image that will end up on a Web page without any editing you can get away with scanning at 100dpi using the screen dimensions you ll need on the Web page But that s cutting it close especially if you ll be editing the image at all 160 Images Lines and Shapes Using the Image Cutout Studio Image Cutout Studio offers a powerful integrated solution for cutting object
215. rom the Available fonts list box ensuring that the Bold and or Italic options are checked if necessary Some fonts may be a more acceptable substitute with the bold or italic style set 3 Click Add lt lt to place the font in the Substitute with box This box can contain more than one font your first choice and a secondary font e g Arial or Times New Roman A secondary font perhaps a more widely available font is particularly useful if you want to provide an alternative to your first choice substituted font You should always place your first choice at the top of the list with the Move up or Move down buttons The dialog shows both fonts for substitutions e g The Adamsky SF font is first choice with Arial used as a secondary font 4 Click OK Reset the Substitute with box by clicking the Default button This will replace the fonts listed with a single font e g Arial or Times New Roman as governed by Windows this is not configurable Working with Text 103 To manually substitute a font any time 1 Select Resource Manager from the Tools menu 2 Choose the Fonts tab and click the Substitutions button 3 In the dialog select the missing font to be substituted from the Font to substitute drop down menu 4 Carry out font substitution as described in the previous procedure Repeat for each font to be substituted using the Font to substitute drop down menu Clearly the process of substituting large numbers of
216. rop to Shape Curve drawing and Warp tools offer complete flexibility for creating any shape imaginable Apply line styles to all kinds of shapes even add line endings like arrowheads and diamonds Mesh warp envelopes add perspective slant and bulge to any object Fills Enhance shapes and artistic text with fantastic professional fills Use the Colour tab to change fill line or text colour with one click Choose preset fills solid gradient or bitmap from the Swatches tab s palettes even create stunning bitmap fills from your own images What s more every colour used is added to the Publication Palette so that you can easily re use it again and again Intelligent Colour Schemes Choose from dozens of preset colour schemes to change the overall appearance of your publications with a single click You can customize the scheme colours create brand new schemes and apply any scheme to a from scratch publication Ready to go Styles Choose various filter effects glows shadows textures and materials from the Styles tab Customize the preset styles or store your own 8 Welcome Transparency Add transparency to your backgrounds text frames tables shapes and text to achieve a truly professional look As with colour fills you can apply solid gradient and bitmap transparencies even create bitmap transparencies from your own image collection Filter Effects Apply eye catching Filter Effects to make your i
217. roup object When objects are grouped you can position resize or rotate the objects all at the same time To create a group from a multiple selection Click the Group button below the selection To ungroup Click the Ungroup button below the selection to turn back to a multiple selection Simply clicking on any member of a group selects the group object In general any operation you carry out on a selected group affects each member of the group However the objects that comprise a group are intact and you can also select and edit an individual object within a group To select an individual object within a group Ctrl click the object Copying pasting and replicating objects Besides using the Windows Clipboard to copy and paste objects you can duplicate objects easily using drag and drop and replicate multiple copies of any object in precise formations You can also transfer the formatting of one object to another with the option of selecting specific attributes to be included when formatting is pasted To copy an object or multiple selection to the Windows Clipboard Click the Copy button on the Standard toolbar If you re using another Windows application you can usually copy and paste objects via the Clipboard To paste an object from the Clipboard Click the Paste button on the Standard toolbar The standard Paste command inserts the object at the insertion point or for a separat
218. rum between each key colour begins and ends Adjusting the node positions determines the actual spread of colours between nodes You can also edit a gradient fill by adding deleting or changing key colours see below To adjust the gradient fill path on a selected object 1 Click the Fill Tool button on the Attributes toolbar s Fill flyout The object s fill path appears 2 Use the Fill tool to drag the start and end path nodes or click on the object for a new start node and drag out a new fill path The gradient starts where you place the start node and ends where you place the end node Each gradient fill type has a characteristic path For example Linear fills have single line paths while Elliptical fills have a two line path so you can adjust the fill s extent in two directions away from the centre If the object uses a bitmap fill you ll see the fill path displayed as two lines joined at a centre point Nodes mark the fill s centre and edges Using schemes In PagePlus a colour scheme is a cluster of five complementary colours that you can apply to specific elements in one or more publications The Schemes tab displays preset schemes which can be selected at any point during the design process Each publication can have just one colour scheme at a time the current scheme is highlighted in the Schemes tab You can easily switch schemes modify scheme colours apply schemes to any publication even create your own custom schem
219. s Toggle Select invert all current selections or use a custom Filter The filter option also lets you sort the records to be merged The Edit button lets you edit Serif Database SDB files only Click OK 7 The list of fields available in the table is shown in the Select Fields dialog Uncheck any fields that you don t want to be included in the import process Again Select All Select None or Toggle Select options are available 8 Click the OK button The database table appears on your page Filtering your records Records can be filtered via the Merge List s Filter button by using the Filter Records tab then subsequently sorted into any combination with the accompanying Sort Records tab The option helps you limit the number of records imported to only those you require Note that the Boolean operator And and Or operator to build up your filter criteria row by row The Sort Records tab is used to sort by three prioritized field names either in ascending or descending order Working with Text 135 Creating a table of contents The Table of Contents Wizard Insert gt Table of Contents helps you create a table of contents with up to six levels of headings and sub headings derived from named styles in your publication PagePlus includes built in text styles intended specifically for table of contents preparation Contents Title and Contents 1st through Contents 6th Using the Wizard you ll specify which named
220. s out from their backgrounds Depending on the make up of your images you can separate subject of interests from their backgrounds either by retaining the subject of interest usually people objects etc or removing a simple uniform background e g sky studio backdrop In both instances the resulting cutout image creates an eye catching look for your publication The latter background removal method is illustrated in the following multi image example The white initial background is discarded leaving interim checkerboard transparency from which another image can be used as a more attractive background A red tint on the second image s background is used to indicate areas to be discarded To launch Image Cutout Studio 1 Select an image to be cut out 2 Select from the displayed Picture context toolbar Image Cutout Studio is launched Choosing an output It s essential that you choose an output type prior to selecting areas for keeping discarding Either an alpha edged or vector cropped bitmap can be chosen as your output type prior to selection The choice you make really depends on the image in particular how well defined image edges are Let s look at the output types and explain the difference between each Images Lines and Shapes 161 Output Type Description and use Alpha edged Bitmap Use when cutting out objects with poorly defined edges Transparency and pixel blending are used at the outline edge to
