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PagePlus Essentials

User Guide

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Contents

1. Welcome .......................................................... 1

Welcome! .................................................................................. 3

Key features .............................................................................. 4

Installation ............................................................................... 10

2. Getting Started ............................................... 13

Startup Wizard ........................................................................ 15

Creating a publication from a design template ........................ 16

Starting a new publication from scratch .................................. 20

Opening existing publications ................................................. 21

Working with more than one publication ................................. 22

Saving your publication ........................................................... 22

Closing publications ................................................................ 23

Updating and saving defaults .................................................. 24

3. Working with Pages ........................................ 27

Setting up a publication ........................................................... 29

Understanding master pages .................................................. 31

Viewing pages ......................................................................... 32

Navigating pages .................................................................... 35

Adding, removing, and rearranging pages .............................. 36

Working with layers ................................................................. 38

Setting guides ......................................................................... 44

Using the rulers and dot grid ................................................... 47

Using headers and footers ...................................................... 50

Using page numbering ............................................................ 50

Contents

4. Working with Objects ..................................... 53

Selecting an object ................................................................... 55

Selecting multiple objects ........................................................ 56

Copying, pasting, and replicating objects ................................. 58

Snapping .................................................................................. 60

Creating groups ....................................................................... 62

Moving objects ......................................................................... 63

Resizing objects ....................................................................... 63

Ordering objects....................................................................... 65

Aligning and distributing objects .............................................. 65

Exporting as a picture .............................................................. 67

Rotating an object .................................................................... 68

Flipping an object ..................................................................... 69

Cropping and combining objects .............................................. 70

Anchoring objects .................................................................... 73

Joining object outlines .............................................................. 78

Applying a mesh warp envelope .............................................. 80

Adding borders......................................................................... 81

Adding logos ............................................................................ 84

Adding flashes ......................................................................... 86

5. Working with Text ........................................... 89

Importing text from a file .......................................................... 91

Understanding text frames ....................................................... 92

Fitting text to frames ................................................................ 99

Linking text frames ................................................................. 101

Using artistic text .................................................................... 103

Putting text on a path ............................................................. 105

Editing text on the page ......................................................... 108

Using Find and Replace ......................................................... 112

Setting text properties ............................................................ 113

Using fonts ............................................................................. 114

Substituting fonts ................................................................... 117

Contents

Using text styles .................................................................... 120

Wrapping text ........................................................................ 126

Creating a bulleted or numbered list ..................................... 127

Using AutoCorrect and Spell as you Type ............................ 131

Spell-checking ....................................................................... 133

Automatic proofreading ......................................................... 134

Using the thesaurus .............................................................. 135

Creating text-based tables .................................................... 136

Manipulating tables ............................................................... 138

Inserting a calendar ............................................................... 143

Hyperlinking an object ........................................................... 147

Creating a table of contents .................................................. 148

Creating an index .................................................................. 149

6. Pictures, Lines, and Shapes ......................... 151

Adding picture frames ........................................................... 153

Importing pictures.................................................................. 156

Using the Media Bar .............................................................. 158

Using Image Cutout Studio ................................................... 162

Applying PhotoLab filters ...................................................... 168

Importing TWAIN images ...................................................... 175

Drawing and editing lines ...................................................... 176

Setting line properties ........................................................... 180

Drawing and editing shapes .................................................. 182

Applying 2D filter effects ....................................................... 186

Using 3D filter effects ............................................................ 190

Adding dimensionality (Instant 3D)........................................ 194

Using object styles ................................................................ 196

Using the Gallery................................................................... 199

Using connectors .................................................................. 202

Contents

7. Color, Fills, and Transparency ..................... 205

Applying solid colors .............................................................. 207

Using schemes ...................................................................... 209

Working with gradient and bitmap fills .................................... 212

Working with transparency ..................................................... 216

8. Printing and Publishing ................................ 221

Previewing the printed page .................................................. 223

Printing basics........................................................................ 224

Printing special formats .......................................................... 227

Exporting PDF files ................................................................ 229

Creating a PDF bookmark list ................................................ 230

Sharing by email .................................................................... 233

9. Index ............................................................ 235

Welcome

2 Welcome

Welcome 3

Welcome!

Welcome to PagePlus Essentials, the affordable and easy way to design and

print high quality calendars, stationery, newsletters, signs, notices, invites,

and cards. Share as hardcopy print or by electronic PDF—the choice is yours!

Instead of starting from scratch, PagePlus comes with an impressive selection of

design templates, creative gallery content, and styles for you to use. You'll also

be able to reuse existing content by importing word processing documents.

PagePlus Essentials doesn't just stop at that. Its range of design studios makes

PagePlus stand out from the crowd—Image Cutout Studio for cutting pictures

out from their backgrounds, LogoStudio for custom logo design, and PhotoLab

for powerful image adjustment and effect combinations. You simply cannot

afford to miss them!

For a more detailed summary of what PagePlus can offer, see Key features

(p. 4).

Registration

Don't forget to register your new copy, using the Registration Wizard, on the

Help menu. That way, we can keep you informed of new developments and

future upgrades!

4 Welcome

Key features

Before you get started with PagePlus, we recommend you take the opportunity

to familiarize yourself with PagePlus key features and capabilities.

Ease of Use

• Dynamic guides

Align and resize objects with each other using dynamic guide

snapping, without the need for ruler guides or precise object

transforms.

• Learn in PagePlus

The Startup Wizard's new Learning Zone helps you get the very best

out of PagePlus. Tutorials, both PDF and video, are published along

with a host of other resources and product support details.

• Managing resources

Preview, relink, export, and replace individual pictures and other

resources in the more powerful Resource Manager. Display a

resource's creation, modified, and accessed date; modify a picture's

format, color depth, and placed resolution. Include master page

objects, or filter out multiple instances of the same object for bulk

replacement. Preview fonts, check if embedded, locate fonts on the

page, and export them. Views can be changed by switching columns

on or off.

Layout

• 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)!

• Ready-to-use Design Templates

Fancy a quick route to produce stunning designs? Adopt one of an

impressive collection of eye-catching design templates or choose a

theme on which to base your publication! Each theme offers a choice

of publication types and differently designed layout options for the

theme. Pick multiple layouts as your new pages, then simply fill

picture placeholders with your own pictures.

Welcome 5

• Master Pages

Save time and maintain consistency by using multiple master pages

assigned to your publication pages.

• Layers

Each page can have multiple layers—so you can assign elements to

different layers for modular design.

• Anchor any object

Anchor pictures, shapes, tables, artistic text, and nested text frames

to your publication's artistic or frame text. Position horizontally and

vertically in relation to anchor point, indented text, column, frame,

page margin guides, or the whole page. Flow text around floating

objects in your text frame.

• Professional layout tools

Movable rulers, guide lines and a dot grid, as layout aids, help you

position objects precisely; snapping jumps an object to guide or grid.

Use Sticky guides, a great way of moving (in bulk) all objects

snapped to your guide lines—move the guide and objects will follow!

• Page control

Add and remove pages in just a few clicks of your mouse in the

Pages tab. Drag and drop pages within the tab to reorder sequence.

Assign master pages to several document pages at once. To view

pages, Multi-page view lets you see an array of pages, even show a

facing pages view!

• Tables and Calendars

Choose from a range of preset formats or create your own tables and

calendars. Use the convenient Table context toolbar to sort data,

format cells, and choose from a wide range of functions for

spreadsheet calculations (use absolute cell references). Calendars

are table-based for enhanced functionality, and support Year update,

inline personal events, and public holidays!

Pictures

• Import Pictures

Import commonly-used standard file formats, including all the latest

RAW digital camera formats. AutoFlow pictures (or drag and drop)

from the always-at-hand Media Bar into sequential picture frames!

Import Photoshop files directly into your PagePlus publications.

6 Welcome

• PhotoLab for non-destructive adjustment and effect filters

The powerful PhotoLab studio packs a punch with an impressive

selection of editable adjustments, creative, and artistic effects (pencil,

water color, oil, and more). Use integrated Straighten, Crop, Red-

eye, and Spot-repair tools for easy retouching. Apply filters to

selected areas of your photo by using brush-based masking. Save

adjustment/effect combinations as favorites for future use.

• Quick-and-easy Image Cutouts

Image Cutout Studio makes light work of cutting out your placed

pictures, directly in PagePlus. Use brushes to discard uniform

backgrounds (sky, walls, etc.) or keep subjects of interest (people,

objects, etc.).

• A versatile Metafile Format

Import and Export Serif Metafiles (.SMF), a proprietary image format

with improvements to the Windows Metafile format (WMF). Better

line, fill, and text definitions make them ideal for sharing graphics

between Serif applications.

Creativity

• Drawing Tools

Design stunning vector graphics with Pencil, Pen and Straight Line

tools, and add line endings like arrowheads, diamonds, and quills.

Alternatively, the array of fully-customizable QuickShapes let you

quickly create outlines for your designs, while Convert to Curves,

Crop to Shape, and curve drawing offer complete flexibility for

creating any shape imaginable! Mesh warp envelopes add

perspective, slant, and bulge to any object.

• Fills

Enhance shapes and artistic text with fantastic professional fills. Use

the Color tab to change fill, line, or text color with one click. Choose

preset fills (solid, gradient, or bitmap) from the Swatches tab's

palettes—even create stunning bitmap fills from your own images.

What's more, every color used is added to the Publication Palette so

that you can easily re-use it again and again.

• Intelligent Color Schemes

Choose from dozens of preset color schemes to change the overall

appearance of your publications with a single click. You can

customize the scheme colors, create brand new schemes, and apply

any scheme to a "from-scratch" publication.

Welcome 7

• Ready-to-use Styles

Choose various filter effects, glows, shadows, textures, and materials

from the Styles tab. Customize the preset styles or store your own!

• Photo-based borders

Exciting new ready-to-go borders can be applied around text frames,

tables and pictures alike. Create and save custom borders from your

own electronic border designs or scanned picture frames! The Gallery

tab's Picture frames have the same borders already applied.

• Transparency

Add transparency to your backgrounds, text frames, tables, shapes and

text to achieve a truly professional look. As with color fills, you can

apply solid, gradient, and bitmap transparencies—even create bitmap

transparencies from your own image collection.

• Filter Effects

Apply eye-catching Filter Effects to make your images and text really

stand out. Easily add shadows, glows, bevels, blurs, reflections,

outlines, feathering, or embossing effects and alter the flexible settings

for exactly the right look—your original object remains intact and

editable if you change your mind! Use the Shadow Tool for on-the-

page control of basic or skewed drop shadows.

• Astounding 3D Lighting and Surface Effects

Advanced algorithms bring flat shapes to life! Choose one or more

effects, then vary surface and multiple colored light source 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. Combine 3D transparency and Reflection

Maps for realistic glass-like effects on non-reflective/reflective

surfaces.

• Instant 3D

Transform your artistic text and shapes into impressive 3D objects

directly on the page! Apply multiple colored lighting effects (with

directional control), along with custom bevel and lathe effect profiles

to create your very own unique contours.

• Connector Tools

Easily design organizational charts, family trees and other diagrams—

connectors will link your boxes, circles, or other shapes together, with

links being maintained during any object repositioning.

8 Welcome

• Stunning logos and flashes

Use the Gallery tab for a range of pre-designed logo designs—

alternatively, create from scratch in LogoStudio or base your logo on

existing PagePlus objects! Pick attention-grabbing flashes of varying

layout and design! Use for poster advertising or for a greetings card.

