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Rebuilding a Book
If you’ve made modications to the design of a book and you want to start over with an
unmodied design, Aperture can rebuild your book. Aperture rebuilds the book structure using
the default series of master page designs and adds your photos to the revised pages. You lose
any changes that you previously made to your pages. Aperture can place all the photos in the
Browser into the book, or only selected photos.
To rebuild a book with all of the photos in the Browser
m Choose Rebuild Book With All Images from the Book Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon) in
the Book Layout Editor.
To rebuild a book with a selection of photos
1 In the Browser, select the photos you want to place in the book.
2 Choose Rebuild Book With Selected Images from the Book Action pop-up menu (with a gear
icon) in the Book Layout Editor.
Working with Photos
Adding Photo Boxes to a Book Page
After creating a page and applying a master page design, you may need to add more photo
boxes to hold photos on the page. You can select a dierent master page design that has more
photo boxes, or you can add photo boxes where you need them.
To add a photo box to a page
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 Select a page in the Pages pane.
3 Choose Add Photo Box from the Add Box pop-up menu.
When the photo box appears, you can drag it to a new position and resize it.
Changing How a Photo Fills a Photo Box
Aperture is preset to scale photos to ll a photo box on a book page. You can change the
position of a photo within a photo box, making it appear centered or aligned on the right or
left edge. You can also adjust the scaling of a photo within a box. If a photo is scaled so that
only part of the photo is visible within the photo box, you can change the portion of the photo
that’s visible.
To change the position of a photo in a photo box
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 Select the photo box you want to change.
3 Choose Photo Box Alignment from the Book Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon), then
choose an alignment option from the submenu.
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To scale the photo to t the size of the box on the page: Choose Scale to Fill.
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To center the photo in the box: Choose Scale to Fit Centered.
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To align the photo on the left edge of the box: Choose Scale to Fit Left-Aligned.
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To align the photo on the right edge of the box: Choose Scale to Fit Right-Aligned.
To change the scale of a photo in a photo box
1 Double-click the photo.