Contents 1. Welcome ............................................................................... 1 Welcome!......................................................................................................3 New features ...............................................................................................4 Installation ...................................................................................................9 2. Getting Started ......................................................
Contents 5. Manipulating Objects ..................................................... 49 Selecting an object ................................................................................ 51 Selecting multiple objects .................................................................. 52 Creating groups ...................................................................................... 53 Copying, pasting, and duplicating objects .................................. 54 Moving objects ...................
Contents 7. Tables, Charts, and Calendars ..................................... 97 Creating tables ........................................................................................ 99 Flowing tables .......................................................................................100 Using charts ............................................................................................103 Inserting a calendar .............................................................................
Contents 12. Publishing and Sharing ............................................... 167 Preflight check ...................................................................................... 169 Interactive Print/PDF Preview ......................................................... 172 Printing basics ....................................................................................... 175 Publishing PDF files .............................................................................
Welcome
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Welcome 3 Welcome! Welcome to PagePlus X7, 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, tables/charts, modern eBooks or via web page.
4 Welcome 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! New features • 64-bit operation for improved performance PagePlus is fully optimized for operation on 64-bit computers, and will automatically install for 64-bit operation accordingly. • Feed-based Startup Assistant (see p.
Welcome 5 Performance • Accelerated Graphics Technology Performance and output quality are boosted by Serif's in-house processing technology—benefit from lighting fast drawing. Ease of Use • Helpful guidance with Smart Hints As you design your page, hints, warnings, tips, or general onscreen guidance appear on your page. You can control the number of Smart Hints displayed for both new and existing features. • Easy access to 2D/3D effects (see p.
6 Welcome • Quick colour assignment with Colours toolbar (see p. 149) The toolbar's Fill, Line, and Text buttons will remember the last applied solid, gradient, or bitmap fill. This makes light work of recolouring multiple objects. • Blend modes for creative page design (see p. 164) For more adventurous colour experimentation, apply blend modes object-over-object for stunning results. Objects will also blend to coloured backgrounds (transparent by default).
Welcome 7 Pictures • Repurpose vector images Any metafile (SMF, WMF, EMF, or SVG) can be "broken apart" via Tools>Convert To>Objects. Vector objects can then be edited before optional re-exporting. Tables • Flowing linked tables (see p. 100) Like text frames, a single table can be physically split by row or column on the same page or over multiple pages. With the separated rows and columns remaining linked, added rows and columns will reflow within the table.
8 Welcome • New-look Export as Picture (see p. 188) The improved Export as Picture feature previews your exported image, with side-by-side comparisons of different formats and panning support. Export all pages as separate pictures, super sampling, SVG export, and export in greyscale are all now possible. and some enhancements on previous versions of PagePlus... • The Pages tab lets you rearrange page order more easily via drag and drop. When moved, page thumbnails offer a suggested drop target.
Welcome Installation Installing PagePlus follows different procedures depending on whether you are installing from disc or via download. You can install your new version alongside previous versions and use them independently. 32 or 64-bit PagePlus X7 installs to respective 32 or 64-bit computers. Installation procedure (from disc) • Insert your purchased disc into your disc drive. • If AutoPlay is enabled on the drive, this automatically starts the Setup Wizard.
10 Welcome System Requirements Minimum: • Windows-based PC with DVD drive and mouse • Operating systems: Microsoft Windows® XP SP3 (32 bit) Windows® Vista (32 or 64 bit) Windows® 7 (32 or 64 bit) Windows® 8 (32 or 64 bit) • 512MB RAM (Windows® XP) 1GB RAM (Windows® Vista and 32-bit Windows 7® and 8) 2GB RAM (For 64-bit Windows® 7 and 8) • 740MB free hard disk space • 1024 x 768 monitor resolution (Use of Large Fonts may require a higher resolution) Additional disk resources and memory are requir
Getting Started
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Getting Started 13 Startup Assistant Once PagePlus has been installed, you're ready to start. • For Windows Vista/7: Setup adds a Serif PagePlus X7 item to the All Programs submenu of the Windows Start menu. Use the Windows Start button to pop up the Start menu, click on All Programs and then click Serif PagePlus X7. • For Windows 8: The Setup routine during install adds a Serif PagePlus X7 entry to the desktop. Use the Windows Start button to pop up the desktop, and then click the PagePlus icon.
14 Getting Started The options are described as follows: • The default home page keeps you in touch with Serif promotions and showcases articles (tutorials, etc.) You can also view the PagePlus Overview and Quick Start video • Open - to access PagePlus publications, PDF files, or BookPlus files; also provides recent file history. • Learn - for online video/written tutorials, help, tips & tricks, and more—all via a constantly updating feed that can be filtered by article Type.
Getting Started 15 Once you've clicked on a new article the "new" indicator changes to a "read" indicator. Don't forget to use the keyword Search box at the top-right of the Startup Assistant. This is an incredibly powerful tool for filtering specific publication names, Learn articles, page sizes, theme layout names, or news articles. To access the Startup Assistant when PagePlus is already running, choose Startup Assistant from the File menu.
16 Getting Started 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. You can also choose which page layouts you want to base your new publication on.
Getting Started 17 To create a publication from a design template: 1. Open PagePlus, or select Startup Assistant from the File menu. 2. Click Templates. 3. From the pane, select a Theme Layout or a design template from the Pro Template Packs category. Select from the tree menu in the left-hand pane. Alternatively, simply choose a publication type from the same list, e.g. Brochures, Business Cards, etc. Scroll down the menu to display choices.
18 Getting Started 4. Navigate the main window's categories and sub-categories Expand and Collapse buttons, then click your using the chosen thumbnail. 5. Examine the page sample(s) on the right. For theme layouts with multiple pages (e.g., brochures), you can choose which pages you wish to be part of your publication by checking the check box under each page. For design templates, simply review the pages to be part of your publication.
Getting Started 19 6. Pick a colour scheme from the drop-down list at the top of the dialog. The page thumbnails refresh to reflect the new page's appearance. 7. Click OK. The pages are added 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 start a new publication (via Startup Assistant): 1. Open PagePlus to display the Startup Assistant.