221. s later See Creating groups on p 56 To create a multiple selection Click in a blank area of the page and drag a marquee box around the objects you want to select Repeated Shift drags add to the selection region OR Hold down the Shift key and click each object in turn To add or remove an object from a multiple selection Hold down the Shift key and click the object to be added or removed To deselect all objects in a multiple selection Click in a blank area of the page To select all objects on the page or master page Choose Select gt Select All from the Edit menu or press Ctrl A To select all objects of one type on the page or master page Hold down the Ctrl key and double click one object of that type OR Select one object then choose Select gt Select Similar on the Edit menu To select all objects on a layer Display the Layers tab choose the layer name and right click to Select All Objects Working with Objects 55 Snapping The snapping feature simplifies placement and alignment by magnetizing grid dots and guide lines When snapping is on the edges and centres of objects you create move or resize will jump to align with the nearest visible grid dot or guides Objects normally snap to the page edge too Guide lines include ruler guides as well as layout guide lines based on page margins rows columns and bleeds see Setting guides for page margins rows columns a
222. s scale text automatically by adjusting text size compare to Fit Text which fits text once with any additional text causing text overflow Working with Text 83 AutoFlow When importing text it s a good idea to take advantage of the AutoFlow feature which will automatically create text frames and pages until all the text has been imported This way enough frames are created to display the whole story Then you can gauge just how much adjustment will be needed to fit the story to the available real estate in your publication If you add more text to a story while editing or have reduced the size of frame you may find that an overflow condition crops up In this case you can decide whether to use AutoFit or click the frame s AutoFlow button To AutoFlow story text on the page Click the AutoFlow button just to the left of the frame s Link button PagePlus creates additional pages and frames as needed to accommodate the story text Linking text frames When a text frame is selected the frame includes a Link button at the bottom right which denotes the state of the frame and its story text and which allows you to control how the frame s story flows to following frames No Overflow The frame is not linked to a following frame it s either a standalone frame or the last frame in a sequence and the frame is empty or the end of the story text is visible Overflow The frame is not linked either standalone or last frame
223. s to the Publication Palette in the Swatches tab This palette is loaded by default but instead you can view and adopt colours from a standard RGB WebSafe or selection of themed palettes by clicking the tab s Palette button Colours can be added edited or deleted from the Publication Palette but not from other palettes Working with gradient and bitmap fills Gradient fills provide a gradation or spectrum of colours spreading between two or more points on an object A gradient fill has an editable path with nodes that mark the origin of each of these key colours A bitmap fill uses a named bitmap often a material pattern or background image to fill an object Colour Fills and Transparency 191 Linear Elliptical Conical Bitmap You can apply preset gradient and bitmap fills from the Swatches tab to shapes text frames table cells and to any artistic frame and table text Using the Fill Tool from the Attributes toolbar s Fill flyout or from Format gt Fill you can vary the fill s path on an object for different effects see PagePlus help Applying different transparency effects using the Transparency tab won t alter the object s fill settings as such but may significantly alter a fill s actual appearance Applying a gradient or bitmap fill There are several ways to apply a gradient or bitmap fill using the Fill Tool the Swatches tab or a dialog The easiest way to apply a gradient or bitmap fill is to use one of
224. satile Setup with Auto Imposition Just click to specify layouts for small business cards and labels folded booklets and greetings cards and large publications banners and posters Ready to go Design Templates Fancy a quick route to produce stunning designs for home or business use Adopt one of an impressive collection of eye catching Design Templates Master Pages Save time and maintain consistency by using multiple master pages assigned to your publication pages Layers Each page can have multiple layers so you can assign elements to different layers for modular design Professional layout tools Movable rulers guide lines and a dot grid as layout aids help you finely position objects snapping jumps an object to guide or grid Use Sticky guides a great way of moving in bulk all objects snapped to your guide lines move the guide and objects will follow Page control Add and remove pages in just a few clicks of your mouse in the Pages tab Even drag and drop pages within the tab to reorder sequence Assign master pages to several document pages at once To view pages Multi page view lets you see an array of pages even show a facing pages view Mail amp Photo Merge With Mail and Photo Merge read data from just about any source tables from HTML Web pages database files even live ODBC servers Print to labels and letters equally Tables and Calendars Choose from a range of preset forma
225. stic text the vertical alignment setting anchors a particular part of the object for example a top setting anchors the top line and forces new text to come in below while a bottom setting anchors the bottom most recent line and pushes previous lines up as you type new lines Working with Text 87 Creating logos Logos are intended to send a clear message to your target audience all within a simple and identifiable design Whether you intend to communicate a stylish business fun or modern message below PagePlus allows you to create impressive logos within a specifically designed and integrated studio environment called LogoStudio Logos are great for adding to master pages associated with either publications Paper Publishing mode or Web sites Web Publishing mode The LogoStudio interface is a lot like PagePlus but its strength is that it allows you to focus on your logo design without the distractions of other objects on the page i e your logo is displayed in isolation As LogoStudio is an integral part of PagePlus interworking is mainly transparent and seamless you can jump between Logo Studio and PagePlus easily and at any time LogoStudio comes complete with a range of design templates which can fast track you to some compelling results Alternatively a blank logo can be created or any existing artistic text shape gallery object picture or grouping thereof within your PagePlus project can be brought into LogoS
226. styles should map to the three Contents styles For example you could pull out all text using the Heading style as your first level headings You can update the Contents styles as needed see Using text styles on p 104 If you re exporting to PDF format PagePlus can automatically build a bookmark list using the same style markings in your text To create a table of contents 1 Decide which named styles you want to designate as headings at each of up to six levels 2 Check your publication to make sure these styles are used consistently 3 Review the choices you ll need to make when you run the Table of Contents Wizard 4 From the Insert menu choose Table of Contents to run the Wizard 5 You can easily modify the look of your table of contents or run the Wizard again to update the information Using styles to prepare a table of contents The Wizard will show you a list of all the style names used in your publication and you will check boxes to include text of a given style as a heading at a particular level 1 through 6 For example you could pull out all text using the Heading style as your first level headings Entries in the resulting table of contents will appear in the order the text occurs in your publication When the table of contents is created PagePlus formats it using built in text styles intended specifically for table of contents preparation Contents Title and Contents 1st through Contents 6th
