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1. Select the frame object then drag column guide lines to adjust the boundaries of the column 68 Working with Text z Curabitur fe Curabi da eu plac placerat et H gus Sed sei sed pu l Nam nu sed p Class apten a apna oO 1 2 3 The illustration above shows how the cursor will change when hovering over the bounding box 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 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 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 le
2. 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 96 Working with Text 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 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 Text Style Palette from the Format menu 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 by using the auto preview feature choosing an alternative style This swaps styles across paragraphs and throughout entire stories all at the same time Heading 1 Update Heading 1 to Match Selection Select All 3 Instances Mod
3. With the Shift key down drag the arrow 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 To restore the original ruler position and zero point Double click the arrow on the ruler intersection To lock the rulers and prevent them from being moved e Choose Tools gt Options and select the Rulers page 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 white ruler regions indicate the object s left right top and bottom edges 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 200 l PT 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 stic
4. 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 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated All rights reserved ICC Colour Profiles 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated All rights reserved PANTONE Colours displayed in the software application or in the user documentation may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTONE Colour Publications for accurate colour PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2001 Pantone Inc 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 In memory of Robert Evans dedicated member of the Serif Development team and Dave Paddock beta tester and long time supporter of Serif Products Contents Contents WELKOME eana E T E TTET 1 Welcome to PagePlus X2 anaana Aaa a N 3 About this User Guide ssssesessesssssssseeeesssssssoeecesssssoeecessssssooeeoesssssooeeoesssssoorecesssssroreeessss 15 GETING State G enigann NN 17 SEAN CUI WIZA Cha
5. Data via Serif Web Resources To Web Server Format HTML ASCII The form data can be read ASCII Use for sending directly in your email without form data directly to the acrobat software Server sided Databases as in Web forms FDF The form data is emailed as an binary The form data can attachment and when opened is be stored on the web server reunited with the original form to allow data to be read In Situ XFDF As for FDF but with additional binary The form data can XML based support 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 Inthe 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 220 Using PDF Forms 3 At the web page if you already have a customer login you
6. On the Insert menu choose Headers amp 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 Choose Headers amp Footers from the Insert menu again and select Edit header Leave header as it is or Delete Header then complete the wizard Carry out the equivalent operation for your footer if needed 42 Working with Pages 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 amp 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 then complete the wizard To insert a page number field 1 In Paper Publishing mode switch to the master page layer if desired by clicking the Current Page box on the HintLine toolbar 2 Create a new text ob
7. Combined searches Any combination of strings made up of text and attributes can be assembled to filter your fonts By using the AND and OR approach you can create very powerful search criteria However a balance must be struck between the complexity of your search and the number of fonts installed Why create a complex search just to navigate a small number of installed fonts 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 By using the auto preview feature it s simple to re assign a different font to any text the original font was applied to 88 Working with Text All Fonts ae fp Abadi MT Condensed Extra m Ipsum msl ems dignissim nec malesuada et cony T Accent SF lis quis augue Vestibulum arte ip Accord Heavy SF sam primis in faucibus ori metus etultices p Select All 5 Instances mere cubilia Cura R Proin aliquam leo at h Accord ra tus tempus e105 lectus Adsmsky Cuine SF ae Adamsky SF eM Vestibulum vale T Adventurer Black SF PRA o T Adventurer Light 5F 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 youll see a Select All n instance s message n is the number of times the font is used If
8. Creation of 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 2 Select Publish as PDF Slideshow from the File menu 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 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 Uncheck Preview PDF file in Acrobat if you don t want to see a slideshow preview immediately after publishing When your slideshow reaches the last page you can Loop slideshow for continuous play or Return to normal view to exit the slideshow 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 For accompanying music in the Media box click the Open button to navigate to and select an audio file WAV
9. to define a derivative style by clicking the bottom right hand corner of its gallery thumbnail and choosing Edit To remove an object style from a gallery Click the bottom corner thumbnail and choose Delete from the drop down menu To unlink an object from its style definition e 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 e 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 to new publications If you ve created a new style youll 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 To save a publication s object styles globally Choose Save Object Styles from the Tools menu 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
10. 46 opening an existing publication 22 options setting See PagePlus help oval drawing 156 P Page Manager 33 34 page margin guides 36 Page Setup 29 page size and orientation 29 PageHints See PagePlus help PagePlus documents importing 22 PagePlus options See PagePlus help pages adding removing and rearranging 34 facing 29 numbering 42 turning 33 viewing 31 33 pages BookPlus numbering 127 Pages tab 33 34 paint type images importing 137 palette publication 184 187 Palette Manager 185 186 palettes colour 175 176 184 standard 185 themed 185 Pan Tool 32 PANTONE colours 186 paragraphs 83 formatting in PagePlus 83 setting indents on 77 setting tab stops on 78 styles 92 Paste Format Plus 50 pasteboard area 31 path text 71 Pattern Map effects 164 PDF files adding bookmarks 204 exporting 130 importing 23 publishing 130 199 203 PDF forms 213 collecting data 214 collecting data from 217 creating 214 field properties of 216 publishing 217 submitting data 218 PDF slideshows 205 Pen Tool 149 Pencil Tool 149 Photo Albums 20 142 PhotoCD images importing See PagePlus help PhotoPlus editing images in See PagePlus help photos adding to page 146 importing 137 Media Bar for 142 merging See PagePlus help picture frames 140 pictures adding to page 146 borders for 59 converting objects to See PagePlus help exporting as See PagePlus help for
11. Information E 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 be 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 214 Using PDF Forms 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 Internet Web Server j 2 Save Data 4 Print N iai oes 3 Submit Data PDF Form 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
12. MP3 and AIFF files supported Publishing and Sharing 207 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 207 9 The Compression Security and Advanced tabs are as described in Exporting PDF files see p 203 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 Use the Reset button to revert your slide settings so slides match your PagePlus pages again 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 by control of the page s layers This is fantastic when it makes sense to reuse most of the original page s content 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 e Introduce artistic elements to your page over
13. 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 Getting Started 25 Saving your publication To save your work e Clickthe Save button on the Standard toolbar OR To save under a different name choose Save As from the File menu Closing PagePlus To close the current window Choose Close from the File menu or click the window s E Close button If it s the only window open for the publication the command closes the publication and youll be prompted to save changes To close PagePlus Click the program s E Close button at the top right of the window OR Choose Exit from the File menu Youll 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 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
14. 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 Single Calligraphic and several Dashed and Double line styles as illustrated below a t 4 i a 7 i s i iY i je i a ii n z J p l J Several techniques offer additional ways to customize lines fee 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 4 154 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 1 BBOOOL m a Fa EHEHEH a a a Z For double lines select from one of four Double line styles see above m Tab only For calligraphic lines of variable width drawn as if with a square tipped pen held at a certain angle use the Stroke spin box to set the angle of the pen tip as depicted in the adjacent box T l 45 00deg a 135 00deg 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 a a Ro
15. delete a selected item upload download a file and refresh the window e Right click to Open Download Delete or Rename any file or folder e You can Ctrl click to select multiple files or Shift click to select a range of files e To move one or more selected files drag them into the destination folder e 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 each maintenance task and its status When you re done click the window s El Close button to terminate the FTP connection and return to PagePlus Index a 3D filter effects 162 Instant 3D 165 _A address list files for mail merge 131 Adobe Acrobat PDF files exporting 203 importing 23 albums 143 alignment of objects 53 animation effects adding to Web page 229 arrows drawing 156 artistic text 70 on a path 71 Artistic Text Tool 71 72 AutoCorrect 106 AutoFit 97 AutoFlow of frame text 63 69 98 AutoFlow of pictures 143 146 Automatic Layout checking See PagePlus help automatic text fitting 97 AutoSpell 106 AVI Web multimedia 229 B background master page 30 background colour or scheme of Web pages 226 banners printing 197 setting up 29 Bevel effect 159 B zier curves 150 151 Bitmap fills 176 applying 176 bitmaps 137
16. gt 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 To move or copy an object into the Gallery 1 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 2 Ifthe 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 3 A thumbnail of the design appears in the Designs group and its name or label appears below the design To use a design from the Gallery e Click its thumbnail in the Designs group and drag it out onto the page The Gallery retains a copy of the design until you expressly delete it To delete a design from the Gallery Select a design thumbnail click on the drop down icon shown by hover over and choose Delete Design from the submenu Naming designs To rename a design Select a design thumbnail click on the drop down icon shown by hover over and choose Rename Design from the submenu Type the new name and click OK The new name appears immediately underneath the design Finding designs To locate a design 1 Click on the gt Tab Menu button on the Gallery tab and choose Find Design from the drop down menu 2 Type the text to find and click Find Next
17. importing see also images 137 replacing 139 bleed area guides 36 blend modes See PagePlus help BMP images 137 booklets printing 197 setting up 29 bookmarks for PDF files 204 BookPlus 126 books producing 126 borders adding 59 boxes drawing 156 bulleted lists 100 bullets and numbering 83 Bump Map effects 163 C Calendar Event Manager 119 Calendar Wizard 120 calendars 119 events for 121 public holidays for 121 calligraphic lines 154 Cap setting lines 154 CD DVD labels 20 chapters books 126 129 character 83 character styles 92 characters symbols 104 Clear formatting 84 94 Clipboard copying and pasting to or from 48 closing PagePlus 25 CMYK palette 185 186 colour applying fill colours 175 176 creating your own colours 185 in Web publications 226 palettes 175 184 schemes 182 226 Colour Fill 160 Colour Picker 185 Colour Selector 186 colour separations See PagePlus help Colour tab 153 175 colours copying See PagePlus help output See PagePlus help screen See PagePlus help column and row guides 36 Combine Curves 55 Conical fills 176 Conical transparency 188 189 Connection Point Tool 171 connection points 169 170 171 Connector Tool 170 connectors 169 constraining movement of objects 50 context toolbar curve 149 Curve Creation 150 frame 68 text 83 correction lists 106 Crop to Shape 55 Crop tools 55 cropping objects 55 Curve co
18. in fact any type of text you ll encounter in PagePlus The selection area will be shaded in semi transparent blue for clear editing To select text on the page To select Action Example a single double click Nulla vestibulum eleifend nulla Suspendisse potenti word Aliquam turpis nisi venenatis non accumsan nec imperdiet laoreet lacus multiple Ctrl click or Ctrl drag Nulla vestibulum eleifend nulla Suspendisse potenti words Aliquam turpis nisi venenatis non accumsan nec imperdiet laoreet lacus a paragraph triple click Hulla vestibulum eleifend nulla Suspendisse potenti Aliquam turpis nisi venenatis non accumsan nec imperdiet laoreet lacus 76 Working with Text a portion of drag with cursor use Ctrl Nulla vestibulum eleifend nulla Suspendisse potenti text drag for multiple portions of Aliquam turpis nigi venenatis text Use Shift key when non accumsan nec imperdiet laoreet lacus clicking between two insertion points a box Alt drag Hulla vestibulum eleifend nulla Suspendisse potenti column Aliquam turpis nisi venenatis non accumsan nec imperdiet laoreet lacus You can multi select identical words and phrases by using the Find and Replace s Select All feature see p 81 To edit text on the page Select the Pointer Tool then click or drag in the text object A standard insertion point appears at the click position see below or if a single word paragraph or port
19. 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 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 5 Publishing and Sharing 205 Press Ctrl R or 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 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 te
20. to display the Startup Wizard menu screen The Startup Wizard presents the following choices Start from scratch Open a publication View tutorials Choose a workspace lt Current Profile gt y Usea design template to create an instant document from a pre designed template e Start from scratch to open a blank page to work on Open a publication to edit a saved PagePlus file e View tutorials to see step by step PagePlus projects Choose a workspace to 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 Each workspace profile stores Studio tab positions tab sizes and displayed and hidden tab options 20 Getting Started Creating a publication from a design template It s so much easier creating publications with a little bit of help PagePlus comes complete with a whole range of categorized design templates Photo Albums Greeting Cards CD DVD labels etc 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 X2 Resource CD Templates help ensure continuity between your publications by preserving starting setups for such elements as page layout contents styles and colour palettes Design tem
21. transparency 188 Using Colour Fills and Transparency Varying the transparency of an object gives the effect of variable erasure but it leaves the original object intact you can always remove or alter the transparency later Transparencies work rather like fills that use disappearing ink instead of colour A gradient transparency varies from more disappearing to less as in the illustration above Transparency gallery samples show gradations from light to dark with the lighter portions representing more transparency In PagePlus the available transparency effects are all comparable to greyscale fills of the same name and most transparency effects have a path you can edit in this case with the Transparency tool e Solid transparency distributes the transparency evenly across the object e Linear Radial and Conical transparencies provide a simple gradient effect with a range from clear to opaque To review the concept see Working with gradient and Bitmap fills rg ri e The Bitmap drop down menu in the Swatches tab hosts i i texture maps under a series of categories including a special SUF g gasp re w category of Photo Edge Effects for soft edge masking l MPR o At left a Photo Edge Transparency with skewed path on a metafile Applying transparency There are three ways to apply transparency using the Transparency tool the Transparency tab or a dialog The dialog lets you add or subtract n
22. use WritePlus Editing story text with WritePlus WritePlus is the story editor built into PagePlus For certain tasks such as viewing and editing the full text of an entire story that may be spread over many frames or pages it s much more convenient than Editing text on the page And for other tasks such as exporting story text or Marking index entries it s essential You can also use WritePlus to edit artistic text but not table text To launch WritePlus e Right click on a text frame or artistic text object and choose Edit Story or with text selected press Ctrl E or choose Edit Story from the Edit menu WritePlus opens with the object s story text The WritePlus environment WritePlus opens in a separate window that shares many of the standard PagePlus menus and toolbars As you make changes in WritePlus story text in the main window updates instantly The WritePlus workspace can have one or two windows Initially you ll see the Text Entry window To display a Style Pane on the left click the fe Style Pane button revealing style names such as Normal and Heading 1 if applied Working with Text 81 Vivamus ve Normal Vivamus vel sapier non mauris Gum montes nascetur r Heading 1 Style Pane velit tristique ac la nulla Phasellus ne mauris lorem aliqu Text Entry mauris sit amet est Window vulputate tellus pu Heading 1 Nulla vestil Normal Nulla vestibulum el venenatis nan ac
23. use the Filter Effects dialog to apply one or more effects to the same object 3D Bump Map 2D Bump Map 3D Pattern Map 2D Pattern Map and 3D Lighting are all available Keep in mind is that none of these 3D effects will do anything to an unfilled object youll 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 See below for details on each effect 3D Effects e 3D Effects is a master switch for this group and its settings 30 Bump Map Function Advanced of Blur and Depth make a great difference you can click the button to unlink them for independent adjustment 20 Bump Map 30 Pattern Map eeu P e 3D Lighting provides a light source without which any Vornce 2 Pattem Map depth information in the effect wouldn t be visible The 7 30 Lighting lighting settings let you illuminate your 3D landscape and vary its reflective properties You may wonder why all the 3D effects seem to have map in their name The concept of a map is the key to understanding how these effects work it means a channel of information overlaid on the image storing values for each underlying fill pixel You can think of the fill as a picture printed on a flexible sheet which is flat to start with Each 3D filter effect employs a map
24. 137 readability 109 checking with Proof Reader 109 RealAudio Video Web 229 registration 12 Resource Manager 132 resources checking 132 listing imported resources in publication 132 reverting to saved version 22 RGB palette 185 186 Rotate Tool 45 54 row and column guides 36 ruler guides 39 rulers 38 39 53 S saving a publication 25 scaling 198 printing effect 198 scaling line ends 155 schemes applying to objects 183 colour 182 226 Schemes tab 182 SDB Serif Database files 131 selecting objects 45 Serif Web Resources 218 service provider server information 233 Shade Tint slider 175 Shadow effect 159 Shadow Tool 160 shadows instant 160 Shaped Frame Tool 66 shapes 155 applying transparency 187 changing fill colours 175 176 closing 156 combining 57 editing 157 fitting text to 71 resizing 51 shortcuts keyboard See PagePlus help skewed shadows 160 slideshows PDF 205 snapping objects to dot grid or guides 46 Solid transparency 188 sorting table data 115 sound adding to Web page 229 special effects 159 162 164 Spell Checker 108 spelling aids 106 108 stacking order 52 standalone text 70 Standard Frame Tool 66 Startup Wizard 19 21 sticky guides 40 story editor WritePlus 80 story text 64 exporting See PagePlus help flowing in frame sequence 68 Straight Line Tool 149 style of font setting 83 Style Attributes Editor 168 styles
25. 175 for Web overview 228 importing 137 listing imported images in publication 132 Media Bar for 142 replacing 139 resizing 51 setting default properties 25 setting transparency of bitmaps 187 188 189 wrapping text around 99 importing database tables 122 delimited files for mail merge 131 images 137 PagePlus documents 22 PDF files 23 photos 137 pictures 137 text 63 imposition of folded publications 197 indents setting 77 index creating 124 129 index BookPlus creating 126 installation 13 Instant 3D 165 Instant shadows 160 Internet Service Provider ISP 228 233 J Java applets for Web 229 JavaScript validating See PagePlus help Join setting lines 154 JPEG images used for Web 228 K kerning 83 keyboard shortcuts See PagePlus help a layers 34 See PagePlus help viewing 34 layout guides 39 46 setting 37 layout tools 46 guides 37 rulers 38 snapping 46 letter spacing See PagePlus help lighting 162 164 3D Effect 162 164 Instant 3D 165 line and fill properties 149 153 175 176 Linear fills 176 Linear transparency 188 189 lines 149 closing to make shapes 156 157 combining 57 dashed 153 drawing 149 editing 152 fitting text to 71 resizing 51 scaling ends of 155 setting properties 153 linking text frames 69 linking vs embedding 132 139 lists 100 bulleted 100 multi level 101 numbered 10
26. 2 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 151 A Smart segments 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 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 1 Control handles act like magnets pulling the curve into shape The distance between handles determines the depth of the resulting curved line Click again where you want the segment to end and a curved segment appears 2 Pressing the Shift key while you re drawing causes the new node s control handles to snap into orientation at 15 degree intervals with respect to the node The finished segment becomes selectable 3 Oo a al Oo lo a 7 a S 1 2 3 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
27. 3 third etc are of decreasing importance in the list For example the following simple multi level numbered passage of text is arranged at three levels 102 Working with Text I Vestibulum velit orci Mullam sed enim Du 1 1 Lorem ipsum pendisse pote 1 2 Mauris vitae nean arcu elit ligula f2 wisg i2 Donec Duis t moles tum le bo Tn hac habitasse plate Froin mattis eleifend 3 Froin mattis eleifend pede tellus dictum eg 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 hierarchy needs to exist between levels i e the list could equally be prefixed with a different symbol text prefix or number combination at each level If you apply a multi level preset to a range of text youll 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 e Click the Increase Level button on the Text context toolbar to increment the current level by one The Decrease Level button does the opposite 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 PagePlus lets you create your own preset or modify an existing one Creatin
28. Prepress tab See Generating professional output on p 199 3 Select the print range to be printed 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 196 Printing your Publication 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 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 the 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 ch
29. Table flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose H Insert Calendar Click again on your page or drag out to indicate the desired size of the calendar 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 events holidays and calendar format If you want to have your country s public holidays shown remember to check the Add public holidays option in Calendar Properties and select a Region from the associated drop down menu Equally personal events must be switched on via the Add personal events option Click the Finish button to complete the wizard To update a calendar template s user details L 2 Open a calendar design template From the displayed User Details dialog pick the Year that your calendar will adopt from the drop down menu In the Events box check the Show public holidays and or Show personal events if your template s calendar s are to adopt those holidays or events already configured in the Calendar Event Manager you can modify personal events by clicking the Events 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 To view and edit a selected calendar s properties L 2 Click the Edit Calendar button on the Ca
30. Web overview 228 frames for 137 importing see also images 137 Media Bar for 142 optimizing for printing See PagePlus help replacing 139 PNG images used for Web 228 point size setting 83 Pointer Tool 45 polygon drawing 156 posters printing 197 setting up 29 PostScript output 199 prepress options 199 previewing the printed page 196 previewing Web sites in Web browser 230 printing 195 basics and options 195 books 130 PDF files 130 203 previewing the page 196 professional 199 saving print profiles 200 special formats 197 thumbnails 198 professional printing 199 profiles ICC device 199 saving print 200 workspace 19 proofing tools previewing the printed page 196 Proof Reader 109 Resource Manager 132 Spell Checker 108 Thesaurus 110 public holidays on calendars 121 Publication palette 184 saving 187 publications copying to another computer 132 creating from Design Templates 20 for Web 223 layers 30 layout guides 37 master pages 30 opening existing 22 saving 25 setting dimensions 29 sharing by email 208 214 starting from scratch 21 working with more than one 24 publishing PDF files 203 publishing Web sites 230 to local folder 230 to Web 231 Q QuickClear and QuickFill tables 117 QuickShape Tool 156 QuickShapes 156 QuickTime Web multimedia 229 R Radial fills 176 Radial transparency 188 189 raster images importing