20 Getting Started To create a publication using the default page type: • During your PagePlus session, click the Standard toolbar. New Publication on To create a custom publication: 1. From the Startup Assistant's New Publication pane, click Custom Publication. 2. From the Publication Setup dialog, select a publication type, size, and orientation. 3. Click OK. Opening existing publications You can open a PagePlus publication from the Startup Assistant, Standard toolbar, or via the File menu.
Getting Started 2. Select Open. 3. Several options are possible: 21 i. For recently opened publications, select a thumbnail from the main pane. ii. The publication opens in your workspace. - or i. For other PagePlus publications, PDF files, or BookPlus files, select from the Browse My Computer pane.
22 Getting Started ii. From the dialog, locate and select your file, then click Open. To open existing publications (without Startup Assistant): • Click Open on the Standard toolbar. Saving your publication To save your work: Save on the Standard toolbar. 1. Click 2. To save under a different name, choose Save As from the File menu. Unsaved publications have an asterisk after their name in the PagePlus title bar, Publications toolbar, and Window menu.
Pages
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Pages 25 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. To adjust size/orientation of the current publication: Publication Setup from the Pages context toolbar. 1. Select 2. Ensure the Paper menu option is selected. The other option, Margins, lets you define non-printable Margin, Row, Column, and Bleed Guides as design aids. 3.
26 Pages Once you've set up your publication, you can optionally include repeated page elements on every page by creating master pages (p. 28). 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.
Pages 2. 27 Click Change page orientation to swap between portrait and landscape orientation. - or From the Pages context toolbar, click the down arrow on the Page orientation button, then select Landscape Page (or Portrait Page) from the flyout. You can repeat the procedure for any other selected page. This feature is only applicable for publications using standard page sizes (e.g., A4, A5, Letter, etc.
28 Pages Adding, removing, and rearranging pages Use the Pages tab to add/delete standard or master pages, assign master pages to standard pages, and rearrange standard pages using dragand-drop. You can also change page orientations. 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, double-click its thumbnail. 2.
Pages 29 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 Remove. To rearrange pages: • On the Pages tab, in the lower Pages window, drag a page thumbnail over another page thumbnail in the page sequence. The page is added after the hovered over page thumbnail.
30 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.
Pages 31 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. If you're starting with a design template you may encounter one or more master pages incorporated with the design.
32 Pages To assign a master page: • From the expanded Master Pages window in the Pages tab, drag a master page onto a target standard page in the lower window. Click 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.
Pages 33 In the example above, a newly assigned master page B would add a new master layer ('Master Layer 2 [B]') to the publication page's Layers tab. For an introduction to the concept of layers, see Working with layers on p. 38. An additional master page needs to be created first. See Adding, removing, and rearranging pages on p. 28.
34 Pages 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). Editing master page objects If you're editing pages which use master pages, master page objects will contribute to your page design.
Pages • 35 Click Promote from Master Page to disconnect the object from the master page and make it independently editable on the publication page. 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 master page text.
36 Pages To set the first page number: 1. Uncheck Continue from previous chapter. PagePlus keeps this checked by default so that number continuation is maintained if your publication is to be part of a book. 2. Enter a different First Page Number. For simple publications, it's likely that the same page format is used (e.g., Arabic numerals throughout).
Pages 37 Viewing pages Most of the PagePlus display is taken up by a page or "artwork" area and a surrounding "pasteboard" area. In PagePlus, the Page area (A) is where you add and position your text, shapes, and pictures that you want to print. The Pasteboard area (B) is where you generally keep any text, shapes, or pictures that are being prepared or waiting to be positioned on the page area. Drag objects from pasteboard to target page when ready.
38 Pages Magnifying pages For magnification options, the Hintline toolbar provides the: Zoom to Current option to zoom to a selected object, or to the page width if no objects are selected. Zoom Tool to zoom into an area defined by a drawn marquee selection. Pan Tool for moving around the zoomed-in page by dragging. Current Zoom option to display or change the level of magnification. To change, click to select from a flyout or enter a custom percentage value directly.
Pages 39 Multiple layers are useful for complex designs as you can concentrate on one layer at a time without affecting objects on other layers. A useful feature of the Layers tab is that you can see objects under the layer on which they were created. By expanding the layer by clicking , these objects are displayed—with a click, they can be selected on the page. The above layer stack could represent the following: Master Layer, Layer 1, and Layer 2 from bottom to top.
40 Pages To display master page layers: • Double-click the master layer entry. The Layers tab now shows the master page's layers and the master page is shown in the workspace. See Understanding master pages on p. 30. Adding, removing, and rearranging layers Once you've created a page, it's easy to add, delete, and move layers. To add a new layer to the current page or master page: Add Layer. 1. In the Layers tab, click 2. You'll be prompted to give the new layer a name and set its properties.
Assets for Creativity
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Assets for Creativity 43 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, logos, pictures, picture frames, and backgrounds (as shown below) to more complex page content and entire pages. To use assets, PagePlus provides the Assets tab, powered by both an Asset Browser (p. 45) and Asset Manager (see PagePlus Help).
44 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 45 The tab also lets you create custom designs for reuse globally or just in your publication. You'll be able to: • Store your own designs to the tab's My Designs category for global use. • Store your own designs to any other tab's category for current publication use. • Create custom picture frames from drawn shapes. • Create page backgrounds from pictures/filled page objects. • Create custom page content (combinations of assets).
46 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. Arctic. 3. Scroll through the asset packs to browse assets in each pack. To browse assets (by Asset Pack): Browse. 1. From the Assets tab, click 2.
Assets for Creativity 47 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. Filtering assets Filtering means that you can restrict the amount of assets on display.
48 Assets for Creativity 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. To add all assets: • from the upper-right corner of each Asset Click Add All Pack's thumbnail gallery. Check marks will show on all thumbnails. With either method, asset(s) will be available to you from the Assets tab when you close the Asset Browser.
Manipulating Objects
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Manipulating Objects 51 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. To select an object: • Click on the "glowing" hovered-over object using one of the tools shown above, to reveal a bounding box around the object.