Even create your own flash from scratch (or from drawn objects) in

the powerful LogoStudio design environment.

• Joining object outlines

Combine QuickShapes, drawn shapes and artistic text together to

create more complex outlined objects, which can still be edited

further. Use Add, Subtract, Intersect, and Exclude to produce

different and exciting results.

Text

• Import Word 2007 and Open Office text documents

Add word processing content to any text frame without fuss! Import

doesn't need the application to be installed locally! Use a choice of

import converters to optimize text import.

• Text Frames

Compose story text in text frames then easily position, rotate or size

the frame to suit; connected frames host the same story text and can be

filled automatically by AutoFlow or manual text fitting. Enhanced

text wrap options and separate crop and wrap outlines mean you have

greater control over where text flows and how it appears. Import,

paste, export text in Unicode format... design with a foreign-language

or special fonts and characters. Text paths also benefit from intelligent

text fitting.

• Text Control

Apply text formatting from an on-hand text context toolbar; apply

multi-level bullet and numbering schemas to your paragraphs, even

to your text styles; a Text Styles tab for allocating text attributes to

chosen paragraphs; flexible bullet, numbering and indenting buttons;

and much more!

• Fonts

Substitute missing fonts when opening third-party publications. View

your currently installed font set in the Fonts tab, including those most

recently assigned to text, favorite fonts, and those considered

Websafe. Hover over a listed font for an "in-situ" font preview of

your selected text—simply click to apply the new font if you like it!

Welcome 9

Easily swap all selected instances of a common font for another font

in one fell swoop!

• Frame and Artistic Text

Create text with stunning transparency effects, gradient/bitmap (photo)

fills, 2D/3D effects and more. Use designer artistic text for high

impact headlines and powerful design elements—artistic text scales,

flips, and can follow a drawn path, while frame text flows and line

wraps.

• Find & Replace

Search through story text for words and phrases but also text

attributes, particular fonts, colors, special characters (Unicode),

regular expressions, and words at specific positions in sentences.

• Text Composition Tools

Includes word count, spell-checking, thesaurus, and proof reader.

AutoCorrect and Check spelling as you type proofing options are at

hand.

• Table of Contents & Index

Create automated Tables of Contents and Indexes for complex

documents. PagePlus refers to the named styles you've allocated to

headings, subheadings and titles to automatically create your Table of

Contents, with up to six levels. Indexing documents is simple too, use

the intuitive tools to select important terms and let PagePlus do the

rest.

Publishing and Sharing

• PDF Export

Export your documents to PDF, with powerful options to publish your

PDFs for the web (streaming supported).

• Printing

Print documents professionally on your home printer—as several

pages on one sheet, or for large format printing, a single page across

multiple sheets. For desktop printers without duplex support, use the

Manual Duplex printing to create any double-sided publication.

10 Welcome

Installation

System Requirements

Minimum:

• Windows-based PC with DVD drive and mouse

• Microsoft Windows® XP (32 bit), Windows® Vista, or

Windows® 7 operating system

• 512MB RAM

• 795MB free hard disk space

• 1024 x 600 monitor resolution

Additional disk resources and memory are required when editing large and/or

complex documents.

Optional:

• Windows-compatible printer

• TWAIN-compatible scanner and/or digital camera

• Stylus or other input device

• 3D Accelerated graphics card with DirectX 9 (or above) or OpenGL

support

• .NET 2.0 for text import filters (Word 2007 + OpenOffice) (installed

by default)

• Internet account and connection required for accessing online

resources

• Adobe® Flash® Player 9.0 or above to view Learning Zone resources

Welcome 11

First-time install

To install PagePlus Essentials simply insert the PagePlus Essentials Program

DVD into your DVD drive. The AutoRun feature automatically starts the Setup

process. Just answer the on-screen questions to install the program.

Re-install

To re-install the software or to change the installation at a later date, select

Settings/Control Panel from the Windows Start menu and then click on the

Add/Remove Programs icon. Make sure the PagePlus Essentials Program

DVD is inserted into your DVD drive, click the Install… button and then

simply follow the on-screen instructions.

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Getting Started

14 Getting Started

Getting Started 15

Startup Wizard

The Startup Wizard presents the following choices:

*Startup Wizard may differ in your program.

• Start New Publication, to open a blank page to work on.

• Use Design Template, to create an instant document from a pre-

designed template.

• Open Saved Publication, to edit a saved PagePlus file.

• Learning Zone, to access online videos, tutorials, PDF User Guides,

and more.

Use the Choose Workspace drop-down menu to choose your workspace

appearance (i.e., Studio tab positions, tab sizes, and show/hide tab status). You

can adopt the default workspace profile <Default Profile>, the last used profile

<Current Profile>, a range of profile presets, or a workspace profile you have

previously saved.

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As you select different profiles from the menu, your workspace

will preview each tab layout in turn.

The Startup Wizard is displayed by default when you launch PagePlus. If you

don’t want to use the Startup Wizard again, check the “Don't show this wizard

again” box. You can switch it on again via the Use startup wizard check box in

Tools>Options... (use Options>General menu option).

You can also access the Startup Wizard at any time from

New>New from Startup Wizard... on the File menu.

Creating a publication from a design template

PagePlus comes complete with a

whole range of design templates

which will speed you through the

creation of all kinds of

publications!

Templates also help ensure continuity between your pages by preserving such

elements as page layout, contents, styles, and color palettes. They also offer

quality pictures that you can use royalty free.

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Instead of a design template, you

can adopt a Theme Layout

instead; layouts offer picture

placeholders instead of actual

pictures. Different physical

document types (Brochure,

Business Cards, Flyer, Newsletter,

etc.) can be created from a chosen

theme (e.g., Arctic), each type

offering a choice of

complementary multiple page

designs.

Once selected, the publication is normally all but complete apart from adding

your own pictures to placeholders, personalizing placeholder text, or fine-tuning

object positioning.

To create a publication from a design template:

1. Open PagePlus, or choose New... from the File menu and select New

from Startup Wizard....

2. Click Use Design Template to display the Choose a Design Template

dialog.

3. In the tree menu on the left, select either the "Templates by Type"

(shown below) or "Templates by Use" category.

4. Navigate the menu's categories, select one, then click a chosen

document type's thumbnail.

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5. Examine the page sample(s) in the Pages pane.

If you're happy with the template pages, click Open.

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To create a publication from a themed layout:

1. From the dialog's Templates list, select Theme Layouts, then select a

theme name from the list.

2. The adjacent pane updates to show document types for that selected

theme. Select a thumbnail.

3. In the upper-right corner of the dialog, choose a color scheme on

which to base your publication from the drop-down menu (the first

three schemes are designed specifically for the themed layout).

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As each template is color schemed, you can swap the underlying

scheme, and the publication's appearance, for another scheme at any

time!

4. From the right-hand Pages pane, select one or more page layouts by

checking the box under each thumbnail. Some publication types only

offer an either/or selection.

5. Click OK. The page layouts are added as pages to your new

publication.

Starting a new publication from scratch

Although design templates can simplify your design choices, you can just as

easily start out from scratch with a new, blank publication. To make life easier

you can adopt a particular document type (regular/normal, folded, small/large

publication) as a starting point.

To start a new publication (via Startup Wizard):

1. Open PagePlus to display the initial Startup Wizard (if switched on).

- or -

With PagePlus loaded, choose New... from the File menu and then

select New from Startup Wizard....

2. Select Start New Publication.

3. From the list on the left, select a document type and then examine the

samples on the right. Click the sample that is the closest match to the

document you want to create.

- or -

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You can define a custom publication by clicking Custom Page

Setup....

4. Click OK to open a new publication with a blank page.

If you click (or press Escape) from the Startup Wizard, PagePlus opens a

blank document using default page properties.

To start a new default publication:

• Click New Publication on the Standard toolbar (only if Startup

Wizard is turned off).

Opening existing publications

You can open a PagePlus publication from the Startup Wizard, Standard

toolbar, or via the File menu.

To open an existing publication from the Startup Wizard:

1. Select the Open Saved Publication option.

2. In the Documents pane of the Open Saved Publication dialog,

navigate to a publication file by either using your computer's Folders

structure or by History (shows saved publications by date).

3. Click the file name, then click Open.

Tthe dialog offers Print and Publish to PDF options without loading the selected

publication, plus Sort and Filtering options to change your view.

To open existing publications from within PagePlus:

1. Click Open on the Standard toolbar.

2. In the Open dialog, select the folder and file name(s). For multiple

publications, Shift-click to select adjacent multiple files or Ctrl-click

to select non-adjacent files.

3. Click the Open button.

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To revert to the saved version of an open publication:

• Choose Revert from the File menu.

Font substitution

PagePlus supports automatic and manual font substitution if you open a

publication which uses fonts which are not stored on your computer. See

PagePlus help for more details.

Working with more than one publication

If you have multiple publications open at the same time it's easy to jump

between them using different methods.

Click on an open publication's tab on the Publications toolbar at the top of the

workspace to make it active (e.g., Rosette.ppp).

Alternatively, you can select the name of

a currently open publication from the

Window menu. Unsaved publications

are indicated by an asterisk; the

currently active publication is shown

with a tick.

Saving your publication

To save your work:

• Click Save on the Standard toolbar.

• To save under a different name, choose Save As... from the File menu.

Unsaved publications have an asterisk after their name in either

the PagePlus title bar or Window menu.

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Closing publications

To close the current publication:

• Choose Close from the File menu or click the window's Close

button. If it's the only window open for the publication, the command

closes the publication and you'll be prompted to save changes.

To close all publications except current:

• Right click a Publication tab on the Publications toolbar and choose

Close All But This. You'll be prompted to save changes for any

unsaved publication.

To close PagePlus:

• Click the program's Close button at the top right of the

window.

You'll be prompted to save changes to any unsaved publications.

24 Getting Started

Updating and saving defaults

Object defaults are the stored property settings PagePlus applies to newly

created objects such as:

• lines and shapes (line and fill color, shade, pattern, transparency, etc.)

• frames (margins, columns, etc.)

• text (i.e., font, size, color, alignment, etc.). Defaults are saved

separately for artistic, shape, frame and table text.

You can easily change the defaults for any type of object via the Update Object

Default command or the Text Style Palette dialog.

Default settings are always local—that is, any changed defaults apply to the

current publication and are automatically saved with it, so they're in effect next

time you open that publication. However, at any time you can use the Save

Defaults command to record the current defaults as global settings that will be

in effect for any new publication you subsequently create.

To set local defaults for a particular type of object:

1. Create a single sample object and fine-tune its properties as desired—

or use an existing object 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, for line and fill colors, including line styles:

1. With no object selected, choose the required line and/or fill colors

from the Color 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 colors and styles.

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To view and change default text properties:

1. Choose Text Style Palette... from the Format menu.

2. Click Default Text, then from the expanded list of text types, choose

an option (e.g., Artistic Text).

3. Click Modify... to view current settings for the selected text type.

4. Use the Text Style dialog to alter character, paragraph, or other

properties.

To save all current defaults as global settings:

1. Choose Save Defaults from the Tools menu.

2. From the dialog, check options to update specific defaults globally:

• Document and object defaults - saves current document settings

(page size, orientation) and object settings (context toolbar

settings).

• Text styles - saves current text styles in the Text Style Palette.