31. Wizard 2 Click start from scratch 3 Inthe Templates list on the left select a publication type and then examine the samples on the right Click the sample that is the closest match to the document you want to create you can select from the given publication types or define a custom publication by clicking Custom Page Setup 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 e Click the New Publication button on the Standard toolbar only available if the Startup Wizard is turned off To turn off the Startup Wizard e Choose Options from the Tools menu and uncheck Use Startup Wizard from the General menu item 22 Getting Started Opening an existing publication You can open an existing PagePlus publication either from the Startup Wizard or from within PagePlus To open an existing publication from the Startup Wizard 1 Select the open a 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 e
32. and Colour Selector are complementary dialogs 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 the set of colours associated with the current publication e 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 To display the Palette Manager Choose Palette Manager from the Tools menu To add a PANTONE colour to the publication s palette e 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 more 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 Using Colour Fills and Transparency 187 To save the Publication palette Inthe Palette Manager click Save As and specify a name for the palette The saved palette s name will appear in the drop down menu of the iar Swatches tab Palette button
33. and are available to be dynamically installed from the dialog only shown with FontManager installed The fonts associated with your document s text e g Ancestory SF are not present on your computer font substitution will take place automatically after closing the dialog that is in your document and already installed on your computer will never be the dialog To install fonts dynamically with FontManager installed 1 Launch Serif PagePlus and open a PagePlus publication PPP The above dialog will display if font substitution and or dynamic font installation can occur Click the Install button to dynamically install all fonts with status Located they will uninstall when closing PagePlus Using the example above the 90 Working with Text Blur font would be dynamically installed to the Windows Fonts folder a link is made to the located font s original folder When the current session is closed the dynamically installed fonts will uninstall automatically The closing of a document will not uninstall its dynamically installed fonts Substitution in detail PagePlus s font substitution mechanism makes use of the PANOSE Font Matching System which intelligently and automatically finds the best font substitution match between a missing and a locally available font PagePlus will use any embedded TrueType TTF fonts and OpenType fonts with TTF or Type 1 outlines in imported PDF to honour the intended appear
34. between boxes then freely rearrange the layout while preserving the directional relationships AHEHE p A 170 Working with Images Lines and Shapes Connector types The Connector Tool lets you draw a single straight line B connector between any two connection points The Elbow Connector Tool lets you draw a connector with B 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 elbow connector select the Elbow Connector Tool from the same location Either e Hover over an object so that default connection points become visible e g for O Hover over an object s edge until you see a red square various shapes OR 2 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 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 171 Instead of
35. bleed area guides see below To show or hide bleed area guides On the View menu check or uncheck Bleed Area Guides 38 Working with Pages Using the rulers and dot grid The PagePlus rulers mimic the paste up artist s T square and serve several purposes e Toactasa measuring tool e To create ruler guides for aligning and snapping e To set and display tab stops see p 78 e To set and display paragraph indents see p 77 Ruler units To select the basic measurement unit used by the rulers e 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 Ruler Intersection Drag tab marker to set new zero point To define a new zero point e 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 Working with Pages 39 To move the rulers
36. 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 Working with Text 111 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 There are many similarities and several key differences between frame text and table text With table text you can vary character and paragraph properties apply named text styles embed inline images track font usage with the Resource Manager and use proofing options such as AutoSpell Spell Checker Proof Reader and Thesaurus However tables don t support importing text from a file editing text with WritePlus or viewing it with the Text Manager or wrapping text around objects And table text doesn t flow or link the way frame text does the Frame context toolbar s text fitting functions aren t applicable Tables also have a number of unique features like AutoFormat QuickClear and QuickFill for rapid editing and revision Filter effects can be applied to all of your table text simultaneously apply shadows glow bevel emboss and colour fills Note that filter effects cannot be applied on a per cell basis Microsoft Excel spreadsheet contents can be pasted directly onto a selected cells within your PagePlus table 11
37. character styles to convey Woe meaning such as Emphasis Strong or Subtle Reference 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 92 Working with Text 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 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 existing paragraph styles having different names and attributes e 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 or changed 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
38. click the Close button or the spell check is completed To check the spelling of a single word L With the AutoSpell feature turned on select in a marked word then right click You ll see alternative spellings on the context menu To replace the word choose an alternative spelling from the menu To tell PagePlus to ignore leave unmarked all instances of the marked word in the publication choose Ignore All 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 To run the Spell Checker choose Check Spelling 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 Z 3 5 To check a single story first make sure the text or text object is selected Choose Proof Reader from the Tools menu 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 Select Check currently selected story only or Check all stories in my publication to select the scope of the search Click Start to begin proof reading When a problem is found PagePlus highlights the problem word The dialog offers alternative suggestions and you can choo
39. 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 Style Attributes Editor V General Fill MB AGB S9 56 Transparency Ml Gradient Line Fill E AGB O 90 0 H e Line Style Ln Border None F Text El V Effects C warp l Instant 30 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 6 Typeaname to identify the gallery thumbnail 7 Click OK A thumbnail for the new object style appears in the designated gallery Working with Images Lines and Shapes 169 Once an object style is listed in a gallery you can modify it or create a copy for example
40. 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 To crop a selected object to its wrap outline 1 Click the H Wrap Settings button on the Arrange toolbar 2 Check the Crop object to wrap outline box For details see Wrapping text to an object on p 98 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 58 Working with Objects 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 combined 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 cut out 1 i 2 3 4 QuickShapes Convertto Combine Curves Curves To combine two or more selected lines or drawn shapes 1 Draw your two lines or QuickShapes 2 Place the clipping ob
41. e To insert new rows or columns select one or more cells as described above 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 e 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 copy cell contents including text formatting borders and colours to a new cell in the same table select the cell s press 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 To copy cell contents from one table to another table select the cells right click on a cell selection and choose Copy select the area of the same dimension in the new table then select Paste e To move cell contents within the same table select the cells and when the ns cursor is displayed drag the cell s to the new location Working with Text 115 Using AutoForma
42. example If the Or operator was used records from either London or Ice hockey would be included for import The Sort Records tab is used to sort by three prioritised field names either in ascending or descending order Creating a table of contents The Table of Contents Wizard helps you create a table of contents with headings up to six levels deep derived from named styles in your publication If you re exporting to PDF format PagePlus can automatically build a bookmark list using the same style markings in your text 124 Working with 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 public
43. file name and EXIF IPTC or XMP metadata is possible even edit XMP metadata from within PagePlus See PagePlus help for more information 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 over an existing photo or into an empty or populated 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 The temporary album and its photo contents will not be saved when you close PagePlus unless you save it 144 Working with Images Lines and Shapes To save a temporary album to a named album 1 4 Click the down arrow on the 4 7 button From the menu select New Album In the New Album dialog in the Album Name box type a name to identify your album in the future Optional For any photo you can alter the resolution native or 96 dpi or embed lin
44. of selected characters rather than to the whole paragraph e Typically a character style applies 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 Style Palette simply as Default Paragraph Font which has no specified attributes but basically means whatever font the paragraph style already uses e 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 e 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 accessible from the Text Styles tab lets you modify an existing style or define a new style Working with Text 93 By default a limited set of styles are shown in
45. 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 Assigning bullets or numbers to styles The lists discussed so far are usually applied as local formatting to a single style typically Normal or Body Text To prove this you ll see the list structure disappear if you apply Clear Formatting from the Text Styles tab on the selected list If you re working on long documents there s a fair chance that you re 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 your can let the numbering take care of itself while you concentrate on applying styling to your document 104 Working with Text 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 o
46. own templates Working with layers Converting an object to a picture Exporting as a picture Adjusting letter spacing and kerning Using hyphenation Exporting story text Merging photos and other pictures Merging into a repeating layout Understanding blend modes Importing PhotoCD images Importing TWAIN images Applying Adjustments Changing or copying image colours Colour matching with PANTONE colours Managing screen and output colours Adding rollovers Setting Web picture display options Adding HTML Adding search engine descriptors Optimizing your Web site 16 Welcome to PagePlus X2 How to Check Your Work How to Create PDF Forms How to Print Your Publication How to Enhance Ease of Use Optimizing pictures for printing Reviewing text content with the Text Manager Automatic Layout checking Designing your PDF Forms Validating Data Entry Digital Signatures Producing PostScript colour separations Using the Context toolbar Customizing PagePlus toolbars and tabs Setting PagePlus options Using shortcuts Using PageHints Getting Started 18 Getting Started Getting Started 19 Startup Wizard Once PagePlus has been installed you re ready to start Setup adds a Serif PagePlus X2 item to the All Programs submenu of the Windows Start menu e Use the Windows Start button to start PagePlus or if PagePlus is already running choose New gt New from Startup Wizard from the File menu
47. preceding segment You can Shift click to create a new node that lines up at 15 degree intervals with the previous node 1 To extend an existing line repeat Step 2 for each new segment Each segment can be of a different type To select the opposite end node of the curve i e to extend the curve from the other end press Tab before drawing the next segment 152 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 2 To end the line press Esc double click or choose a different tool You can reshape the line after it s drawn see below or apply different weight colour or other attributes see Setting line properties on p 153 Editing lines Use the Pointer Tool in conjunction with the Curve context toolbar to adjust lines once you ve drawn them The techniques are the same whether youre editing a separate line object or the outline of a closed shape To move or resize a line Select the line with the Pointer Tool and drag its bounding box to move or resize When resizing use the Shift key if you wish to keep the line constrained To reshape a line 1 Select a line segment with the Pointer Tool You ll see the Mas cursor 2 Drag the line to reshape it PagePlus automatically applies curve smoothing to help you achieve a pleasing result Selected node s will turn orange and control handles for the adjacent line segment s will appear Note that each segment in the line has a control handle at either end so when you sel
48. 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 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 Using PDF Forms 219
49. set anchor point position Working with Objects 55 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 To prevent an object from accidentally being flipped e Right click on the object and check Arrange gt Lock Objects Cropping and combining objects Cropping means masking hiding parts of an object or group for example to improve composition or create a special effect The underlying object remains intact Several cropping techniques are available to the user e 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 Objects other than inline pictures have a wrap outline which determines how text flows around the object You can adjust this independently of the crop outline The Combine Curves command like Crop to Shape starts with more than one object but creates a special composite object with one or more holes on the inside where the component objects fills overlapped one another useful for creating mask or stencil effects e You can rotate a cropped object To crop using the object s original outline 1 Select the object then select t
50. solid fill colour to the Publication palette e 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 spectrum in the Colour Selector dialog 3 Click the OK button The colour is updated in the Publication palette Colours present in the standard or themed palettes can be edited once added to the Publication palette as above You can also add colours to the Publication palette by right clicking on any sample in your Publication palette then selecting the Add option or by using the Palette Manager see below 186 Using Colour Fills and Transparency To remove a colour from the publication s palette e Right click on the colour in the Publication palette of the Swatches tab and choose Delete Alternatively use the Palette Manager To load anamed palette did Per T 1 Inthe 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 Using the Colour Selector and Palette Manager The Palette Manager
51. tab including those most recently assigned to text The tab also hosts a quick search feature to filter fonts by name attribute or type 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 instances of acommon font for another font in one fell swoop Desktop and Commercial Design Templates see p 20 Fancy a quick route to produce stunning designs for home or business use Adopt one of an impressive collection of Design Templates ranging from Photo Albums Calendars Publications Greeting Cards or CD DVD Labels Avery compatible to business related Flyers Forms Stationery email and web sites templates Using Photo Album multi page templates base a new page on an existing template page or optionally use template page variants Connectors see p 169 Benefit from connectors when drawing dynamic flow diagrams family trees organization charts connectors will link your boxes circles or other shapes together with links being maintained during any object repositioning The Connector Tool and Elbow Connector Tool will route between objects with ease How To tab documentation at your fingertips see PagePlus help The tab offers a wide range of task based How To topics most commonly asked for by PagePlus users all accessible via sample page layouts with clickable page elements use as an always available handy reference Tips frequently as
52. 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 34 including how to edit the design elements on a master page by switching the working view to the master page level Viewing pages Most of the PagePlus display is taken up by a page or artwork area and a surrounding pasteboard area i E t E F m emp pe l ii Pas oe ies Page Pasteboard 32 Working with Pages 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 To move or copy an object between pages via the Pasteboard 1 Drag the object onto the pasteboard hold down the Ctrl key to copy 2 Use the page navigation buttons on the HintLine toolbar to change pages 3 Drag the object from the pasteboard onto the new page An object must be entirely on the pasteboard and not overlapping the page edge View controls 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 scrollbars at the right and bottom of the main window to move the page and pasteboard wi
53. text straight into a frame or edit existing text See Editing text on the page on p 75 4 Pasting via the Clipboard Select the Pointer tool and click for an insertion point in the text then press Ctrl V Tip Using the Edit gt Paste Special command gives you a choice of formatting options 5 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 at the current text insertion point Otherwise a new frame is created for the 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 Column margins Curabitur felis erat tempus eu placerat et pellen tesque sed purus Sed sed ee Hinds diam Nam nunc Class ap tent taciti sociosqu adi litora torquent per conubia nos tra per inceptos hymenae To edit frame properties directly
54. that interacts with the underlying fill to create the visual impression of a textured surface Working with Images Lines and Shapes 163 Bump Maps superimpose depth information for a bumpy peak and valley effect Using the flexible sheet metaphor the bump map adds up and down contours and the object s fill flexes along with these bumps like shrink wrap while a light from off to one side accentuates the contours Pattern Maps contribute colour variations using a choice of blend modes and opacity for realistic or otherworldly depictions of wood grain marbling and blotches or striations of all kinds ttt Shape 3D Lighting Pattern Map Youll 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 gt 2D Bump gt 3D Pattern gt 2D Pattern gt 3D Lighting The procedures for applying 3D Filter Effects are covered in the PagePlus Hel
55. the Styles tab o A G A Here s how object styles work to your advantage e Any time you want to alter some aspect of the 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 As a bonus 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 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 168 Working with 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 display a tree structure menu showing 3D Filter effect and Materials categories Navigate the menu to select a category while previewing available styles as thumbnails in the lower panel 3 Click a style thumbnail in the panel to apply it to the selected object s Drag and drop the thumbnail onto any object To
56. the Text Styles tab although you can display all styles by checking the tab s Show All option or via Tools gt Options UI Settings 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 To preview a style L From the tab s gt Tab Menu button top right of tab click the Preview Style option 2 Select a section of text a letter word or paragraph in your document 3 On the Text Styles tab hover over any style in the list check the Show All option to see all styles The selected text will update to show how the style will appear in situ 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 2 Make your desired formatting changes to any text that uses a named style 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 a
57. the chapter file where you want to add the table of contents or index 3 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 4 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 printing 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 youve 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 p 195 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 chapte
58. there are no occurrences youll get a Not currently used message 2 Click the message label 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 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 89 Missing Fonts Font Status Blur Located Ancestory SF Not Available Note IF you choose to install the Located Fonts they will be uninstalled when the application is closed If Serif FontManager is installed the dialog also lets you manually install fonts which are present on your computer but are currently unavailable because they are uninstalled This dynamic installation of fonts is only temporary as the font is uninstalled again when PagePlus Status closes Description Searching This status may be displayed temporarily as PagePlus locates fonts Located Not Available Any font shown in and their current status The fonts associated with your document s text e g Blur are not installed but they have been located
59. time and money no experience required What s New in PagePlus X2 PDF Slideshows be a show off see p 205 Share your very own slideshows Create multi section slide variants based on page layers add inter page transitions Blinds Wipe Dissolve amongst others and control slide arrangement as well as slide display duration Add sound accompaniment along with placed sound and movie clips and youve got a cool desktop presentation with no fuss Work that Media see p 142 No more repetitive photo importing Keep photo content to hand in the new Media Bar Create your own photo rich documents or Photo Albums from design templates then AutoFlow photos or drag and drop from the Media Bar into picture frames Searching of metadata XMP IPTC and EXIF offers powerful photo retrieval even add your own keywords to photos XMP metadata Welcome to PagePlus X2 Text and style formatting Ctrl select multiple words or paragraphs frame or artistic text alike to apply common formatting p 75 Apply multi level bullet and numbering schemas p 101 to your paragraphs even to your Text Styles Feel like changing the same text style used in your PagePlus document for another all possible from the new Text Styles tab p Error Bookmark not defined which sports in situ style previews with bulk text style replacement Font preview search and replacement see p 85 View your currently installed font set in the Fonts
60. 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 26 Getting Started 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 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 Right click the sample object and choose Format gt Update Object Default or Text Format gt Update Text Default Or for line and fill colours including line styles 1 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 2 Draw your object on the page which will automatically adopt the newly defined default colours and styles You can also view and change the current default text properties in the Text Style Palette 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 tree structure to alter character paragraph or other properties To save all current defaults as glo
61. 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 Working with Text 105 automatically when the publication is saved or loaded You can turn auto updating off if necessary Inserting user details When you create a publication using 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 opening 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 To add edit or change User Details 1 Choose Set User Details from the Tools menu 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 als
62. to subtract some graphics divide the content into more and smaller pages or run the Layout Checker again Producing Web Pages 231 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 Web Site in Browser from the File menu Use the dialog to specify the page range by checking unchecking pages Click OK and the publication is exported to a temporary folder OR e 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 World Wide Web Publishing to the World Wide 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 World Wide Web 1 Onthe 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 Youll need to set up at least one account before you can procee
63. 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 a Connector Tool in advance Editing connection points and connectors e To move a custom connection point select the object to which it is associated and drag the point with the Connection Point Tool e 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 e To move reshape or detach reattach a connector use the R Pointer Tool to drag individual nodes Drag the end