52 Manipulating Objects To select 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. 82). • 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.
Manipulating Objects 53 Alternatively, either 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. 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.
54 Manipulating Objects To ungroup: • Click the Ungroup Objects button. The group turns back to a multiple selection. To select an individual object within a group: • Ctrl-click the object. Copying, pasting, and duplicating objects Besides using the Windows Clipboard to copy and paste objects, you can duplicate objects easily using drag-and-drop. To copy an object (or multiple selection) to the Windows Clipboard: • Click Copy on the Standard toolbar.
Manipulating Objects 55 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. Moving objects To move an object (including a multiple selection): • Move button. Once Drag the selected object(s) by using its you see a move cursor over the button you can begin dragging. Resizing objects PagePlus provides several methods for resizing single or grouped objects. To resize an object: 1.
56 Manipulating Objects 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. To resize freely: • Drag from a corner (or line end) handle. To constrain an object's dimensions 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.
Manipulating Objects 57 Ordering objects On each layer, objects such as text frames, graphics, and pictures are stacked in the order you create them, from back to front, with each new object in front of the others. For example, the left-most beige button above can be brought from the back to the front of the object order. To shift the selected object's position to the bottom or top of the stack: • Send to Back or Click toolbar, respectively.
58 Manipulating Objects Aligning with dynamic guides As you draw, you can align any moving object with fixed objects on the page using dynamic guides. By default, these red-coloured guides only show as you move objects, suggesting possible objects that can aligned and snapped to. For example, a moving yellow square can be aligned to the left edge of a fixed blue square.
Manipulating Objects 3. 59 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).
60 Manipulating Objects Rotating an object You can rotate single and multiple objects, including pictures, text objects, and groups using the object's rotation handle. 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 undo rotation (then restore the original orientation): • Double-click the object's rotation handle.
Manipulating Objects To rotate an object 90 degrees left or right: • Select the object and click Rotate Left or Right on the Arrange toolbar. Rotate Anchoring objects to text 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.
62 Manipulating Objects • 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. • Detach from text. The anchored object is disconnected from its anchor point, leaving a normal unanchored object.
Manipulating Objects 63 Or, for an inline object: i. Enable Position inline as character. ii. Click OK. The object appears inline with text, and shows an Anchor Properties icon. Frame text can wrap around floating anchored objects (see Wrapping text; p. 91). To view anchor properties: 1. Select an anchored object. 2. Click object. Anchored Object Properties shown under the To disconnect an anchored object: • Enable Detach from text.
64 Manipulating Objects 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. 2. Select the object that's the basis for the new defaults and from the Format menu, select Update Object Default. Or, for line and fill colours, including line styles: 1.
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Text 67 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. 78) for standalone text with special effects, or table text (on p. 99) for row-and-column displays.
68 Text Frame linking 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 completely independent frames. By placing text frames anywhere, in any order, you can build up newspaper or newsletter style publications with a story flowing: • between linked frames on the same page.
Text • 69 from one column to another in the same frame. 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 on 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.
70 Text indicated by a solid border, you can manage the frame properties; selecting inside a frame creates a blinking insertion point in the frame's text (the frame's boundary box becomes hatched to indicate editing mode). In this mode, you can edit the text. (For details, see Editing text on the page on p. 82.) PagePlus also lets you create a wide variety of shaped frames from closed shapes or QuickShapes (see p. 132). To create a frame (from a shape): 1.
Text 71 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. Adding pictures into a text frame Pictures can be placed inline at any point in your story in a text frame, with PagePlus prompting you to resize the picture to fit with the text frames dimensions if it is too large. If you add further story text before the picture, the inline picture will move with the surrounding text.
72 Text 3. Navigate to your picture, select it and click Open. 4. If the picture dimensions exceed those of the text frame, click Yes in the displayed dialog to scale down the picture. 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.
Text (1) (2) 73 (3) The frame edge is clicked to show a 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). To edit frame properties using a dialog: Text Frame Setup on the Frame 1. Select the frame and click context toolbar. 2. From the dialog, you can change the Number of columns, Gutter distance between columns, Left Margin, Right Margin, and enable/disable text wrapping around an object.
74 Text 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 ; an AutoFlow button appears next to the the sequence displays Link button. You might edit the story down or make more room for it by adding an extra frame or two to the sequence.
Text 75 Shrink Text Click to reduce the story's text size one increment (approx. 2%). 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.
76 Text 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 button. AutoFlow just to the left of the frame's Link 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.
Text 77 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. The button icon will be red if the final frame of the sequence is overflowing, or green if there's no overflow.
78 Text 2. 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). The latter is ideal for quickly mapping out linked frames across different pages. To unlink the selected frame from the sequence: • Click on Continued, then click with the Textflow cursor on the same frame.
Text 79 • 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. • 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.
80 Text 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 (p. 84), 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.
Text 2. 81 With the text selected, on the Text context toolbar, click the down arrow on the preset path. Preset Text Paths flyout and choose a 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. 131) or a shape (see Drawing and editing shapes on p. 132). 2. Choose the 3. Bring the cursor very close to the line.
82 Text 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 Path. The text now flows along the specified path. To remove the text path: 1. Select the path text object. 2. Click flyout. Path - None on the Text context toolbar's Path Editing text on the page You can use the Pointer Tool to edit frame text, table text, or artistic text directly.
Text 83 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. - or Select a single word, paragraph or portion of text. 2. Type to insert new text or overwrite selected text, respectively.
84 Text Checking your text To ensure your artistic and frame text is error-free and the best copy possible, use the Spell Checker, Proof Reader, and Thesaurus options on the Tools menu. For paragraph indents and tab stops, see PagePlus Help or consider applying indents and tab stops as body text styles (p. 87). Setting text properties PagePlus gives you a high degree of typographic control over characters and paragraphs. To apply basic text formatting: 1. Select the text. 2.
Text 85 Using fonts One of the most dramatic ways to change your publication's appearance is to change the fonts used in your artistic text, frame text, or table text. Font assignment is very simple in PagePlus, and can be done from the Text context toolbar (when text is selected), Fonts tab (via View>Tabs), or by modifying text styles (see p. 89) to use a chosen font.