• Object styles - saves user-defined styles from Styles tab.

• Table and calendar formats - saves custom formats saved in

Table Formats dialog.

3. Click Save to confirm that you want new publications to use the

checked object's defaults globally.

26 Getting Started

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>New... and the Startup

Wizard. If the Startup Wizard is turned off, or you cancel the setup dialog, a new

publication is created to a default page size.

To adjust size/orientation of the current publication:

1. Select from the Pages context toolbar.

2. For a Regular/Booklet Publication, you can select a pre-defined

paper size, printer-derived paper size, or enter custom values for page

Width and Height, as well as setting the orientation (Portrait or

Landscape). For booklets only, select a type from the Booklet drop-

down menu, which page to start on (left/right), and if you require

Facing pages (including Dual master pages).

3. For other publication types, you can select the publication types:

Small Publications (for example, business cards, labels, etc.), Large

Publications (banners or posters), or Folded Publications (cards) .

• For Small publications, either enable Paper, then create a custom

paper size, or for creating Labels, enable the radio button and

pick an Avery label code which matches your labels.

• For Large and Folded publications, choose a pre-defined option

from the list (use the preview) or to define a custom publication

based on the selected option, click the Create Custom button.

Add additional custom settings if necessary.

4. Click OK to accept the new dimensions. The updated settings will be

applied to the current publication.

For regular/booklet publications, you can also adopt printer-derived paper sizes

that are supported by your desktop or network printer. These paper sizes are

shown in the Page Setup dialog and will be different depending on which

printer is currently chosen in the Print dialog.

On the Pages context toolbar, these page sizes are indicated by

the suffix "(From printer)" in the Paper size drop-down menu.

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Facing pages

You can set up your regular publication or booklet so that the PagePlus window

displays pages either singly or in pairs—as two facing pages side by side. You'll

need facing pages if you're creating a publication where you need to see both the

left-hand (verso) and right-hand (recto) pages, or one that employs double-page

spreads where a headline or other element needs to run from the left-hand page

to the right-hand page.

If you set up a publication to use facing pages, you can specify either a single or

dual master page. A single master page is (as the name implies) a single page; a

dual master page is a spread with both a left- and right-page component,

allowing you to run elements across the spread in the background of the

publication, or position left-side page numbers and right-side page numbers at

opposite corners. The Pages tab shows single master pages with a standard page

thumbnail, and dual master pages with a split-page thumbnail.

To set up facing pages:

1. In the Page Setup dialog, check Facing Pages.

2. If you plan to use background elements that span a double-page

spread, select Dual master pages. This will let you define master

pages with paired "left page" and "right page" components.

- or -

For a facing-page layout where both left and right pages initially share

the same master page, and you don't need to run background elements

across the spread, clear Dual master pages.

Because you assign master pages to individual page layers, one page at a time, it

takes two separate steps to assign a dual master page to both left and right facing

pages. For details, see Assigning master pages on p. 37.

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 page could use the

right side of a different master page.

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Understanding master pages

Master pages provide a flexible way to store background elements that you'd

like to appear on more than one page—for example a logo, background,

header/footer, or border design.

The key concept here is that a particular master page is typically shared by

multiple pages, as illustrated below. By placing a design element on a master

page and then assigning several pages to use that master page, you ensure that

all the pages incorporate that element. Of course, each individual page can have

its own "foreground" elements.

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Master pages are available in every publication, but in a simple publication you

may not need to use any master pages—or you may need only one master page.

Facing pages and multiple master pages prove valuable with longer, more

complex publications.

Using the Pages tab or Page Manager, you can quickly add or delete master

pages; for example, you could set up different master pages for "title" or

"chapter divider" pages. For details, see Adding, removing, and rearranging

pages on p. 36.

Viewing pages

Most of the PagePlus display is taken up by a page or "artwork" area and a

surrounding "pasteboard" area.

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In PagePlus, the Page area is where you put page layout guides, and of course

the text, shapes, and pictures that you want to print. The Pasteboard area is

where you generally keep any text, shapes, or pictures that are being prepared or

waiting to be positioned on the page area.

If you'd like a different pasteboard color for a different look or, more practically,

if you want to stop your off-page objects from contrasting with the existing

color, you can set this via Tools>Options>Layout>Display.

To move or copy an object between pages via the Pasteboard:

1. Drag the object from the source page onto the pasteboard (hold down

the Ctrl key to copy).

2. Use the page navigation buttons on the Hintline to jump to a target

page.

3. Drag (or Ctrl-drag to copy) the object from the pasteboard onto the

target page.

PagePlus makes it easy to see exactly what you're working on—from a wide

view of multiple pages to a close-up view of a small region. For example, you

can use the scroll bars at the right and bottom of the main window to move the

page and pasteboard with respect to the main window. If you're using a wheel

mouse, you can scroll vertically by rotating the wheel, or horizontally by Shift-

scrolling.

Magnifying pages

For magnification options, the View toolbar provides the:

Zoom In and Zoom Out tools so you can inspect and/or edit the

page at different levels of detail.

Zoom Percent option to set a level of magnification

(expressed as a percentage).

Zoom Tool to zoom into an area defined by a drawn marquee

selection.

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Pan Tool for moving the page area by dragging.

Actual size option for viewing the page at its true size (100%).

Zoom to selection option to focus on a selected area.

Page Width option to fit to the page's width.

Full Page option to fit the page into your current window.

Multi-page option to view multiples pages simultaneously (set page

number by dragging a page array from the flyout menu).

Switching view modes

You can switch between different view modes, which offer single or multiple

pages to view:

• Normal view, which displays one page at a time.

• Multi-page view, used for inspecting long documents, displays a

number of pages according to a configurable page array (e.g., a 3x1

grid).

In Normal and Multi-page view, the pasteboard is shared by all pages. In

Multipage view, it's also especially easy to move or copy objects between pages

using drag-and-drop and set the number of pages displayed.

To view multiple pages (in Multi-page mode):

1. Click the Multi-page flyout on the View toolbar. An array

selector appears.

2. Click and drag to choose an array within the selector, for example 2x4

Pages or 3x1 Pages (as shown). To expand the number of choices,

drag down and to the right. Click Normal View if you change your

mind.

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The publication appears in Multi-page mode with the specified page array in

view.

To switch between views:

• Choose between Normal or Multi-page from the View menu.

Navigating pages

To switch between pages:

• Click the Previous Page, Next Page, First Page or

Last Page button on the Hintline.

- or -

On the Studio's Pages tab, double-click the page's thumbnail for the

page (or master page) you want to view. The lower Pages window of

the tab displays normal pages, while the expandable Master Pages

window shows only master pages.

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Adding, removing, and rearranging pages

Use the Pages tab to

quickly rearrange

standard pages using

drag-and-drop, add/delete

standard or master pages,

or assign master pages to

standard pages. The tab

displays master pages in

the upper Master Pages

window (shown

collapsed) and standard

publication pages in the

lower Pages window.

The Page Manager button provides additional options, such as duplicating

a particular page, assigning a specific master page to a layer, or adding/deleting

multiple pages.

To add a single page:

1. On the Pages tab, click once to select a page in the Pages window.

Note: The thumbnail that's shown as "selected" is independent of the

page you're currently working on. To work on a particular page,

double-click its thumbnail.

2. Click Add to add a page (or master page) before the one selected

in the window.

- or -

To add a new page at the end of the publication, deselect all pages by

clicking in the neutral-colored region of the lower window, then click

the Add button.

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To add master pages:

For master pages, the above procedure applies but within the Master Pages

window. The only exception is that you cannot create a new master page based

on a design template's pages (no dialog opens).

To delete a single page/master page:

1. On the Pages tab, select the page (or master page) to delete on the

appropriate window by clicking its thumbnail.

2. Click the Remove button.

To rearrange pages:

• On the Pages tab, in the lower Pages window, drag a page thumbnail

to a new location in the page sequence.

Assigning master pages

If you're only using one master page it is assigned to any newly created page by

default. However, if you're using multiple master pages you can assign a specific

master page to any standard page.

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To assign a master page:

From the Page tab's expanded

Master Pages window, drag a master

page onto a target standard page in

the lower window.

If the page has more than one layer,

you can specify the layer to which

you want to assign the master page.

Alternatively, use the Master

Page Manager (use the Set tab) in

the Pages tab.

Working with layers

Each new page or master page consists of a single layer. One layer may be

enough to accommodate the elements of a particular layout, but you can create

additional layers as needed. On each layer, objects such as text frames and

pictures are stacked in the order you create them, from back to front, with each

new object in front of the others. Layers themselves are stacked in a similar way,

and of course you can juggle the order of objects and layers as needed.

Layers are useful when you're working on a complex design where it makes

sense to separate one cluster of objects from another. You can work on one layer

at a time without worrying about affecting elements on a different layer.

Once you've displayed a page, you can normally edit any object on it—

regardless of which layer the object is on—simply by clicking the object.

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Each layer is situated along with

other layers (if present) within a

stack on the Layers tab. The

uppermost layer is applied over

any lower layer on the page.

Layer 1 and Layer 2 above could represent the following:

In order to create new objects on a particular layer, you'll need to "activate"

(switch to) that layer in the Layers tab.

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To activate a particular layer:

• Click at the beginning of a layer entry to activate that layer. You'll see

the layer arrow jump to the now activated layer (Layer 1 in the

Layers tab example above is currently active).

Don't confuse this with simply selecting a layer (Layer 2 in the example is

selected, but not activated), which is used to manage the layer itself (e.g., to

move it, preview it, view/change layer options, etc.).

To select a particular layer:

• Click (or right-click) a layer name. The layer entry then possesses a

blue background.

Right-clicking a layer name displays a menu of layer-related

actions, as well as Options for that particular layer.

Adding, removing, and rearranging layers

When you add a new page or master page to the publication, you can specify

whether to copy the layers and/or objects from a particular source page. Once

you've created a page, it's easy to add, delete, move, or merge layers as needed.

Moving a layer will place its objects in front or in back of those on other layers.

To add a new layer to the current page or master page:

1. In the Layers tab, click the Insert new layer button.

2. You'll be prompted to give the new layer a name and set its properties.

When you've made your selections, click OK.

To delete a layer:

• In the Layers tab, select the layer's name and click the Delete

selected layer(s) button.

Using the tab's buttons, you can move layers up or down in the

stacking order to place their objects in front or behind those on other layers. You

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can also move objects to specific layers, and merge and preview layers. (See

online Help.)

Selecting objects on layers

Once you've displayed a page or master page, you can normally select and then

edit any object on it—regardless of which layer the object is on—simply by

clicking the object. Alternatively, you can limit object selection and editing to

objects on a specific active layer.

To edit only objects on the active layer:

• In the Layers tab, select the chosen layer (the mark should

show next to the active layer) and uncheck Edit all layers.

To select all objects on a particular layer:

• In the Layers tab, right-click the chosen layer and choose Select All

Objects.

Normally the active layer stays the same regardless of which object you select.

For ease in identifying which layer a given object resides on, the object's

selection handles will be colored according to the layer it resides on; the layer

color is shown in the Layers tab (see Layer names and properties on p. 43) and

is configurable.

Layers and master pages

Master pages are special "background" pages that can be shared by more than

one regular page. They are assigned to each layer of a regular page rather than

to the page as a whole—so if a page has multiple layers it can also employ

multiple master pages! For example, one master page might include background

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text elements, while another included background graphics. By assigning the

two master pages to separate layers you could achieve a unified design while

keeping the elements separate. Page layers can each take a master page, but

master page layers cannot.