64. which may be curved or straight using connect the dots mouse clicks 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 Editing text on a path Artistic text on a path remains editable as text Likewise you can continue to edit its path with the Pointer Tool and Curve context toolbar as described in Drawing and editing lines on p 149 When a path text object is selected youll notice that text paths have several unique handles not found on other objects You may need to zoom in a bit but it s easy to select the handles special cursors let you know when youre directly over them To see what the handles do carefully compare these two examples 74 Working with Text BCD al BED ha o is N l a Baseline Shift Start End Handle Handles The Baseline Shift handle indicated bya cursor resembles a QuickShape handle with a tiny slider control Drag the slider to raise and lower the text with respect to the path In the right hand example above we ve lowered the original text The Start and End handles indicated by sr and ext cursors look like arrows Drag them to adjust where the text begins and ends with respect to the path s start and
65. 0 sorting 79 locking object size or position 52 mail and photo merge 131 maintaining Web sites 233 margins 37 mirrored 37 setting 37 marquees animated adding to Web page 229 master page level 34 master pages 35 adding and removing 35 assigning 35 headers and footers on 41 overview 30 page numbers on 42 viewing and editing 33 measuring objects 38 Media Bar 140 142 merge list 131 merging into repeating layout See PagePlus help photos See PagePlus help Mesh Warp 58 metafiles importing 137 mirrored margins 37 MPEG Web multimedia 229 multi level lists 100 101 multilingual spell checking 108 multimedia 229 adding to Web page 229 Multipage view 32 multiple documents 24 multiple pages print preview 196 printing 198 viewing 32 multiple selections 46 N named styles 92 navigation 33 Normal style 92 Normal view 32 numbered lists 100 numbers sorting 79 0 object styles 167 objects aligning 53 applying mesh warp 58 applying schemes to 183 converting to picture See PagePlus help copying pasting and duplicating 48 cropping 55 distributing 53 flipping 55 locking size or position 52 measuring 38 moving 50 ordering 52 pasting formatting of an 50 replicating 49 resizing 51 reusing in different publications 147 rotating 54 selecting individual 45 selecting more than one 46 setting default properties 25 snapping to dot grid or guides
66. 2 Working with Text To create a table 1 On the Tools toolbar choose the El 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 layouts 2 Step through the list to preview the layouts and select one To begin with a plain table select Default 3 Click OK to display the new table on the page Manipulating tables Once youve created a table you can select move resize delete and copy the table object and its contents just as you can with a text frame Cell properties can also be modified To manipulate the table object e To select the table object click its bounding box Now you can resize it like a text frame by dragging a node or move it by dragging an edge e To delete the table object select it and press the Delete key or select any part of its text and choose Delete from the Table menu Table Delete from the right click menu then Table or All from the submenu You can also choose Delete Object from the Edit menu e To duplicate the selected table object and its text first make sure no text is selected an insertion point is OK then use the Copy and Paste commands As a shortcut select the object and drag with the Ctrl key pressed down To select and edit text in cells rows and columns e To select a cell click for an insertion point or drag to select text To select more than one cell cli
67. 85 fonts assigning 85 checking 132 dynamic installation of 89 favourite 86 listing in publication 133 previewing 86 recently used 86 searching for 87 setting 83 85 substituting 88 WebSafe 86 Fonts tab 85 footers 41 footnotes inserting 83 formatting numbers in tables 118 formulas tables 118 frame effect border 59 frame margins 67 adjusting 67 frame setup 67 frame text 64 defined see also text frames 64 frames 175 applying fill colours 175 176 applying transparency 187 linking 69 picture 137 140 unlinking 70 functions tables 118 119 a o n Gallery tab 147 Getting Started 19 GIF animations for Web 229 GIF images used for Web 228 Glow effect 159 gradient colour fills 176 adding 180 applying 176 editing 180 gradient transparency 189 grammar 109 checking with Proof Reader 109 Greeting Cards 20 grid dot 40 groups creating 46 48 resizing 52 ungrouping 48 guides 36 for page margins rows columns and bleeds 36 ruler 39 snapping to 46 sticky 40 H headers and footers 41 holidays public on calendars 121 hotspots adding to Web page 225 HTML adding to web pages See PagePlus help Hyperlink Manager 225 hyperlinks adding to Web page 224 setting colour of 226 using Hyperlink Manager 225 hyphenation See PagePlus help ICC device profiles 199 image adjustments See PagePlus help images adding to page 146 colourizing
68. 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 TQ Q py Picture frames are always detached i e they float freely on the page Working with Images Lines and Shapes 141 To add a picture to a frame 1 Foran 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 tw The mouse pointer changes to the Picture Paste cursor What you do next determines the initial size and placement of the picture frame 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 OR Click the Replace Picture button directly under the selected frame locate and select an image Click Open 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 c
69. Event Manager from the Tools menu 3 Check Show events by date to view your events in a more traditional calendar layout 4 Ensure that Show personal events is enabled 5 Click the New Event button 6 From the dialog type use the up down arrows or click the 1 Browse button to select a date 122 Working with Text 7 Enter your event text into the text input box This displays in your calendar under the chosen date 8 Ifthe event is a birthday or other annual event check Event recurs annually 9 Click the OK button The event appears in the event list under the chosen date Click the Save button to finish adding events Use the Edit Event or X Delete Event buttons to modify or delete an existing event respectively Remember to ensure that Add personal events is checked in Calendar Properties 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 presented as a PagePlus table The database table could be from one of a comprehensive range of database file formats as well as from HTML files and various delimited text files For a high degree of control it is also possible to filter and sort your database records prior to import To insert a database table 1 Click the Table flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose Insert Database table from the submenu 2 Using the pointer draw an area on your page that
70. M to the edit field and positions the text cursor between the brackets so that you can type numbers or cell references straight away OR e Click the Function button once to seed the edit field with an equal sign or type yourself then continue to type the formula Click the Accept button to update the selected cell 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 PAVE OU i wy E y iat matal 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 a context toolbar lets you change text formatting cell formatting and from an Edit Calendar button modify calendar specific properties The wizard also sets up your country s public holidays while 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 120 Working with Text To insert a calendar L 2 4 Click the
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72. S Cr if Software with Imagination PagePlus X2 User Guide oo Dl Everything you need for outstanding desktop publishing How to Contact Us Our main office UK Europe Main Registration UK only Sales UK only Technical Support UK only Customer Service UK only Customer Service Tech Support International General Fax Technical Support email American office USA Canada Main Registration Sales Technical Support Customer Service General Fax Technical Support email Online Visit us on the Web at Serif forums International The Software Centre PO Box 2000 Nottingham NG11 7GW UK 0115 914 2000 0800 376 1989 0800 376 7070 0845 345 6770 0845 345 6770 0115 914 9090 0115 914 2020 support serif co uk The Software Center 13 Columbia Drive Suite 5 Amherst NH 03031 USA 603 889 8650 800 794 6876 800 55 SERIF or 557 3743 603 886 6642 800 489 6720 603 889 1127 support serif com http www serif com http www serif com forums asp Please contact your local distributor dealer For further details please contact us at one of our phone numbers above Comments or other feedback We want to hear from you Please email feedback serif com with your ideas and comments This document and the software described in it is furnished under an end user License Agreement which ts included with the product The agreement specifie
73. Scheme Manager settings and set new options for Page colour and or Use picture The settings apply only to the current page 228 Producing Web Pages 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 e Each image in the publication is exported as a separate file Any GIF JPG or PNG image you inserted is exported as the original file using its original file name e Inserted metafiles and all other graphics are converted to JPEG images using a compression quality setting 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 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 who
74. Starting from the first item displayed PagePlus searches for the next design if any whose name or text includes the search text The search spans all your Gallery categories 3 Click Find Next to continue the search or Close to exit Working with Images Lines and Shapes 149 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 Tools 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 155 for details Use the Pointer Tool and the Curve context toolbar to resize or reshape lines once you ve drawn them Closed Line Straight Line Curved Line shape The Pencil Tool lets you sketch curved lines and shapes in a freeform way N 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 3 The Pen Tool lets you join a series of line segments which may be a curved or straight using connect the dots mouse clicks Drawing lines To draw a freeform line with the Pencil Tool 1 Click the Line Tools flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose the Pencil Tool 2 Click where you want the line to start and hold the mouse bu
75. To delete a category from the bitmap fill gallery 1 Choose the category to delete in the drop down list 2 Right click any thumbnail and choose Delete Category To add a bitmap fill to the gallery 1 Right click the bitmap thumbnail and choose Add 2 From the Import Picture dialog select an image to be your bitmap fill 2 You cannot add a bitmap fill to the gallery directly from a placed image The Add Fill to Studio option is greyed out To delete a bitmap fill from the gallery Right click the thumbnail and choose Delete Deleting a gallery fill doesn t affect any objects that have already been given that fill To import a bitmap image file to the bitmap fill gallery 1 Choose the category to which you want to add a bitmap 2 Right click any thumbnail and choose Add OR Click the gt Tab Menu button then choose Add The standard Import Picture dialog appears 3 Use the dialog to locate the bitmap image file to import and click Open A bitmap thumbnail appears labelled with the image file name in the selected gallery Setting the default fill The default fill means the fill that will be applied to the next new object you 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 that already has the right properties For QuickShapes you can use any QuickShape all share the same set of defaults 2 Se
76. a 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 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 floating red ruler guides on a page by clicki
77. ages 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 Be sure to define similar page setup options such as dimensions and facing page structure for each chapter as BookPlus will not override these publication level settings To create a new book In PagePlus on the File menu choose New and then click New Book BookPlus opens with an empty central region reserved for the chapter list To add a chapter to the chapter list 1 In BookPlus on the Chapter menu click Add 2 Inthe 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 Once you ve created a chapter list you can add new chapters at any time or replace remove chapters in the current list see below Working with Text 127 To reorder chapters in the list e Draga chapt
78. al camera photos or scanned pictures or be created or enhanced with a paint program or photo editor 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 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 139 I Picture frames let you add your picture into a previously applied shaped frame Choose from elliptical star heart and triangular frames amongst many others 138 Working with Images Lines and Shapes To import a picture from a file 1 To place the picture inline click for an insertion point in a text object Fo
79. al way to allow its exact appearance to be altered To adjust the appearance of a QuickShape 1 Select it with the Pointer Tool One or more sliding handles appear next to the shape Different QuickShapes have different handles 2 To find out what each handle does for a particular shape move the Pointer Tool over the handle and read the Hintline 3 To change the appearance of a QuickShape drag its handles 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 typically 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 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 157 A N To S N a n Fi V 1 2 3 To turn a selected line into a shape e Select the line with the Pointer Tool and then click the 7 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 Youcan now use the Pointer tool to reshape the line as needed Editing shap
80. alog s scrolling list records entries and sub entries alphabetically e To reuse an entry click it in the list e Fora standard index entry leave the Current page box checked e To insert a cross reference with the term s preceded by See select Cross reference to include a word other than See simply replace it in the box e You can also specify a bold and or italic page number format Click Mark to insert the new entry mark or update a selected mark To undo a mark entry click the Undo button or press Ctrl Z To build an index First mark the entries as described above Then in PagePlus 1 Review the choices you ll need to make before running the Index Wizard see below 2 Choose Index from the Insert menu You can easily modify the look of your index or run the Wizard again to update the information 126 Working with Text Changing the look of your index You can update the built in Index styles Index Title Separator Main and Sub as needed as explained in Using text styles on p Error Bookmark not defined For example indent the Index Sub text slightly and introduce some space above the Index Separator text 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 p
81. an 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 e Clickthe button to position the photo in the picture frame by panning e Click the button to rotate the photo in 90 degree anti clockwise increments e Click the button to zoom in out of the photo OR 142 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 4 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 In the dialog you can scale to maximum minimum stretch to fit or use the original image s size To change vertical alignment of pictures within the frames select Top Middle or Bottom 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 Creating custom picture frames L 2 Create the shape as required 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 publi
82. ance of imported text that uses those fonts If a font is unavailable and has been substituted its font name on the context toolbar is prefixed by the character After this point three options are open to you continue with the fonts already substituted on import e install the original fonts that have been substituted font substitution will no longer occur e swap the fonts substituted on import with fonts of your choosing The last option is carried out via PagePlus s Resource Manager designed for font management The Fonts tab is used for font substitution via a Substitute Missing Fonts dialog The dialog allows missing fonts to be substituted by Available Fonts selected from a font list The available fonts are those currently installed on your PC It s also possible to add more than one font to act as a replacement which is particularly useful if you want to provide an alternative to your first choice substituted font e g Tahoma could be a primary font substitute and Arial a secondary one as it s more widely available For each font substitution in the Substitute Missing Fonts dialog the mappings shown in the Substitute with box can be reset to default 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 91 To substitute a font 1 Select Resource Manager from the Tools men
83. anges 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 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 Synchronizing does not alter footnote or endnote numbering 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 130 Working with Text To create a table of contents or index for the book 1 Complete basic preparatory steps as described in Creating a table of contents or Creating an index on p 123 or p 124 respectively 2 Inthe chapter list select the name of
84. ans 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 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 50 Working with Objects 3 Specify Line length the number of objects including the 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 E Group button if you want to keep the separate objects linked fo
85. ant 3D from the Format menu The object immediately adopts 3D characteristics with a red orbit circle displayed in the object s foreground 2 Clicka3D 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 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 167 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 mN The object is shown without its 3D effect allowing its selection handles to be manipulated for resizing and rotating 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
86. apes and closed shapes see Drawing and editing shapes on p 155 have both line and fill properties whereas straight and freehand lines have only a line property e 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 e 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 L 2 4 Select the object s or highlight a range of text Click the Colour tab from which you can apply colour from one of several colour palettes Click the Fill g Line or A 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 Select a colour from the colour spectrum or sliders To apply a solid colour via the Swatches tab l 2 3 Select the object s or highlight a range of text Click the Swatches tab Click the Fill Line or Text button at the top of the tab to determine where colour will be applied S
87. are simple Recalling the paint by numbers example above all you need to do is assign one of the five scheme colour numbers to an object s line and or fill To assign a scheme colour to an object 1 Display the Swatches tab The five colours in the current scheme appear as numbered samples at the bottom left hand corner of the tab In Web mode youll also see additional samples labelled H F A and B which apply to hyperlink and background colours as detailed in Choosing Web site colours on p 226 BEE 4 2 Select the object and click the H Fill Line or IA Text button at the top of the tab depending on the desired effect 3 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 will be highlighted whenever the object is selected 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 184 Using Colour Fills and Transparency To modify or create a colour scheme 1 Select any colour scheme sample in the Schemes tab click on the gt Tab Menu button and choose Scheme Manager from the drop down menu OR Right click a sample and choose Scheme Manager The Scheme Manager dialog appears with the cur
88. ation 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 Ist through Contents 6th You can easily change the look of your table of contents by changing the style definitions for these built in Contents styles Changing the look of your table of contents You can update the built in Contents styles as needed as explained in Using text styles 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 Working with Text 125 To mark index entries 1 Select a text frame and then choose Edit Story from the Edit menu The WritePlus window opens 2 Select the text to be included in the index or click where you want to insert the index entry before the first word you want to mark 3 Click the Mark Index button on the Story toolbar 4 Use the Mark Index Entry dialog to insert or edit index entry marks Index entry marks are invisible on the PagePlus screen and can only be added or edited in WritePlus 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 di
89. ation features and calendars are table based for enhanced functionality Index Table of Contents and Calendar Wizards Compile a professional index complete with headings subheadings and page references especially useful for longer publications Automatically collect newsletter headlines or any styled text you specify into a table of contents list For calendars choose from a wide variety of sizes and design options then just click and drag to fit your calendar to a column or a whole page Books Have Arrived on Your Desktop Treat separate PagePlus publication files as chapters and use the BookPlus utility to link them into a book Versatile Desktop Printing and Mail Merge Impressive results on your dot matrix ink jet or laser printer in black and white or full colour Print your current publication multiple times merging data from any character delimited address list file PDF Output for Pro Printing or Electronic Distribution Press ready PDF X file includes all fonts and colour information for spot or process colour and PDF ensures a secure cross platform electronic alternative to paper based publishing with Bookmarks PageHints and file protection Add Web style hyperlinks directly automatically generate a bookmark list table of contents using styled text markup Export with optional PDF streaming for faster Web based downloads Import PDF Import PDF documents as new PagePlus publications or insert a PDF do
90. b 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 Please see PagePlus Help for more information 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 publications 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 230 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 files and image files in a form 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 223 Publishing the site to a local folde
91. bal 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 Working with Pages 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 Startup Wizard is turned off or you cancel the setup dialog a new publication defaults to A4 Europe or Letter size US PagePlus can handle nearly unlimited page sizes In practice your working limit is likely to be set by the capabilities of your desktop printer To adjust size orientation of the current publication Paper Publishing mode 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 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 4 Choose a pre defined option from the list use the preview or to define a custom publication based on the selected option click Create Custom 5 Add additional custom settings if neces
92. bar to change font style point size attributes paragraph alignment and level OR Right click the text and choose Text Format then select from the submenu Character Paragraph Tabs Bullets amp Numbering or Drop Cap Kern or Vertical Alignment You can also select these items from the Format menu 84 Working with Text If a font is unavailable and has been substituted its font name on the Text context toolbar is prefixed by the character Default text properties Default text properties are the settings used for text you type into any new text object You can change these settings directly from selected text or using the Text Style Palette The Palette has the advantage of letting you review all the settings at a glance To change default text properties 1 Create a single sample of text and fine tune its properties as desired or use existing text that already has the right properties 2 Select the text or frame and choose Update Text Default from the Format menu PagePlus preserves the formatting of imported word processor text If you ve imported or pasted text and want to apply different formatting you can first reset the text to use the default text properties To clear custom formatting restore plain default text properties From the Text Styles tab select Clear Formatting to clear both character and paragraph formatting Click the drop down arrow to selectively Apply to Cha
93. ber 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 woe 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 Using Colour Fills and Transparency 183 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 qe WE 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 a 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
94. bject 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 but not if it s Top Middle or Bottom You can also adjust the Distance from text which as with regular text wrap affects the standoff between the object and adjacent text In the illustration at right below the standoff is 5 cm all round Befies Te alib tng a kage P bisa leigt at in fioa 1 Hed 5 patch ete Pier og Heed dU who eh ds tora boled y E ire eee Be ID ts esta ee ated Maa Athan hal whe dip ae aaa ule ahr red2tt ne a sey wae poate mky we He kiksi pa elean hA d f ma wd Youcura ne ke Wateke sain vk var Bay zig ih Y De an pote tae Mi 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 and choose Properties or right click the picture frame and choose Wrap Settings 2 Set the Align option to Left Centre Right or Indent Note You can also right click an inline image and choose Align then select an option from the submenu 3 Inthe Pi
95. c ABCDEFG _ wining e a P4 A T 2 wl 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 149 or a shape see Drawing and editing shapes on p 155 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 The line changes to a dotted line Note If you don t want to create text on a path you can override the cursor response by holding down the Alt key Se ee ee rs ae F O o 4 Begin typing at the insertion point Text flows along the line which has been converted to a path Working with Text 73 To fit existing text to an existing line or shape 1 Create an artistic text object 2 Create a freehand straight or curved line see Drawing and editing lines on p 149 or a shape see Drawing and editing shapes on p 155 3 Select both objects On the Tools menu choose Fit Text to Curve 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 Artistic Text flyout The Freehand Path Text Tool lets you sketch a curved line in a freeform way gt The Straight Path Text Tool is for drawing a straight line T The Curved Path Text Tool lets you join a series of line segments