86 Text Using the Fonts tab Font assignment is also possible via the Fonts tab, which also provides following features: • Assign fonts to be Websafe or favourites. • View most recently used, Websafe, and your favourite 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 or website (by right-click Select All). The Fonts tab is switched off by default.
Text 87 Using text styles PagePlus lets you use named text styles (pre-defined 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.
88 Text 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 named styles The named style of the currently selected text is displayed in either the Text Styles tab or the Styles drop-down list on the Text context toolbar.
Text 89 The Text Style tab highlights the paragraph or character style applied to any selected text. 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 'Body' paragraph style. To update a named style using the properties of existing text: 1.
90 Text Creating custom text styles If required, you can create your own custom styles, either based on a currently selected text style or from scratch. See PagePlus Help. Removing local formatting To return characters and/or paragraphs back to their original formatting, click on Clear Formatting in the Text Styles tab.
Text Wrapping text PagePlus lets you wrap frame text around the contours of a separate object, typically around a picture, shape, artistic text, table, or another frame. To wrap text around an object: 1. Select the object around which you want the text to wrap. 2. Click the 3. Select how text will wrap by clicking a sample. 4. Choose which side(s) the wrapping method will be applied. 5. Click OK. Wrap Settings button on the Arrange toolbar.
92 Text In addition, you can specify the Distance from text: the "standoff" between the object's wrap outline and adjacent text. (The wrap outline is a contour that defines the object's edges for text wrapping purposes.) Different object types have different initial wrap outlines. You can manually adjust the wrap outline using the Curve context toolbar for more precise text fitting. See PagePlus help for more information.
Text 2. Select Bulleted List or context toolbar. 93 Numbered List from the Text To create a bulleted or numbered list (using presets): 1. Select one or more paragraphs. - or Click in a paragraph's text. 2. Select Bullets and Numbering from the Format menu. 3. From the Text Style dialog's Bullets and Numbering menu option, choose Bullet, Number, or Multi-Level from the Style drop-down list. 4. Select one of the preset formats shown by default.
94 Text Using multi-level lists For multi-level lists you can set a different character (symbol, text or number) to display at each level of your list. Levels are normally considered to be subordinate to each other, where Level 1 (first level), Level 2 (second), Level 3 (third), etc. are of decreasing importance in the list. For example, the simple multi-level numbered passage of text opposite is arranged at three levels.
Text 95 Assigning bullets, numbers, and levels to styles PagePlus lets you easily associate any bulleted, numbered or multi-level list style (either preset or custom list) to an existing text style (see p. 87). Inserting user details When you create a publication from a design template for the first time, you may be prompted to update your user details (Name, Company, Telephone number, etc.) in a User Details dialog.
96 Text To add, edit or change user details: 1. Click the User Details button on the Pages context toolbar (deselect objects to view). 2. Enter new information into the spaces on the Business Sets or Home tab (a Calendars tab will appear if there is a calendar in your publication). 3. Click Update. Inserting your own fields If you're starting from scratch (p. 19), you can also insert one or more User Details fields into your publication. To insert a User Detail field: 1.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars
98 Tables, Charts, and Calendars
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 99 Creating tables Tables are ideal for presenting text and data in a variety of easily customizable row-and-column formats, with built-in spreadsheet capabilities. Rather than starting from scratch, PagePlus is supplied with a selection of pre-defined table formats, called AutoFormats, that can be used. Simply pick one and fill in the cells with content. PagePlus lets you: • Edit the pre-defined format before adding a new table to the page.
100 Tables, Charts, and Calendars 3. Step through the list to preview the layouts and select one. To begin with a plain table, select (Default). 4. (Optional) Click Edit if you want to further customize your chosen format. 5. Set the Table Size. This is the number of rows and columns that make up the table layout. 6. Click OK. The new table appears on the page. Flowing tables It is possible to create tables that can be split into multiple parts on the same page or even across multiple pages.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 101 You can design your flowing table from scratch or split up an existing table already on the page. To create a flowing table from scratch: 1. Create your table as described in Creating tables (p. 99). 2. On the control bar under your selected table, click Flow Down to create a linked table based on extra rows, or Flow Right for a linked table based on extra columns.
102 Tables, Charts, and Calendars To rejoin tables: 1. Select a linked table to which you want to rejoin the next table in the linked sequence. 2. On the control bar, click Rejoin. For flowing tables it's a great idea to repeat the initial table's row or column headers on each linked table. This is essential for correct referencing of table data. Row or column headers are repeated on all linked tables based on extra rows (Flow down) or columns (Flow right).
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 103 Using charts For any small business, club, or school project, the ability to present important data professionally will impress your audience, and potentially gain support for your activities. Tables and charts are intrinsically linked in PagePlus. If you need a recap on tables, see Creating tables on p. 99. PagePlus also lets you create multiple charts from the same table data using the Chart Data tab.
104 Tables, Charts, and Calendars Line chart Pie chart Scatter chart (XY) The above chart types are also available in 3D (as extrusions of the 2D chart types). Charts explained Charts are made up of specific elements. Once you learn how to manipulate each element using the Charts tab and Chart Data tab, you'll be able to create powerful charts easily. (A) Chart Title, (B) Series, (C) Go to Chart Data link, (D) Go to Associated Table link, (E) Series Legend, (F) Chart Area.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 105 Data sources The first step in creating charts is to consider what data you'll want to base your chart on. You should spend some time in advance preparing data for chart presentation. Several data sources can be used to base your chart on. Here's an overview of typical data sources that will let you create charts easily.
106 Tables, Charts, and Calendars Creating charts from scratch PagePlus provides the Chart Tool to place a chart onto your page. Initially a placeholder chart, it can be populated with real chart data from the Chart Data tab. The tab lets you store and develop your chart data "off-page" without cluttering up your page design. The chart can be designed and later modified by using a Chart context toolbar displayed above your workspace when the chart is selected. To create a chart from scratch: 1.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 107 At this point, the chart is just a placeholder, using sample data automatically added to the Chart Data tab. You can edit this sample data using your own data, name your row/column headers, and even add extra rows and columns to suit additional chart data—by default, each row represents a separate colour-coded series component. To edit data in the Chart Data tab: 1. Click Chart Data under the selected chart. The Chart Data tab displays temporarily in the workspace. 2.