You can also set any layer to use no master page. Commonly, the first layer uses

a master page while subsequent layers use no master page, but there's no hard

and fast rule. You can assign the master page either when you first create the

layer, or subsequently, as the layout evolves.

Assigning master pages to layers

Each layer you add to a regular page can use its own master page. If your

publication uses more than one master page, you can reassign specific master

pages to specific page layers at any time.

To assign a master page to a page layer:

1. In the Layers tab, double-click in the Master Page(s) column of

the chosen page layer.

2. In the Select Master Page dialog, select the normal page and master

page from the displayed drop-down menus. The master page letter

(e.g., A, B, C, etc.) is shown on the chosen layer when assigned.

Master pages, like regular pages, can have more than one layer. Layers on

master pages work almost exactly like those on regular pages. The key

difference is that master page layers cannot themselves take a master page;

master pages can only be assigned to layers on regular pages.

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When you add a new master page to the publication, you have the option of

copying the layers and/or objects from an existing master page. If you choose

not to copy existing layers, the new master page starts out with one layer. You

can always add more as described above.

To switch to a master page from a particular layer:

• From the Layers tab, right-click a particular layer's name and choose

Go to Master Page.

Layer names and properties

The Layers tab lets you rename layers and set a variety of properties for one or

more layers.

To rename the layer:

• Click Layer Options, then edit the Name field.

To set layer properties:

1. Display the Layers tab.

2. Select desired settings for the selected layer.

• Click in the Master Page(s) column to optionally

assign a master page to the layer.

• Check the box in the Visible column to show the layer

and any objects on it; uncheck to hide the layer.

• Check the box in the Master Page(s) visible column to

show the layer's master page; uncheck to hide it.

• Check the Printable column to include the layer in

page printouts; uncheck to exclude it.

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• Check the box in the Locked column to prevent objects

on the layer from being selected/edited; uncheck to allow

editing.

• To set the Selection handle color, click the color selection

button and choose a color from the palette (click More

Colors... for a wider choice). This helps identify which

objects belong to which layer.

Setting guides

Layout guides are visual guide lines that help you position layout elements.

They can include page margins, row and column guides, bleed area guides,

and ruler guides.

Page margin settings are fundamental to your layout,

and usually are among the first choices you'll make after

starting a publication from scratch. The page margins

are shown as a blue box which is actually four guide

lines—for top, bottom, left, and right—indicating the

underlying page margin settings. If you like, you can set

the margins to match your current printer settings.

You also have the option of setting up row and column

guides as an underlying layout aid. PagePlus represents

rows and columns on the page area with dashed blue

guide lines. Unlike the dashed gray 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

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visual aid; only the Bleed limit setting in the Print dialog

extends the actual output page size.

Ruler guides are free-floating lines that you set by

clicking and dragging from the rulers. They are "sticky"

so that objects can snap to them, then be moved

collectively with guide movement.

Defining layout guides

To define layout guides:

• Click on the Page context toolbar, Layout

Guides... from the File menu, or right-click on a blank part of the

page and choose Layout Guides. Then in the Layout Guides dialog,

use the Margins tab to set guide lines for page margins, rows and

columns, and bleed areas.

• In the Margin Guides section, you can set the left, right, top, and

bottom page margins individually, or click the From Printer

button to derive the page margin settings from the current printer

settings. The dialog also provides options for Balanced margins

(left matching right, top matching bottom) or for Mirrored

margins on facing pages where the "left" margin setting becomes

the "inside," and the "right" margin becomes the "outside."

Remember to set up your margins so that you leave enough

room for any intended header or footer.

• Use the Row and Column Guides section to define guides for

rows and columns. If you want rows or columns of uneven width,

first place them at fixed intervals, then drag to reposition them as

required.

• Use Bleed area guides to specify the extra margin you want to

allow around the original Page Setup dimensions or "trim area."

Note that if the setting is zero or you have View>Bleed Area

Guides unchecked, you won't see the bleed area displayed.

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• For ruler guides, use the Guides tab to precisely create, edit or

delete ruler guides, or more commonly, just drag the guides from

the rulers.

To show or hide guides:

• On the View menu, check or uncheck a guide option.

Creating ruler guides

PagePlus lets you to set up horizontal and vertical ruler guides—non-printing

lines you can use to align headlines, pictures, and other layout elements.

Guides are by default "sticky" so that stuck objects can be dragged around the

page by their ruler guide—a great way to move previously aligned objects in

bulk and simultaneously.

• To create a ruler guide, click on a ruler, hold down your mouse button,

then drag onto your page. A ruler guide line appears parallel to the

ruler (Alt-drag to create the guide at 90 degrees to the ruler).

• To move a guide, drag it.

• To remove a guide, drag and drop it anywhere outside the page area.

• For precise ruler guide placement, check Ruler marks in

Tools>Options>Layout to snap guides to ruler marks.

• To unstick a selected object, 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.

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Click red marker to make non-

sticky.

Markers become non-sticky and

change to black; object and guide are

unstuck and either can then be moved.

• To turn sticky guides on and off, check/uncheck Sticky Guides from

the Arrange menu (or the equivalent from Tools>Options>Layout).

Previously stuck objects will remain sticky even after sticky guides are

switched off—you'll have to make them non-sticky manually.

Using the rulers and dot grid

The PagePlus rulers mimic the paste-up artist's T-square, and serve several

purposes:

• To act as a measuring tool.

• To create ruler guides for aligning and snapping.

• To set and display tab stops (see p. 111).

• To set and display paragraph indents (see p. 110).

Ruler units

To select the basic measurement unit used by the rulers:

• Right-click the Ruler Intersection and set the measurement unit

from the flyout.

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Adjusting rulers

By default, the horizontal ruler lies along the top of the PagePlus window and

the vertical ruler along the left edge. The default ruler intersection is the top-

left corner of the pasteboard area. The default zero point (marked as 0 on each

ruler) is the top-left corner of the page area. (Even if you have set up bleed area

guides and the screen shows an oversize page, the zero point stays in the same

place, i.e. the top-left corner of the trimmed page.)

To define a new zero point:

• Drag the tab marker on the ruler intersection to a new zero point on

the page or pasteboard. (Be sure to click only the triangular marker!)

To move the rulers:

• With the Shift key down, drag the tab marker on the ruler intersection.

The zero point remains unchanged.

• Double-click on the ruler intersection to make the rulers and zero

point jump to the top left-hand corner of the currently selected object.

This comes in handy for measuring page objects.

To restore the original ruler position and zero point:

• Double-click the tab marker on the ruler intersection.

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To lock the rulers and prevent them from being moved:

• Choose Tools>Options... and select the Layout>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, shaded ruler regions indicate

the object's left/right and top/bottom edges on the horizontal and vertical rulers,

respectively. Each region has a zero point relative to the object's upper left

corner, so you can see the object's dimensions at a glance.

Using the dot grid

The dot grid is a matrix of dots based on ruler units, covering the page and

pasteboard areas. Like ruler guides, it's handy for both visual alignment and

snapping.

• To turn the dot grid on or off, click Dot Grid on the View menu.

You can also set the grid spacing, style, color, and positioning in the dialog (see

PagePlus help).

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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.

Remember to set up your margins so that you leave enough

room for any intended header or footer.

To create headers and/or footers:

• On the Insert menu, choose Headers and Footers... and follow the

Wizard instructions. The header and/or footer is automatically applied

to the master page (and not the current page).

To edit existing headers and footers:

• On the Insert menu, choose Headers and Footers.... In the Headers

and Footers Wizard, select Edit header, Leave header as it is, or

Delete header and then complete the Wizard instructions. Carry out

the equivalent operation for your footer if needed.

Using page numbering

Page number fields automatically display the current page number. Typically,

these fields are added automatically to the master page (so they appear on every

page) with the Header and Footers Wizard, but you can insert a page number

field anywhere in your text.

You can change the style of page numbers, the page on which numbering

begins, and number continuation across chapters (all via Page Number Format

on the Format menu).

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To define a header or footer that includes a page number field:

1. Create a header or footer on the master page by choosing Headers

and Footers... from the Insert menu.

2. In the wizard, press the Page Number button to insert a page number

field (as a prefix or suffix) along with any optional header/footer text.

3. Complete the wizard.

To insert a page number field:

1. Switch to the master page (if desired) by clicking the Current Page

box on the Hintline.

2. With the Artistic Text Tool selected (Tools toolbar), click for an

insertion point to place the page number.

3. On the Insert menu, choose Page Number.

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Working with

Objects

54 Working with Objects

Working with Objects 55

Selecting an object

Before you can change any object, you need to select it using one of these tools

from the Tools toolbar:

Pointer Tool

Click to use the Pointer Tool to select, move, copy, resize or rotate

objects.

Rotate Tool

Click to use the Rotate Tool to rotate an object around a rotation origin

(normally centered). See Rotating an object on p. 68.

To select an object:

• Click on the object using one of the tools shown above.

The above example shows an unselected and selected object (showing

Move and Group buttons).

If objects overlap, Alt-click until the desired object is selected.

When selecting a text object with the Pointer Tool:

• Clicking on a text object (artistic text or text frame) 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 (see

p. 108).

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• Double-, triple-, or quadruple-click to select a word, paragraph, or all

text.

• To select only the text frame, click the frame's bounding box.

• Clicking on a group selects the grouped object. Ctrl-click to select an

individual object within a group.

Selecting multiple objects

Selecting more than one object at a time (creating a multiple selection) lets you:

• Position or resize all the objects at the same time.

• Create a group object from the multiple selection, which can then be

treated as a single object, with the option of restoring the individual

objects later. See Creating groups on p. 62.

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To create a multiple selection:

Drag a "marquee" box around the

objects you want to select.

Alternatively, hold down the

Shift key and click each object in

turn.

To add or remove an object from a multiple selection:

• Hold down the Shift key and click the object to be added or removed.

To deselect all objects in a multiple selection:

• Click in a blank area of the page.

To select all objects on the page (or master page):

• Choose Select>Select All from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+A).

• Display the Layers tab, choose the layer name and right-click to Select

All Objects.

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Copying, pasting, and replicating objects

Besides using the Windows Clipboard to copy and paste objects, you can

duplicate objects easily using drag-and-drop, and replicate multiple copies of

any object in precise formations. You can also transfer the formatting of one

object to another, with the option of selecting specific attributes to be included

when formatting is pasted.

To copy an object (or multiple selection) to the Windows Clipboard:

• Click Copy on the Standard toolbar.

If you're using another Windows application, you can usually copy and paste

objects via the Clipboard.

To paste an object from the Clipboard:

• Click Paste on the Standard toolbar.

The standard Paste command inserts the object at the insertion point or (for a

separate object) at the center of the page. To insert a separate object at the same

page location as the copied item, use the Paste in Place command.

To choose between alternative Clipboard formats:

• Choose Paste Special... from the Edit menu.

To duplicate an object:

1. Select the object, then press the Ctrl key.

2. Drag the object via the Move button to a new location on the page,

then release the mouse button.

3. To constrain the position of the copy (to same horizontal or vertical),

also press and hold down the Shift key while dragging. A duplicate of

the object appears at the new location.