227. system 256MB RAM 408MB free hard disk space 1 22GB with Resource DVD installed SVGA display 800x600 resolution 16 bit colour display or higher Additional disk resources and memory are required when editing large and or complex documents Optional Windows compatible printer TWAIN compatible scanner and or digital camera Stylus or other input device 3D Accelerated graphics card with DirectX 9 or above or OpenGL support Internet account and connection required for Web Publishing features and accessing online resources First time install To install Serif PagePlus X3 simply insert the Program CD into your DVD CD drive If AutoPlay is enabled on the drive this automatically starts the Setup Wizard If you are installing PagePlus on Microsoft Windows Vista you may need to click on Run autorun exe from within the Autoplay dialog If AutoPlay is not enabled or doesn t start the install automatically use the Manual install method described below The Setup Wizard begins with a Welcome dialog click Next Follow the steps of the wizard clicking Next each time to proceed At this point you may be informed that there is a reboot pending If this happens we recommend rebooting your PC Remember to remove the Program CD from the drive and to close all other applications before you restart The Setup Wizard should now run successfully when the CD is replaced in the DVD CD drive 12 Welcom
228. t 79 functions tables 130 Gallery tab 156 Gaussian Blur effect 172 GIF animations Web 241 gradient colour fills 190 applying 191 editing 193 gradient transparency 199 grammar 120 checking with Proof Reader 120 grid dot 47 groups 56 creating 56 resizing 60 ungrouping 56 guides 42 for page margins rows columns and bleeds 42 ruler 46 snapping to 55 sticky 44 headers and footers 47 holidays public 132 hotspots Web 236 HTML sending documents via email as 219 Hyperlink Manager 236 hyperlinks adding 70 setting colour of 239 using Hyperlink Manager 236 Image Cutout Studio 160 images See pictures importing database tables 133 delimited files for mail merge 141 PagePlus documents 22 paint and draw type images 147 PDF files 22 pictures 147 text 75 TWAIN images 158 imposition of folded publications 205 Increase level 106 113 indents 44 94 index 136 creating 140 Inner Bevel effect 172 Inner Glow effect 172 254 Index Inner Shadow effect 172 installation 11 Instant 3D 179 interface rulers 44 setting units 45 view options 32 Internet Service Provider ISP 245 Java applets for Web 243 Join setting lines 168 JPGs 147 240 for Web 240 importing 147 layers 36 adding 38 assigning master pages to 36 deleting 38 viewing 35 layout guides 42 46 55 creating 46 setting 42 snapping to 55 layout tools 42 44 55 dot grid 47 g
229. t text Typing into the frame Select the Pointer Tool then click for an insertion point to type text straight into a frame or edit existing text See Editing text on the page on p 92 Pasting via the Clipboard Select the Pointer Tool and click for an insertion point in the text then press Ctrl V Drag and drop Select text e g in a word processor file then drag it onto the PagePlus page If you drop onto a selected frame the text is pasted inline after existing text Otherwise a new frame is created for the text For testing purposes only when designing your frame layout use Fill with Placeholder Text on the Insert menu to populate frames with text Frame setup and layout The frame layout controls how text will flow in the frame The frame can contain multiple columns When a frame is selected and the Frames option is switched on in the View menu its column margins appear as dashed grey guide lines if set in Frame Setup Note that unlike the page margin and row column guides which serve as layout guides for placing page elements the frame column guides actually determine how text flows within each frame Text won t flow outside the column margins You can drag the column guides or use a dialog to adjust the top and bottom column blinds and the left and right column margins 80 Working with Text To edit frame properties directly Select the frame object then drag column guide lines to adjust the bo
230. t the cell s QuickFill handle over the range you want to fill Working with Text 129 In the example an alphabetic sequence has been created down a series of cells beginning with the letter H For numerical sequences if the starting selection contains two or more cells QuickFill uses the difference between them as the common difference For example if the first two cells contain the numbers 10 and 20 then the quickfilled sequence would be 10 20 30 If only a single number is specified then the common difference between the numbers will be 1 Similarly for non numerical sequences you can specify a step between any entries for example enter January in the first cell March in the second QuickFill will place every other month in the sequence January March May July You can type also phrases including known sequences and QuickFill will fill the sequence along with the other words For example type Week 1 and QuickFill would give you the sequence Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 or Jan Sales would give Jan Sales Feb Sales Mar Sales Formatting numbers The Table toolbar includes additional buttons switched on with the Spreadsheet functions button that let you vary how numbers are displayed Number formats let you add commas and currency signs to numbers express numbers as percents control how many decimal places are displayed etc Number formats do not alter numbers internally only the way
231. tartup Wizard is turned off or you cancel the setup dialog a new publication is created to a default page size To adjust size orientation of the current publication 1 On the File menu choose Page Setup 2 For Regular Booklet publications you can select a pre defined paper size or enter custom values for page width and height as well as setting the orientation Portrait or Landscape For booklets only select a type from the Booklet drop down menu which page to start on left right and if you require Facing pages including Dual master pages 3 For other publication types you can select the publication types Small for example business cards labels etc Large banners or posters or Folded booklets For Small publications either enable Paper then create a custom paper size or for creating Labels enable the radio button and pick an Avery label code which matches your labels For Large and Folded publications choose a pre defined option from the list use the preview or to define a custom publication based on the selected option click the Create Custom button Add additional custom settings if necessary 4 Click OK to accept the new dimensions The updated settings will be applied to the current publication Facing pages You can set up your regular publication or booklet so that the PagePlus window displays pages either singly or in pairs as two facing pages side by side You ll need facing
232. te body text and the placement and layout of note text including optional line separators You can add and view notes either on the page or in WritePlus To insert a footnote or endnote 1 Click for an insertion point in a text frame If updating an existing custom mark select it first 2 Choose Footnote Endnote from the Insert menu 3 Select either the Footnotes or Endnotes tab 4 Set the Number format Start at Restart each and Note position fields as appropriate PagePlus displays the new footnote endnote followed by a text edit cursor so you can immediately enter the text of the note Setting text properties PagePlus gives you a high degree of typographic control over characters and paragraphs whether you re working with frame text table text or artistic text To apply basic text formatting 1 Select the text 2 Use buttons on the Text context toolbar to change text style typeface point size attributes paragraph alignment or level If a font is unavailable and has been substituted see p 100 its font name on the Context toolbar is prefixed by the character 98 Working with Text To clear local formatting Select a range of text with local formatting Click on the Clear Formatting option on the Text context toolbar s text styles drop down list or Text Styles tab Using fonts One of the most dramatic ways to change your document s appearance is to change the fonts used i