108 Tables, Charts, and Calendars - or Select a row or column by clicking in a row or column header. - or For selected ranges, drag across rows and columns to set your range. 2. On the control bar under the table, click 3. Position the chart. Chart Tool.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 109 On the Chart context toolbar above your workspace, you can modify the chart with respect to chart type, stacking options, data range, and series presentation. To navigate from selected table to chart: Go to Associated Chart. • Under the table, click - or - • If you have multiple charts based on the same table, click Go to Associated Chart and then select a chart from flyout. To navigate from selected chart to table: • Under the chart, click Go to Associated Table.
110 Tables, Charts, and Calendars Formatting and styling charts The Charts tab serves a dual purpose in PagePlus— to fine tune the chart's look and to manage how the series are used in your chart. In addition, the Styles tab can be used to apply a completely new look to your chart, even swapping the chart type. To display the Charts tab: • At the bottom of your right-hand tab group, click Charts. The tab offers three buttons called Chart, Axes, and Series.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 111 For an easy way to transform your chart's appearance in one click, you can use the Styles tab. Each preset thumbnail stores separate style settings such as type, and style attributes of titles, series legends, axes, and series. To apply a style to your chart: 1. On the Styles tab, select the Charts category from the drop-down list. 2. Click on a style preset thumbnail.
112 Tables, Charts, and Calendars To insert a calendar: 1. Click the Table flyout on the Tools toolbar and choose Insert Calendar. 2. Drag acrosss the page to set the desired size of the calendar. 3. From the displayed Calendar Wizard, define options for your calendar including setting the year and month, calendar style (square, or in single or double column format), week start day, room to write, display options, switching on personal events/holidays, and calendar format. 4.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 113 Pictures
114 Tables, Charts, and Calendars
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 115 Adding picture frames Picture frames let you present your pictures in a decorative surround, much like you'd show off your favourite picture in a picture frame in your home. You can select from an impressive collection of professionally designed picture frames, and simply drag them onto your publication page before filling them with pictures.
116 Tables, Charts, and Calendars 3. Navigate the themed sub-categories to locate a picture frame, then select an individual frame or click Add All to include all the frames from the sub-category. A check mark will appear on selected thumbnails. 4. Click Close. The frame(s) appears in the Assets tab (Picture Frames category). 5. Drag a chosen frame thumbnail to your page. Empty picture frames are shown as envelope-shaped placeholders on the page. To add a borderless picture frame: 1.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 2. 117 The mouse pointer changes to the Picture Paste cursor. What you do next determines the initial size and placement of the picture frame. • To insert the frame at a default size, simply click the mouse. - or - • To set the size of the frame, drag out a region and release the mouse button. If needed, use the Shift key while dragging to maintain aspect ratio (to a square).
118 Tables, Charts, and Calendars To change picture scaling and alignment: Frame Properties on 1. Select the picture frame and choose the Picture context toolbar. 2. In the dialog, you can scale to maximum/minimum, Stretch to Fit, or use the original image's size (No Scale). 3. To change vertical alignment of pictures within the frames, select Top, Middle, or Bottom. 4. For horizontal alignment, select Left, Centre, or Right.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 119 Adding pictures The Assets tab (Pictures category) acts as a "basket" for initially gathering together and then including pictures in your publication. Its chief use is to aid the design process by improving efficiency (avoiding having to import pictures one by one) and convenience (making pictures always-at-hand).
120 Tables, Charts, and Calendars Adding pictures to the page Pictures can be added to your publication by dragging directly onto your page. To add a picture to your page: • From the Assets tab (Pictures category), drag a picture thumbnail directly onto the page, inline into artistic/frame text (at a chosen insertion point), or into a picture frame. Once added, the picture thumbnail indicates the number of times the picture has been used in the publication ( ).
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 121 Rearrange picture order prior to autoflow by using drag and drop. To automatically flow your pictures: • Click AutoFlow at the bottom of the Assets tab (Pictures category). The pictures are placed sequentially in your document's available picture frames in the order they appear in the tab (reorder beforehand if needed).
122 Tables, Charts, and Calendars 3. Drag the cursor inwards (down, left or right) on your picture. 4. Repeat with other edge or corner handles, if needed. 5. (Optional) From the context toolbar, set a Feather value for a soft edge. To crop a picture (irregular crop) 1. With the Square Crop Tool selected, select the Irregular Crop Tool above your workpace. 2.
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 6. To move a node (control point) where you see the drag the node. - or - 123 cursor, To move a line segment (between two nodes) where you see the cursor, drag the segment. - or Add extra nodes by double-clicking on the crop outline, then reposition them. To scale the object within the crop outline, press the Ctrl key, click your left mouse button, then move your mouse upwards or downwards.
124 Tables, Charts, and Calendars To crop a picture using shapes: 1. Place the shape in front of the picture to be cropped, using the Arrange menu and/or Arrange toolbar as needed. 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).
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 125 The initial green background is discarded, leaving interim checkerboard transparency, from which another image can be used as a more attractive background. A red tint on the second image's background is used to indicate areas to be discarded. To launch Cutout Studio: 1. Select a picture to be cut out. 2. Select Cutout Studio from the displayed Picture context toolbar. Cutout Studio is launched.
126 Tables, Charts, and Calendars Selecting areas to keep or discard A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to "paint" areas of the image. The tools are called Keep Brush and Discard Brush, and are either used independently or, more typically, in combination with each other. When using either tool, the brush paints an area contained by an outline which is considered to be retained or discarded (depending on brush type).
Tables, Charts, and Calendars 127 5. If you're outputting an alpha-edged bitmap, you can refine the area to be kept/discarded within Cutout Studio (only after previewing) with Erase and Restore touch-up tools. Vector-cropped images can be cropped using standard PagePlus crop tools outside of the Studio. 6. Click OK to create your cutout. You'll see your image in your publication in its original location, but with the selected areas cut away (made transparent).