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Replicating objects

Duplicating an object means making just one copy at a time. The Replicate

command lets you create multiple copies in a single step, with precise control

over how the copies are arranged, either as a linear series or a grid. You can

include one or more transformations to produce an interesting array of rotated

and/or resized objects. It's great for repeating backgrounds, or for perfectly-

aligned montages of an image or object.

To replicate an object:

1. Select the object and choose Replicate... from the Edit menu. To

arrange copies in a straight line, select Create line. For an X-by-Y

grid arrangement, select Create grid.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Click OK.

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The result is a multiple selection. Click its Group button if you want to

keep the separate objects linked for additional manipulations.

Pasting an object's formatting

Once you have copied an object to the Clipboard, you can use Paste Format

(Edit menu) to apply its formatting attributes to another object. Again from the

Edit menu, Paste Format Plus displays a "master control" Style Attributes

Editor dialog that lets you optionally select or deselect specific attributes to be

included when formatting is pasted. See Saving object styles on p. 198 for more

dialog information.

Snapping

The snapping feature simplifies placement and alignment by "magnetizing"

moved or resized objects to grid dots and ruler guides. Objects can also snap to

other guides on the page such as page margins, rows, columns, and bleeds

(see p. 60), as well as the page edge, and page/margin centers (i.e., the center of

the page in relation to the page edge or page margins).

In addition, dynamic guides can be used to align and resize objects to existing

object edges and centers by snapping. Guides appear dynamically as you drag

objects.

To turn snapping on/off globally:

• Click Snapping on the Hintline (don't click the drop-down

arrow). The button has an orange color when snapping is switched on.

Once snapping is enabled, you can selectively switch on/off snapping options

(i.e., Ruler Guides, Dot Grid, etc).

To turn individual snapping controls on and off:

• Click the down arrow on the Snapping button (Hintline) and

check/uncheck a snapping option via the drop-down menu.

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Tools>Options offers the full set of snapping options for the

user. You can also control Snapping Distance, i.e. the

distance at which an object will start to snap to a dot, guide,

etc.

For precise ruler guide placement, check Ruler Marks in

Tools>Options to snap guides to ruler marks.

Snapping with dynamic guides

For accurate object alignment and resizing, you can use dynamic guides instead

of setting ruler guides manually or performing selection, transform, and

alignment operations. These red-colored guides are shown between the vertices

of the last three selected placed page objects and the manipulated object and

"visually suggest" possible snapping options such as snap to the placed object's

left, right, center, top, right, bottom, or to the page center. You can include

objects to snap to by dragging over objects.

For alignment For resizing

To switch on dynamic guides:

• Click the down arrow on the Snapping button (Hintline) and

click Dynamic Guides on the drop-down menu.

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To snap to page centers as well, you must additionally check

Page center in Tools>Options>Layout>Snapping.

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:

• Click the Click to Group button.

To ungroup:

• Click the Click to Ungroup button.

The group turns back to a multiple

selection

Simply clicking on any member of a group selects the group object. In general,

any operation you carry out on a selected group affects each member of the

group. However, the objects that comprise a group are intact, and you can also

select and edit an individual object within a group.

To select an individual object within a group:

• Ctrl-click the object.

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Moving objects

To move an object (including a multiple selection):

• Drag the selected object by using its Move button. Once you see a

move cursor you can begin dragging.

To set exact horizontal and vertical positions, use the Transform

tab.

To constrain the movement of an object to horizontal or vertical:

• Select the object and use the keyboard arrows (up, down, left, right).

Resizing objects

PagePlus provides several methods of resizing single or grouped objects. Click-

and-drag is the simplest—watch the Hintline for context-sensitive tips and

shortcuts!

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.

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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.

Use a ruler guide and center

snapping to scale an object in two

directions simultaneously. Center

snapping involves snapping to the

object edge, then dragging from a

corner (or edge) handle.

Text in frames and tables doesn't change size when the

container object is resized.

To set two or more objects to the same horizontal or vertical

size as the last selected object, you can use Arrange>Size

Objects....

You can also make fine resizing adjustments from the

Transform tab.

To resize freely:

• Drag from a corner (or line end) handle.

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To constrain a shape, frame object, or table object when resizing:

• Hold the Shift key down and drag from a corner (or line end) handle.

For shapes, this has the effect of keeping a square as a square, a circle as a

circle, etc.

For pictures, dimensions are constrained on dragging a corner

handle. Use Shift-drag to resize a picture freely.

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 shift the selected object's position to the bottom or top of the

stack:

• Click Send to Back or Bring to Front on the Arrange

toolbar, respectively.

To shift the object's position one step toward the back or front:

• Right-click on the object and choose Arrange>Back One or

>Forward One, respectively.

Aligning and distributing objects

Alignment involves taking a group of selected objects and aligning them all in

one operation by their top, bottom, left or right edges. You can also distribute

objects, so that your objects (as a multiple selection) are spread evenly

(optionally at spaced intervals).

Alignment or distribution can occur between the endmost objects on your page

(current selection), page margins, or the page edge.

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To align the edges of two or more objects in a selection:

1. Using the Pointer Tool, Shift-click on all the objects you want to

align, or draw a marquee box around them, to create a multiple

selection.

2. Select the Align tab.

3. Select an option for vertical and/or horizontal alignment. Choose Top,

Bottom, Left, Right, Center Horizontally or Center Vertically, i.e.

To distribute two or more objects across a selection:

• Choose Space Evenly Across or Space Evenly Down to

spread selected objects uniformly between endmost objects in the

current selection (horizontally or vertically, respectively) or by a set

measurement (choose Spaced and set a value in any measurement

unit).

Rather than work within the current selection area you can align or distribute to

page margins (if set) or page edge.

To align/distribute objects to page margins or edges:

• Select from the Relative to

drop-down menu to align

the selected object(s) within

the page Margins, Page

edges, or Spread (for facing

pages) then choose an align

or distribute button

described above.

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Exporting as a picture

Exporting as a picture lets you convert all the objects on the page, or just the

currently selected object(s), to an image file, using a file format you specify.

To export as a picture:

1. (If exporting objects, not the whole page) Select the object or Shift-

click (or drag a marquee) to select multiple objects.

2. Choose Export As Picture... from the File menu.

3. In the Save as type drop-down list, select a image format, e.g. Serif

MetaFile Format (*.smf).

4. Specify a folder and file name for the picture.

5. To export just selected object(s), check Selected object(s). To export

the whole page, uncheck this box.

6. To choose from export options such as resolution, color, and

transparency, check Show Filter Options.

7. Click Save. You'll see export options, if available and requested, for

the particular export filter in use.

Exporting Serif Metafiles

PagePlus lets you export pictures in Serif Metafile Format (.smf). This

proprietary format, an improvement on the Windows Metafile Format (.wmf)

due to improved text, line and fill handling, is especially useful for interworking

between Serif products, i.e. you may want to utilize PagePlus objects in another

Serif application to save time and effort. The object is converted to a graphic

and becomes non-editable, but the object's original appearance will be honored.

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Rotating an object

You can rotate single and multiple objects, including pictures, text objects, and

groups using the Rotate Tool.

To rotate an object:

1. Select the Rotate Tool on the Tools toolbar's Selection flyout.

2. Click to select the object, hover over one of its handles until you see

the rotate cursor (below).

3. Hold the mouse button down and drag the cursor in the direction in

which you want to rotate the object, then release (use the Shift key for

15° rotation intervals).

The Pointer Tool can also be used to rotate objects in the same way (with the

cursor).

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To undo rotation (restore the original orientation):

• Double-click the object.

• To restore the rotated position, double-click again.

To change the rotation origin:

1. Select the Rotate Tool and click to select the object.

2. Move the rotation origin away from its original position in the

center of the object to any position on the page. The origin can also be

moved to be outside the object—ideal for rotating grouped objects

around a central point.

3. Drag the rotate pointer to a new rotation angle—the object will rotate

about the new pivot.

To rotate an object 90 degrees left or right:

• Select the object and click Rotate Left or Rotate Right on

the Arrange toolbar.

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).

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To flip an object horizontally/vertically:

• Select the object and choose Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical from

the Arrange menu.

Cropping and combining objects

Cropping means masking (hiding) parts of an object, for example to improve

composition or create a special effect. The underlying object remains intact.

Two types of cropping are possible—square cropping or irregular cropping.

square crop

irregular crop

Combining 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.

To crop using the object's original outline:

1. Select the object, then select the Square Crop Tool on the

Attributes toolbar's Crop flyout.

2. Drag one of its edge or corner handles inward for unconstrained

cropping. Press the Shift key while dragging for constrained cropping

(aspect ratio is maintained).

To scale the object within the crop outline, Ctrl-drag either

upwards or downwards.

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To crop by modifying the object's outline:

• Select the object and select the Irregular Crop Tool on the

Attributes toolbar's Crop flyout. The Curve context toolbar appears,

which lets you control the displayed nodes and connecting segments

that define the object's crop outline. See Editing lines on p. 179.

• To move a node (control point) where you see the cursor,

drag the node.

• To move a line segment (between two nodes) where you

see the cursor, drag the segment.

To position a cropped object within its crop outline:

• With either crop tool selected, click the object and drag its center

(when you see the hand cursor).

To feather the crop outline:

• With either crop tool selected, click the object.

• From the Crop context toolbar, set a Feather value using the up/down

arrows, slider or by direct input. Feathering is applied outside the crop

outline by the set point size.

To uncrop (restore full visibility):

• Click the Remove Crop button on the Attributes toolbar's Crop

flyout.

Cropping one shape to another

The Crop to Shape command works with exactly two objects selected. Either or

both of these may be a group object. The lower object (the one behind the other)

gets clipped to the outline of the upper object, leaving a shape equivalent to the

overlapping region.

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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. With both objects selected (or grouped), choose Crop to Shape from

the Tools menu.

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).

Combining lines and shapes

Combining curves is a way of creating a composite object from two or more

lines or drawn shapes. As with cropping to a shape, the object in front clips the

object(s) behind, in this case leaving one or more "holes" where the component

objects overlapped. As with grouping, you can apply formatting (such as line or

fill) to the combined object and continue to edit individual nodes and segments

with the Pointer Tool. Unlike those other methods, a 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.

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Combining is a quick way to create a mask or stencil cutout:

QuickShapes Convert to

Curves

Combine Curves Drop Shadow

Added

To combine two or more selected lines or drawn shapes:

1. Draw your two lines or QuickShapes.

2. Place the "clipping" object in front of the object to be cut out.

3. Select each object and choose Tools>Convert To>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.

Anchoring objects

If you're working with text frames you'll probably want to add supporting

shapes, pictures, tables, or even nested text frames within your publication's text

(artistic or frame text). Such objects can be positioned either in relation to a

position in your text (or other page element) or be simply placed inline in your

text.

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In PagePlus, this positioning is controlled by anchoring an object using

different positioning options.

• Float with text. The object is positioned horizontally and vertically

relative to an anchor point. This option is ideal for pictures, pulled

quotes, etc.

• Position inline as character. The anchored object is placed as a

character in the text and aligned in relation to the text that surrounds it.

The anchored object flows with the text as before.

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• Detach from text. The anchored object is disconnected from its

anchor point, leaving a normal unanchored object.

PagePlus objects can be anchored to anywhere in your publication text, but the

floated object can be positioned in relation to indented text, column, frame, page

margin guides, the page itself, or most typically the anchor point in a text frame.