96. c mattis eget imperi By default WritePlus opens in Layout Mode displaying text with formatting applied You can quickly switch to Draft Mode which doesn t display formatting variations To switch between Draft Mode and Layout Mode e Click the 4 Formatting button on the Story toolbar O The Story toolbar unique to WritePlus includes other tools to assist you in working with story text For example the Story list lets you select the story to be edited or change the name of a story by typing in the list Click the Word Count button to run a wizard that counts total words or characters toggle any fields or view the number of occurrences of a specified word To close WritePlus and return to PagePlus e Clickthe Finish button or the window s El Close button 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 82 Working with Text To use Find and Replace 1 2 d Choose Find amp Replace from the Edit menu or press Ctrl F In the dialog type the text to be found in the Find box and its replace
97. can enter your email address and password For new customer you must register before continuing 4 After login 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 I 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 p 219 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 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 t 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 You can import FDF form data previously submitted to another PDF form as explained in PagePlus help Producing Web Pag
98. cation 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 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 143 You can even go a step further by using the AutoFlow feature this adds 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 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
99. changing common 87 object 167 synchronizing books 126 text 91 assigning bullets and numbers to 103 creating 94 previewing 93 subscripts 104 superscripts 104 Swatches tab 153 158 176 177 switching between publication windows 24 symbols inserting 104 system requirements 13 a tab stops 78 table of contents creating 123 129 table of contents BookPlus creating 126 Table Tool 112 tables AutoFormat for 115 calendars 119 formatting numbers 118 inserting formulas 119 manipulating 112 overview 111 QuickClear and QuickFill 117 sorting 115 tabs 83 customizing See PagePlus help templates design 20 text 3D special effects 162 adding to text frame 64 applying fonts to 85 artistic standalone 70 AutoCorrect and AutoSpell 106 changing colour or shading of 175 default properties of 84 editing on the page 75 editing with WritePlus 80 exporting story See PagePlus help Find amp Replace 81 fitting to frames 97 formatting in PagePlus 83 frames 64 importing from file 63 inserting symbols 104 on a path 71 editing 73 reviewing See PagePlus help selecting 75 setting default properties 25 sorting 79 special effects 159 164 tables overview 111 Unicode 80 using gradient and Bitmap fills 70 text frames 64 creating 66 setting default properties 25 Text Manager See PagePlus help text styles 91 synchronizing books 126 129 text wrap 98 Thesaurus 110
100. ck in one cell and drag across the others one row or column at a time Working with Text 113 To move to the next or previous cells use the Tab or Shift Tab key 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 control button along the left or top of the table To select more than one row or column drag across their control buttons To select all text all rows and columns choose Select from the Table menu To copy paste and delete selected table text use the Copy Paste and Delete commands as you would for frame text Alternatively drag the bottom corner of a selected cell to copy its table text to any of the newly selected cells Drag and drop support between cells lets you replicate text to other cells for more power use Shift drag to replicate all text and cell formatting to other cells simultaneously Copy and paste of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet cells into PagePlus and HTML tables is also possible To format selected text apply character and paragraph properties or text styles as with any text To rotate selected text right click and choose Table gt Cell Properties In the Orientation tab use the rotation dial to set a rotation angle or enter a specific value into the input box Table text shares default propert
101. cture Properties dialog set the indent amount if any and the Distance from text then click OK 100 Working with Text You can also adjust the indent amount by dragging the picture left or right Creating a bulleted numbered or multi level 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 101 Bulleted list Numbered list Multi level list PagePlus lets you choose from a selection of preset bullet number or multi level styles and apply the list style to normal text as local formatting or to text styles equally 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 custom list style To create a bulleted or numbered list 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 sho
102. cument 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 12 Welcome to PagePlus X2 e PDF Forms for electronic form completion Create and publish PDF forms such as membership forms invoices and surveys with an easy to follow Form Submit Wizard Form recipients can fill out a circulated electronic form and print save and or submit their form data across the Web or to your email address using Serif Web Resources which provides web to email service for registered Serif customers Generated forms can be certified by author and signed by form recipients Web Publishing Mode Create your own Web site using web based Design Templates or convert an existing PagePlus publication to a Web site The Layout Checker helps you fine tune your design Preview your site in a Web browser and publish it to a local folder or a remote server Use FTP based maintenance mode with familiar Explorer style controls e Sharing your publication Send your PagePlus project via email to share or collaborate with friend family and colleagues e Total Ease of Use Context toolbars are available whose tools and options dynamically change according to the currently selected object in your publication This ensures that the most common options are always at your fingertips Toolbars can be customized while Studio tabs can be docked gro
103. d 1 Inthe dialog enter the following e 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 address 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 21 232 Producing Web Pages Leave the Folder box blank unless directed by your provider or if you want to publish to a specific subfolder of your root directory Youll 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 va
104. d gives you node and segment control over all objects including QuickShapes Convert to Shaped Text Frame lets you create a text container out of any shape you can draw And with Crop to Shape you can use any top shape s outline to trim another below And try combining curves to create holes for mask or stencil effects A New Slant with Enveloping Apply a customizable mesh warp envelope to any object to add perspective slant bulge and more Control Colour in an instant Use the Colour tab to change fill line or text colour on any selected object s with one click Automatically store you currently used publication s colours in the Swatches tab s Publication palette great for future use Alternatively choose from a vast array of preset fills solid gradient or bitmap in the Swatches tab s palettes different standard custom or themed palettes can be loaded View edit or delete colours you have been using in any palette or add your own 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 Transparency Effects Both solid and variable transparency let you add new depth to your print and Web creations Apply transparency directly from the Transparency tab then edit nodes and opacity with the interactive tool Get set for
105. dobe Acrobat 7 0 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 Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions software is available from Adobe 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 Email to send the email to the intended recipient 218 Using PDF Forms 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 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 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
106. dopt ready made bordered picture frames by using Gallery tab presets 60 Working with Objects To add a border to an object L 22 Click the Line Border button on the Tools toolbar s Fill flyout To apply the border to specific edges of the object use the Border Edges tab e To select all edges or no edges click the corresponding icon in the top row e To toggle a single edge click the corresponding 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 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 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 Choose an Alignment setting to fit the border to the Outside Inside or Middle of the object s bounding box Set other properties as needed e To vary the border width select or type a value in the Weight list e 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 e If Scale with object is checked both border and object change together when you resize the object I
107. e Fill tool in conjunction with the Colour or Swatches tab or use a dialog The editing of gradient fills is a complex operation and is covered in full detail in PagePlus Help Changing the set of gradient gallery fills If you ve defined a new gradient fill by setting fill path and or key colours you can add it to the set of gradient gallery fills shown on the Swatches tab so that it will be available to use again You can also add new fills or delete any of the existing gallery fills To add an object s fill to a fill gallery e Right click the object and choose Format gt Add fill to Studio To define a new gallery fill 1 Right click any gallery swatch and choose Add 2 Use the Object Fill dialog to create your new gradient fill 3 Click OK to accept changes or Cancel to abandon changes To delete a gallery fill e Right click its swatch and choose Delete Deleting a gallery fill doesn t affect any objects that have already been given that fill Changing the set of bitmap gallery fills The Bitmap gallery on the Swatches tab provides a large selection of bitmaps grouped into categories like Abstract Material Patterns and so on You can add or delete a bitmap or an entire category To add a category to the bitmap fill gallery 1 Right click any thumbnail and choose Add Category 2 Type a category name into the dialog and click OK A new empty gallery category appears Using Colour Fills and Transparency 181
108. e button 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 which serve different purposes ir ji To move or resize a hotspot Click to select the hotspot e 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 e 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 Choosing 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 which you can apply to any design element see Using colour schemes on p 182 A selection of schemes named WWW 1 through WWW 9 are specifically designed for Web use Producing Web Pages 227 Web colours Web publications have several special Web colour settings usually defined as part of a colour scheme in the Scheme Manager You ll need to know about these settings even if you haven t applied scheme colours to other elements in your publicat
109. e 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 To turn off AutoCorrect Uncheck Replace text while typing AutoSpell To turn AutoSpell on or off 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu 2 On the General tab 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 in the publication choose Ignore All from the right click menu 108 Working with Text 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 Torun 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 text in your publication To help trap spelling errors as they occur use the PagePlus AutoCorrect and Aut
110. e or more objects with the page margins e Follow the steps above but check Include margins If only one object is selected the option is checked by default 54 Working with Objects Rotating an object You can rotate objects including pictures text objects and groups You cannot rotate a multiple selection To rotate an object 1 Select the 5 Rotate Tool on the Tools toolbar 2 Click to select the object hover over one of its handles until you see the rotate pointer below The object rotates about its centre 3 Hold the mouse button down and drag the pointer in the direction in which you want to rotate the object then release use the Shift key for 15 rotation intervals To undo rotation restore the original orientation Double click the object e To restore the rotated position double click again To rotate an object 90 degrees left or right e Select the object and click the 4 Rotate Left or amp Rotate Right button on the Standard toolbar To fine tune rotation l H Display the Transform tab and set an Anchor point on the object to be rotated by selecting a grey square within the anchor frame the transform will be carried out from that point on the object For example an object can be rotated from its bottom left corner with the anchor point set accordingly i 2 Using the Rotation Angle control rotate the object by a specified amount in degrees according to the previously
111. e same time you can also choose to toggle between adding your photo at native or 96 dpi resolution Your placement cursor will show you how your photo will be added i e embed m link m or 96 dpi Fa 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 For the feature to work you must have multiple picture frames present in your current document as well as a range of photos present in your Media Bar The auto flow process involves a simple click of the mouse button To automatically flow your photos Clickthe F 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 As a visual aid a placed photo s thumbnail shows a green tick in its bottom right corner while a photo that is not yet placed will not show the tick Working with Images Lines and Shapes 147 Using the Gallery The Gallery tab serves as a container for storing your own design ob
112. e small white node further away from the origin for an increasing blur effect and vice versa e For transparency drag the node between origin and the Colour node further away from the origin for increasing opacity decreasing transparency and vice versa To change a shadow s position and scaling e For positioning a basic or skewed shadow increase the context toolbar s Distance value to move the shadow away from the parent object and vice versa To do this you must first select the Centre option from the Lock drop down list For skewed shadows change the respective Angle or X Shear Y shear value to reposition and shear the shadow by degrees or percentage X shear shows for top bottom locked shadows Y shear for left right locked shadows OR For basic shadows only drag the Colour node at the end of the path to the shadow s new position e For scaling a skewed shadow i e stretching the shadow drag the Colour node at the end of the path to the shadow s new position To remove the shadow from an object e Click the Remove button from the Shadow context toolbar 162 Working with Images Lines and Shapes You can t edit an object s shadow with the Pointer Tool or detach it from the object As long as an object has a shadow property its shadow will simply mirror any changes you make to the object itself Using 3D filter effects 3D filter effects create the impression of a textured surface on the object itself You can
113. e visible elements To show or hide guide elements Check or uncheck the element s name on 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 Layout 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 48 Working with Objects Creating groups You can easily turn a multiple selection into a group 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 e Click the Group button below the selection To ungroup e Click the H 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 Ctri click the object Copying pasting and duplicating objects Besides using the Windows Clipboard to copy and paste objects you can d
114. ect an interior node as at left below you ll see a pair of handles at the selected node aga End node lt s Interior rode N 5 w Control handles 3 Drag the node s Shift drag to constrain the movement to 15 degree intervals OR Adjust one or both of a node s control handles to change the profile of the adjacent segment s Working with Images Lines and Shapes 153 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 e 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 e 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
115. ected 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 Working with Objects 57 t Cras gravida set accumsan porttitor dui St m nisl ut consequat tristique otta massa sed imperdiet sem vs Vestibulum ante ipsum pr luctus et ultrice esque sit amet metus Nullam pea ere ligula Aenean olutpat ultrices ula In tincidunt Aenean 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 cropped in this way to its original shape but the upper cropping object is permanently deleted use Undo to recover it if necessary To restore the cropped object to its original shape Click the Remove Crop button on the Attributes toolbar s Crop flyout 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
116. ections in the Fonts tab By default these are not displayed so you ll need to check the relevant Categories option available from the Tab Menu button You can add to the WebSafe font list or build up a list of your favourite fonts by right clicking each font from the All Fonts section then choosing WebSafe or Favourite respectively To remove from a section right click any font then uncheck To collapse expand any section click the arrow button at the top right of each section Working with Text 87 Searching for fonts While it s handy to see your recently used fonts separate from the other fonts the Fonts tab also hosts an extremely useful search feature which filters your installed fonts in several ways You can search for an individual font name in full or part of or other attributes as well as multiple fonts simultaneously To search for fonts by name 1 At the bottom of the Fonts tab click in the Type to search window 2 You can type the full font name or a portion of the font name This immediately produces a filtered subset of fonts in the same font list replacing the fonts previously listed Several methods can be used to search for multiple font names You can use space or comma followed by space to perform AND or OR operations respectively To search for fonts by attribute 1 Atthe bottom of the Fonts tab click the Attributes button 2 Inthe pop up list select an attribute to filter on
117. ed 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 quick filled 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 out the cell s QuickFill handle over the range you want to fill 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 quick filled sequence would be 10 20 30 118 Working with Text 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
118. ed word processor in the Import text using drop down list If you find that PagePlus does not list your word processor or if text import from the designated application fails choose the Standard Converters setting which provides additional formats 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 70 for standalone text with special effects or table text see Creating text based tables on p 111 for row and column displays What s a text frame A text frame is effectively a mini page with Margins and column guides to control text flow e Optional preceding and following frames e 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 Working with Text 65 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 frames and or include many independent frame sequences By placing text frames anywhere in any order you can build up newspaper or newsletter sty
119. eed to activate switch to that layer To switch to a particular layer of a page master page e After displaying the page or master page click at the very beginning of the chosen layer entry in the Layers tab The active layer becomes uppermost in the workspace and a mark appears next to its entry in the Layers tab The master page level In order to add or edit master page elements you first need to switch from the regular page level of the publication to the master page level To switch between page and master page levels Double click a thumbnail on the Pages tab to go directly to that page or master page lower and upper pages respectively OR Click once on the page name or number on the Hintline 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 accessible from the gt Tab Menu button provides additional options such as duplicating a particular page assigning a specific master page or adding deleting multiple pages To rearrange pages On the Pages tab in the lower Pages panel drag a page thumbnail to a new location in the page sequence Working with Pages 35 To add a single page 1 On the Pages tab click once to select a page in the Pages pane
120. eir first names Andrew Kate and Paul a Sort by Alan Benchley 12112 1 Jade Carroll 5654 s columns Pete Chadden 8765 3 Sue Sayell 43543 a4 Jenny Taylor 4534 5 Andrew Walker 23 6 First By Kate Walker 94 7 Paul Walker 143 z Column B o then by Column A 116 Working with Text A key point in table sorting is the issue of dependencies This means the linkage of connected data contained within one cell and another which when broken destroys the value of the information stored think of a person s first name becoming disconnected from his her last name by sorting To avoid breaking such dependencies you have to select the whole table rather than just selecting a table region or row column Take care not to break dependencies by sorting specific regions rows or columns within your table especially on more complex database tables To sorta table L 2 Select the table in which you want to sort data Select the t Sort button from the context toolbar OR Select Sort from the Table menu OR Right click on the selected range and choose Table gt Sort In the dialog s Order tab choose to sort Rows or Columns from the Sort by drop down menu Three drop down menus First by Then by Then by let you set the first row column to be sorted a subsequent row column for identical first row column data then a final row column for identical second row column data in either Ascending or Descending
121. el 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 seta 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 Working with Text 79 L L l ak all FI Left Centre Right Decimal 3 Click on the horizontal ruler where you want to set a tab stop e To move a tab stop drag it to a new ruler position e 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 Sorting text PagePlus lets you sort words numbers or a combination of both The sorting mechanism is paragraph based so it s just as easy to sort whole paragraphs as well as single letters if necessary it s all the same to PagePlus Sorting can be carried out in ascending A to Z or 0 to 9 or descending order Z to A or 9 to 0 to a set priority punctuation marks first then numbers letters and symbols last Intelligent sorting takes place when a dealing with lists comprisin
122. elcome to PagePlus X2 3 WMF images 137 word processor files 63 workspace profiles 19 wrap outline 57 using to crop object 57 wrapping text around objects 98 WritePlus 80 zero point 38 zoom view options 31
123. eld 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 128 Working with Text To set page numbering options for the book 1 Choose Book Page Number Options from the BookPlus File menu 2 In the 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 numberi
124. elect a colour sample from the Publication palette colours previously applied to your publication or Standard palette supplied preset swatches 176 Using Colour Fills and Transparency Use Format gt Fill to apply colour via a dialog e To load a specific palette such as Standard CMYK or Standard RGB choose Palettes from the Tools menu and select palette s name submenu For more details see Managing publication colours and palettes The top left cell in the colour spectrum Colour tab or palette samples Swatches tab shows W which represents either None a transparent interior for objects with line fill properties or Original for pictures only to reset the object to its original colours Working with gradient and bitmap fills Gradient fills provide a gradation or spectrum of colours spreading between two or more colours A bitmap fill uses a named bitmap often a material pattern or background image to fill an object PagePlus supplies over 200 preset gradient or bitmap fills on the Swatches tab and you can import your own You can recolour bitmap fills using the Colour Fill filter effect Linear Ellipse Conical Bitmap You can apply gradient and bitmap fills from the Swatches tab to shapes text frames table cells and to the actual characters in artistic text objects Using the Fill Tool from the Attributes toolbar you can vary the fill s path on an object for different effects Applying different tran
125. end nodes In the above example we ve shifted the text to the left by dragging the Start handle You can flip text from one side of a path to the other by reversing curves This switches the start and end nodes of the path so the text runs in the other direction It s handy for example if you want to move text from the outside to the inside of a circular path to run counter clockwise rather than clockwise or vice versa Note that the text isn t mirrored it still reads correctly To reverse the text path e Select the path text object and click the Reverse Curves button on the Curve context toolbar Working with Text 75 Whichever method you used to create a path text object you can always detach the text as a separate artistic text object by removing its path To remove the text path 1 Select the path text object 2 Clickthe Path None button on the Text context toolbar s Path flyout The text remains as a straight line artistic text object and the path is permanently removed 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 Selecting and entering text Several methods exist for selection of frame text artistic text table text
126. ents 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 216 Using PDF Forms To add a form field 1 Select one of the form field buttons on the Form toolbar _ 2 Moveyour ti cursor to the location at which you 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 and choose enter a new Caption name 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 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 Properti
