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2 Click the Remove Pages button (or press the Delete key), then conrm that you want to delete
the page or pages.
Working with Pages
Creating a Cover for Your Book
When you create a new book album, Aperture automatically creates a front cover page for the
book. You can select the page and add a title, cover photo or design, and other text or photos
that you like.
You can also choose between a softcover or hardcover design. Softcover designs have a white
background; if you select a hardcover design and purchase printed copies of the book from the
Apple print vendor, you can choose from a selection of hardcover colors. Note that you can only
add photos and text to the front cover of your book; you can’t specify photos or text on the spine
or back cover when purchasing books from the Apple print vendor.
Book cover
buttons Book cover page
To add or change
the cover photo,
drag a photo from
the Browser into
the photo box.
Cover title
To choose whether your book has a softcover or hardcover design, you click one of the book
cover buttons.
To select a hardcover or softcover design for your book
m Click the Hardcover or Softcover button in the Book Layout Editor.
If you don’t plan to purchase printed books from the Apple print vendor, you may want to
employ a graphic designer to create the front and back cover for you, or you can design the
cover yourself using a graphics application.
Choosing a Master Page Layout
You select a design for your page by applying a master page layout. Aperture provides dierent
master page layouts depending on the theme you choose. You choose a page design from the
Set Master Page pop-up menu. For example, you might create a single-photo page and then
later decide to change that page to hold two photos.
You can apply dierent master page designs to a page to nd the design that works best for
your project.
To apply a master page design to a page
1 Select the page in the Pages pane of the Book Layout Editor.