For text frames, when the text reflows, the anchor point (and therefore anchored

object) reflows with the text. This allows supporting anchored objects to always

stay with supporting text as more text is added to the frame.

To create an anchored object:

1. Position your unanchored object on the page.

2. Select Anchor Object... from the Arrange menu.

3. From the dialog, choose a positioning option:

Either, for a floating object:

1. Enable Float with text. This is the default positioning option.

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2. Specify a Horizontal (e.g., Inside, Left-Aligned) and/or Vertical

position (e.g., Inside, Top) in relation to different page elements (e.g.,

anchor point, frame, etc.). Check Mirror facing pages if you're using

facing pages and you want the object to automatically mirror its

position in relation to anchoring text moved onto a new page.

3. (Optional) Set an Offset X by or Offset Y by to further offset the

object horizontally or vertically from the Horizontal and Vertical

position in absolute units (centimeters or inches). Alternatively, check

Relative to offset by a percentage of the object size.

4. Check Keep within bounds to stop the anchored object from being

placed outside of the text frame. The object will move but only to the

frame edge or page margin guides. When unchecked there is no

restriction on object placement.

5. Click OK. The Anchor point appears and your object is now an

anchoring object (showing an anchor icon).

Or, for an inline object:

1. Enable Position inline as character.

2. To set the object's vertical alignment with respect to adjacent text,

select an Align with text option. Text will not flow around the

anchored object.

3. (Optional) Enter a Offset Y by value to set the percentage to which

the object will be vertically offset in relation to its height.

4. (Optional) Check Scale to to scale the object to a percentage of the

adjacent text point size. This keeps the same relative size if the text

size changes. 100% will scale precisely to current point size.

4. (Optional) Check Use these settings when pasting to update floating

and inline anchor defaults. Any subsequent object pasting will adopt

the anchor settings saved when the option was checked.

5. (Optional) For control of possible object overlap, select an option

from the If objects overlaps drop-down list.

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• Allow the overlap. The overlap is left as is.

• Pack into lines means the second object will be placed

beside the first object if there is room, or below it if not.

• Line up left to right/Line up right to left means the second

object will be placed to the right or the left of the first object,

respectively.

• Stack top to bottom/Stack bottom to top means the second

object will be placed below or above the first object,

respectively.

6. Click OK. The object appears inline with text, and shows an

Anchor Properties icon.

Objects inserted into text frames will automatically be anchored using "Float

with text" default settings. However, the anchored object can be dragged away

from the anchor point as an alternative method for creating an anchored object.

To view anchor properties:

1. Select an anchored object.

2. Click Anchor Properties shown under the object.

The Anchored Object Properties dialog is displayed. The options differ

depending on which of the three positioning options is enabled.

If you'd like to change the position of an anchor point you can drag it anywhere

else in your text frame. Dragging to an area of no text will disconnect your

anchored object. You can also disconnect the anchor point via Anchor Properties

dialog.

To disconnect an anchored object:

• Enable Detach from text.

The Anchor Properties button and anchor point both disappear.

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Notes

• Anchored object have all the same properties of unanchored objects;

you can modify them whilst anchored.

• Frame text can wrap around floating anchored objects, as described in

Wrapping text (p. 126). Inline anchored objects do not allow text

wrapping.

Joining object outlines

PagePlus includes some powerful tools to carve new shapes out of old

overlapping shapes. With add, subtract, intersect, or exclude commands you

actually produce a permanent new object (with a new outline) out of any

selected objects. The joined object can be further edited by adjusting nodes in

the new shape.

To join outlines (selected via marquee selection):

• Select an outlines option from the Join Outlines flyout on the

Arrange toolbar.

Add Creates one new object that’s the

sum of any two selected objects.

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Subtract

Discards the overlap between the top

and bottom object. The bottom

object is al

so discarded.

Useful as a quick way of truncating

shapes and pictures with another

object.

Intersect

Retains the overlap and discards the

rest.

Exclude

Merges two or more objects into a

composite object, with a clear

transparent “hole” where their

filled regions overlap.

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Applying a mesh warp envelope

Mesh warping lets you apply a Preset warp envelope to your PagePlus object

(below) or modify a flexible grid of points and lines that you can drag to deform

or distort an object and (optionally) its fill.

After applying a preset envelope from the Attributes toolbar's Warp flyout (or

context toolbar), you can use the Mesh Warp context toolbar to switch the warp

on/off, edit the mesh to match a particular object's geometry—for example,

curves that follow the facial contours in a bitmap image—for more precise

control of the warp effect. The effect is removable and doesn't permanently alter

the object.

The process of editing mesh warps and their envelopes is described in greater

detail in the PagePlus Help.

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Adding borders

A border is a repeating, decorative

element that can be set to enclose

objects, such as text frames,

pictures, and tables.

PagePlus comes with an impressive

range of categorized picture-based

border styles for you to use.

However, if you'd like to create

your own custom borders you can

import a border design as a picture,

and save it for future use.

Edge selection lets you apply the

border effect to all sides, top,

bottom, left, right, or both top and

bottom (opposite).

The Picture Frames category in the Gallery tab offers the same

set of border styles but already applied to placeholder picture

frames. (See p. 153.)

To add a border to an object:

1. Click Line/Border on the Tools toolbar's Fill flyout.

2. To define the border, select the Border tab, then select a border preset

from the Style drop-down list. You can preview each border in the

window at the right as you scroll down the open list with your

keyboard up/down arrows.

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• If Behind contents is checked, the inner half of the border

extends behind the object. If unchecked, the whole border

appears in front (the wider the border, the more it encroaches on

the filled region).

• If Scale with object is checked, both border and object change

together when you resize the object. If unchecked, the border

weight remains constant during resizing.

• If Draw center is unchecked (the default), the inside areas of a

framed picture (used to create your new border) will be left

empty, so you won't need to manually remove unwanted image

centers. When checked, the area inside a populated custom frame

is repeated.

6. Click OK when you're done.

Use the button to base your borders on your own bordered

picture design.

Once you've optimized the design of your new border, you might like to save it

for future use. The border is stored globally so you can make use of it in other

publications.

To save your custom border:

1. Click .

2. From the dialog, select a subcategory (e.g. Fun, Fabric, etc.) from the

drop-down list; alternatively, enter a new custom subcategory name in

the box.

3. From the dialog, enter your custom border name. The new border

appears in the Line and Border dialog's Style drop-down list (and also

as a categorized bordered picture frame in the Gallery tab).

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Adding logos

Logos are intended to send a

clear message to your target

audience, all within a simple

and identifiable design.

Whether you intend to

communicate a stylish,

business, fun or modern

message (opposite),

PagePlus allows you to

create impressive logos of

varying design.

Logos are great for adding

to master pages associated

with your publication.

To add a logo:

1. Select Insert Logo from the Tools toolbar's Logo flyout.

2. From the dialog, scroll the left-hand pane and select a suitable design

thumbnail; choose the blank layout in the Blank category to start from

scratch.

3. Select a logo from the left-hand pane, then pick from a choice of

designs from the right-hand pane (if a choice is available); some

designs allow customization of text.

4. To apply the publication's current color scheme to your design,

uncheck Apply color set. Alternatively, to adopt a color set

independent of your publication's current color scheme, keep Apply

color set checked and pick a color set option from the drop-down list.

5. Click Open.

6. For captioned logos, a further dialog lets you customize the design's

supporting text (company name and/or motto). Enter a new Name

(e.g., company or club name) and, optionally, a tag line (Motto) to

personalize it. Edit the text and then click OK.

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7. To insert the logo at a default size, simply click the mouse to leave a

logo placeholder (envelope).

- or -

To set the size of the logo, drag out a region and release the mouse

button.

PagePlus's Gallery tab also hosts the same selection of logos.

If you're looking to further modify your logo you can use LogoStudio, an

integrated design environment. This allows you to focus on your design without

the distractions of other objects on the page, i.e. the design is displayed in

isolation and centered on the page. Alternatively, a logo or flash can be created

from existing artistic text, shape, gallery object, picture, or grouped objects.

To edit an existing logo:

1. Click the button on the control bar under the selected logo.

LogoStudio is launched with your object(s) zoomed in to fit your

workspace.

2. Using standard PagePlus tools and tabs, customize your logo design to

your liking.

3. Click from LogoStudio's main toolbar to exit.

The modified logo is updated in its original position.

Converting objects to logos

It's just as easy to by-pass the pre-defined logos and base your custom logo on

objects already present in your publication. The logo can be converted back to

separate objects at any time by ungrouping.

To convert existing objects to a logo:

1. Select one or more objects (or a grouped object) on the page.

2. Select Edit in LogoStudio... from the Edit menu (or select via right-

click).

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3. Edit your logo design. In particular, you can use the upper Logo Text

input box to "caption" your logo (typically a company or club name),

then click the check box.

Adding flashes

In PagePlus, flashes can be created,

with each design intended to catch

the eye, especially for commercial

reasons or general attention

grabbing.

PagePlus's Gallery tab comes

complete with a host of flashes;

subcategories based on Retail,

Celebrations, Fun stuff (Shapes or

Text), and Pointers are available.

When dragging a flash design onto the page, three varieties of flash may be

encountered—those without text, with text, and those with optional layouts.

To add a flash:

1. From the Gallery tab, select the Flashes category.

2. Scroll the lower pane to preview flash subcategories; collapse

unwanted subcategories by clicking the button next to the

subcategory name (click to expand). Select a suitable flash

thumbnail from the pane.

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3. Drag your chosen design to the page.

4. From the dialog, you can choose design variations, edit text and apply

colors, i.e.

• For design variations. Select a design from the Designs pane

(e.g., offering different text labels and positions).

• For text. If the selected design has supporting text, you can

customize it in the Text or Message field. Edit the text

accordingly to give your flash meaning.

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• For color: To apply the publication's current color scheme to

your design, uncheck Apply color set. Alternatively, to adopt a

color set independent of your publication's current color scheme,

keep Apply color set checked and pick a color set option from

the drop-down list.

5. Click OK.

Design variations and supporting text may not be available for

some designs.

If you're looking to further customize your flash design (or use existing page

objects) you can use LogoStudio. See Adding logos on p. 84.

Working

with Text

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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 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.

As well as the WritePlus format (.stt), a range of popular word processing and

text formats can be imported, including:

ANSI text

.txt

Microsoft Word 2007

.docx/.dotx

Microsoft Word 2000/2003

.doc/.dot

MS Works

.wps

Open Office text

.odt

Rich Text Format

.rtf

Wordperfect

.wpd

Write

.wri

For Microsoft Word formats created in any Windows operating system you don't

need to have Microsoft Word installed locally. This means you can reuse third-

party text content in PagePlus without the supporting application.

PagePlus will preserve the formatting of imported word-

processor text. However, if you're using your word processor to

create text specifically for PagePlus, you'll save time by typing

as text only, and applying formatting later in PagePlus.

To import text from a file:

1. (Optional) If using an existing empty text frame, select the frame. If

inserting text into a populated text frame, click for an insertion point

(or select a portion of text to be replaced).

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2. Choose Text File... from the Insert menu.

3. From the Open dialog, locate and select the file to import.

4. Check the Retain Format box to retain the source file's formatting

styles. Uncheck the box to discard this information. In either case,

PagePlus will preserve basic character properties like italic, bold, and

underline, and paragraph properties like alignment (left, center, right).

