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Table of Contents 1. Welcome ............................................................................... 1 Welcome!...................................................................................................................... 3 Key features................................................................................................................. 4 New features ............................................................................................................ 12 Installation ......
Contents 4. Using Design Aids ............................................................ 53 Clean design .............................................................................................................55 Dynamic guides.......................................................................................................56 Setting guides ..........................................................................................................58 Using the rulers and dot grid...................
Contents 7. Working with Text ......................................................... 111 Understanding text frames.............................................................................. 113 Fitting text to frames .......................................................................................... 118 Linking text frames.............................................................................................. 120 Using artistic text .......................................................
Contents 8. Working with Pictures, Lines, and Shapes................... 181 Adding picture frames....................................................................................... 183 Adding pictures .................................................................................................... 186 Using Cutout Studio ........................................................................................... 190 Applying PhotoLab filters ...........................................................
Contents 11. Publishing and Sharing ............................................... 251 Interactive Print/PDF Preview......................................................................... 253 Printing basics ....................................................................................................... 258 Publishing PDF files ............................................................................................ 261 Creating a PDF bookmark list .............................................
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1 Welcome
2 Welcome
Welcome 3 Welcome! Welcome to PagePlus X6, the award-winning Desktop Publishing (DTP) solution from Serif. PagePlus is the easiest way to get superior publishing results, whether on your desktop or via professional printing. It's simple for anyone to create, publish and share their designs as outstanding printed documents, stunning PDFs, PDF slideshows, modern eBooks or via web page.
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.
Welcome 5 • 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. Use Mixed Page Orientations to add landscape pages to your portrait-oriented publication, and vice versa.
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 colour, oil, and more). Use integrated Straighten, Crop, Redeye, 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 favourites for future use.
Welcome 7 • Intelligent Colour Schemes Choose from dozens of preset colour schemes to change the overall appearance of your publications with a single click. You can customize the scheme colours or create your own schemes from colour spreads using Colour Scheme Designer. • Ready-to-use Styles Choose various filter effects, glows, shadows, textures, and materials from the Styles tab.
8 Welcome • Stunning logos and flashes Use pre-designed ready-to-go logos—alternatively, create from scratch in LogoStudio or base your design on existing PagePlus objects! Use flashes for poster advertising or greeting cards. • Decorative Picture Frames Exciting ready-to-go picture frames can be applied around photos, text frames, and tables.
Welcome 9 • Fonts Substitute missing fonts when opening third-party publications or PDFs. View your currently installed font set in the Fonts tab, including those most recently assigned to text, favourite fonts, and those considered Websafe.
10 Welcome update automatically. Insert your cross-reference as a page number, heading/anchor name, numbered list number, and more. Add Continued From/To cross-references to text frames. • User-defined Variables Set up your own variables to automatically update common terms that repeat throughout your publication. Great for updating product names, product versions, and language variants all at the same time.
Welcome 11 • 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. Print scaling is supported.
12 Welcome New features Creative • Assets for a Creative Boost! (see p.
Welcome 13 • Multiple User Dictionaries Use multiple user dictionaries—ideal for subject-specific sites (e.g., Medical or Legal). Custom dictionaries can be created for UK, US and many European languages, and can be applied selectively. • Improved Studio Tabs A new Studio toolbar switches on/off Assets tab, Fonts tab, How To tab, or all tabs selectively. Individual tabs can be closed using an ontab Close button—great for customizing your Studio tab workspace. Design • PDF Interactivity (see p.
14 Welcome • Easy-to-use HTML Publishing (see p. 270) Generate web-ready pages from your publication simply and with no fuss! Control hyperlink colours and background colour/image, as well as graphics export. • eBook Publishing (see p. 266) Publish your eBook-optimized publication to ePub and share via desktop (Adobe Digital Edition), tablet, android phone, or physical ePub devices. For Kindle users, generate and launch .mobi eBooks directly from PagePlus.