233. text 72 Working with Objects Working with Text 5 74 Working with Text Working with Text 75 Importing text from a file Importing text from a word processor file is the traditional way to create text content for Desktop Publishing layouts but you can also create a story using WritePlus If you use your current word processor such as Microsoft Word to create the text file for your publication you can import any number of files into one publication Each file becomes a story consisting of a self contained section of text like a single article in a newspaper which resides in one or more linked text frames PagePlus will preserve the formatting of imported word processor text However if you re using your word processor to create text specifically for PagePlus you ll save time by typing as text only and applying formatting later in PagePlus To import text from a file 1 Optional If using an existing empty text frame select the frame If inserting text into a populated text frame click for an insertion point or select a portion of text to be replaced 2 Choose Text File from the Insert menu 3 From the Open dialog locate and select the file to import 4 Check the Retain Format box to retain the source file s formatting styles Uncheck the box to discard this information In either case PagePlus will preserve basic character properties like italic bold and underline and paragraph properties l
234. the set of colours associated with the Publication palette To display the Palette Manager Choose Palette Manager from the Tools menu To add a PANTONE colour to the publication s palette Display the Palette Manager select New then in the Model list on the Models tab choose PANTONE Colours PANTONE refers to Pantone Inc s check standard trademark for colour reproduction and colour reproduction materials For details see PagePlus help If you ve added new colours to the palette and will want to use them in other publications you can save the palette To save the Publication palette In the Palette Manager click Save As and specify a name for the palette If the palette is saved to the dialog s default folder the saved palette s name will appear in the drop down menu of the Palette button Swatches tab Another option if you ll want to use the current palette in another publication is to use the Save Defaults command to record the colour settings globally so they will be available whenever you create a new publication For details see Updating and saving defaults on p 24 Colour Fills and Transparency 199 Working with transparency Transparency effects are great for highlights shading and shadows and simulating rendered realism They can make the critical difference between flat looking illustrations and images with depth and snap PagePlus fully supports variable transparency and lets y
235. ting of 10 low compression high detail For these images PagePlus automatically generates file names using incremental numbering IMG1 IMG2 etc that continues each time you export Global export options and setting export formats are described in more detail in the PagePlus Help Producing Web Pages 241 Choosing Web page properties There s more to creating a successful Web site than designing the pages It s a good idea to browse the Site Properties dialog accessible from File gt Web Site Properties and review a variety of settings you might not otherwise have considered Site Properties Page tab Some of the options on the dialog s Page tab pertain just to the current page while others apply to the site as a whole The Web page title which will appear in the title bar of the visitor s Web browser can serve to unify the pages and focus the site s identity as well as aid navigation Each page in your site can have its own title but you may prefer to use the same title on multiple pages in effect a site title An easy way to do this is to start with a blank page give it a title then replicate that page Copies of that page will have the same title Each page also has a file name when it s published You can specify file names individually otherwise PagePlus automatically generates them Check the instructions from your Web service provider as to their naming conventions for Home Pages and file extensions By default Pag
236. ting the entire book or selected chapters To print the book or selected chapters 1 To print just certain chapters make sure their names are selected in the chapter list 2 Choose Print from the BookPlus File menu 3 Under Print Range on the General tab select Entire book to output all chapters or Selected chapters to output just those you selected You can also select the Pages option to output one or more specific page s Whichever option you ve chosen a drop down list lets you export all sheets in the range or just odd or even sheets Note If you select Print to file to output PostScript BookPlus will generate a separate file for each chapter 4 Set other options as detailed in Printing basics on p 203 then click Print To export the book or selected chapters as PDF 1 To export just certain chapters make sure their names are selected in the chapter list 2 Choose Publish as PDF from the BookPlus File menu Working with Text 141 3 Under Print Range on the General tab select Entire book to output all chapters or Selected chapters to output just those you selected You can also select the Pages option to output one or more specific page s Whichever option you ve chosen a drop down list lets you export all pages in the range or just odd or even pages 4 Set other options as detailed in Exporting PDF files on p 213 then click OK Using mail merge Most commonly mail merge means printing
237. to further reflect off object edges 178 Images Lines and Shapes 3D Lighting The 3D Lighting effect works in conjunction with other 3D effects to let you vary the surface illumination and reflective properties Applying a mesh warp envelope Mesh warping lets you apply a Preset warp envelope to your PagePlus object below or modify a flexible grid of points and lines that you can drag to deform or distort an object and optionally its fill After applying a preset envelope from the Attributes toolbar s Mesh Warp flyout or context toolbar you can use the Mesh Warp context toolbar to switch the warp on off edit the mesh by varying its curvature and even custom design a mesh to match a particular object s geometry for example curves that follow the facial contours in a bitmap image for more precise control of the warp effect The effect is removable and doesn t permanently alter the object The process of editing mesh warps and their envelopes is described in greater detail in the PagePlus Help Images Lines and Shapes 179 Adding dimensionality Instant 3D Using the Instant 3D feature you can easily transform flat shapes shown and text into three dimensional objects PagePlus provides control over 3D effect settings such as bevelling use several rounded and chiselled presets or create your own with a custom bevel profile editor lighting up to eight editable and separately coloured lights can be p
238. toolbar 2 Click on one of several tabs for editing General Appearance Options Actions Validate or Calculate 3 Click the OK or Cancel button to exit the dialog Publishing your PDF Form Once your PDF form is completed you can publish the form using File gt Publish as PDF See Exporting PDF files on p 213 for more information If you Publish as PDF using PDF X 1 or PDF X 1a compatibility any PDF form fields present will be converted to graphics and will not be available Choose an Acrobat option instead 228 Using PDF Forms Collecting data from forms Via Hardcopy Printout This is a simple fill in and print to hardcopy solution This is great if your form recipients are located together perhaps in the same office If using Acrobat Reader any completed form data will be lost when you close your completed PDF form Exceptions exist when using Standard or Professional software Within the PDF File Alternatively it is possible to store form data within the PDF Form itself by using the Save or Save As command One condition of this is that the form recipient must be using one of the following versions of Acrobat software Adobe Acrobat 6 0 or later Standard or Professional Adobe Acrobat 7 0 or later Elements Acrobat Reader software 6 0 and above is unable to save form data within the form However for form recipients with Acrobat Reader 7 0 software Reader Extensions soft
239. ts appear without visible control handles using automatic curve fitting to connect each node They are especially useful when tracing around curved objects and pictures Shortcut Press 3 166 Images Lines and Shapes 2 Select a segment type then click where you want the line to start For a Straight segment click again or drag for a new node where you want the segment to end Shift click to align the segment at 15 degree intervals useful for quick right angle junctions For a B zier segment click again for a new node and drag out a control handle from it Click again where you want the segment to end and a curved segment appears The finished segment becomes selectable For a Smart segment click again for a new node The segment appears as a smooth best fitting curve without visible control handles between the new node and the preceding node Before releasing the mouse button you can drag to flex the line as if bending a piece of wire If the preceding corner node on the line is also smart flexibility extends back to the preceding segment You can Shift click to create a new node that lines up at 15 degree intervals with the previous node 3 To extend an existing line repeat Step 2 for each new segment Each segment can be of a different type 4 To end the line press Esc double click or choose a different tool Curve context toolbar The Curve context toolbar appears when you select a line or