128 Tables, Charts, and Calendars To decrease/increase brightness: • Click Decrease Brightness or Increase Brightness. To decrease/increase contrast: • Click Decrease Contrast or Increase Contrast. To automatically adjust the tonal range (levels) and contrast: • Click Auto Level Tonal Range or Auto Contrast. For a studio-based approach to making picture adjustments and effects, see Applying PhotoLab filters in PagePlus Help.
Lines and Shapes
130 Lines and Shapes
Lines and Shapes 131 Drawing and editing lines The Tools toolbar provides Pencil, Straight Line, and Pen tools for drawing freehand, straight, and curved/straight lines, respectively. The Pencil Tool lets you sketch curved lines and shapes in a freeform way. See PagePlus Help for more details. The Pen Tool lets you join a series of line segments (which may be curved or straight) using "connect the dots" mouse clicks. See PagePlus Help for more details.
132 Lines and Shapes When selected, each line type shows square nodes which can be used for reshaping lines.See PagePlus Help for information on editing lines. Drawing and editing shapes QuickShapes are pre-designed objects of widely varying shapes that you can instantly add to your page.
Lines and Shapes 133 QuickShapes The QuickShape flyout contains a wide variety of commonly used shapes, including boxes, ovals, arrows, polygons, stars, cubes, and cylinders. You can easily turn shapes into web buttons by adding hyperlinks or overlaying hotspots. The "Quick Button" (indicated) is especially intended for creating stylish button outlines! It’s also possible to use the context toolbar situated above the workspace to adjust a QuickShape’s line weight, colour, style, and more.
134 Lines and Shapes QuickShape objects makes them more flexible and convenient than clipart pictures with similar designs. For example: • Dragging the handles on a Polygon will change the number of sides to make a triangle, pentagon, hexagon, or other polygon. • Dragging the handles on a Rectangle alters the box corners to make them more or less rounded. • Dragging the handles of an Ellipse will convert it into a "pie" shape. To adjust the appearance of a QuickShape: 1.
Lines and Shapes 135 Closed shapes As soon as you draw or select a line, you'll see the line's nodes appear. Nodes show the end points of each segment in the line. Freehand curves typically have many nodes; straight or curved line segments have only two. You can make a shape by extending a line back to its starting point. To turn a selected line into a shape: • Select the line with the Pointer Tool and then click Curve on the context toolbar.
136 Lines and Shapes To break open a line or shape: 1. With the Pointer Tool, select the node where you want to break the shape. 2. Click the Break Curve button on the context toolbar. The shape will become a line, with the selected node split into two nodes, one at each end of the new line. 3. You can now use the Pointer Tool to reshape the line as needed. See PagePlus Help for more information on editing shapes.
Effects and Styles
138 Effects and Styles
Effects and Styles 139 Applying effects PagePlus provides a variety of effects that you can use to enhance any object. 2D effects such as drop shadows, feather, bevels, emboss are popular, along with 3D effects for more sophisticated textured surface effects. Both 2D and 3D effects can be applied individually (or in combination) using the Effects tab.
140 Effects and Styles To apply 2D effects: 1. Select an object. 2. Display the Effects tab by clicking its tab name (presented vertically at the right of your screen by default). 3. To switch on Feather, Drop Shadow, or Outer Glow, click the effect's icon. The effect's default settings are displayed. - or - 4. Choose Effects at the top of the i. For other effects, click tab. ii. From the flyout, select 2D Effects and select an effect from the submenu.
Effects and Styles 141 As you change settings, the effect on the page updates automatically. To switch off an effect: • icon on its title bar. Note that your Click the effect's adjusted settings are kept but are switched off. To reset an effect back to default: • Click the effect's icon on its title bar. To remove an effect from the tab: • Choose Effects at the top of the tab, then click to Click uncheck the effect's entry on the flyout.
142 Effects and Styles To view the default settings view, click Settings. To save a custom effect to your favourites: 1. Adjust settings for your chosen effect. 2. On the effect's title bar, click saved to the favourites gallery. Add Favourite. Your effect is 3D Effects 3D effects go beyond 2D effects (such as shadow, glow, bevel, and emboss effects) to create the impression of a textured surface on the object itself. You can use the Effects tab to apply one or more 3D effects to the same object.
Effects and Styles 143 4. From the flyout, select 3D Effects and select an effect from the submenu. The effect is added to the tab. 5. Add further effects from the flyout depending on the type of effect you want. 6. Adjust settings for 3D effects by altering sliders, values, check boxes, or drop-down lists. The 3D Effects & Lighting category hosts master control settings which are enabled when any 3D effect is applied.
144 Effects and Styles Using the Shadow Tool Shadows are great for adding flair and dimension to your work, particularly to pictures and text objects, but also to shapes, text frames and tables. To help you create them quickly and easily, PagePlus provides the Shadow Tool on the Attributes toolbar. The tool affords freeform control of the shadow effect directly on the page. For more creative shadows, the tool lets you apply skewed shadows, again directly on the page.
Effects and Styles 145 Adjustment of shadow colour, opacity, blur, and scaling/distance is possible using controllable nodes directly on the page (or via a supporting Shadow context toolbar). (A) Blur, (B) Shadow origin, (C) Opacity, (D) Colour, (E) Scaling Once you've created a shadow, you can also fine-tune it as needed using the Effects tab.
146 Effects and Styles Styles store fill, transparency, line/text properties, and effects under a single style name, making it easy to apply combinations of attributes to an object in one click. At a later date, if you edit the style, all objects using the original style will update automatically to the new style definition. To apply an object style to a selected object(s): 1. Display the Styles tab. 2. Expand the drop-down menu to select a named style category (e.g.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency
148 Colour, Fills, and Transparency
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 149 Applying solid fills PagePlus offers a number of ways to apply solid colour fills to objects of different kinds: • You can apply solid colours to an object's line or fill. As you might expect, QuickShapes and closed shapes (see Drawing and editing shapes on p. 132) have both line and fill properties, whereas straight and freehand lines have only a line property. • Characters in text objects can have a background fill, line, and text colour (i.e.