Welcome 15 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 • 566MB free hard disk space • 1024 x 768 monitor resolution (Use of Large Fonts may require a higher 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 • .NET 2.
16 Welcome First-time install To install PagePlus X6 simply insert the PagePlus X6 program disc into your disk 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 Control Panel from the Windows Start menu and then click on the Programs Uninstall a program icon.
2 Getting Started
18 Getting Started
Getting Started 19 Startup Wizard Once PagePlus has been installed, you're ready to start. Setup adds the program to your Windows Start menu. • Use the Windows Start button to pop up the Start Menu, click on All Programs, and then click the Serif PagePlus X6 item (or if PagePlus is already running, choose New>New from Startup Wizard... from the File menu).
20 Getting Started • Open, to access recently opened publications. Hover over each entry for a quick preview! • Learn, to access online tutorial resources. Use the Choose Workspace drop-down list to choose your workspace appearance (i.e., Studio tab positions, tab sizes, and show/hide tab status). You can adopt the default workspace profile , the last used profile , a range of profile presets, or a workspace profile you have previously saved.
Getting Started 21 Design templates come in two types—theme layouts, where you pick your own pictures, or ready-to-go Pro templates which are already populated with pictures. Theme layouts offer a choice of themes (e.g., Ribbon) on which to base your publication (Brochure, Business Card, Flyer, Forms, Letterheads, Newsletter, etc.) ; you'll get picture placeholders instead of actual pictures. Simply add your own pictures to placeholders and personalize placeholder text, then publish.
22 Getting Started 3. From the dialog, select a Theme Layout or a design template from the Pro Template Packs category. Select from the tree menu in the lefthand pane. Alternatively, simply choose a publication type from the same list, e.g. Brochures, Business Cards, etc. 4. Navigate the main window's categories and sub-categories using the Expand and Collapse buttons, then click your chosen thumbnail. Theme Layouts 5. Pro Design Templates Examine the page sample(s) on the right.
Getting Started 23 6. Pick a colour scheme from the drop-down list at the top of the dialog (the first three schemes are designed specifically for the chosen template). The page thumbnails refresh to reflect the new page's appearance. For a closer look, use the Zoom In/Zoom Out buttons or Zoom slider at the bottom of the dialog. 7. Click OK. The pages are added to your new publication. All theme layouts contain assets, e.g.
24 Getting Started 4. (Optional) Select a Theme and colour Scheme for the publication from the respective drop-down lists at the top of the dialog. You can do this if you're familiar with PagePlus theme layouts and their associated colour schemes, and want to base your new publication on that scheme. 5. Click OK to open a new publication with a blank page. (or press Escape) from the Startup Wizard, PagePlus At start up, if you click opens a blank document using default page properties.
Getting Started 25 To open existing publications from within PagePlus: Open on the Standard toolbar. 1. Click 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. To open publications by drag-and-drop: • From Windows Explorer, drag and drop the publication's preview thumbnail anywhere onto the PagePlus workspace.
26 Getting Started 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, publication tab, or Window menu. Closing publications To close the current publication: • On the active publication's Publication tab, click the Close button. - or Choose Close from the File menu.
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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.
30 Working with Pages For regular/booklet publications, you can also adopt printer-derived paper sizes that are supported by your desktop or network printer. These paper sizes 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 list.
Working with Pages 31 For small publications, the dimensions are not only set via the Width and Height controls under Size but also depend on the values you use for Gaps and Layout. Large As for Small. Tile Overlap controls the how much printed pages overlap when output to standard printers. Folded Select a folding method from the list, then choose Width/Height for your publication size.
32 Working with Pages Uniform and mixed page orientations If you've changed your mind about the page orientation chosen at page setup, you can change the page orientation uniformly across your publication at any time. PagePlus also lets you create a publication possessing a mixture of portrait and landscape page orientations. Changing a page's portrait orientation to landscape is especially useful when presenting a wide table, calendar, bar chart, or other graph.