240. ts or design your own table Use the convenient Table context toolbar to sort data format cells and choose from a wide range of functions for spreadsheet calculations use absolute cell references Calendars are table based for enhanced functionality and support Year update inline personal events and public holidays Welcome 7 BookPlus Treat separate PagePlus publication files as chapters and use the BookPlus utility to link them into a book Assign text styles and colour palettes across publications automatically generate an Index or Table of Contents add page numbering and output your final long document to both print and PDF Graphics Import Pictures Import commonly used standard file formats including all the latest RAW digital camera formats AutoFlow pictures or drag and drop from the always at hand Media Bar into sequential shaped picture frames Import Photoshop files directly into your PagePlus publications Image Adjustments Apply adjustments Brightness amp Contrast fix red eye and many more and enhancements Diffuse Glow Dust and Scratch Remover For advanced image manipulation use Edit in PhotoPlus which accesses Serif s award winning photo editing package if installed Drawing Tools Design stunning vector graphics with Pencil Pen and Straight Line tools Alternatively the array of fully customizable QuickShapes let you quickly create outlines for your designs while Convert to Curves C
241. ts to the same horizontal or vertical size as the last selected object you can use Arrange gt Size Objects 60 Working with Objects To resize freely Drag from a corner or line end handle To constrain a shape frame object or table object when resizing Hold the Shift key down and drag from a corner or line end handle Resizing groups and multiple selections You can resize grouped objects or multiply selected objects The size of images graphic objects and text objects in the group selection will change If you re looking for absolute control you can resize objects precisely with the Transform tab See PagePlus help Locking an object s size or position To prevent accidentally moving resizing flipping or rotating an object you can lock it in position To lock an object Right click on the object and choose Arrange gt Lock Objects or select the command from the Arrange menu To unlock an object Right click on it and choose Arrange gt Unlock Objects or choose the command from the Arrange menu Ordering objects Each new page or master page consists of a single layer One layer may be enough to accommodate the elements of a particular layout but you can create additional layers as needed On each layer objects such as text frames and pictures are stacked in the order you create them from back to front with each new object in front of the others You can change the stacking order
242. tter and begin numbering from 1 on the first page of main body text 4 Click OK BookPlus immediately applies your settings to the selected chapter Note These settings only apply to the selected chapter Working with Text 139 If you ve reordered chapters or changed the chapter list in any way you can quickly reimpose correct numbering on the current list To update page numbering Choose Renumber Pages from the BookPlus File menu Synchronizing chapters Synchronizing means imposing consistent styles palettes and or colour schemes throughout the book This is accomplished by using one chapter called the style source as a model for the rest of the book You define attributes in the style source chapter and then select which attributes should be adjusted in other chapters to conform to the style source For example you could redefine the Normal text style in your style source chapter then quickly propagate that change through the rest of the book The Modified and Synchronized columns of the BookPlus chapter list let you keep track of recent file changes To set one chapter as the style source Select its name in the chapter list and choose Set Style Source from the Chapter menu The current style source is identified in the Synchronized column of the chapter list To synchronize one or more chapters with the style source 1 To update just certain chapters make sure their names are selected in the chapter
243. tudio for more detailed logo design work Each template also offers several layouts based on the chosen template design e g offering different text positions pick a template and a choice of layouts is made available for selection Once chosen a colour set can be adopted 88 Working with Text To create a logo from an existing template 1 Select Insert Logo from the Tools toolbar s Logo flyout 2 From the dialog pick a design template from the left hand pane and then choose your template layout from the right hand pane These differ depending on the template chosen 3 From the upper right of the dialog either To adopt a colour set independent of your document s current colour scheme keep Apply colour set checked and pick a colour set option from the drop down list OR To adopt the publication s current colour scheme instead uncheck the Apply colour set option 4 Click Open 5 If your selected logo layout contained text the displayed dialog will ask for a new Name e g company or club name and optionally a tag line Motto to personalize the logo Edit the text and then click OK 6 To insert the logo at a default size simply click the mouse OR To set the size of the logo drag out a region and release the mouse button To create a logo from scratch 1 Select Insert Logo from the Tools toolbar s Logo flyout 2 From the dialog select the blank thumbnail from the Blank section in the l
244. type and its destination page or URL To display a hyperlink for closer inspection Click to select the link entry and click the Display button To remove or modify a hyperlink Click to select the link entry and click the Remove or Modify button To modify the hyperlink select a new link destination type and or target Adding hotspots A hotspot is a transparent hyperlink region on a Web page Usually placed on top of images hotspots act like buttons that respond when clicked in a Web browser They are especially useful if you want the visitor to be able to click on different parts of a picture such as a graphic menu or map of your site Producing Web Pages 237 To define a hotspot 1 On the Insert menu choose Web Object and then click Hotspot 2 Click and drag to draw a rectangular hotspot region The Hyperlinks dialog opens 3 Click to select the link destination type and enter the specific hyperlink target an Internet page a page on your Web site an email address local file or an object s anchor 4 Click OK To modify a hotspot hyperlink Using the Pointer Tool double click the hotspot OR Click to select the hotspot then click the Hyperlink button on the Standard toolbar The Hyperlinks dialog opens with the current hotspot link target shown To modify the hyperlink select a new link destination type and or target To remove the hyperlink click the Remove button
245. u option then check Lock guide lines To fine position ruler guides choose Layout Guides from the File menu or right click menu and select the Guides tab Here you can create or delete individual guides To switch off sticky guides uncheck Sticky Guides on the Arrange menu To send guides to the back for clearer object editing on the Tools menu click Options select the Layout menu option then check the Guide lines to back option By default guides are red but you can swap to any other colour via Tools gt Options gt Layout simply pick a new Guide Colour By checking Use Layer Colour from the same location your guides can instead adopt the currently selected layer s colour Switching off the layer in the Layers tab will hide the guides for that layer Using the dot grid The dot grid is a matrix of dots or lines based on ruler units covering the page and pasteboard areas Like ruler guides it s handy for both visual alignment and snapping To turn the dot grid on or off click Dot Grid on the View menu OR Choose Options from the Tools menu and select the Snapping menu option Check or uncheck Dot Grid You can also set the grid spacing style colour and positioning in the dialog see PagePlus help 48 Working with Pages Using headers and footers Headers and footers are layout elements that are positioned at the top and bottom of your master page s and are repeated on every page o