127. eplace an existing picture you can e Double click it OR Select it and click the Replace Picture button on the Picture context toolbar OR Right click it and choose Replace Picture OR If the picture is in a picture frame click the button showing under the selected frame 2 From the dialog locate and select the replacement picture before clicking Open Embedding vs linking Embedding means the picture 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 youll 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 pre selecting 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 selec
128. er file s name in the Chapter column to the desired position To open one or more chapter files for editing Double click a specific chapter name in the Chapter column OR Select one or more chapter names and choose Open from the Chapter menu The selected file s open in PagePlus In BookPlus any open chapters are listed as Open in the Status column To replace or remove a chapter file Select its name in the list and choose Replace or Remove from the Chapter menu The Remove command deletes the chapter from the list The Replace command displays a dialog that lets you select another file to be substituted into the same position in the list Replace is useful if a file has been moved or externally modified and you need to update the BookPlus listing Neither command affects the original file Only the chapter list is updated To save the current chapter list as a book file e Choose Save or Save As from the BookPlus File menu 2 You can open saved book files from PagePlus using File Open You can have more than one book file open at a time 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 fi
129. er page to both left and right facing pages For details see Assigning master pages 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 Master 1 Master 2 Left Right Page Page Understanding master pages In PagePlus single pages are the basic organizational unit with each page built up using multiple levels and layers and by ordering layout elements in a stack on each layer 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 Working with Pages 31 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
130. erform 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 Working with Text 83 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 note 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 To view notes in WritePlus check Note Pane on the View menu 2 Choose Footnote Endnote from the Insert menu 3 Select either the Footnote or Endnote 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 the Text context tool
131. es 222 Producing Web Pages Producing Web Pages 223 Getting started in Web mode How easy is it to create your own Web site with PagePlus It can be as simple as selecting 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 World Wide Web display It s possible to perform more advanced web design including addition of search engine descriptors insertion of HTML code and rollover graphics These subjects are covered in more detail in PagePlus help 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 World Wide Web pages If you choose any of the Web Page design templates after starting PagePlus
132. es L 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 EF button from the Form toolbar Click on one of several tabs for editing General Appearance Options Actions Validate or Calculate Click the OK or Cancel button to exit the dialog Using PDF Forms 217 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 203 for more information Ifyou 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 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 e Adobe Acrobat 6 0 or later Standard or Professional A
133. es e To move or resize a shape select it with the Pointer tool and drag its bounding box When resizing use the Shift key if you want to constrain the shape e Use Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical on the Arrange menu or right click menu to reorient directional shapes like arrows or callouts e You can deform an object and optionally its fill using the Mesh Warp flyout on the Tools toolbar e You can adjust an object s crop outline using either the Square or Irregular Crop tool on the Attributes toolbar or crop a bottom shape to a top shape using Tools gt Crop to Shape e You can convert any shape such as artistic text or a QuickShape to editable lines and nodes using Convert to gt Curves on the Tools menu 158 Working with Images Lines and Shapes Combining joins two or more selected lines or drawn shapes not QuickShapes into a single group like object with a hole where the component objects fills overlapped You can apply formatting such as line or fill to the whole object and continue to edit individual nodes and segments with the Pointer tool You can convert any shape into a text frame by either typing directly onto a drawn shape this centres your text vertically and horizontally or by using Convert to gt Shaped Text Frame on the Tools menu text is not auto aligned The former method is great for creating objects for diagrams Use the Weight slider in the Line tab to change the weight thickness or type of
134. es to adjust artwork automatically to fit neatly on the printed page e 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 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 e Ifyou 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 N
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137. evice profile for your desktop printer for accurate on screen proofing of desktop printed colours For details see Managing screen and output colours in PagePlus help 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 youll 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 200 Printing your Publication supports both but from the PagePlus end of things you wont see a difference In either mode all your publication s colours will be output in the CMYK colour space and fonts you ve used will be embedded 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 Publi
138. f unchecked the border weight remains constant during resizing Click OK when you re done Working with Text i J Th 2 62 Working with Text Working with Text 63 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 Other methods exist to import textual content insert text from a PDF file using PDF File from the Insert menu see p 23 Alternatively insert a PagePlus file using PagePlus File again from the Insert menu see p 22 For now we ll concentrate on importing text from a text file typically from a word processor To import text from a file 1 Choose Text File from the Insert menu or right click an existing frame and choose Text File The Open dialog appears 2 Select the format of the
139. ft over 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 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 story or if you increase the size of the story text Working with Text 69 You can use the AutoFit function or the frame s AutoFlow button to scale a story s text size so it fits exactly into the available frames See Fitting text to frames on p 97 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 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 or 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 end of the story text is visible EE Overflow The frame is not linked either standalone or last frame and there is additional story text in the overflow area An 1 Aut
140. fun with Photo Edge Effects and a host of other Bitmap transparencies 10 Welcome to PagePlus X2 e Astounding 3D Lighting and Surface Effects Beyond shadow glow bevel and emboss 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 The Feathering filter effect adds a soft or blurry edge to any object Instant 3D adds realistic depth to ordinary objects and text Use one master control panel to vary extrusion rotation bevel lighting texture and more Versatile Text Shape and Flow You can rotate or reshape text frames and still edit their text Enhanced text wrap options and separate crop and wrap outlines mean you have greater control over where text flows and how it appears Impressive Graphics Handling Convert to Picture allows instant in place format changes TIFFs retain CMYK colour data for full colour separation Linked images are easy to maintain and each export filter remembers its own settings For more accurate results with professional printing you can switch in a flash to a CMYK palette e Picture Import and Adjustments Import images inline as part of frame text flow and create your own 32 bit anti aliased TIFFs and PNGs Benefit from on board image adjustments for making quick fi
141. g you can add photos folders delete photos change DPI and embed link status as before Click OK OR To add one or more photos click the Add Image button shown on the bar OR To add an entire folder of photos click the Add Folder button shown on the bar OR Right click in the Media Bar s window and select Add Images The files are included in the album without having to save manually To delete a photo select a photo then click the s Remove Image button OR Right click and select Remove Image For removal of all photos select Remove All Images 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 the bar s workspace 146 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 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 Dragan album s photo thumbnail onto the page either as a detached photo or directly into a picture frame OR Use the AutoFlow feature TIP You can change from embed to link while dragging your photo to the page by using the Ctrl or Shift key as you drag onto the page independent of the photo s link embed status in the album If you use the Alt key at th
142. g a multi level list from selected paragraphs 1 Select Bullets amp Numbering 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 Working with Text 103 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 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 any time To save list as new preset 1 Click anywhere
143. g weekdays and months Rather than order by first letter the sort can be carried out by weekday or month order instead To sort text 1 Select the artistic text or text frame containing the text to be sorted Alternatively drag across over a portion of text to create a text selection to which sorting is limited to 2 Select the t Sort button from the Text context toolbar 3 From the dialog choose a Sort method Typically you would choose Normal but if your list contains weekdays or months pick a date format from the Sort drop down menu which matches your list s date format This will then sort on month order rather than alphabetic order 4 Enable either the Ascending or Descending button 5 Check Case Sensitive to separate out lower case characters from upper case characters which list first 80 Working with Text 6 Tocheck Treat numbers as text to order number lists as 1 10 12 3 5 instead of 1 3 5 10 12 Working with Unicode text PagePlus fully supports Unicode making it possible to incorporate foreign characters or special symbols e To paste Unicode text from the Clipboard to the page use Edit Paste Special e 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 See Inserting Unicode characters e To export text in Unicode format
144. ger 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 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 To display the path name for a resource e Click on the resource name e 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 e Choose Options from the Tools menu and click the General tab Check Suggest embed link picture for embedding or linking Set a fi
145. gt 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 25 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 you 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 In the illustration below the hexagonal shape has had a Linear transparency applied with more transparency at the lower end of the path and less at the upper end It makes a difference which object is in front here the hexagon where there s more transparency more of the object s behind will show through Path Linear o Transparency Effect on Object The concept of transparency Transparency may seem a bit tricky because by definition you can t see it the way you can see a colour fill applied to an object In fact it s there all the time in PagePlus Each new object has a transparency property the default just happens to be None that is no
146. he A Square Crop Tool on the Attributes toolbar s Crop flyout 2 Drag one of the object s edge or corner handles inward 56 Working with Objects To crop by modifying the object s outline e 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 anode control point where you see the cursor drag the node e To move a line segment between two nodes where you see the as cursor drag the segment e Toconvert an outline from straight lines to curves click the Fit Curves button on the Curve context toolbar e To adjust the curvature of a segment drag the control handle s of the adjacent nodes e Toadd 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 scroll the visible portion of a cropped object within the crop outline Select the object and drag its centre 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 uncrop restore full visibility Click the Remove Crop button on the Attributes toolbar s Crop flyout Cropping one shape to another The Crop to Shape command works with exactly two objects sel
147. he 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 ae saa Fill path Linear Fill i object To adjust the gradient fill path on a selected object 1 Click the Fill Tool button on the Attributes toolbar 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 Radial 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 Colour Fills and Transparency 179 Edge nodes Unlike the other fill types bitmap fills don t simply end at the edges of their fill path Rather they tile repeat so you can fill indefinitely large regions at any scale By dragging the edge nodes in or out Centre handle with the Fill tool you can zoom in or out on the fill pattern For example these two shapes use identical bitmap fills with different fill path settings ka SWE Nodes far away Ta 5 ag aH H ir ae D Par r Hodes near To adjust the pa
148. hen 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 the 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 Working with Text 107 AutoCorrect To set options for automatic text correction 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 Inthe 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 Inthe With field type the text to be automatically inserted in plac
149. i page view you have the additional option of scrolling from one set of pages to the next using the vertical scrollbar or the Pan Tool Navigating However you choose to structure your publication PagePlus provides a variety of ways of getting quickly to the elements you need to edit To go to a publication page master page 1 On the Pages tab your publication pages appear as thumbnails in the main Pages panel in page number order 2 Double click on a thumbnail in the panel use the page numbering underneath each thumbnail for navigation Your selected page is displayed For Master pages click on the 3 button to expand the Master Pages panel and double click on a master page Alternatively you can use the l Page Manager View tab on the HintLine toolbar To go to an adjacent page master page Switch to the level page or master page you want to work on as described below then click the Previous Page or gt Next Page button on the HintLine toolbar To go to the first or last page master page Switch to the level page or master page you want to work on as described below then click the First Page or Last Page button on the HintLine toolbar 34 Working with Pages Once youve displayed a page master page you can normally edit any object on it regardless of the layer the object is on simply by clicking the object In order to create a new object on a particular layer you ll first n
150. ies with frame text For details see Default text properties on p 84 Table text can be sorted by row column multi row multi column regions or entire table For details see Sorting tables on p 115 To change the table s structure and appearance To adjust row or column size drag the control button 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 amount 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 You can resize your columns without affecting the overall table width by adjusting the column heading with Ctrl drag 114 Working with Text 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 e 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 To delete one or more 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 from the submenu
151. ify Heading 1 i Delete Heading 1 To select and change a style throughout your document 1 Right click a style displayed on the Text Styles tab 2 Ifthe style is used in your document youll 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 Click on a chosen style to apply the style to the selected text Working with Text 97 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 L and an AutoFlow 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 The Frame context toolbar includes several tools that can simplify the task of fitting text to frames AutoFit Click to scale the story s text size so it fits exactly into the available frames You can use this early on to gauge how the story fits or near the end to apply the finishing touch AutoFit first applies small po
152. ing 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 209 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 referenced images are embedded locally with the message This
153. int size changes then small leading changes then adjustments to the paragraph space below value until the text fits Other settings are not affected Also see Note below Tip You can also press Ctrl Alt X to apply AutoFit Enlarge Story Text Click to increase the story s text size one increment Click for a bigger increase Shrink Story Text Click to reduce the story s text size one increment Click for a greater reduction 98 Working with Text 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 see above you can decide whether to use AutoFit or click the frame s AutoFlow button To AutoFlow story text on the page e Click the AutoFlow button just to the left of the frame s Link button 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 an artistic text object a table or another frame or even flow
154. ion The Hyperlink colour applies to hyperlinked text before it s been clicked on while the same text after a visitor has clicked to follow the link takes on the Followed Hyperlink colour e 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 colour scheme sample shows amp if the scheme uses a tiled bitmap 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 In Web Publishing mode colour scheme samples in the Schemes tab show the Web colours along with the five basic scheme colours as shown at left 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 Using Colour Schemes 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
155. ion of text is already selected see above type to replace the selected text Nulla frestibulum eleifend nulla Suspendisse potenti Aliquam turpis nisi venenatis non accumsan nec imperdiet laoreet lacus 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 three options apply only to frame text You can use these shortcuts or choose the items from the Insert 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 Working with Text 77 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 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 place
156. 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 a 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 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 2 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 210 Publishing and Sharing To use this feature you or any recipient intending to reply or forward must be operating Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express as your email program with the Use Microsoft Word to edit email messages option in Outlook settings unchecked see Tools gt Options gt Mail Format Using PDF Forms ek 212 Using PDF Forms Using PDF Forms 213 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 mo
157. isting Features DTP revolutionized the graphics arts industry and PagePlus revolutionized the DTP market with high impact design available to everyone Features such as Versatile 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 Mail Merge With Mail and Photo Merge read data from just about any source tables from HTML Web pages database files even live ODBC servers Superior Text Entry and Unicode Support Import paste export in Unicode format design with a foreign language or special fonts and characters e Augmented Text Editing Capabilities Convenience Instantly fill new frames with dummy text for pre final layout design or click the AutoFlow button anytime to generate new frames and pages for longer stories Use drag and drop editing in WritePlus Clear formatting revert to plain style with a single keystroke Enhanced Find and Replace features wild card capability using regular expressions Clipboard and Object Controls The Paste in Place command lets you manipulate objects more efficiently Between objects align and snap to object centres use Paste Format to transfer any or all attributes On single objects apply a border to selected edges include or exclude specific filter effects Swap Styles with a Single Click Select any object including text and choose fr
158. ject Inside the text object click for an insertion point to place the page number 3 On the Insert menu choose Page Number Working with Objects cis t A ee 44 Working with Objects Working with Objects 45 Selecting an object Before you can change any object you need to select it using one of these tools from the Tools toolbar D Pointer Tool Click to use the Pointer Tool to select move copy and resize objects 45 Rotate Tool Click to use the Rotate Tool to rotate an object around its centre 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 To select an object e Click on the object using one of the tools shown above A grey bounding box appears with small handles defining the object s corners and edges If objects overlap Alt click until the desired object is selected When selecting a text object with the Pointer Tool e 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 To select only the frame for example to adjust its margin and column guides click the fra
159. ject in front of the object to be cut out using the Arrange menu and or Arrange toolbar as needed 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 To restore the original shapes from a combined object Select it and choose Split Curves from the Arrange menu Applying a mesh warp envelope Mesh warping lets you define a flexible grid of points and lines that you can drag to deform or distort an object and optionally its fill After applying a basic mesh warp envelope from the Attributes toolbar s Mesh Warp flyout 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 Working with Objects 59 warp effect The effect is removable and doesn t permanently alter the object Note that you can t crop a mesh warped object but can use one to crop another object see Cropping and combining objects on p 55 The process of editing mesh warps and their envelopes is described in greater detail in the PagePlus Help Adding borders A border is a repeating decorative element that can be set to enclose an object Borders work especially well with imported pictures ate 2 sd a o ae TIP You can a
160. jects such as pictures text blocks even unlinked text frames or HTML fragments you d like to reuse in different publications It also includes sample designs and when you install the PagePlus X2 Resource CD 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 group and 2 a lower Designs group where you drag designs for storage The Designs group shows a list of thumbnails representing the designs in the selected category Categories Samples Designs a Art Atkention 1 e F N 4 U Drop down cet Free Idea menu Delete Design ag Rename Design Rename Des New 1 New 2 Percent Off You can maintain your own collection of Gallery designs by adding and deleting items with the option of naming individual elements to facilitate rapid access Each design in the design group can be deleted or renamed from a drop down menu available by clicking in the bottom right hand corner of any design 148 Working with Images Lines and Shapes To add delete or rename Gallery categories 1 With the Gallery tab selected click the
161. k 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 settings during drag drop onto the page Click OK The Media Bar is populated with your selected photos If you want 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 You can drag one or more files from any Windows folder directly into the Media Bar window To create a named album 1 2 Click the bar s e bum button In the dialog in the Album Name box type a name to identify your album in the future Use the Add Image or 71 Add Folder button to build up the album s photo collection 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 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 Click OK Working with Images Lines and Shapes 145 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 To modify a previously saved album L 2 Click the Maras button only shown for existing saved albums In the dialo
162. ked questions tricks and shortcuts also complement the tab Welcome to PagePlus X2 5 Instant3D with on screen transforms see p 165 Transform 3D objects in situ with 3D editing from context toolbar Apply awesome multi coloured lighting effects with directional control along with custom bevel and lathe effect profiles to create your very own unique contours Hardware accelerated rendering boosts redraw performance hardware dependent Instant Shadows see p 160 The new Shadow Tool makes light work of adding shadows to pictures and artistic text in fact any PagePlus object Basic or skewed shadows can be adjusted on the page with control handles modify shadow colour intensity and blur or change position angle and shear Send as HTML see p 209 Send your page design via email in HTML format safe in the knowledge that pictures and hyperlinks are maintained Take advantage of ready made email design templates holiday blog birthday or business to make someone s day Picture frames see p 140 Pick from a selection of picture frames choose a shaped heart star triangle or flower preset amongst many others Drag pictures from the new Media Bar or Replace Picture with full control over picture sizing and alignment within the frame Interested in frame borders Simply select from the Gallery tab Year update for Calendars plus inline events see p 119 Update your calendar s year and add named personal event