Working with Pages 33 This feature is only applicable for publications using standard page sizes (e.g., A4, A5, Letter, etc.) Imposition For press-ready output, you have the option to use imposition at the PDF or print stage, allowing you to create a folded publication (e.g., booklet or greeting card) from a non-folding publication without having to choose a folding publication in advance.
34 Working with Pages To add a single page: 1. On the Pages tab, click once to select a page in the Pages window. The thumbnail that's shown as "selected" is independent of the page you're currently working on. To work on a particular page, doubleclick 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 region of the lower window, then click the Add button.
Working with Pages 35 Adding additional pages Use the Assets tab's Asset Browser if you're looking to use either some predesigned pages or additional pages that complement your themed layout publication. See Browsing on p. 69. Once in the Assets tab, you can add the page to your publication. To add a page: • Drag onto the currently viewed page to replace it. - or - • Drag to the left/right edge of the current page to place before or after.
36 Working with Pages 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. A - Page, B - Master Page The key concept here is that a particular master page is typically shared by multiple pages, as illustrated below.
Working with Pages 37 If you're starting with a design template you may encounter one or more master pages incorporated with the design. 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. Assigning master pages If you're only using one master page it is assigned to any newly created page by default.
38 Working with Pages Click Show Master Page Identifiers to indicate the master pages used on the currently selected page(s). The master page is represented as a letter on the Page, e.g. A, B, C, etc. To assign a master page to odd, even, or all pages: • In the Pages tab, right-click the master page and choose an option from the Apply to submenu. To disconnect a previously assigned master page(s): • In the Pages tab, right-click in the Pages window and select Remove Master Pages.
Working with Pages 39 To assign multiple master pages to a page: 1. Display the page (not a master page) by double-clicking in the Pages tab. 2. On the Layers tab, select 3. From the dialog, select the page from the Select Master Page box. 4. In the drop-down list, select the additional master page to be assigned. 5. (Optional) Enter a different name for your layer. 6. You can also modify layer properties as for standard layers. 7. Click OK. Add Master Layer.
40 Working with Pages Facing pages and dual master pages If you're using multi-page regular/booklet publications, you can assign different master pages to the left and right publication pages (also called spreads) if necessary—master pages are assigned per page and not per spread. For example (see below), a left-hand "body text" page might use the left-side component of one master page (A), while a right-hand page could use the right side of a different master page (B).
Working with Pages 41 To edit the master page object: 1. On your standard page, select the master page object, to reveal the control bar. 2. Click editing. Edit on Master Page. The master page is displayed for On occasion, you may want to make a master page object on your page independent from its master page. These objects can become editable by being promoted from the master page to the standard page, with the original master page object being replaced by a freely editable copy.
42 Working with Pages Adding page backgrounds PagePlus provides a wide range of page backgrounds for your publication page. Backgrounds are assets (p. 67), which are available in Asset Packs such as Contemporary, Fun, Materials, and more. To add a page background: 1. From the Assets tab, select Browse.... 2. In the Asset Browser dialog, select Backgrounds from the Categories section. 3.
Working with Pages 43 4. Click Close. The background(s) will appear in the tab's Backgrounds category. 5. With the target page currently displayed, drag the background thumbnail onto the page. To store the background for reuse globally or just in the publication, drag to the Assets tab's My Designs or Backgrounds category. For the latter, If you close the publication, you'll be asked if you want to save the background to an asset pack. See Storing designs on p. 73.
44 Working with Pages Using page numbering Page number fields automatically display the current page number. Typically, these fields are added automatically to the master page (so they appear on every page) with the Header and Footers Wizard (Insert menu), but you can insert a page number field anywhere in your text.
Working with Pages 45 Working with layers When you create a new publication from scratch or from a design template, the page(s) you create will initially consist of two layers—one for the page (Layer 1) and one for the associated master page (see p. 36), e.g., Master Layer 1 [A]. The layers can be seen within a hierarchical stack on the Layers tab. One layer may be enough to accommodate the elements of a particular layout, but you can create additional layers as needed for the page.