246. ublication appears in Multi page mode with the specified page array in view To switch between views Choose between Normal or Multi page from the View menu Navigating To switch between pages Click the Previous Page Next Page First Page or Last Page button on the Hintline OR On the Studio s Pages tab double click the page s thumbnail for the page or master page you want to view The lower Pages window of the tab displays normal pages while the expandable Master Pages window shows only master pages You may need to click the button to display the master page thumbnails in their own window To switch between the master page and normal page Click the Current Page box on the HintLine e g OR Choose Master Page from the View menu or Page to switch back Working with Pages 35 To switch to a master page from a particular layer From the Layers tab right click a particular layer s name and choose Goto Master Page Once you ve displayed a page or master page you can normally edit any object on it regardless of which layer the object is on simply by clicking the object In order to create a new object on a particular layer you ll first need to activate switch to that layer To switch to a particular layer of a page master page After displaying the page or master page click at the very beginning of the chosen layer entry in the Layers tab The layer becomes active and a
247. ublications You don t have to write your own Plenty of applets are available online for example animation interface components live information updating two way interaction and many more Consult PagePlus help to find out more about adding Java applets to your web pages 244 Producing Web Pages Publishing a Web site to a local folder Even though you may have saved your Web site as a PagePlus publication it s not truly a Web site until you ve converted it to HTML and image files in other words a format that can be viewed in a Web browser In PagePlus this conversion process is called publishing the site You can publish the site either to a local folder on a hard disk or to the Web itself To review the basics see Getting started in Web mode on p 235 Publishing the site to a local folder lets you preview the pages in your own browser prior to publishing them on the Web You may find it convenient to keep your browser program open and go back and forth between PagePlus and the browser This way you can make changes to a single page in PagePlus publish just the one page then switch to your browser and preview that page to make sure everything appears just as you want it To publish the site to a local folder 1 Choose Web Site Properties from the File menu and double check export settings particularly those on the Graphics tab 2 Choose Publish Site from the File menu and select to Disk Folder from the subme
248. uides 43 rulers 44 snapping 55 lighting 175 178 3D Effect 175 178 line and fill properties 163 167 169 189 190 linear fills 191 linear transparency 199 lines 164 closing to make shapes 171 combining 68 dashed 167 double 167 fitting text to 91 resizing 59 setting properties 167 linking text frames 83 linking vs embedding 142 149 lists 111 bulleted 111 multi level 113 numbered 111 locking object size or position 60 logos 87 LogoStudio 87 mail and photo merge 141 maintaining Web sites 247 margin guides 43 margins 42 mirrored 43 setting 42 marquees 241 animated adding to Web page 241 master pages 36 adding and removing 36 and layers 40 assigning 36 headers and footers on 47 overview 31 page numbers on 48 viewing and editing 34 measuring objects 44 Media Bar 152 Mesh Warp 178 metafiles 62 147 exporting 62 importing 147 Serif 62 mirrored margins 43 Motion Blur effect 172 MPEG Web multimedia 242 multi level lists 113 multilingual spell checking 119 multimedia 242 multimedia Web 242 Multi page view 33 multiple open documents 23 multiple pages 204 print preview 204 printing 206 viewing 33 multiple selections 54 named styles 105 Index 255 navigation 34 new features in PagePlus X3 3 Normal style 105 Normal view 33 numbered lists 111 Object Style Manager 182 object styles 181 saving 183 objects aligning 61 applying mesh
249. uides bleed area guides and ruler guides Page margin settings are fundamental to your layout and usually are among the first choices you ll make after starting a publication from scratch The page margins are shown as a blue box which is actually four guide lines for top bottom left and right indicating the underlying page margin settings If you like you can set the margins to match your current printer settings You also have the option of setting up row and column guides as an underlying layout aid PagePlus represents rows and columns on the page area with dashed blue guide lines Unlike the dashed grey frame margins and columns row and column guides don t control where frame text flows Rather they serve as visual aids that help you match the frame layout to the desired column layout Bleed area guides assist you in positioning bleed elements that you want to run to the edge of a trimmed page To allow for inaccuracies in the trimming process in professional printing it s a good idea to extend these elements beyond the trim edge the dimensions defined by your Page Setup Working with Pages 43 With bleed guides switched on the page border expands by a distance you specify and the trim edge is shown with dashed lines and little scissors symbols Note that these guide lines are just a visual aid only the Bleed limit setting in the Print dialog extends the actual output page size You can also define free
250. undaries of the column 1 2 3 The illustration above shows how the cursor will change when hovering over the bounding box with Ctrl key pressed 1 after dragging inwards the column margin can be adjusted 2 and after dragging downwards the top margin blind can be moved 3 To edit frame properties using a dialog 1 Select the frame and click the Frame Setup button on the Frame context toolbar 2 From the dialog you can change the Number of columns Gutter distance between columns Left Margin Right Margin and enable disable text wrapping around an object 3 To change the column widths and blinds top and bottom frame margins click a cell in the table and enter a new value Working with Text 81 How a story flows through a sequence of frames You can have just one frame on its own or you can have many frames Frames can be connected in linked sequences so that the story associated with a given frame sequence flows through the first frame on to the next and keeps flowing into frames in the link sequence A key difference from a word processor is that PagePlus does not normally add or remove frames according to the amount of text The text simply flows until the text runs out and some frames are left empty or the frames run out and some text is left over i e If the text runs out before the last frame you have some empty frames These frames will be filled with text if you add more text to the stor
251. unt of text it contains For absolute row column sizing choose Set column width s or Set row height s from the Table menu or use the right click menu For individual columns click the column or row header s button choosing Set width or Set height You can resize your columns without affecting the overall table width by adjusting the column heading with Ctrl drag To distribute rows or columns select the entire table or just a selection of rows or columns then choose Evenly Distribute gt Rows or Evenly Distribute gt Columns from the Table menu or use the right click menu To honour table width a cell s text may wrap when distributing columns To evenly distribute rows in a column click the column s button and choose Evenly Distribute Rows Conversely use the equivalent button and Evenly Distribute Columns command at a row header to distribute columns on the chosen row 126 Working with Text Choose Autofit to Contents gt Column s from the Table menu or right click menu to reduce or increase the size of selected columns to fit to the text of the greatest width An equivalent option exists for rows For an individual column or row click its header s button choosing Autofit Row to Contents or Autofit Column to Contents respectively To delete multiple rows or columns select them or cell text then choose Delete from the Table menu Table gt Delete from the right click menu then either Row s or Column s fro