163. ky guides off completely For more details see Sticky Guides on p 40 40 Working with Pages e 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 click to create the guide at 90 degrees to the ruler e To move a guide drag it e 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 menu option then check Lock guide lines e 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 delete all ruler guides at once click the Remove All button e To switch off sticky guides uncheck Sticky Guides on the Arrange menu e 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 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 e 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 Layout menu option Check or uncheck Dot Grid You can also set the grid spacing style colour and positioning in the dial
164. l 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 To add a page or master page before the one selected in the panel click the Add button 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 If you re using a Serif supplied Photo Album design template a dialog lets you base your new page on one of the template s pages or just a blank page Click on a page and select OK The page is added to the Pages panel The templates also have alternative single page layouts that can be adopted 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 For more page master page insertion options see Adding removing and rearranging pages in online Help 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 Clickthe Delete Page button 36 Working with Pages 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 guides bleed are
165. l 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 New shapes take the default line and fill initially a black line with no fill 156 Working with Images Lines and Shapes QuickShapes The QuickShape flyout contains a wide variety of commonly used shapes including boxes ovals arrows polygons and stars boel Oe ae ele tae 28 N CO amp w co iQ gA 04 fe ag 2S tb tt 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 e Hold down the Shift key as you drag All QuickShapes can be positioned resized rotated and filled What s more you can adjust them using the Pointer Tool Each shape changes in a logic
166. l 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 ISP It s up to you to establish an account you can use for Web publishing 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 file 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 234 Producing Web Pages 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 e Click on the column headers to change the current sort or drag to change the column width e The top row of buttons lets you view up one level create a new folder
167. l to highlight the region of text 2 Click the Hyperlink button on the Standard toolbar or choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu 3 Inthe Hyperlinks dialog 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 or local file 4 Click OK As a visual cue hyperlinked words are underlined and appear in the colour you ve specified in the Scheme Manager 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 e 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 text Producing Web Pages 225 Viewing hyperlinks in your publication The Hyperlink Manager gives you an overview of all the hyperlinks in your publication 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
168. le 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 Internet Service Provider ISP as to their naming conventions for Home Pages and file extensions By default PagePlus names your first Home page INDEX HTML the standard file name a browser will be looking for Depending on the Producing Web Pages 229 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 Adding sound and video PagePlus lets you augment your We
169. le 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 shops 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 L 6 Prepare the publication following standard print publishing guidelines and taking the distribution method into account Optional Insert hyperlinks as needed for example to link table of contents entries to pages in the document Optional To create pop up annotations insert PageHints as needed Optional Once the publication is final prepare a bookmark list see Creating a PDF bookmark list on p 204 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 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 Click OK t
170. le publications with many stories flowing from one page to another When you select a frame youll 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 75 Text frames behave like other PagePlus objects you can resize move and even crop or rotate them You can also apply line fill and transparency properties to frames For some operations it s more convenient if you get rid of the text insertion point and select only the frame To select only the frame no insertion point e Click the frame s bounding box When only the frame is selected you can move it more easily And only in this mode can you directly adjust the frame margin and column guides which constrain the flow of text as described in Frame setup and layout below To move a text frame Drag the frame s bounding box OR Use the or Y options in the Transform tab To resize a text frame e Inany selection mode drag a corner or edge handle OR Use the or options in the Transform tab 66 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 Y
171. le size below which files are embedded automatically Working with Text 133 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 available on the new computer A third column called Substitutions shows which local fonts are being used as substitutes for missing fonts See Substituting fonts on p 88 for more information To display the font category e 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 134 Working with Text Working with Images Lines and Shapes 136 Working with Images Lines and Shapes Working with Images Lines and Shapes 137 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 digit
172. lect gt Select Similar on the Edit menu To select all objects on a layer e Display the Layers tab choose the layer and right click to Select All Objects 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 Working with Objects 47 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 and bleeds on p 36 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 It is especially useful for selectively repositioning objects in bulk by guide movement without any unnecessary grouping operations To turn snapping on and off e Click the F Snapping button on the HintLine toolbar When the button is down snapping is on Use Alt drag to override snapping temporarily 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 thos
173. lect the object that s the basis for the new defaults and choose Update Object Default from the Format menu Right click the sample object and choose Format gt Update Object Default 182 Using Colour Fills and Transparency Using colour 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 schemes Colour schemes are saved globally so the full set of schemes is always available To select a colour scheme 1 Click the Schemes tab The currently assigned scheme 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 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 num
174. lendar context toolbar OR Right click on a selected calendar and choose Calendar gt Edit Calendar Choose an appropriate tab and make your modification then press OK Right click with the Calendar option selected also lets you select insert distribute and delete rows and columns but take care not to corrupt your table formatting Working with Text 121 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 You can also swap to a different country s public holiday settings for any existing calendar if needed Remember to ensure that Add public holidays is checked in Calendar Properties To swap public holidays 1 Select a calendar 2 Select the Edit Calendar button from the context toolbar then navigate to the Events tab 3 Select a different name from the Region drop down menu Adding personal events You can complement your public holiday listings e g Easter holidays by 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 To add an event 1 Select a calendar 2 Choose Calendar Events from the context toolbar OR Select the Calendar
175. lette 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 Using Colour Fills and Transparency 185 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 standard 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 e With the Colour tab selected pick a colour from the displayed colour spectrum OR e Use the Colour Picker on the Colour tab to select any colour already on your page Remember to hold down the mouse button and drag the cursor onto the page You can also add colours to the Publication palette by right clicking on any sample in your Publication palette then selecting the Add option or by using the Palette Manager Ifyou don t want to add colours automatically uncheck Automatically Add to Publication palette on the Colour tab s gt Tab Menu button To add an object s
176. lid a dialog indicating successful connection displays 2 If you ve set up at least one account the Manage FTP Accounts opens Click the Upload button to open the Publish to Web dialog In the dialog the last used account name 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 Choose which pages you want to upload check specific page s in the window or Publish All Pages Use the Toggle Select Toggle Branch and Select All buttons to aid page selection To safeguard your PagePlus project by upload check the Backup the document to the remote server option If the project is unsaved you ll be prompted to save it Click OK PagePlus seeks an Internet connection then Producing Web Pages 233 e If uploading for the first time selected files will be uploaded directly OR e If uploading to an existing site an Uploading Files dialog is displayed showing local file action 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 Youll 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 emai
177. me 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 To select an individual object within a group Ctrl click the object 46 Working with Objects Selecting multiple objects Selecting more than one object at a time creating a multiple selection lets you e 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 objects later See Creating Groups on p 48 To create a multiple selection e Clickin 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 e Hold down the Shift key and click the object to be added or removed To deselect all objects in a multiple selection e 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 e Hold down the Ctrl key and double click one object of that type OR Select one object then choose Se
178. ment 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 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 Select Match whole word only to match character sequences that have 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 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 Click Replace if you want to substitute the 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 Find text with the replacement text at the same time PagePlus reports when the search is completed Click Close to dismiss the Find and Replace dialog The Find and Replace dialog also lets you p
179. n p Error Bookmark not defined 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 You can also use a convenient keyboard switch to enter subscripts or superscripts To insert a symbol character using the Insert menu 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 3 Ifyou 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 e 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 e Click any individual character or select it while browsing 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 e To insert a character into your text double click it or select it and click Insert To enter subscript or superscript characters e Press Ctrl to enter subscript mode or Ctrl Shift to for superscript mode Type the subscript or superscript then press the key combination again to return
180. 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 Icon Form Field Name Button Submit button Reset button Print button Check Box Text Field Combo Box List Box Radio Button Signature Using PDF Forms 215 When to use Use when specifying an action that can be triggered by a button click 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 Use when you want to add a button to clear all form fields of data often complements the above Submit button Use when you want to add a print button to your form 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 Use for adding text numbers or a mixture of both For selection from a scrollable list of items in a drop down menu where only one item can be selected example The box also allows data entry to be input into this box type Smaller than a List Box For selection from a scrollable list of items supports multiple selection and advanced actions on selection of menu items Good for selection of a single mutually exclusive item from a grouped subset of choices Used for the digital signing of secure docum
181. nd 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 94 Working with Text To create a new style 1 On the Text Styles tab select the style on which you want your new style to be based and then Click the Create Style button OR Right click and choose Base New Style on lt selected style name gt 2 Inthe 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 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 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 Onthe Text Styles tab right click on the charac
182. ng and dragging from the PagePlus rulers See Creating ruler guides on p 39 Working with Pages 37 Defining layout guides To define layout guides Click Bl thue s on the Page context toolbar Then in the Layout Guides dialog use the Margins tab as described below The Margins tab lets you 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 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 e Use the Bleed Area Guides section 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 This setting also affects any ruler guides you ve placed on the page area It doesn t affect display of
183. ng style and initial numbering 2 Tochange 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 matter 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 If you ve reordered chapters or changed the chapter list in any way you can quickly impose correct numbering on the current list again To update page numbering Choose Renumber Pages from the BookPlus File menu Working with Text 129 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 ch
184. node of a connector to detach or reattach it See Drawing and editing lines on p 149 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 172 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 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 153 To change the line colour use the Colour tab or Swatches tab see Applying solid colours on p 175 PagePlus lets you scale the connector s line ends in relation to the thickness of 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 Using Colour Fills and Transparency 174 Using Colour Fills and Transparency Using Colour Fills and Transparency 175 Applying solid colours PagePlus offers a number of ways to apply solid colours to objects of different kinds e You can apply solid colours to an object s line or fill As you might expect QuickSh
185. nsparency that will be applied to the next new object you create For information on setting defaults in PagePlus see Updating and saving defaults on p 23 192 Using Colour Fills and Transparency Printing your Publication 194 Printing your Publication Printing your Publication 195 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 youre working with a service bureau or professional printer and need to provide PostScript output see Generating professional output p 199 which also covers PDF output for professional printing To set up your printer or begin printing e Clickthe amp Print button on the Standard toolbar OR e Choose Print from the File menu or after right clicking on the page or pasteboard The Print dialog appears To print 1 Onthe 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 Ifnecessary click the Layout Separations or Prepress tab s to set special print options e To set options for scaling thumbnails multiple pages tiling or mail merge select the Layout tab For details see Printing special formats on p 197 e To specify settings for PostScript colour separations select the Separations tab e To set professional print options select the
186. nt 3 Click OK 4 Use File gt Save to save as a PagePlus publication PPP 24 Getting Started To insert a PDF file into an existing PagePlus publication 1 Open your existing PagePlus publication 2 Select a page from the Pages tab remember to double click the page to select or from the navigation buttons on the Hintline toolbar 3 Choose Insert gt PDF File from the Insert menu 4 Inthe Open dialog 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 and work with more than one window for a given publication You can drag and drop objects between publication windows Each new publication you open appears in a separate window with its own settings To close the current window Choose Close from the File menu or click the window s El Close button If it s the only window open for the publication the command closes the publication and youll be prompted to save changes You can close all open publications without exiting the main PagePlus application
187. ntext toolbar 149 Curve Creation context toolbar 150 curves see lines 149 custom publication setup 29 D dashed lines 153 data sources for mail merge 131 databases 122 inserting into tables 122 date inserting 104 Default paragraph font 92 default properties 25 84 deforming Mesh Warp 58 design templates 20 dictionary 108 personal spell checking 108 Digital signatures See PagePlus help dimensionality Instant 3D 165 dimensions setting for publication 29 distributing objects 53 document information viewing changing and inserting 106 dot grid 40 53 snapping to 46 draw type images importing 137 Drop Cap 83 edges adding 59 editing text 75 83 effects special filter 159 162 Elbow Connector Tool 170 email hyperlinking to an address 224 sharing publications as HTML by 209 sharing publications by 208 embedding vs linking 132 139 Emboss effect 159 endnotes inserting 83 envelope mesh warp 58 events on calendars 121 exporting PDF files 130 203 F favourite fonts 86 feathering filter effect 164 features new 3 fill and line properties 149 153 175 176 Fill Tool 176 fills 176 Bitmap 176 applying 176 gradient 176 adding 180 applying 176 editing 180 solid 175 filter effects 159 162 164 Find amp Replace 81 Fit Text to Curve 73 flipping objects 55 folded publications printing 197 setting up 29 FontManager
188. nu or right click and choose Text Format 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 To resize or reproportion an artistic text object e To resize while maintaining the object s proportions drag the resize handles OR To resize freely hold down the Shift key while dragging To edit artistic text e 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 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 other line In addition text on a path is editable in some unique ways as described below 72 Working with Text PagePlus offers four ways to create text on a path i e To apply a preset curved path to text 1 Create an artistic text object 2 With the text object selected on the Text context toolbar click the Path flyout and choose a preset path The text now flows along the specified path Oos si Ri
189. o 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 106 Working with Text To update fields e Enter new information in the User Details dialog via Tools gt Set User Details e 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 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 Title Subject Author Keywords and Comments 3 Click the Statistics tab to view key dates last saved information etc 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 t
190. o 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 TIP You can insert sound and movie clips in your publication which will play in your exported PDF Choose options from the PDF Media Clip gt located on the Insert menu 204 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 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 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
191. oFlow button also appears to the left of the Link button EA 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 e You can link a sequence of empty frames then import the text OR You can import the text into a single frame then create and link additional frames into which the text automatically flows When frames are created by the AutoFlow option for example when importing text they are automatically linked in sequence 70 Working with Text 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 OR Select the frame then click the El 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 e Click the Unlink Frame button on the Frame toolbar OR Click on the frame s Link button then click with the Textflow cursor on the same frame Story text remains
192. oSpell features You can customize the built in dictionary by adding your own words see PagePlus help Multilingual spell checking is supported by use of up to 14 dictionaries Any language can be enabled globally from Tools gt Options gt General tab 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 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 In the dialog click Options to set preferences for ignoring words in certain categories such as words containing numbers or domain 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 See below for more on modifying your dictionary 6 Working with Text 109 Spell checking continues until you
193. odes from the gradient reposition nodes and apply different levels of transparency to individual nodes see Editing transparency effects To apply a transparency effect with the Transparency tool 1 Select an object 2 Click the Transparency Tool button on the Attributes toolbar 3 Click and drag on the object to define the transparency path The object takes a simple Linear transparency grading from opaque to clear Using Colour Fills and Transparency 189 To apply a transparency effect using the Transparency tab ie Click the Transparency tab and pick a button Solid Gradient or Bitmap which will display available transparency samples for the gallery type Select the object s and click the gallery sample for the transparency you want to apply OR Drag from the gallery sample onto any object the cursor changes to include a fill sign over suitable objects and release the mouse button To apply or edit a transparency using a dialog L 3 Right click the object and choose Format gt Transparency OR Click the Transparency button on the Attributes toolbar s Transparency flyout Choose the desired fill type In addition e For a Bitmap fill select a desired bitmap transparency category and click a thumbnail e For a Gradient effect select a Linear Ellipse or Conical fill e For a simple gradient with two nodes one at each end of its path use the From controls to set a starting
194. og see PagePlus help 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 if necessary Working with Pages 41 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 Red Black sticky o non sticky oO markers markers m click red marker to make non markers become non sticky and sticky change to black 3 Ifyou then drag the red guide away the object will not follow 2 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 youll have to make them non sticky manually 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 of your publication The Headers and Footers Wizard lets you create these elements easily To create headers and or footers
195. oices move the pointer downwards and to the right SEIE JARE 3x 1 Pages 3 Click once to make your selection To return to single page view e Click the Multisheet button and select the 1x1 Page array To cancel Print Preview mode Click the Close button Printing your Publication 197 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 e Click the O 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 from 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 to
196. olbar e To shift the object s position one step toward the front right click on the object and choose Arrange gt Forward One e 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 Precise alignment is one key to a professional layout You can align the edges of any two or more objects with one another space them out at certain intervals or align objects with a page margin In addition layout tools such as rulers and the dot grid provide guides to assist you in placing objects on the page Snapping lets you align objects against sticky or non sticky guides To align the edges of two or more objects L 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 Select the Align tab OR Click the Align Objects button on the Arrange toolbar or choose Align Objects from the Arrange menu or right click submenu In the Align tab or dialog select an option for vertical and or horizontal alignment Choose Top Bottom Left Right Centre Vertically or Centre Horizontally Alternatively to distribute the objects you can choose Space Evenly Down or Space Evenly Across to spread selected objects uniformly down or across the either the whole page or by a set measurement check Spaced and set a value in any measurement unit To align on
197. om a gallery of ready made styles that combine a host of attributes such as 3D filter effects glows shadows textures and materials Customize the preset styles or create your own e Packed Gallery of Designs Use the Gallery tab to store your favourite designs for use in any publication Alternatively use the categorized galleries to select from an impressive collection of pre defined designs simply drag to the page Welcome to PagePlus X2 Frame Text and Artistic Text Compose traditional text in frames rotate or reshape frames and still edit their text And artistic text lets you click and type anywhere on the page format with the customary tools then apply colourful lines and fills directly at the character level Scale it rotate it flip it flow it along a path Text Composition Tools PagePlus includes word count search and replace spell checking thesaurus and proof reader AutoCorrect and AutoSpell proofing options are at hand Multilingual Support Create multiple language documents 14 dictionaries are provided including German French Spanish and Italian in PagePlus You can mark words paragraphs or whole stories with a language and PagePlus will automatically check the spelling for you in that language Mix and match multiple languages in one document if you want Automatic Font Substitution PANOSE matching substitution of fonts on import resolves possible missing font issues with the option of manually re ma