46 Working with Pages On each layer, objects such as text frames and pictures are stacked in the order you create them, from front to back, 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. The uppermost layer is applied over any lower layer on the page.
Working with Pages 47 The Master Layer entries work slightly differently to other layers. They indicate firstly that a master page and its layers are being used on the page, but also show the actual master page being used (MasterA is represented by the letter A on the layer entry). The master page's layers are not shown individually, but are combined into one thumbnail for clarity. However, you can display master page layers if required.
48 Working with Pages 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: 1. In the Layers tab, click on the layer's name. 2. At the insertion point, type a new name then either press Enter or click away from the tab. To set layer properties: • Display the Layers tab. Select desired settings for the selected layer.
Working with Pages 49 Copying layers and objects When you add a new page or master page to the publication, you can specify whether to copy the layers, objects, and/or the master page from a particular source page. See Adding, removing, and rearranging pages on p. 33. Managing objects on layers Objects can be managed in the Layers tab with various options for selecting, moving, and naming them.
50 Working with Pages To move an object to a specific layer: • Drag the object(s) to a new position in the layer stack. Objects are given default names when they are created (e.g., Text Frame, Picture), but can be renamed to make them more easy identify them from other layer objects. If a group is present it can also be assigned a more meaningful name. To change an object's or group's name: 1. In the Layers tab, expand the layer entry to which an object or group belongs. 2.
Working with Pages 51 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.
52 Working with Pages Navigating pages To switch between pages: • Click the Previous Page, Next Page, First Page or Last Page button on the Hintline. - or Click in the Current Page box (e.g., ) and type the page number you want to jump to. - or On the Studio's Pages tab, double-click the page's thumbnail for the page (or master page) you want to view. To switch between current page and its master page: • From the Hintline toolbar, click Master Pages.
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Using Design Aids 55 Clean design By default, PagePlus keeps its design aids hidden from view. This Clean Design feature is active while you design your publication, letting you work in a less cluttered workspace. You'll still have the option of switching off the feature, allowing you to view design aids—in reality, you'll probably want to switch in and out of Clean Design depending on your publication design.
56 Using Design Aids 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-coloured 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, top, or bottom edge, or to the object (or page) centre.
Using Design Aids Top Bottom Object centre Page centre You can also align using combinations of the above, e.g. right and bottom, depending on the position of your dragged object. Resizing objects The use of dynamic guides when resizing objects is illustrated in below. The darker object is already placed on the page, while the lighter object is being dragged into position.
58 Using Design Aids Setting guides Guide lines are non-printable visual aids 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 are set when you start a new 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.
Using Design Aids 59 If you're working in Clean Design mode (see p. 55), you won't see guides displayed on your page. You'll have to switch off Clean Design to see them. Defining guide lines To define margins, row/column guides, and bleed guides: Publication Setup from the Pages context toolbar. 1. Select 2. In the dialog, select the Margins menu option to set guide lines for page margins, rows and columns, and bleed areas.
60 Using Design Aids To create ruler guides (by dragging): • 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). Managing guides • To move row, column, or ruler guides, click and drag the guide. • To remove a ruler guide, drag and drop it anywhere outside the page area.
Using Design Aids 61 To hide or show guides: • On the View menu, click Guide Lines from the Grids and Guides flyout. • To hide/show bleed area guides, on the View menu, click Bleed Area Guides from the Grid and Guides flyout. 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. • To set and display paragraph indents (see p.
62 Using Design Aids 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 topleft 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.
Using Design Aids 63 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 along the ruler, small lines along each ruler display the current horizontal and vertical cursor position.
64 Using Design Aids 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. 58), as well as the page edge, and page/margin centres (i.e., the centre of the page in relation to the page edge or page margins).