252. up your own Web submission service PDF Slideshows Create attention grabbing PDF slideshows with stylish page and layer transitions even add sound and video clips Share with friends family and colleagues ICC Colour Profiling Set up ICC International Colour Consortium profiles for your monitor printer and scanner and be confident that your printed colours will closely match their appearance on screen Avoid wasting time paper and ink Printing Print documents professionally on your home printer as several pages on one sheet or for large format printing a single page across multiple sheets Email Publications Share your PagePlus documents as graphically rich HTML emails complete with text images and active hyperlinks visible in the body of the email Publish To Web Design your own Web site directly in PagePlus or publish pages originally created for print to the web as well PagePlus s intuitive Web Publishing mode creates all the background HTML code for you and guides you seamlessly through publishing your documents and Web sites online either in full or incrementally Don t forget to register your new copy using the Registration Wizard also on the Help menu That way we can keep you informed of new developments and future upgrades Welcome 11 Installation System Requirements Minimum Pentium PC with DVD CD drive and mouse Microsoft Windows 2000 XP or Vista operating
253. ure maps based on the Swatches tab s selection of bitmaps 200 Colour Fills and Transparency Applying transparency You can apply gradient and bitmap transparency from the Transparency tab to shapes text frames table cells and to any artistic frame and table text Using the Transparency Tool from the Attributes toolbar s Transparency flyout or from Format gt Transparency you can vary the transparency s path on an object for different effects To apply transparency with Transparency tab 1 With your object selected go to the Transparency tab 2 For solid transparency select the Solid button and pick a thumbnail from the solid transparency gallery The lighter thumbnails represent more transparency expressed as percentage Opacity OR For gradient transparency choose the Gradient button and pick your thumbnail OR For bitmap transparency choose the Bitmap button and pick a thumbnail from a range of categories 3 The transparency is applied to the object s Alternatively drag the desired thumbnail from the gallery to an object and release the mouse button The process of editing gradient transparencies is the same as that for editing gradient fills The bitmap transparency type features its own gallery of preset texture maps based on the bitmap fills available on the Swatches tab Adding bitmap transparencies to the gallery is the same as adding bitmap fills You can create your own custom categories
254. us 137 Using mail merge 141 Checking fonts and resources used 142 6 Images Lines and Shapes 145 Importing pictures 147 Adding picture frames 150 Using the Media Bar 152 Using the Gallery 156 Importing TWAIN images 158 Using the Image Cutout Studio 160 Drawing and editing lines 163 Setting line properties 167 Drawing and editing shapes 169 Contents Applying 2D filter effects 172 Using 3D filter effects 175 Applying a mesh warp envelope 178 Adding dimensionality Instant 3D 179 Using object styles
255. ust all line properties as described above plus line end scaling see PagePlus help for more information The Border tab see Adding borders provides a variety of other options for decorative outlines To apply a border to specific edges of the object use the dialog s Border Edges tab Drawing and editing shapes PagePlus provides Pencil Straight Line Pen and QuickShape tools for creating simple graphics QuickShapes are pre designed objects that you can instantly add to your page then adjust and vary using control handles Another way to create a shape is to draw a line or series of line segments and then connect its start and end nodes creating a closed shape Once you ve drawn a shape you can adjust its properties for example apply gradient or bitmap fills including your own bitmap pictures or apply transparency effects You can even use sliding handles to create variations on the original QuickShape It s also possible to use the always at hand QuickShape context toolbar situated above the workspace to swap QuickShapes and adjust a QuickShape s line weight colour style and more New shapes always take the default line and fill initially a black line with no fill 170 Images Lines and Shapes QuickShapes The QuickShape flyout contains a wide variety of commonly used shapes including boxes ovals arrows polygons and stars You can easily turn shapes into Web buttons by adding hyperlinks or overl
256. ut master page layers cannot You can also set any layer to use no master page Commonly the first layer uses a master page while subsequent layers use no master page but there s no hard and fast rule You can assign the master page either when you first create the layer or subsequently as the layout evolves Working with Pages 41 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 layer 2 In the Select Master Page dialog select the normal page and master page from the displayed drop down menus The master page letter e g A B C etc is shown on the chosen layer when assigned Master pages like regular pages can have more than one layer Layers on master pages work almost exactly like those on regular pages The key difference is that master page layers cannot themselves take a master page master pages can only be assigned to layers on regular pages When you add a new master page to the publication you have the option of copying the layers and or objects from an existing master page If you choose not to copy existing layers the new master page starts out with one layer You can always add more as described above Layer names and properties The Layers tab and associated Layer Options dialog let you set a variety of properties for one or more layers It is possible to rename the layer make the layer and objects on it visible invisible set t
257. utton then click with the Textflow cursor on the same frame Story text remains with the old frames For example if you detach the second frame of a three frame sequence the story text remains in the first and third frames which are now linked into a two frame story The detached frame is always empty To navigate from frame to frame Click the Previous Frame or Next Frame button on the Frame context toolbar Working with Text 85 Using artistic text Artistic text is standalone text you type directly onto a page Especially useful for headlines pull quotes and other special purpose text it s easily formatted with the standard text tools Here are some similarities between frame text and artistic text Both text types let you vary character and paragraph properties apply named text styles edit text in WritePlus and even import text apply different line styles fills including gradient and bitmap fills and transparency access text via the Text Manager track font usage with the Resource Manager embed inline images apply filter effects and rotate flip use proofing options such as AutoSpell Spell Checker Proof Reader and Thesaurus And some differences You can initially draw artistic text at a desired point size and drag it to adjust the size later Frame text reflows in its frame upon frame resize but doesn t alter its text size Artistic text c
258. want the line to start and hold the mouse button down as you draw The line appears immediately and follows your mouse movements 3 To end the line release the mouse button The line will automatically smooth out using a minimal number of nodes 4 To extend the line position the cursor over one of its red end nodes The cursor changes to include a plus symbol Click on the node and drag to add a new line segment Images Lines and Shapes 165 To draw a straight line with the Straight Line Tool 1 Choose the Straight Line Tool from the Tools toolbar s Line flyout 2 Click where you want the line to start and drag to the end point The line appears immediately To constrain the angle of the straight line to 15 degree increments hold down the Shift key as you drag This is an easy way to make exactly vertical or horizontal lines 3 To extend the line position the cursor over one of its red end nodes The cursor changes to include a plus symbol Click on the node and drag to add a new line segment To draw one or more line segments with the Pen Tool 1 Choose the Pen Tool from the Tools toolbar s Line flyout On the Curve Creation context toolbar three buttons let you select which kind of segment to draw A Straight segment is simply a straight line connecting two nodes Shortcut Press 1 A B zier segment is curved displaying control handles for precise adjustment Shortcut Press 2 Smart segmen