150 Colour, Fills, and Transparency Using the Colours toolbar, you can reapply the last applied fill, line, or text colour and also predefine these colours for future objects. By default, the toolbar is always in view thus aiding design productivity. To apply the last applied solid colour: 1. Select the object(s) or highlight a range of text. 2. On the Colours toolbar, select the Fill, Line, or Text button.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 151 To change the current palette: • On the Swatches tab, click the Palette button to view and adopt colours from a Standard RGB, Standard CMYK, or selection of themed palettes. Colours can be added, edited, or deleted from the Publication Palette but not from other palettes. Using colour schemes In PagePlus, a colour scheme is a cluster of eleven complementary colours (of which five are mainly used) that you can apply to specific elements in one or more publications.
152 Colour, Fills, and Transparency specific colour is assigned (by number) to each region. For example, imagine a line drawing coded with the numbers 1 through 5. To fill it in, you'd use paint from jars also numbered 1 through 5. Swapping different colours into the paint jars, while keeping the numbers on the drawing the same, would produce quite a different painting. In PagePlus, the "paint jars" are numbers you can assign to objects in your publication.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 153 Applying scheme colours to objects When you create publications from pre-defined design templates (see p. 15), you can choose the starting colour scheme that you want to adopt; you can always change it later from the Schemes tab.
154 Colour, Fills, and Transparency 2. Select the object and choose a Fill, Line, or Text button at the top of the Swatches tab depending on the desired effect. 3. Click on the scheme colour that you want to apply to the fill, line, or text. If an object's fill uses a scheme colour, the corresponding sample in Swatches tab will be highlighted whenever the object is selected. PagePlus also allows you to modify any existing colour scheme and create your own scheme from a colour spread.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 155 The fill's path on an object's fill or line can also be varied for different effects (see PagePlus Help). Applying a gradient or bitmap fill There are several ways to apply a gradient or bitmap fill: using the Swatches tab, the Fill Tool, or the Fill dialog. PagePlus can also produce automatic gradient fills based on applied solid colours—giving you an almost unlimited number of gradient fill choices.
156 Colour, Fills, and Transparency 3. From the Gradient button's drop-down list, select the Automatic category. The palette displays a range of gradients based on the solid colour already applied to the fill or line. 4. Click a swatch for the fill you want to apply. To apply a preset gradient or bitmap fill using the Swatches tab: 1. Display the Swatches tab and ensure either Fill or Line is selected (for an object's fill or outline, respectively).
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 157 To apply a gradient fill with the Fill Tool: 1. Select an object. 2. Click the 3. Display the Swatches tab and ensure either Fill or Line is selected (for an object's fill or outline, respectively). 4. Click and drag on the object to define the fill path. The object takes a simple Linear fill, grading from the object's current colour to monochrome white. Fill Tool on the Attributes toolbar.
158 Colour, Fills, and Transparency You can also apply an End Colour in the same way. - or For Three or Four Colour only, select an object's fill handle and select a colour from the down list. Fill Colour drop- Alternatively, a dialog can be used to add or subtract key colours from the gradient, apply different key colours to individual handles, or vary the overall shading of the effect applied to the object. To apply or edit a gradient or bitmap fill using a dialog: 1.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 159 Editing the fill path When you select a fillable object, the Fill Tool becomes available (otherwise it's greyed out). When you select the Fill Tool, if the object uses a gradient fill, you'll see the fill path displayed as a line, with handles marking where the spectrum between each key colour begins and ends. Adjusting the handle positions determines the actual spread of colours between handles.
160 Colour, Fills, and Transparency If the object uses a bitmap fill, you'll see the fill path displayed as two lines joined at a centre point. Handles mark the fill's centre and edges. Working with transparency Transparency effects are great for highlights, shading and shadows, and simulating "rendered" realism. They can make the critical difference between flat-looking publications and publications with depth and snap.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 161 Transparency types available in the Transparency tab are as follows: • Solid transparency distributes the transparency uniformly. • Gradient transparencies include linear, elliptical, and conical effects, ranging from clear to opaque. • Bitmap transparencies include categorized texture maps based on the Swatches tab's selection of bitmaps.
162 Colour, Fills, and Transparency To apply gradient transparency with the Transparency Tool: 1. Select the object and set the Transparency tab’s Fill/Line swatch as before. 2. Click the 3. Drag your cursor across the object and release the mouse button. The object takes a simple Linear transparency, grading from 100% opacity to 0% opacity (fully transparent). Transparency Tool on the Attributes toolbar.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 163 To edit a gradient transparency directly: 1. Select the object and set the Transparency tab’s Fill/Line swatch as before. 2. Click the Transparency Tool on the Attributes toolbar. The object's transparency path appears on the fill or line, with start and end handles. 3. To add a transparency handle, drag from any solid transparency sample in the Transparency tab to the point on the path where you want to add the handle.
164 Colour, Fills, and Transparency Composite transparency An individual object can take a specific transparency setting. In addition, when multiple objects are grouped, the group can also be given a composite transparency, affecting all group objects to the same extent. The example on the right has composite transparency applied, while the example on the left does not. To apply composite transparency: 1. Select a group. 2. Apply transparency from the Transparency tab. 3.
Colour, Fills, and Transparency 165 object on your page, or you can set the blend mode before creating a line, shape, etc. Yellow flower on page background The same flower with an Exclusion blend mode applied To apply a blend mode to an existing object: 1. Select an existing object on your page. 2. On the Colour tab, choose a blend mode from the Blend Mode drop-down list. To apply a blend mode to a new line or shape: 1.
166 Colour, Fills, and Transparency When multiple objects are grouped, the group can be given a composite blend mode, which complements any blend mode applied to objects prior to being grouped. The composite blend is applied to the group after objects have been blended. To apply a composite blend mode: 1. Select a group. 2. From the Group context toolbar, select a blend mode from the drop-down list.
Publishing and Sharing
168 Publishing and Sharing
Publishing and Sharing 169 Preflight check Preflight is an essential process to ensure that your PagePlus output, whether PDF, HTML or eBook, is published as intended. You can run a preflight check at any time during your design process to fix issues as they occur. In addition, when a problem is encountered on publishing, the preflight check will report the problem in the Preflight tab automatically, allowing you to check, locate, and fix the problem.