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Assets for Creativity 67 Using assets An asset is a general term for any object or page element that can be added to your page to enhance its appearance, increase efficiency, or personalize your design. Assets range from graphics, pictures, picture frames, and backgrounds, to more complex page content and entire pages. To use assets, PagePlus provides the Assets tab, powered by both an Asset Browser (p. 69) and Asset Manager.
68 Assets for Creativity Using the Assets tab The Assets tab is a powerful design resource that exclusively hosts your browsed assets, ready for adding to your publication page. Assets can be placed into the following categories. • My Designs: Stores custom assets dragged from the page. • Graphics: Stores professional clipart from Asset Packs. • Pictures: Stores added pictures from your hard disk (or from Asset Pack, if containing pictures). • Picture Frames: Stores picture frames from Asset Packs.
Assets for Creativity 69 • Create custom page backgrounds from pictures or filled page objects. • Create custom page content (combinations of assets). Although initially empty, the tab can be populated with assets of your choice by using an Asset Browser. The Asset Browser The Asset Browser lets you browse by asset category and Asset Pack (Pack Files), as well as search (by tag) for assets. Once displayed, the asset can be selected for inclusion in the Assets tab.
70 Assets for Creativity To browse assets (by category): Browse.... 1. From the Assets tab, click 2. In the Asset Browser, select an asset category from the Categories section. You'll see installed Asset Packs appear in the main pane, stored under their Pack file names, e.g. Animals. 3. Scroll through the asset packs to browse assets included in each pack. To browse assets (by Asset Pack): Browse.... 1. From the Assets tab, click 2.
Assets for Creativity 71 Searching for assets The search facility filters assets based on preset and custom tags applied to all of the Asset Packs shown in the Asset Browser. To apply a search filter: • For a simple tag search, type the word or letter you want to search for in the Search text box, situated at the top right of the dialog. This is useful for retrieving assets with custom tags attached.
72 Assets for Creativity • For single-tag filtering, select a tag name from the Tags section of the Asset Browser. (You may need to scroll down the left-hand pane to view). Use Ctrl-click to manually select multiple tags. Adding assets to your Assets tab To add a specific asset: • Select the category or pack file in the Asset Browser, and then simply click the asset. A check mark shows on the thumbnail.
Assets for Creativity 73 Adding assets to your page To add an asset to the page: • Click its thumbnail in the design category and drag it out onto the page. Storing designs PagePlus lets you create custom assets to be used again, either just in your publication or globally in any publication in the future. Assets can be created and stored from objects already placed on the page.
74 Assets for Creativity Storing to My Designs If you're keen on storing your own designs for global use, i.e. all publications, the Assets tab's My Designs category is ideal— designs will always be available in any new publication you create. When you first install PagePlus, the My Designs gallery will be empty, ready for custom designs to be added to it. To store a design in My Designs: • Drag the object from the page and drop it onto the Assets tab's My Designs category.
Assets for Creativity 75 If you drag to the Backgrounds or Picture Frames category, you'll convert the dragged object(s) to their respective asset type. For the former, you'll be prompted to create a background that will scaled or stretched to the publication's current page size. For the latter, any shape with an interior will convert to a picture frame (with placeholder). Saving My Designs Any designs you store in your My Designs category will be saved as a My Designs.
76 Assets for Creativity Pinning categories and individual assets Individual assets and entire categories within the Assets tab can be made available for all documents (i.e., globally) if they are pinned. Assets can only be pinned if they have been saved as part of an asset pack. If you attempt to pin an unsaved asset, you will be prompted to save your asset pack. To pin and unpin assets: • To pin all the assets in a category, click Pin All on the category header.
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Working with Objects 79 Selecting an object Before you can change any object, you need to select it using one of a choice of tools on the Tools toolbar. Pointer Tool Click to use the Pointer Tool to select, move, copy, resize or rotate objects. Lasso Tool Click to use the Lasso Tool to draw a freeform region under which any objects will become selected. Prior to any selection, PagePlus objects will display a "glowing" selection hover highlight around the object.