198. order Enable the A header button if you ve used named headers above or preceding your row or column Specify the named row or column headers from the above drop down menus to ignore the headers during the sorting process Swap to the Options tab and pick the Primary sort key order Keep the setting at Normal unless your list contains weekdays or months in which case pick a date format from the same drop down menu this must match your list s date format This will then sort on month order rather than alphabetic order Check Case Sensitive to separate out lower case characters from upper case characters which list first To check Treat numbers as text to order number lists as 1 10 12 3 5 instead of 1 3 5 10 12 Working with Text 117 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 Jan QuickFill handle QuickClear lets you instantly clear a range of cells whereas QuickFill lets you quickly enter a standard sequence of numbers or entries for example the months of the year the days of the week or any arithmetic progression see below 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 specifi
199. ote that this option ignores printer margins and doesn t change the imposition orientation of output pages Printing your Publication 199 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 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 d
200. ou can resize any frame but cannot alter its basic shape To create a frame 1 Click the Standard Frame Tool button on the Tools toolbar for a standard rectangular frame OR Click the Shaped Frame Tool button its icon displays the most recently selected shape and select a shape from the flyout submenu 2 Click on the page or pasteboard to create a new frame at a default size Drag to adjust the frame s dimensions To create a frame from a shape e 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 If there s a selection point in the text pressing Delete will remove characters after the cursor Putting text into a frame You can put text into a frame using one of the following methods 1 WritePlus story editor e Right click on a frame and choose Edit Story Ctrl E with text selected to start WritePlus PagePlus s integrated story editor 2 Importing text e Right click on a frame and choose Insert Text File Ctrl T to import text Working with Text 67 3 Typing into the frame Select the Pointer tool then click for an insertion point to type
201. p 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 198 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 percentage 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 valu
202. p 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 a2D Bump Map 164 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 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 filter effects but not with a 3D Bump Map 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 See the overview above for background and technical details on these effects 3D Lighting The 3D Lighting effect works in conjunction with other 3D effects to let you vary the surface illumination and reflective properties Feathering Feathering is a filter effect that adds a
203. plates from the Photo Album categories provide additional alternative single page layouts which can be adopted when adding more pages to your document See Adding Removing and Rearranging Pages on p 34 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 a design template 3 Inthe Templates 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 This method is the only way to access design templates If you ve switched the Startup Wizard off and don t see it when you start up or choose File gt New you can switch it on again On the Tools menu choose Options Then on the General page select Use startup wizard You can save any PagePlus document as a template PPX file to be used as a basis for other publications When opening a saved template file PagePlus automatically opens an untitled copy leaving the original template intact See PagePlus help for more details Getting Started 21 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 start a new publication of a certain type 1 Open PagePlus or choose New from the File menu and select New from Startup
204. plex documents Optional Windows compatible printer e TWAIN compatible scanner and or digital camera e Stylus or other input device 3D Accelerated graphics card with DirectX 9 or above or OpenGL support e Internet account and connection required for Web Publishing features and accessing online resources First time Install To install PagePlus X2 simply insert the Program CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The AutoRun feature automatically starts the Setup process and all you need to do is answer the on screen questions If the AutoRun does not start the install use the manual install instructions below If you ve also obtained the PagePlus X2 Resource CD install it now following the same procedure you used for the Program CD 14 Welcome to PagePlus X2 Manual Install Re install To re install the software or to change any part of the installation at a later date select Control Panel from the Windows Start menu via the Settings item for pre XP systems and then double click the Add Remove Programs icon Make sure the correct CD ROM is inserted into your CD ROM drive choose Serif PagePlus X2 and click the Install button You ll have the choice of removing or adding components re installing components or removing all components Other PagePlus Resources Resource CD ROM The Resource CD includes many professionally designed design templates for instantly creating brochures business forms calendars stationery notice
205. pping fonts at a later date Professional Layout Tools Multipage view lets you see an array of pages not just one at a time Intelligent text fitting Movable rulers and guides Precision placement rotation and text wrap Flip crop watermark and recolour graphics Text formatting with bullets lists kerning hyphenation drop caps smart quotes and named styles Multiple master pages with as many separate background templates as you need Each page can have multiple layers so you can assign elements to different layers for modular design Facing pages display and much more QuickShapes As with other Serif solutions QuickShapes provide intelligent clipart for your publication Welcome to PagePlus X2 9 Powerful Drawing Options Sketch freehand lines and curves extend existing lines with ease simply connect the dots to trace around curved objects and pictures Use the Curve context toolbar to fine tune contours or edit B zier nodes Sketch using calligraphic lines add rounded corners caps vary the join style of connected lines Connect end points to create any shape you like Apply line styles to all kinds of shapes even add line endings like arrowheads and diamonds Customize line and fill apply transparency even freely edit the outline Automatic anti aliasing of lines text and polygons results in superb visuals both on screen and on the printed page Powerful Shape Conversion Options The Convert to Curves comman
206. puter This means that these fonts are available to format any selected character or paragraph you can even associate the font with a text style 86 Working with Text To install uninstall fonts and generally manage your fonts you can use Serif FontManager To assign a font Select some text then click on the font name in the Fonts tab to assign the font to the text To recall previously assigned fonts quickly the last six assigned fonts are displayed in a Recently used fonts sub window at the top of the tab You can preview how fonts will appear on your selected text by enabling PagePlus s font preview feature To preview fonts 1 From the tab s gt 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 Viewing recently used Websafe and Favourite fonts Once you ve assigned some fonts to your page s text you can quickly reuse those fonts from the collapsible Recently Used Fonts section at the top of the tab the last six assigned fonts are shown To switch this feature off click the gt Tab Menu button at the top right of the tab click Categories and then uncheck the option As well as recently used fonts you can display a standard set of Websafe fonts or your font Favourites in separate collapsible s
207. r a detached picture make sure all text objects are deselected To put the picture into a frame create the frame and then select it In the main window Click the Import Picture button on the Tools toolbar s Picture flyout In WritePlus Choose Picture File from the Insert menu Use the dialog to select the picture to open 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 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 Click Open If there s a text insertion point in the main window youll be prompted whether to insert the picture at the current cursor position Click Yes if you want to do this If there was no insertion point or you answered No to the prompt the mouse pointer changes to the t Picture Paste cursor What you do next determines the initial size and placement of the detached picture 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 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 139 To replace an existing picture 1 To r
208. r additional manipulations Pasting an object s formatting Once you have copied an object to the Clipboard you can use the Paste Format to apply its formatting attributes to another object Paste Format Plus displays a master control dialog that lets you 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 or press Ctrl Shift V The target object takes on any formatting attributes and settings of the source object that are currently defined in Paste Format Plus Moving objects To move an object including a multiple selection e 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 The view automatically re centres itself as you drag objects to the edge of the screen Working with Objects 51 In Multipage view you can drag and drop objects between pages Use the Multipage button on the View toolbar to set up a convenient viewing mode 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 Release the Shift key afte
209. r 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 submenu 3 Inthe dialog locate the folder where you wish to store the output files If the output folder specified does not exist you ll be asked if you want a new folder created when you click OK to finish the dialog 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 Previewing your Web site in a browser Previewing your site in a Web browser is an essential step before publishing it to the World Wide 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
210. r list 2 Choose Publish as PDE from the BookPlus File menu Working with Text 131 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 youve 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 203 then click OK Using mail merge Most commonly mail merge means printing 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 form 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 catalogs or photo albums As mail merge is an advanced feature of PagePlus see the PagePlus Help which covers mail merge in more detail Subjects covered include Opening a data source e Editing Serif Database files e Selecting filtering and sorting the merge list e Inserting placeholders for your data Previewing data in the publication e Merging and printing 132 Working with Text Checking fonts and resources used The Resource Mana
211. r you release the left mouse button 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 set two or more objects to the same horizontal or vertical size as the last selected object you can use Arrange gt Size Objects 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 Text in frames and tables doesn t change size when the container object is resized To resize freely e Drag from a corner or line end handle To constrain a shape frame object or table object when resizing e Hold the Shift key down and drag from a corner or line end handle 52 Working with Objects Resizing groups You can resize a group object The size of images graphic objects and text objects in the group will change The size of text inside frames or tables won t change only the size of the text container You can move b
212. racter or Apply to Paragraph OR On the Text context toolbar click to expand the Text Styles drop down list and select Clear Formatting to clear both text and paragraph formatting OR Select a range of text and then on the Format menu choose Clear Text Formatting again for both The PagePlus Help provides a Text Properties summary for detailed reference Working with Text 85 Using fonts One of the most dramatic ways to change your document s appearance is to change the fonts used in your artistic or frame text Applying different fonts to a character or entire paragraph can communicate very different messages to your intended readership Lorem Ipsum OREM p a M on Ips A kenn Ip BILLA Torem Ipsum 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 However the advantages of using the Fonts tab over the other methods include the ability to hover over preview of fonts on your document s text e assign fonts via single click e search for installed fonts access FontManager if purchased k 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 com
213. ramatic lighting effects e 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 e 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 166 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 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 y Q g me O O X Y Z X and Y rotation rotation rotation rotation TIP Transform about your 3D objects axes instead of your pages axes by holding the Ctrl key down as you transform 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 Inst
214. rencies to vary the transparency effect New node Effect on Object Changing the set of gallery transparencies If you ve defined a new gradient transparency by setting path and or level you can add it to the set of gallery transparencies shown on the Transparency tab so that it will be available to use again You can also edit or delete any of the gallery transparencies To add an object s transparency to the Transparency tab e Right click the object and choose Format gt Add Transparency to Studio The transparency setting is stored as a new sample in the Transparency tab a solid transparency is saved to the Solid gallery gradient to Gradient gallery etc OR Select the object and choose Add Transparency to Studio from the Format menu OR Right click a sample transparency in the Transparency tab and select Add Create a transparency from the Transparency dialog Using Colour Fills and Transparency 191 To edit a gallery transparency 1 Right click the sample and choose Edit 2 Inthe Transparency dialog choose a new level of transparency with the slider or input box 3 Click OK The new sample is shown at the end of the samples shown in the Transparency tab To delete a gallery transparency e Right click the sample and choose Delete Deleting a gallery transparency doesn t affect any objects that have already been given that effect Setting the default transparency The default transparency means the tra
215. rent 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 plus the Hyperlink Followed Hyperlink Active Hyperlink and background Page Colour if in Web mode has its own drop down list showing available colours in the PagePlus palette 3 To set or change a scheme colour or adjunct colour simply click the adjacent button and select a new colour Click More Colours to display the Colour Selector 4 Tostore 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 To apply the scheme to the current publication or web site click OK Managing publication colours and 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 standard 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 Any new colours you create will automatically be added to the Swatches tab in the Publication pa
216. s newsletters Web sites and much more In addition you ll find a set of illustrated tutorials for hands on projects and a great learning experience Resource Guide The Resource Guide provides a compendium of reference material to help any user get the most out of PagePlus At a glance full colour previews of PagePlus design templates Image Galleries and more plus convenient access to a range of tutorials at all levels The Guide is something to keep handy and return to time and time again About this User Guide Welcome to PagePlus X2 15 This User Guide focuses on information essential to the design publishing and printing of your PagePlus publication As a feature rich product PagePlus supports many more features which can t all be included in this User Guide To assist the following table lists some other books and topics exclusively available within the PagePlus Online Help Scan the help s Contents for these books and topics for more information Book Name How to Start Save and Close Publications How to Work with Pages How to Work with Objects How to Format Characters and Paragraphs How to Use Special Character Options How to Use Advanced Document Features How to Work with Lines and Shapes How to Import Images and Objects How to Apply Image Adjustments How to Work with Colour Fills and Transparency How to Prepare a Publication for the Web Topics covered in book Saving your
217. s plus country or region specific public holidays all with powerful event control Calendar Event Manager Enhanced tables see p 112 Distribute or autofit selected rows columns or your entire table even set absolute row column sizes Sort single or multi column row contents Now benefit from resizing of table columns without affecting table width Layout aids see p 40 Take advantage of labour saving sticky guides a great way of moving in bulk all objects snapped to your ruler guides move the guide and objects will follow Welcome to PagePlus X2 Tab controls and your workspace see PagePlus help PagePlus now features auto show hide tab controls with supporting slide fade or roll animation effects you can promote tabs into view while hiding rarely used tabs Favourite user defined workspace profiles can be loaded from the Startup Wizard or use a preset workspace profile Enhanced PDF export import see p 203 Play sound and movie clips in exported PDFs great for the new PDF slideshow feature Export PDFs with native alpha channel transparency support Unicode text is exported without conversion to curves while greyscale monochrome image export is enhanced Preserve font appearance from imported PDFs with PagePlus s PDF embedded font support avoiding font substitution issues Enhanced FTP upload Web Publishing mode see p 231 New FTP features include uploading your PagePlus project to safeguard agains
218. s the permitted and prohibited uses 2007 Serif Europe Ltd All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Serif Europe Ltd 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 Serif PagePlus X2 2007 Serif Europe Ltd Clipart samples from Serif ArtPacks Serif Europe Ltd amp Paul Harris Portions images 1997 2002 Nova Development Corporation 1995 Expressions Computer Software 1996 98 CreatiCom n 1996 Cliptoart 1996 99 Hemera 1997 Multimedia Agency Corporation 1997 98 Seattle Support Group Rights of all parties reserved Digital image content 2005 upiter mages Corporation All Rights Reserved TrueType font samples from Serif FontPacks Serif Europe Ltd 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
219. s the text onto the clipboard 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 78 Working with Text Left Indent 1st Line Indent Right Indent aucibus justo quis nisl Etam vulputate sapi n eu egestas rutrum leo neque luctus dolor ed hendrerit tartar metnes ut dui Etiam id 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 Frame setup and layout on p 67 To set the indents of the current paragraph e Drag the appropriate ruler marker s OR For quick left indents select the Increase Lev
220. sary 6 Click OK to accept the new dimensions The updated settings will be applied to the current publication To adjust size orientation of the current publication Web Publishing mode 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 Facing pages In Paper Publishing mode you can set up your publication so that the PagePlus window displays pages either singly or in pairs as two facing pages side by side You ll need facing 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 30 Working with Pages To set up facing pages Paper Publishing mode 1 Inthe Page Setup dialog check Facing Pages 2 Ifyou 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 mast
221. sary 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 original 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 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 Select File gt Open 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 docume
222. se 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 110 Working with Text Using the thesaurus The Thesaurus lets you find synonyms definitions and variations of words in text objects throughout the publication 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 or press Shift F7 3 To look up a different word type it into the Replace Look Up box and click the Look Up button Using the Thesaurus If the 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 Replace 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 To replace the original word Click the Replace
223. sh as PDF from the File menu 2 Review General and Advanced tab settings see Exporting PDF files on p 203 When preparing a PDF X file for professional printing choose either PDF X 1 or PDF X la 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 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 e Type in anew 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 Publishing and Sharing a a th LAAN FA 9 X i oat k i 202 Publishing and Sharing Publishing and Sharing 203 Exporting PDF files PDF short for Portab
224. soft or blurry edge to any object It s great for blending single objects into a composition vignetted borders on photos and much more You can apply feathering in conjunction with other filter effects To apply feathering 1 Select an object and choose Filter Effects from the Format menu or right click the object and choose Filter Effects The Filter Effects dialog appears 2 Check the Feathering box in the menu shown at the left Working with Images Lines and Shapes 165 3 Adjust the sliders or enter specific values to vary the feathering effect You can also select a slider and use the keyboard arrows e Opacity 0 to 100 controls the opacity of shadow pixels e Blur controls the fuzziness of the edge 4 Check the Scale with Object box if you want the effect to adjust in proportion to any change in the object s size With the box unchecked the effect s extent remains fixed if you resize the object 5 Click OK to apply the effect to the selected object or Cancel to abandon changes Adding dimensionality Instant 3D Using the Instant 3D feature you can easily transform flat shapes shown and text into three dimensional objects gt PagePlus provides control over 3D effect settings such as bevelling use several rounded and chiseled presets or create your own with a custom bevel profile editor e lighting up to eight editable and separately coloured lights can be positioned to produce d
225. source file to be imported and locate the file itself See below for details on setting the preferred text import format 3 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 like alignment left centre right For details on how PagePlus handles text styles see Using text styles on p Error Bookmark not defined 4 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 5 Click OK 64 Working with Text PagePlus will import the designated text into the pre selected text object or a new text frame Setting the preferred text import format PagePlus supports direct text import from a number of major word processing applications Direct import means that in order to import files of a particular format the word processing application itself must be present on your machine During installation PagePlus checks for an installed word processor You can change the preferred setting to any of the supported applications To designate the preferred text import format 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu 2 On the General page select your preferr
226. sparency 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 dialog lets you add or subtract key colours from the gradient apply different key colours to individual nodes or vary the overall shading of the effect applied to the object Using Colour Fills and Transparency 177 To apply a gradient fill with the Fill Tool 1 Select an object 2 On the Attributes toolbar on the Fill flyout click the Fill Tool button 3 Click and drag on the object to define the fill path The object takes a simple linear fill grading from its current colour to white To apply a gradient or bitmap fill using the Swatches tab 1 Click the Swatches tab and ensure the 2j Fill button is selected NOTE The colour of the underline reflects the colour of your selected object 2 P For gradient fills select a gradient category e g Linear Elliptical etc from the Gradient drop down list OR For bitmap fills select a category from the Bitmap drop down list 3 Select the object s and then click the gallery swatch of 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 You can use
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230. st 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 collect 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 From the form recipient s perspective information is First Name as last Name ay Gender radio buttons or drop down boxes The information Male Female Pick Event typed into text boxes or selected from check boxes entered can be numeric textual or a mixture of both It is possible to arrange and lock form fields plus control Send More
231. st the properties of a specific effect select its name and adjust the dialog controls Adjust the sliders drop down menu 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 Select the Scale with Object check box if you want the effect to adjust in proportion to any change in the object s size With the box unchecked the effect s extent remains fixed if you resize the object Click OK to apply the effect or Cancel to abandon changes 160 Working with Images Lines and Shapes Colour Fill The Colour Fill effect applies a colour over any existing fill and lets you achieve some effects that are not possible with other controls For example you can use Colour Fill to force everything in a complex group to a single colour or recolour a bitmap in a solid colour effectively ignoring everything but the transparency Instant shadows 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 in a flash 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 transparenc