259. want to place your form field and click once 3 Right click on the form field and choose Form Field Properties from the drop down menu 4 In the General tab overwrite the current Name with a unique internal name You can also choose several other optional settings see General tab 5 Go to the Options tab Depending on the file type use this to enter list items change the style change the caption name and set defaults and other options 6 Optional Go to the Actions tab and click the Add button 7 Optional In the resulting Action dialog select an Event that will be used to trigger the action 8 Optional Choose an Action from the drop down menu 9 Optional Change the properties displayed under the selected action The options shown change depending to the action selected Using PDF Forms 227 Form field properties Form field properties control how the form field will operate when the form recipient enters their input A series of tabs are arranged so that some tabs e g General Appearance Options or Actions are common to all the form fields but others such as Format Validation and Calculations are only displayed for text fields and combo boxes To access Form Field Properties 1 To view the properties do one of the following Right click on a selected form field and choose Form Field Properties Double click the form field Select the form field and click the button from the Form
260. ware is available from http www adobe com products livecycle readerextensions which will permit form data to be saved locally with the form This is called rights based PDF Form handling Using email If you can save data within the PDF form then it s clear that you can email the completed form to the form originator With the completed form still open use File gt E mail to send the email to the intended recipient Via the Web Your PDF Form can be configured to be Web ready by passing completed form data to a CGI application on a Web server This would typically be a server sided web page designed to process the data and pass it to either a text file database or other storage location As an example new subscriber details collected via a PDF Form can be sent automatically to a previously configured subscribers database Using PDF Forms 229 All Web ready forms have one thing in common they must be submitted to allow data to be collected Typically you may have come across this on web sites when you enter details into a form then submit the data by pressing a Submit button The same applies for PDF forms a Submit button can be configured in order to submit the form data to the Web server You can either create the button unaided or use the Form Submit Wizard see below Either way the use of the submit process is the major difference between web ready and other less dynamic forms The Web process as mentioned
261. which affects how objects appear on the page Working with Objects 61 To change the object s position in the stacking order Select the object Then To shift the selected object s position to the bottom of the stack use the Send to Back button on the Arrange toolbar To shift the selected object s position to the top of the stack use the Bring to Front button on the Arrange toolbar To shift the object s position one step toward the front right click on the object and choose Arrange gt Forward One To shift the object s position one step toward the back right click on the object and choose Arrange gt Back One Aligning and distributing objects Alignment involves taking a group of selected objects and aligning them all in one operation the operation is applied to all of the objects selected You can perform the following Align edges of any two or more objects with one another For example top alignment will align objects to the top edge of the top most object in the selection Bottom alignment would align to the bottom edge of the bottom most object Space objects out at certain intervals Lets you distribute objects so that your objects as a multiple selection are spread evenly between the endmost objects on your page Alternatively check the Spaced option and corresponding measurement value to set a specific distance between each object Align objects with the page margin or
262. y modifying an existing scheme See online Help for more information Modifying and creating colour schemes If you ve tried various colour schemes but haven t found one that s quite right you can modify any of the colours in an existing scheme to create a new one or create your own named scheme from scratch To modify or create a colour scheme 1 Select Scheme Manager from the Tools menu OR Click on the Tab Menu button and choose from the drop down menu The Scheme Manager dialog appears with the current scheme colours shown on the Edit tab 2 To select a different scheme switch to the dialog s Schemes tab and select a scheme in the scrolling list Clicking OK at this point applies the scheme to the publication or you can go back to the Edit tab and adjust scheme colours On the Edit tab each of the five scheme colour numbers has its own drop down list showing available colours in the PagePlus palette Additionally you ll see options for Web publishing scheme colours for Hyperlink Followed Hyperlink Active Hyperlink Rollover Hyperlink Background and On page 196 Colour Fills and Transparency 3 To set or change a colour simply click the adjacent button and select a new colour Click More Colours to display the Colour Selector 4 To store the modified scheme in the Schemes tab click Save Scheme If modifying an existing scheme leave the name unaltered If creating a new scheme enter a new name 5
263. y or if you increase the size of the story text If there is still more text to go after filling the last frame PagePlus stores it in an invisible overflow area remembering that it s part of the story text If you later add more frames or reduce the size of text in a frame the rest of the story text is flowed in PagePlus keeps track of multiple linked frame sequences and lets you flow several stories in the same publication The Text Manager accessed via the Tools menu provides an overview of all stories and lets you choose which one you want to edit On text overflow the frame s AutoFlow button can be used to create new frames for the overflowed text To control how the frame text is spread throughout available frames you can use Fit Text Enlarge Text or Shrink Text These options scale a story s text size See Fitting text to the frames on p 81 Fitting text to frames Fitting story text precisely into a sequence of frames is part of the art of laying out publications If there s too much story text to fit in a frame sequence PagePlus stores it in an invisible overflow area and the Link button on the last frame of the sequence displays an AutoFlow button appears next to the Link button You might edit the story down or make more room for it by adding an extra frame or two to the sequence Clicking the AutoFlow button adds additional frames and pages as needed see below Once frames are in position it s still possi
264. y time To save list as new preset 1 Click anywhere on a custom list then select Bullets amp Numbering from the Format menu to display the Details page 2 Click the Preset button then pick a preset that you want to overwrite 3 A dialog prompts you to overwrite the preset i e Store current list in preset n Select Yes to overwrite the existing preset Working with Text 115 Assigning bullets numbers and levels to styles The lists discussed so far are usually applied as local formatting to a single style typically Normal or Body To prove this you ll see the list structure disappear if you apply Clear Formatting from the Text Styles tab or Text context toolbar s Styles drop down menu on the selected list If you re working on long documents there s a fair chance that you ll be using pre assigned text styles Heading 1 Heading 2 indent etc to format your document rather than using the above local formatting You can use such text styles along with list styles to number headings or paragraphs automatically without the need to repetitively format headings or paragraphs as lists As an example headings and paragraphs in technical and legal documents are typically prefixed by numbers for easy reference The advantage of using a style driven approach is that you can let the numbering take care of itself while you concentrate on applying styling to your document If you plan to create your own multi level paragr

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