80 Working with Objects To select an object with the Lasso Tool: Lasso Tool. 1. Select the 2. Draw a "lasso" around the object(s) you want to select. A shaded lasso region is created around the object. 3. Release the mouse button. All of the objects within the lasso region are selected. If attempting to lasso an object within a group, remember to ungroup the objects first. To avoid picking up an object under your cursor, keep the Shift key pressed as you draw the lasso.
Working with Objects 81 • 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.
82 Working with Objects 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). 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.
Working with Objects 83 To duplicate an object: 1. Select the object, then press the Ctrl key. 2. Move button to a new location on the page, Drag the object via the 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. Replicating objects Duplicating an object means making just one copy at a time.
84 Working with Objects horizontal or vertical interval, check Absolute; uncheck the box to specify the interval as a percentage of the original object's dimensions. 5. Click OK. The result is a multiple selection. Click its Group button if you want to keep the separate objects linked for additional manipulations. Pasting an object's formatting Once you have copied an object to the Clipboard, you can use Paste Format (Edit menu) to apply its formatting attributes to another object.
Working with Objects 3. Click another object to apply the first object's formatting to it. The second object becomes selected. 4. To select another object without pasting the formatting, click it with the Shift key down. 5. To cancel Format Painter mode, press Esc, click on a blank area, or choose any tool button. 85 For copy formatting from one text object to another, a number of other text properties (font, style, and so on) besides line and fill are passed along at the same time.
86 Working with Objects 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. Moving objects To move an object (including a multiple selection): • Drag the selected object by using its Move button.
Working with Objects 87 Resizing objects PagePlus provides several methods for resizing single or grouped objects. Clickand-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. Dragging from an edge handle resizes in one dimension, by moving that edge.
88 Working with Objects 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 On each layer, objects such as text frames, graphics, and photos 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 these objects appear on the page.
Working with Objects 89 Aligning and distributing objects Aligning and distributing objects gives your project a polished feel. With PagePlus, you can align your objects in relation to each other or the page using dynamic guides or the Align tab. Aligning with dynamic guides As you draw, you can align your object using dynamic guides. By default, these red-coloured guides show as you draw or position your object.
90 Working with Objects 3. Select an option for vertical and/or horizontal alignment. Choose Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Centre Horizontally or Centre Vertically, i.e. To distribute two or more objects 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).
Working with Objects 91 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 Shiftclick (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 (*.
92 Working with Objects Rotating an object You can rotate single and multiple objects, including pictures, text objects, and groups using the object's rotation handle or the Pointer Tool. To rotate a selected object (using its rotation handle): • Click and drag the rotation handle extending from the selection box (use the Shift key while dragging for 15° rotation intervals). To rotate an object (using Pointer Tool): Pointer Tool on the Tools toolbar. 1. Select the 2.
Working with Objects 93 To change the rotation origin: Pointer Tool and click to select the object. 1. Select the 2. Click the object's rotation handle. 3. Move the rotation origin away from its original position in the centre 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. 4. Drag the rotation handle to a new rotation angle—the object will rotate about the new origin.
94 Working with Objects 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.
Working with Objects 95 To crop by modifying the object's outline: • Select the object and select the Irregular Crop Tool on the Square Crop context toolbar. The Curve context toolbar appears on its right, which lets you control the displayed nodes and connecting segments that define the object's crop outline. See Editing lines on p. 202. • To move a node (control point) where you see the the node. • cursor, drag To move a line segment (between two nodes) where you see the cursor, drag the segment.
96 Working with Objects 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. 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. 2.
Working with Objects 97 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.
98 Working with Objects To add an anchor: 1. Select the object or portion of text. 2. Select Anchor... from the Insert menu. - or Right-click an object and select Insert Anchor.... 3. From the dialog, enter a name for the anchor. 4. (Optional) Check Include in PDF Bookmarks if you want to create a PDF file which will show a bookmark which directs to the anchor's location. If checked, enter the Bookmark title that will show in the generated PDF. 5. Click OK.