5. Check the Ignore line wrapping box to ignore returns in the source

text—that is, only if the file has been saved with a carriage return at

the end of every line, and you want to strip off these extra returns.

Otherwise, leave the box unchecked.

6. Click Open.

7. The text will be imported into the pre-selected text object or a new

text frame. If all of the imported text cannot fit into the active text

frame you'll be prompted via dialog. You can either create extra

frames to accommodate overflow text (click Yes) or just overflow the

text into a hidden overflow area (click No).

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. 103) for standalone text with

special effects, or table text (see Creating text-based tables on p. 136) 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.

• Optional preceding and following frames.

• Text and optional inline images that flow through the frames.

The text in a frame is called a story.

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• When you move a text frame, its story text moves with it.

• When you resize a text frame, its story text reflows to the new

dimensions.

Frames can be linked so that a single story continues from one frame to another.

But text frames can just as easily stand alone. Thus in any publication, you can

create text in a single frame, spread a story over several frames, and/or include

many independent frame sequences. By placing text frames anywhere, in any

order, you can build up newspaper or newsletter style publications with a story

flowing from one column to another (below) or even across pages.

When you select a frame you'll see its bounding box, indicated by a gray 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. (For details, see Editing text on the page on p. 108.)

Text frames behave like other PagePlus objects—when selected, you can

manipulate them as for shapes, lines, artistic text, and tables. Here's a breakdown

of text frame capabilities.

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Feature Supported

Margins and column guides



Breaks (column, page, and frame)



Resize/move frame



Crop frame



Rotate frame



Frame linking



Columns



Export as text



Line attributes



Solid fill and line color



Gradient and bitmap fill



Transparency



Borders



Warp



2D/3D Filter Effects



Instant 3D



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Creating text frames

You add frames to a page as you would any other object. PagePlus supports a

wide variety of frame shapes which can be resized and morphed into new shapes

once placed on the page (just like QuickShapes; see p. 182).

To create a frame:

1. Select a standard or shaped text frame from the Text Frame

flyout on the Tools toolbar.

2. Click on the page or pasteboard to create a new frame at a default size.

- or -

Drag out to place the text frame at your chosen dimensions.

To create a frame (from a shape):

• You can also draw a shape and select Convert to>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 centered vertically and horizontally). Useful for

creating objects for diagrams!

To delete a frame:

• Select the frame—click its edge until a gray border appears—and then

press the Delete key.

You can select, move, and resize text frames just like other objects. (See p. 55,

63, and 63, respectively.)

Putting text into a frame

You can put text into a frame using one of the following methods:

WritePlus story

editor: With a selected frame, click WritePlus on the

Frame context toolbar.

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Importing text: Right-click on a frame and choose Insert Text File...

(shortcut Ctrl+T) to import text.

Typing into the

frame:

Select the Pointer Tool, then click for an insertion point

to type text straight into a frame, or edit existing text.

(See Editing text on the page on p. 108.)

Pasting via the

Clipboard:

At an insertion point in the text, press Ctrl+V.

Drag and drop: Select text (e.g. in a word processor file), then drag it

onto the PagePlus page.

If you drop onto a selected frame, the text is pasted

inline where the insertion point had been placed

previously. 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, its column margins appear

as dashed gray 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.

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To edit frame properties directly:

• Select the frame object, then drag column guide lines to adjust the

boundaries of the column.

(1)

(2)

(3)

The illustration above shows how the cursor will change when hovering over the

selected 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).

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Fitting text to frames

Fitting story text precisely into a sequence of frames is part of the art of laying

out publications.

If there's too much story text to fit in a frame sequence, PagePlus stores it in an

invisible overflow area and the Link button on the last frame of the sequence

displays ; an AutoFlow button appears next to the Link button. You

might edit the story down or make more room for it by adding an extra frame or

two to the sequence. Clicking the AutoFlow button adds additional frames and

pages as needed (see below).

Once frames are in position it's still possible to control how text is distributed

throughout the frame(s) via tools on the Frame context toolbar.

The Text Sizing flyout offers three tools for controlling how

frame text scales through the text frame. These are "once-off"

operations (compared to the "continuous" Autofit options shown

below).

Fit Text

Click to scale the story's text size so it fits exactly into the

available frame(s); further text added to the frame will cause text

overflow. You can use this early on, to gauge how the story fits,

or near the end, to apply the finishing touch. Fit Text first applies

small point size changes, then small leading changes, then

adjustments to the paragraph space below value, until the text

fits.

Enlarge Text

Click to increase the story's text size one increment (approx.

2%).

Shrink Text

Click to reduce the story's text size one increment.

Each frame's story text can adopt its own individual autofit setting as follows:

The AutoFit Options flyout offers three autofit options which

continuously act upon a selected frame's story text.

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No Autofit

This is the normal mode of operation where, if selected, text

won't automatically scale throughout the selected text frame,

possibly leaving partly empty frames at the end of the frame

sequence.

Shrink Text on Overflow

If selected, extra text added to a selected frame will shrink all

frame text to avoid text overflow.

Autofit

If selected, the frame will always scale text automatically by

adjusting text size (compare to Fit Text which fits text once,

with any additional text causing text overflow).

AutoFlow

When importing text, it's a good idea to take advantage of the AutoFlow feature,

which will automatically create text frames and pages until all the text has been

imported. This way, enough frames are created to display the whole story. Then

you can gauge just how much adjustment will be needed to fit the story to the

available "real estate" in your publication.

If you add more text to a story while editing, or have reduced the size of frame,

you may find that an overflow condition crops up. In this case you can decide

whether to use AutoFit or click the frame's AutoFlow button.

To AutoFlow story text on the page:

• Click the AutoFlow button just to the left of the frame's

Link button.

If no other empty frames are detected, you'll be prompted to autoflow text into a

new frame(s) the same size as the original or to new frame(s) sized to the page.

If an empty frame exists anywhere in your publication, PagePlus will flow text

into that instead, before commencing with autoflow.

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Linking text frames

When a text frame is selected, the frame includes a Link button at the bottom

right which denotes the state of the frame and its story text, and which allows

you to control how the frame's story flows to following frames:

No Overflow

The frame is not linked to a following frame (it's either a standalone

frame or the last frame in a sequence) and the frame is empty or the end

of the story text is visible.

Overflow

The populated frame is not linked (either standalone or last frame) and

there is additional story text in the hidden overflow area. An

Autoflow button also appears to the left of the Link button.

Continued

The frame is linked to a following frame. The end of the story text may

be visible, or it may flow into the following frame.

Note: The button icon will be red if the final frame of the sequence is

overflowing, or green if there's no overflow.

There are two basic ways to set up a linked sequence of frames:

• You can link a sequence of empty frames, then import the text.

• You can import the text into a single frame, then create and link

additional frames into which the text automatically flows.

When frames are created by the AutoFlow option (for example

when importing text), they are automatically linked in

sequence.

To create a link or reorder the links between existing frames, you can use the

Link button under the frame (or the controls on the Frame context toolbar).

Remember to watch the cursor, which changes to indicate these operations.

• You can link to frames already containing text or are already in a link

sequence.

• If the frame was not part of a link sequence, its text is merged into the

selected text's story.

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Using artistic text

Artistic text is standalone text you type directly onto a page. Especially useful

for headlines, pull quotes, and other special-purpose text, it's easily formatted

with the standard text tools.

Here are some similarities between frame text and artistic text. Both text types

let you:

• vary character and paragraph properties, apply named text styles, edit

text in WritePlus and even import text.

• apply different line styles, fills (including gradient and bitmap fills),

and transparency.

• access text via the Text Manager.

• track font usage with the Resource Manager.

• embed inline images.

• apply 2D/3D filter effects and rotate/flip.

• use proofing options such as AutoSpell/Spell Checker, Proof Reader,

and Thesaurus.

And some differences...

• You can initially "draw" artistic text at a desired point size, and drag it

to adjust the size later. Frame text reflows in its frame upon frame

resize (but doesn't alter its text size).

• Artistic text can be applied to a path but frame text cannot.

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• Artistic text won't automatically line wrap like frame text.

• Artistic text doesn't flow or link the way frame text does; the Frame

context toolbar's text-fitting functions aren't applicable to artistic text.

To create artistic text:

1. Choose the Artistic Text Tool from the Artistic Text

flyout on the Tools toolbar.

2. Set initial text properties (font, style, etc.) as needed before typing,

using the Text context toolbar, Format menu, or right-click (and

choose Text Format>).

3. Click on the page for an insertion point using a default point size, or

drag the cross-hair cursor across the page to specify a particular size,

e.g.

4. Type directly on the page to create the artistic text.

Once you've created an artistic text object, you can select, move, resize, delete,

and copy it just as you would with a text frame. Solid colors, gradient/bitmap

fills, and transparency can all be applied.

To resize or reproportion an artistic text object:

• To resize while maintaining the object's proportions, drag the resize

handles.

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• To resize freely, hold down the Shift key while dragging.

To edit artistic text:

• Drag to select a range of text, creating a blue selection.

You can also double-click to select a word.

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 Bézier

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.

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To apply a preset curved path to text:

1. Create an artistic text object.

2. With the text selected, on the Text context toolbar, click the

Path Text flyout and choose a preset path.

The text now flows along the specified path, e.g. for "Path - Top Circle".

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. 176) or a shape (see Drawing and editing shapes on p. 182).

2. Choose the Artistic Text Tool from the Artistic Text flyout on

the Tools toolbar.

3. Bring the cursor very close to the line. When the cursor changes to

include a curve, click the mouse where you want the text to begin.

4. Begin typing at the insertion point. Text flows along the line, which

has been converted to a path.

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To fit existing text to an existing line or shape:

1. Create an artistic text object.

2. Create a freehand, straight, or curved line or a shape.

3. Select both objects. On the Tools menu, choose Fit Text to Curve.

The text now flows along the specified path.

To create text and path at the same time:

1. Choose one of the Path Text tools from the Text flyout:

The Freehand Path Text Tool lets you sketch a curved line in

a freeform way.

The Straight Path Text Tool is for drawing a straight line.

The Curved Path Text Tool lets you join a series of line

segments (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'll need to press Esc or

double-click to get the insertion point).

3. Begin typing at the insertion point. Text flows along the path.

To remove the text path:

1. Select the path text object.

2. Click the 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.

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Editing text on the page

You can use the Pointer Tool to edit frame text, table text, or artistic text

directly. On the page, you can select and enter text, set paragraph indents and

tab stops, change text properties, apply text styles, and use Find and Replace.

For editing longer stories, and for more advanced options, choose WritePlus

(Edit Story… from the Edit menu).

Selecting and entering text

The selection of frame text, artistic text, and table text follows the conventions

of the most up-to-date word-processing tools. The selection area is shaded in

semi-transparent blue for clear editing.

Double-, triple- or quadruple-click selects a word, paragraph or all text,

respectively. You can also make use of the Ctrl-click or drag for selection of

non-adjacent words, the Shift key for ranges of text.

To edit text on the page:

1. Select the Pointer Tool, then click (or drag) in the text object. A

standard insertion point appears at the click position (see below),

- or -

Select a single word, paragraph or portion of text.

2. Type to insert new text or overwrite selected text, respectively.

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To start a new paragraph:

• Press Enter.

To start a new line within the same paragraph (using a "line break"

or "soft return"):

• Press Shift+Enter.

The following two options apply only to frame text. You can use these shortcuts

or choose the items from the Insert>Break submenu.