232. t To use style presets to customize the table s appearance e 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 fill Font bold italic etc and Alignment left centre etc e 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 e 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 and choose Cell Properties from the Table menu 2 Use the dialog s Border Fill Transparency Margin or Orientation tabs to apply cell formatting then click OK Sorting tables PagePlus lets you sort words numbers or a combination of both in a single row or column any selected table area or the entire table Sorting can be carried out in ascending A to Z or 0 to 9 or descending order Z to A or 9 to 0 to a set priority punctuation marks first then numbers letters and symbols last More complex multi row or multi column sorting is possible especially useful when sorting first names and surnames Typically you d want to order by surname but for people with identical surnames e g Walker you may also want to additionally order th
233. t loss Manually control which files to upload during more versatile incremental updates Fancy a fresh start Now delete the entire site in one operation Fully Vista Compatible see PagePlus help Using Microsoft s new Operating System Remember to visit the Text Search feature to display text from all open PagePlus documents at the same time View resizable large format thumbnail previews of any PagePlus publications in the Vista Explorer and some very useful additions you ve been asking for Improved page auto panning and Text on a Path operations Use Select All in the Find amp Replace feature to view all matching text instances Express text leading as a percentage of point size Use optical justification to produce a hanging indent on your frame text s punctuation great for tidy margin edges Create shaped text frames by typing directly onto any shape great for diagrams and illustrations Resize a cropped picture within its crop area Preview publications in Trimmed Page Mode and continue designing all at the same time The re designed Transform tab supports origin control for unlimited resizing stretching and rotating Sort paragraph lists either alphabetically or numerically Line styles now let you scale line ends e g arrows and control line end placement For professional printing import and manipulate CMYK JPG files and make use of Adobe based ICC colour profiles shipped with PagePlus Welcome to PagePlus X2 7 Ex
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235. ter or paragraph style you want to modify and then choose Modify lt style gt 2 Inthe Text Style dialog navigate the attribute tree menu make your modifications and then click OK 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 Working with Text 95 Selection Clicking Clear Formatting affects Word Character Range of text Character Single Character and Paragraph paragraph Multiple Paragraph paragraphs 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 Clear Formatting w Apply to Character Apply to Paragraph K Apply to Both To remove local formatting 1 Select locally formatted characters or paragraph s as described in the above table Either On the Text Styles tab click the Clear Formatting option once OR From the same tab select Apply to Both from the drop down menu or Clear Text Formatting from the Format menu
236. text inside a graphic a circle for example Wrapping is accomplished by changing the wrap setting for the object to which text will wrap Wrap options are accessible via the Wrap Settings dialog which includes these useful illustrations of how text flows in each instance O Ee 2 Mone Top amp bottom Square Tight Inside Edge 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 or choose Wrap Settings from the Arrange menu The Wrap Settings dialog lets you select the manner in which text will wrap around the object For example with Tight wrapping text wraps closely around the object s contours Working with Text 99 E E a E E All Both sides Left Right Largest side In addition you can specify the Distance from text the standoff between the object s wrap outline and 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 o
237. th of a bitmap fill on a selected object i Click the Fill Tool button on the Attributes toolbar The object s fill path appears Use the Fill tool to drag the centre and or edge nodes or click on the object for a new centre node and drag out a new fill path To reposition the fill s centre drag the centre node To adjust the fill s extent and tiling drag one or both edge nodes in or out with respect to the centre To create a skewed or tilted fill region drag one or both edge nodes sideways To tilt the fill path in 15 degree increments hold down the Shift key while dragging The fill path is unskewed and regularly sized that is its size jumps in steps To preserve the fill s aspect ratio hold down the Ctrl key For a combined effect use both keys together Tip The Ctrl constrain technique is convenient if you want a bitmap fill to extend to fill a box without tiling One of the regular steps includes a setting where the fill matches the object s bounding box 180 Using Colour Fills and Transparency Editing the gradient fill spectrum Whether you re editing a gradient fill that s been already been applied to an object or redefining one of the gallery fills the basic concepts are the same Whereas solid fills use a single colour all gradient fills utilize at least two key colours with a spread of hues in between each key colour creating a spectrum effect You can either edit the fill spectrum directly using th
238. th respect to the main window If you re using a wheel mouse you can scroll vertically by rotating the wheel or horizontally by Shift rotating The View toolbar at the top of the screen provides the Pan Tool as an alternative way of moving around plus a number of buttons that let you zoom in and out so you can inspect and or edit the page at different levels of detail You can switch between two viewing modes Normal view which displays one page at a time and Multi page view which displays a number of pages at a time in the workspace In either mode the pasteboard is shared by all pages In Multi page view it s especially easy to move or copy objects between pages using drag and drop You can easily switch between modes and set the number of pages displayed To view multiple pages in the workspace 1 Click the Multi page button 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 Working with Pages 33 sje z 341 Pages The publication appears in Multipage mode with the specified page array in view To switch between Normal and Multi page view Choose Normal or Multi page from the View menu In either mode you can use the Previous Page and Next Page buttons on the HintLine toolbar to step between pages In Mult
239. the shape s border Click one of the drop down Line options to apply it Use the Swatches tab to change the shape s line or fill colour solid gradient or bitmap Use the Transparency tab to apply a gradient or Bitmap transparency effect To access all Line Fill and Transparency properties Right click on the shape and choose Format gt Line and Border Fill or Transparency The dialogs let you adjust all Line or Fill properties Y N x You can also click the Fill or Line Border button on the Tools toolbar s Fill flyout or the Transparency button on the Transparency flyout Working with Images Lines and Shapes 159 Applying shadows glow bevel emboss colour fill PagePlus provides a variety of 2D filter effects that you can use to visually enhance any object 3D filter effects covered later also let you create the impression of a textured surface 2D filter effects are especially well adapted to text as shown here SSSS Drop Shadow Inner Shadow Outer Glow Inner Glow SSSS Inner Bevel Outer Bevel Emboss Pillow Emboss To apply a shadow glow bevel or emboss filter effect 1 2 Select an object and click the Filter Effects button on the Attributes toolbar In the Filter Effects dialog apply an effect by selecting its check box in the list at left For certain effects also select an effect type from the drop down list You can apply multiple effects to a given object To adju
240. the slider or set a percentage value in the input box To apply or edit a gradient or bitmap fill using a dialog 1 Right click the object and choose Format then Fill or select it and choose Fill from the Format menu OR On the Attributes toolbar on the Fill flyout click the Fill button 2 Choose the fill type and category You can also use the dialog to apply a solid fill or no fill e Foratwo colour gradient click the From and To buttons to specify the gradient s start and end colours A two colour gradient has two nodes one at each end of its path e For bitmap fills select Bitmap from the Type drop down list choose a category and then click a gallery swatch 178 Using Colour Fills and Transparency e For gradient fills select Gradient from the Type drop down menu Click the Edit button if you want to add or subtract key colours from the 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 list 3 Click OK to apply the effect or fill to the object 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 spectrum between each key colour begins and ends Adjusting t
241. tiling in printing 199 time inserting 104 Tool Connection Point 171 Connector 170 Elbow Connector 170 Fill 176 Irregular 55 Pen 149 Pencil 149 QuickShape 156 Rotate 54 Shaped Frame 66 Square Crop 55 Standard Frame 66 Straight Line 149 Table 112 Transparency 188 189 toolbars customizing See PagePlus help Transform tab See PagePlus help transparency 187 Transparency tab 188 189 Transparency tool 188 189 TWAIN images importing See PagePlus help typeface setting 83 Unicode text 80 104 unlinking text frames 70 Update Text Default 26 84 user details 105 inserting 105 _y vertical alignment 83 video adding to Web page 229 view options 31 W warping objects 58 WAV Web multimedia 229 Web colours 226 Web mode 223 web pages adding HTML See PagePlus help layout See PagePlus help picture display options for See PagePlus help See PagePlus help Web Publishing mode 223 Web sites adding animation effects 229 adding Java applets 229 adding sound and video 229 choosing Web site colours 226 getting started 223 image settings overview 228 maintaining 233 optimizing See PagePlus help previewing in Web browser 230 publishing to local folder 230 publishing to Web 231 setting page and file properties 228 viewing hyperlinks in publication 225 working with hotspots 225 working with hyperlinks 224 WebSafe fonts 86 W
242. time e 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 You may like to visit the Design Template category called PDF from which you can base your own slideshow 208 Publishing and Sharing To create multi section slides l 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 Select the new slide and click the Properties button Set a slide specific Transition and Duration in seconds from the drop down menus Uncheck any layers which you don t want to be part of the slide to make it distinct from other slides Click the L 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 Repeat the insert copy and layer control for another slide building up your multi section slide arrangement Shar
243. tion You can use the Resource Manager later on to change an item s status from linked to embedded or vice versa 140 Working with Images Lines and Shapes To pre select embedding or linking based on file size 1 Choose Options from the Tools menu Youll see the General tab 2 To pre select 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 pre select the last setting you used 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
244. to format showing each link s source object 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 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 or local file 4 Click OK 226 Producing Web Pages To modify a hotspot hyperlink e Using the Pointer tool double click the hotspot OR Click to select the hotspot then click the a 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 Remov
245. transparency value and the To controls to set an ending value e Click the Edit button to add or subtract nodes from the gradient or apply different values to individual nodes Click OK to apply the transparency effect to the object Editing transparency effects Once you ve applied a transparency you can adjust its path on the object with the Transparency Tool button By clicking the Transparency button the level of solid transparency can be adjusted with the Level slider on the Transparency dialog Likewise for gradient fills but not Bitmap fills you can adjust the level of transparency along the path by altering the 190 Using Colour Fills and Transparency opacity values of any selected node present on the path this can be done directly or via the Transparency dialog Simple gradient transparency effects have only two nodes one at each end of the path Multi level gradient transparency effects include extra nodes along the gradient path The process of editing gradient transparencies is the same as that for editing gradient fills see Editing the fill path on p 178 Adding a level of transparency means varying the transparency gradient by introducing a new node and assigning it a greyscale value For gradient transparencies with multiple nodes each node has its own level comparable to a key colour in a gradient fill You can alter the levels of gradient transparency for any nodes not those of Bitmap transpa
246. tton down as you draw The line appears immediately and follows your mouse movements 150 Working with Images Lines and Shapes 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 To draw a straight line with the Straight Line Tool 1 Click the Line Tools flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose the gt Straight Line Tool 2 Click where you want the line to start and drag to the end point The line appears immediately 2 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 Click the Line Tools flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose the Pen Tool On the Curve Creation context toolbar three buttons let you select which kind of segment to draw JIA Straight segment is simply a straight line connecting two nodes Shortcut Press 1 A A B zier segment is curved displaying control handles for precise adjustment g Shortcut Press
247. u 2 Choose the Fonts tab and select the Substitutions button 3 Inthe dialog select a missing font from the Font to substitute drop down menu 4 Choose a replacement font from 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 5 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 You should always place your first choice at the top of the list with the Move up or Move down buttons 6 Go back to Step 3 and substitute each missing font in the Font to substitute drop down menu in turn TIP You can export all your saved font substitution to SFM files for future use An import feature also exists 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 Quote or Body and
248. und Cap Extended Flat Cap Cap Ne l Ne Bevelled Direct Rounded Join Join Join To access all Line properties e Clickthe Line Border button on the Tools toolbar s Fill flyout In the Line and Border dialog the Line tab lets you adjust all line properties as described above plus line end scaling Note The Border tab see Adding borders provides a variety of other options for decorative outlines Working with Images Lines and Shapes 155 e To apply a border to specific edges of the object use the dialog s Border Edges tab Controlling line end scaling For thicker lines that possess line arrow ends it s sometimes useful to be able to reduce the scaling of the arrow in relation to the line itself For thin lines the ability to increase line end scaling especially if the arrow is not very visible is essential Line ends can also be set to be internal in that they do not extend the line s length but instead occupy a portion of the existing line Line end scaling can be applied to freehand straight and curved lines equally including connectors see p 169 To adjust scaling 1 Select a line and click the Line Border button on the Tools toolbar s Fill flyout 2 Increase or decrease the End scale percentage value to scale up or down the line end 3 Fora line end that does not extend beyond the line length check the Internal line ends option Drawing and editing shapes PagePlus provides Penci
249. uped resized or hidden to increase your workspace area save your preferred workspace settings to file for instant recall whenever you wish And there s more The Replicate tool instantly multiplies any object into a line or grid arrangement You can drag and drop objects from other applications select multiple Undo and Redo actions selectable from a handy list Import Photoshop PSD files with clipped paths Registration Upgrades and Support If you see the Registration Wizard when you launch PagePlus please take a moment to complete the registration process Follow the simple on screen instructions and you ll be supplied a personalized registration number in return If you need technical support please contact us we aim to provide fast friendly service and knowledgeable help There s also a wide range of support information available 24 hours a day on our website at www serif com Welcome to PagePlus X2 13 Installation System Requirements If you need help installing Windows or setting up peripherals see Windows documentation and help Minimum e Pentium PC with CD ROM DVD ROM drive and mouse or other Microsoft compatible pointing device e Microsoft Windows 2000 XP or Vista operating system e 256MB RAM minimum 496MB recommended install free hard disk space Program CD only SVGA 800x600 resolution 16 bit colour display or higher Additional disk resources and memory are required when editing large or com
250. uplicate 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 e 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 e Click the Paste button on the Standard toolbar The standard Paste command inserts the object at the insertion point or for a separate 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 Ctrl Alt V Working with Objects 49 To choose between alternative Clipboard formats Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu For details on resizing standard format pictures see Defining the size of pasted pictures below 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 once youve started the drag 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 me
251. ut cannot resize a multiple selection Turn the multiple selection into a group first by clicking the Group button below the selection 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 e Right click on the object and choose Arrange gt Lock Objects or select the command from the Arrange menu To unlock an object e 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 which affects how objects appear on the page 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 Working with Objects 53 e To shift the selected object s position to the top of the stack use the Th Bring to Front button on the Arrange to
252. will contain your database information TIP 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 Inthe Open dialog select from the Files of Type drop down menu the database file that contains the table you require 4 Navigate to your database file and click Open Working with Text 123 5 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 records Toggle Select invert all current selections or use a custom Filter 7 The list of fields available in the table are shown in the Select Fields dialog Uncheck any fields that you don t want to be included in the import process Again Select All or Toggle selection options are available 8 Click the OK button Filtering your records Records can be filtered by using the Filter Records tab then subsequently sorted into any combination with the Sort Records tab The Filter option helps you limit the number of records imported to only those you require For example only records from people living in London with an interest in Ice hockey could be included for import i e Filter Records Sort Records E Note that the Boolean operator And used to include both terms as in this
253. 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 e Clickthe Previous Frame or Next Frame button on the Frame context toolbar 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 but has some artistic advantages over frame text For example you can initially draw artistic text at a desired point size and drag it to adjust the size later Unlike the characters in a text frame an artistic text object can take different line styles fills including gradient and Bitmap fills and transparency for stunning pictorial effects You can flip artistic text and it will remain editable And artistic text can even be made to flow along a curved path for uniquely creative typographic effects Working with Text 71 To create artistic text 1 Choose the 4 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 to specify a particular size as shown here A l 3 Set initial text properties font style etc as needed before typing using the Text context toolbar Format me
254. wn by default OR For a custom list click the Details button to display then alter custom options 5 Click OK to apply list formatting TIP Check Restart numbering to restart numbering from the current cursor position in the list otherwise leave the option unchecked Working with Text 101 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 To restart list numbering 1 Click an item in the list to set the restart position then select Bullets amp Numbering from the Format menu 2 From the Presets or Details page check Restart Numbering to reset the number or letter sequence back to 1 or A respectively 3 Click OK 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 Inthe Text Styles dialog click the None preset option Using Multi level lists For multi level lists as opposed to bulleted and numbered lists you 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
255. would give Jan Sales Feb Sales Mar Sales Formatting numbers The Table context 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 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 n 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 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 Working with Text 119 To enter a formula e Click the 7 Function button on the Table context bar and choose a specific function from the drop down menu For example if you start with a blank cell and choose SUM PagePlus adds SU
256. xes to imported images eliminate the dreaded red eye effect on subjects in your photos with the new Red Eye Tool Alternatively pick from Auto Levels Auto Contrast Brightness Contrast Channel Mixer Colour Balance Curves and many more Commonly used special effects such as Diffuse Glow Dust and Scratch Remover Shadows Highlights and various blurs make up the set of adjustments which can be applied in combination For advanced photo manipulation use the Edit in PhotoPlus option from within PagePlus to edit and save images and PhotoPlus files with impressive synergy Use the Picture context toolbar to adjust size and resolution apply colouration or transparency Add instant borders to your imported pictures Photo Optimizer If your publication includes colour or greyscale photographs use the Photo Optimizer to get the best results for each photo on your particular printer Pick the best result from the thumbnail sheet and PagePlus remembers the optimum settings for that image Welcome to PagePlus X2 11 Table Tool with Editable Calendars Create and edit tables with no need for a separate utility Choose from a range of preset formats or design your own by customizing lines cells rows and columns Use the convenient Table context toolbar to enter text apply preset or custom number formatting and choose from a wide range of functions for spreadsheet calculations even display data from databases directly Powerful text manipul
257. xisting publication from within PagePlus 1 Click the amp Open button on the Standard toolbar 2 Inthe Open dialog select the folder and file name and click the Open button To revert to the saved version of an open publication e Choose Revert from the File menu 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 Any font used in the original file but not present on your computer will be substituted with another replacement font The pages of the imported PagePlus document can be 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 toolbar 3 Choose Insert gt PagePlus File from the Insert menu Getting Started 23 4 Inthe 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 PDF document Before the current page On the current page or After the current page 6 Ifneces
258. xt or edit it as needed otherwise enter new text if the field is empty Click to select the bookmark destination type then enter the destination e 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 choose it from the list e To bookmark a specific page in the publication select A page in your publication and select the target page number Click OK to confirm your choices 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 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 BEEBE RERERERERERERE REE RE REE RE REE RE Ree RRR eee ea Seer 206 Publishing and Sharing The main features of PDF slideshow include Advance of each slide manually or automatically
259. y 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 s blur and transparency For a different colour select the Colour node then pick a new colour from the Colour or Swatches tab 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 Shallow origin g Transparency E a Colour Once you ve created a shadow you can also fine tune it as needed using the Filter Effects dialog Working with Images Lines and Shapes 161 To apply a basic or skewed shadow to a selected object 1 Clickthe a Shadow Tool on the Attributes toolbar 2 Forabasic shadow with your cursor in the centre of the object drag away to create your shadow OR For a skewed shadow relative to the Left Right Top or Bottom of the object select from the Lock option on the context toolbar 3 For either shadow type continue to adjust shadow position by dragging the shadow s control nodes around until it matches you requirements To change a shadow s colour blur and transparency e For colour adjustment select the Colour node e g Ml and either click on a colour on the Colour tab or drag a colour swatch from a Swatches tab s solid colour palette over the node and release e For blur adjustment drag th
260. you will be in Web Publishing mode automatically To create anew Web publication using a Design Template 1 Launch PagePlus or choose New gt New from Startup Wizard from the File menu 2 Inthe Startup Wizard select the Use a design template option select the Web Publishing category on the left only shown if the Resource CD is installed 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 224 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 Hyperlinking an object Hyperlinking an object such as a box or Quick Button a word or a picture means that a visitor to your Web site can click on the object to trigger an event The event might be a jump to a Web page either on your site or somewhere else on the Web the appearance of an email composition window or the display of a graphic text audio or video file Hyperlinking enables visitors to navigate through your Web site or PDF document To hyperlink an object 1 Use the Pointer Too

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