Working with Objects 99 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. (A) Anchor point, (B) Anchored object, (C) Anchor properties Pasted text causes reflow • Position inline as character.
Working with Objects 100 • 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.
Working with Objects 101 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.
102 Working with Objects Add Creates one new object that’s the sum of any two selected objects. The objects need not be overlapping. Subtract Discards the overlap between the top and bottom object. The top object is also discarded. Useful as a quick way of truncating shapes and pictures with another object. Ensure the objects are overlapping! Intersect Retains the overlap and discards the rest.
Working with Objects 103 Applying a mesh warp envelope Mesh warping lets you apply a preset warp envelope to your PagePlus object or bitmap (below), then optionally modify a flexible grid of points and lines that you can drag to deform or distort an object and (optionally) its fill. To apply a basic mesh warp to a selected object: Mesh Warp Tool on the 1. Select the object, then select the Attributes toolbar. 2. Select a warp from the Preset Warps flyout on the Mesh Warp context toolbar.
Working with Objects 104 Once created, selecting an existing envelope will activate the Pointer Tool (for manipulating the object), When you click on a node, the context toolbar lets you modify the selected node. To enable a warp after disabling: • Select the Mesh Warp Tool on the Attributes toolbar. The process of editing mesh warps and their envelopes is described in greater detail in the PagePlus Help.
Working with Objects 105 5. Drag a chosen logo thumbnail to your page. 6. From the Insert Logo dialog, you can choose design variations, add a name or motto and apply colours, i.e. • For design variations: Select a design from the Designs pane (e.g., offering different text labels and positions). • For a name or motto: You can add a name or motto to your logo in their respective text fields. • For colour: To apply the publication's current colour scheme to your design, uncheck Apply colour set.
Working with Objects 106 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 or website. 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 rightclick). 3. Edit your logo design.
Working with Objects 107 Most media clips can be either linked or embedded when the clips are stored locally; clips accessed via URL can only be linked. When embedding, the source file is stored in your publication, as opposed to keeping it separate when linked. Although embedding any file adds to the size of the publication, it is the default option because you'll no longer have to worry about juggling separate files or the chance of accidentally deleting one of them.
Working with Objects 108 5. For playback, set the playback to Loop or play Once; include playback controls alongside your placed clip (check Show Player Controls). Optionally, include the playback control in a Floating window (if checked). 6. Check the Locked option to prevent the clip from being altered in the PDF output. 7. In the Appearance tab, use the Visibility option to show a media clip's border, and set the thumbnail border's width, style, and colour. 8.
Working with Objects 109 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 colour, shade, pattern, transparency, etc.) • frames (margins, columns, etc.) • text (i.e., font, size, colour, alignment, etc.). Defaults are saved separately for artistic, shape, frame and table text.
Working with Objects 110 To view and change default text properties: 1. From the Format menu, select Text Style Palette.... 2. Double-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. From the Tools menu, select Save Default Settings.... 2.
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Working with Text 113 Understanding text frames Typically, text in PagePlus goes into text frames, which work equally well as containers for single words, standalone paragraphs, multipage articles, or chapter text. You can also use artistic text (see p. 122) for standalone text with special effects, or table text (on p. 158) 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.
Working with Text 114 Frame 1 Frame 2 Creating text frames You add text frames and position them on the page as you would any other object, in advance of adding text content. To create a frame: Standard Text Frame from the Tools toolbar. 1. Select 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. Once created, your frame edges will be hidden on deselection of the frame because Clean Design is switched on.
Working with Text 115 PagePlus also lets you create a wide variety of shaped frames from closed shapes or QuickShapes (see p. 204). To create a frame (from a shape): 1. Draw a shape with a line tool or create a QuickShape. 2. Select Convert To>Shaped Text Frame from the Tools menu (or right-click). - or Type directly onto the QuickShape to automatically create a shaped frame.