To flow text to the next column (Column Break), frame (Frame

Break) or page (Page Break):

• Press Ctrl+Enter, Alt+Enter or Ctrl+Shift+Enter, respectively.

To switch between insert mode and overwrite mode:

• Press the Insert key.

To show special characters:

• Click the drop-down arrow on the View toolbar, either for

Show Special Characters (paragraph marks and breaks; see below)

or Show Spaces (Show Special Characters plus tabs, non-breaking

spaces, hyphenation points, and "filled" normal spaces).

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Copying, pasting, and moving text

You can easily copy and paste text using standard commands; drag and drop of

text is also supported.

If you don't place an insertion point on pasting, the text can be

pasted into a new text frame directly.

Setting paragraph indents

When a text object is selected, markers on the horizontal ruler indicate the left

indent, first line indent, and right indent of the current paragraph. You can adjust

the markers to set paragraph indents, or use a dialog.

• The Left indent is set in relation to the object's left margin.

• The 1st line indent is in relation to the left indent.

• The Right indent is in relation to the object's right margin.

For details on setting frame margins, see Frame setup and layout (on p. 96).

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To set the indents of the current paragraph:

• Drag the appropriate ruler marker(s).

- or -

• For quick left indents, select the Increase Level or

Decrease Level button to increase or decrease indent, respectively.

Indent is by the currently set default tab stop distance.

- or -

• To adjust indent settings numerically, choose Paragraph... from the

Format menu. In the Indentation box, you can enter values for Left,

Right, 1st Line, or Hanging indents.

Setting tab stops

To set a tab stop:

1. Select the paragraph(s) in which you want to set tab stops.

2. Click the ruler intersection button until it changes to the type of tab

you want: (Left, Center, Right, or Decimal).

Left

Center

Right

Decimal

3. Click on the horizontal ruler where you want to set a tab stop. You'll

see your tab stop appear.

• To move a tab stop, drag it to a new ruler position.

• To delete a tab stop, drag it off the ruler.

If you want to set precise measurements for tabs, right-click

the frame and choose Text Format, then select Tabs... from

the submenu.

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Working with Unicode text

PagePlus fully supports Unicode, making it possible to incorporate foreign

characters or special symbols.

• To paste Unicode text from the Clipboard to the page, use Edit>Paste

Special..., then select "Unformatted Unicode Text."

• Insert Unicode characters directly into your text by typing your

Unicode Hex value and pressing Alt+X. The Alt+X keyboard

operation toggles between the displayed character (e.g., @) and its

Hex value (e.g., U+0040) equivalent.

• To export text in Unicode format, use WritePlus.

Using Find and Replace

You can search publication text for an extraordinary variety of items: not just

words or parts of words, but a host of character and paragraph attributes such as

fonts, styles, alignment, bullets and numbering, missing fonts, drop caps... even

inline graphics and more! Once located, you can replace items either globally, or

on a case-by-case basis.

To use Find and Replace on frame text:

1. Choose Find & Replace... from the Edit menu.

2. In the dialog, type the text to be found in the Find box and its

replacement text (if any) in the Replace box. Click the down arrows to

view recent items. Click either box's button to use flyout menus to

select formats or special characters, or define a regular expression (for

a wildcard-type search).

3. Select the Range to be searched: Current Story (just the currently

selected text object or story), or All Stories (all text), or Current

Selection (only used with the Replace All function to operate on the

currently selected text).

4. Select Match whole word only to match character sequences that

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

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expressions to treat the contents of the Find box as an expression,

rather than as a literal string to be found.

5. Click Find Next to locate the first instance of the Find text.

- or -

Click Select All to highlight all instances of matching text in your

document simultaneously.

6. Click Replace if you want to substitute with replacement text.

Alternatively, click Find Next again to skip to the next matching text.

Continue using the Replace option as required until you reach the end

of your document.

- or -

Click Replace All to replace all instances of the found text with the

replacement text at the same time. PagePlus reports when the search is

completed.

7. Click Close to dismiss the Find and Replace dialog.

Setting text properties

PagePlus gives you a high degree of typographic control over characters and

paragraphs, whether you're working with frame text, table text, or artistic text.

To apply basic text formatting:

1. Select the text.

2. Use buttons on the Text context toolbar to change text style, font,

point size, attributes, paragraph alignment, or level.

To clear local formatting (restore plain/default text properties):

• Select a range of text with local formatting.

• Click on the Clear Formatting option on the Text context toolbar's

text styles drop-down list (or Text Styles tab).

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Using fonts

One of the most dramatic ways to change your document's appearance is to

change the fonts used in your artistic text, frame text, or table text. Applying

different fonts to a character or entire paragraph can communicate very different

messages to your intended readership.

Font assignment is very

simple in PagePlus, and

can be done from the Fonts

tab, Text context toolbar,

or in the Character dialog

(via right-click, or from

the Format menu).

The Fonts tab lets you:

• Apply fonts easily without dialog navigation.

• Assign fonts to be Websafe or favorites.

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• View most recently used, Websafe, and your favorite fonts

simultaneously.

• Search for installed fonts via search box.

• Hover-over preview of fonts applied to your document's text

(optional).

• Change a font for another throughout your publication (by right-click

Select All).

• Access Serif FontManager (if available in your region).

The Fonts tab is automatically hidden by default, but can be viewed by

clicking the arrow button at the left of your workspace. You may also need to

click the Fonts label to display the Fonts tab.

Assigning and previewing fonts

The fonts shown in the Fonts tab represent the currently installed fonts on your

computer. This means that these fonts are available to format any selected

character or paragraph.

To assign a font:

• Select some text, then click on the font name in the Fonts tab to assign

the font to the text.

You can preview how fonts will appear on your selected text by enabling

PagePlus's font preview feature.

To preview fonts:

1. From the tab's Tab Menu button (top-right of tab), check the

Preview Font option.

2. Select a section of text (a letter, word, or paragraph) in your

document.

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2. Click the message label, making it shaded in blue—text formatted

with the chosen font is selected.

3. Hover over font names in your font list. Click on a chosen font to

apply it to the selected text (if you've used the Used fonts search you

may need to clear the results before selecting a replacement font).

Substituting fonts

Font substitution issues may arise when opening PagePlus Publications. This is

because the fonts used in the original document may not be present on the target

computer. If this occurs, font substitution of that unavailable font can be

initiated via a pop-up dialog.

PagePlus's font substitution mechanism makes use of the PANOSE Font

Matching System which intelligently finds the best font substitution match

between a missing and a locally available font. By default, clicking OK will

substitute the missing font for a locally available standard font (e.g., Arial)

automatically. Optionally, you can manually substitute the missing font with the

font of your choosing by enabling the Edit font substitutions manually button

instead.

A third option, is to use Serif's FontManager program which can search and load

uninstalled fonts if located (fonts are uninstalled after use). See Using

FontManager on p. 119.

To avoid font substitution, try to source original fonts from the

originating PC if possible.

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Reset the Substitute with box by clicking the Default button.

This will replace the fonts listed with a single font, e.g. Arial or

Times New Roman, as governed by Windows (this is not

configurable).

To manually substitute a font any time:

1. Select Resource Manager from the Tools menu.

2. Choose the Fonts tab, select a font from the list, and click the

button.

3. In the dialog, select the missing font to be substituted from the Font to

substitute drop-down menu.

4. Carry out font substitution as described in the previous procedure.

Repeat for each font to be substituted using the Font to substitute

drop-down menu.

Using FontManager

FontManager is a standalone Serif application that works alongside PagePlus

with respect to font substitution. Its main feature is to locate and dynamically

install a publication's missing fonts. The following procedure assumes

FontManager is installed.

The Font Substitution dialog will indicate fonts found by

FontManager with the status "Located."

To install fonts dynamically with FontManager:

1. Launch Serif PagePlus and open a PagePlus publication.

2. From the dialog, enable the Use the FontManager... option (grayed

out if FontManager is not installed). This locates and dynamically

installs any missing fonts which are currently uninstalled but are

present on your computer.

When the current session is closed, the dynamically installed fonts will uninstall

automatically.

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Using text styles

PagePlus lets you use named text styles (pre- or user-defined), which can be

applied to frame text, table text, artistic text, index text or table of contents text.

A text style is a set of character and/or paragraph attributes saved as a group.

When you apply a style to text, you apply the whole group of attributes in just

one step. For example, you could use named paragraph styles for particular

layout elements, such as "Heading 1" or "Body," and character styles to convey

meaning, such as "Emphasis," "Strong," or "Subtle Reference."

Styles can be applied to

characters or paragraphs

using either the Text

context toolbar or the Text

Styles tab. Both paragraph

and character styles can be

managed from the Text

Style Palette.

Paragraph and character styles

A paragraph style is a complete specification for the appearance of a

paragraph, including all font and paragraph format attributes. Every paragraph in

PagePlus has a paragraph style associated with it.

• PagePlus includes a built-in default paragraph style called "Normal"

which is left-aligned, 12pt Times New Roman. You can modify the

"Normal" style by redefining any of its attributes, and create or adopt

any number of new or pre-defined paragraph styles having different

names and attributes.

• Applying a paragraph style to text updates all the text in the paragraph

except sections that have been locally formatted. For example, a single

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As both paragraph and character formatting can be applied to the same text, all

of the current text's formatting is displayed in the Current format box on the

tab. In the example below, currently selected text has a Strong character style

applied over a Normal paragraph style.

To update a named style using the properties of existing text:

1. Make your desired formatting changes to any text that uses a named

style.

2. On the Text Styles tab, right-click the style and choose Update

All text using the named style, throughout the publication, takes on the new

properties.

To create a new style:

1. Either:

1. On the Text Styles tab, select the style on which you want your

new style to be based.

2. Click the button.

- or -

• Choose Text Style Palette... in the Format menu, and with a

"base" style selected in the dialog, click the Create... button.

2. In the Text Style dialog, define the style Name, the style to be Based

on, Style for the following paragraph, and the style to be changed to

if Increase Level is applied. Check Always list in Studio to ensure the

style will always appear in the Text Styles tab.

3. In the left tree menu change any character or paragraph attributes,

tabs, bullets, and drop caps you want to include in the new style

definition.

4. Click OK to create the style, or Cancel to abandon changes.

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To create a new style using the properties of existing text:

1. Format the text as desired.

2. To define a character style, select a range of reformatted text. To

define a paragraph style, deselect text but leave a blinking cursor

(insertion point) within the newly formatted section.

3. Type a new style name into the Text context toolbar's Styles box and

press Enter.

The new style is defined with the properties of the selected text.

To modify an existing style:

1. From the Text Styles tab:

• Right-click on the character or paragraph style you want to

modify and then choose Modify <style>...

- or -

• With a style selected, pick the button from the

Text Styles tab, then choose the Modify... button.

2. From the Text Style dialog, define (or change) the style name, base

style, and any character or paragraph attributes, tabs, bullets, and drop

caps you want to include in the style definition.

3. Click OK to accept style properties, or Cancel to abandon changes.

4. Click Apply to update text, or click Close to maintain the style in the

publication for future use.

Alternatively, choose Text Style Palette... from the Format menu to modify

styles and to change text defaults (see p. 24).

To delete one or more text styles:

• Right-click a text style and select Delete <style>....

• From the dialog, click Remove. For deletion of multiple styles, check

multiple style names first. For removal of all or unused styles, use

appropriate buttons.

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