116 Working with Text Frame setup and layout The frame layout controls how text will flow in the frame. The frame can contain multiple columns. When a frame is selected, its column margins appear as dashed grey guide lines if set in Frame Setup. Note that unlike the page margin and row/column guides, which serve as layout guides for placing page elements, the frame column guides actually determine how text flows within each frame. Text won't flow outside the column margins.
Working with Text 117 To edit frame properties using a dialog: Frame Setup on the Frame context 1. Select the frame and click toolbar. 2. From the dialog, you can change the Number of columns, Gutter distance between columns, Left Margin, Right Margin, and enable/disable text wrapping around an object. 3. To change the column widths and blinds (top and bottom frame margins), click a cell in the table and enter a new value.
118 Working with Text automatically to the frame or use Fit Text, Enlarge Text, or Shrink Text for manual text sizing. See Fitting text to the frames on p. 118. Fitting text to frames Fitting story text precisely into a sequence of frames is part of the art of laying out publications.
Working with Text 119 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. 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.
120 Working with Text Linking text frames When a text frame is selected, the frame includes a Link button at the bottom right which denotes the state of the frame and its story text. It also 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.
Working with Text 121 • Different frame sequences can be combined, creating unified story text. To link the selected frame to an existing frame: • Click the frame's Link button (showing or .) • Click with the Textflow cursor on the frame to be linked to. To link the selected frame to a newly drawn frame: • As above, but instead of clicking a "target" frame, either click on the page (for a default frame) or drag across the page (to create a frame sized to your requirements).
122 Working with Text 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.
Working with Text 123 • 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: Artistic Text Tool from the Tools toolbar. 1. Choose the 2. Set initial text properties (style, font, point size, etc.) as needed before typing, using the Text context toolbar. 3.
Working with Text 124 To edit artistic text: • Drag to select a range of text, creating a blue selection. You can also double-click to select a word, or triple-click to select all text. 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.
Working with Text 125 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. 201) or a shape (see Drawing and editing shapes on p. 204). 2. Choose the 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.
Working with Text 126 To remove the text path: 1. Select the path text object. 2. Click Path - None on the Text context toolbar's Path flyout. The text remains as a straight-line artistic text object and the path is permanently removed. Editing text on the page You can use the Pointer Tool to edit frame text, table text, or artistic text directly. On the page, you can select and enter text, set paragraph indents and tab stops, change text properties, apply text styles, and use Find and Replace.
Working with Text 127 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. 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.
128 Working with Text To show special characters: • Click the drop-down arrow on the Hintline toolbar, and select Show Special Characters (for paragraph marks and breaks; see below) or Show Spaces (Show Special Characters plus tabs, nonbreaking spaces, hyphenation points, and "filled" normal spaces). Copying, pasting, and moving text You can easily copy and paste text using standard commands; drag and drop of text is also supported.
Working with Text 129 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 (A) is set in relation to the object's left margin (or text frame edge if margin not set). • The 1st line indent (B) is in relation to the left indent.
Working with Text 130 • 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. 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.
Working with Text 131 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.
132 Working with Text 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). 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.
Working with Text 133 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.
Working with Text 134 Text style hierarchies All paragraph or character text styles available in PagePlus are ultimately based on the respective Normal and Default Paragraph Font text styles. Paragraph styles Character styles So why have this hierarchy of text styles? The key reason for this is the ability to change a text style at any "level" in the hierarchy in order to affect all "child" styles which belong to it.
Working with Text 135 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.
Working with Text 136 4. 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. 5. Click OK to create the style, or Cancel to abandon changes. To create a new style using the properties of existing text: 1. Format the text as desired. 2. To define a character style, select a range of reformatted text.
Working with Text 137 To delete one or more text styles: • Right-click a text style and select Delete