170 Publishing and Sharing Manual preflight check Checking your publication as you design is particularly useful when working toward a specific output which must comply with a rigid layout and style, such as HTML or eBook. You can then resolve problems as they arise, saving you time when you finally come to publish your publication. To run a manual Preflight check: 1. Select Tabs>Preflight Tab from the View menu. 2. In the Preflight tab's drop-down list, select the final publication type. 3.
Publishing and Sharing 4. 171 Modify the object as appropriate. - or Click Fix to resolve the publishing problem automatically (not valid for all warnings). 5. (Optional) Click Check to run the preflight check again. This is useful once you've resolved a problem and you need to verify your fix before republishing. Automated preflight check PagePlus will automatically run a check of your publication when you publish as PDF, HTML, or eBook.
172 Publishing and Sharing Interactive Print/PDF Preview The Print/PDF Preview mode changes the screen view to display your page layout without frames, guides, rulers, and other screen items. Supporting toolbars allow for a comprehensive and interactive preview of your publication pages before printing or publishing as PDF.
Publishing and Sharing 173 To preview the page: 1. Click Print/PDF Preview on the Standard toolbar. In Print/PDF Preview, your first printer sheet is displayed according to your printer's setup. 2. (Optional) Choose an installed printer from the Printer toolbar's drop-down list. 3. (Optional) Adjust printer margins from the Margins toolbar. 4. Review your publication using the page navigation controls at the bottom of your workspace. To print via Printer toolbar: 1.
174 Publishing and Sharing Document imposition in Preview mode During preview, you can enable imposition of your document, choosing a mode suited to your intended final publication (book, booklet, etc.). Each mode displays different toolbar options on the context-sensitive Imposition toolbar. Document imposition is not limited to desktop printing—it can also be used when creating a press-ready PDF for professional printing.
Publishing and Sharing 175 Printing basics Printing your publication to a desktop printer is one of the more likely operations you'll be performing in PagePlus. The easy-to-use Print dialog presents the most commonly used options to you, with a navigable "live" Preview window to check your print output. The dialog also supports additional printing options via the More Options button including Double-sided Printing, Mail Merge, Rasterize, and many other useful printing options.
176 Publishing and Sharing To set up your printer or begin printing: 1. (Optional) To print selected text or objects, make your selection on the page. 2. Click Print on the Standard toolbar. The Print dialog appears. To set your printing options: 1. Select a currently installed printer from the Printer drop-down list. If necessary, click the Properties button to set up the printer for the correct page size, etc. 2. Select a printer profile from the Profile drop-down list.
Publishing and Sharing 177 5. Set a percentage Scale which will enlarge or shrink your print output (both page and contents). A 100% scale factor creates a full size print output. Alternatively, from the adjacent dropdown list, choose Shrink to Fit to reduce your publication's page size to the printer sheet size or Scale to Fit to enlarge or reduce the publication page size as required. 6.
178 Publishing and Sharing (A) PagePlus Publication, (B) Preflight and Publish, (C) web-ready PDF, (D) Pressready PDF (professional). In PagePlus, ready-to-go PDF profiles are available for both uses, making PDF setup less complicated. Preflight checking To assist you as you design, you can perform a manual preflight check as you go. On publishing, a preflight check is also run automatically, alerting you to any design problems that would result in sub-optimal published results.
Publishing and Sharing 2. 179 Select a profile for screen-ready or professional output from the Profile drop-down list. The dialog updates with the selected profile's new settings. The Compatibility is set according to the profile and doesn't need to be changed. 3. Select the Range to be published, e.g. the Entire Publication, Current Page, or range of pages. For specific pages or a range of pages, enter "1,3,5" or "2-5", or enter any combination of the two . 4.
180 Publishing and Sharing More PDF options The dialog also supports additional PDF publishing options via the More Options button including Layout, Prepress, and Colour Management. Creating a PDF bookmark list Bookmarks are optional links that appear in a separate pane of the PDF reader when a PDF file is displayed. Typically, a bookmark links to a specific location such as a section heading in the publication, but it can also link to a whole page or specifically to an anchor attached to an object.
Publishing and Sharing 3. 181 Click OK to generate bookmarks. You can also create your own custom PDF bookmark list. See PagePlus Help for more information. Unlike hyperlinks, bookmarks also work as actual links within PagePlus publications. You can use the bookmark list as a jumping-off point to any bookmarked entry. Creating a PDF slideshow The creation of PDF slideshows takes PagePlus's PDF publishing a step further.
182 Publishing and Sharing To publish a slideshow: 1. 2. Select Publish As>PDF Slideshow from the File menu. In the Publish PDF slideshow dialog, from the Slideshow options (click • More Options, if needed): Select a default Transition type for all slides, e.g. Blinds, Wipe, or Dissolve. An individual slide can override this setting with its own transition setting.
Publishing and Sharing 183 Multi-section slides One strength of the slideshow feature comes from the ability to make "multi-section" slide variants based on a single PagePlus page (this is done using page layers). Multi-section slides allow you to build up an image in sections; display multiple images and text objects sequentially on the same page; show and hide page elements; and so on. See PagePlus Help for more information.
184 Publishing and Sharing Design tips and tricks If you plan to create eBooks effortlessly there are several useful do's and don'ts that you should bear in mind during eBook design. When designing eBooks, do: • Pre-plan your eBook's design in advance of publishing. • Avoid using design templates; instead start from scratch. • Keep your story contained within text frames. • Use pre-supplied heading text styles in your story. • Create a single TOC.
Publishing and Sharing 185 To publish an eBook for ePub devices: 1. Choose Publish As> from the File menu and select eBook from the submenu. 2. From the dialog's Document Info menu, add metadata, an ID, and a pre-designed eBook cover (if needed). 3. With the Output menu item selected, control how tables, lists, and pictures are to be exported. 4. With the Styles menu item selected, you can control how your publication's currently used text styles affect your eBook after publishing.
186 Publishing and Sharing 5. From the Publish eBook dialog, navigate to a folder, choose a filename, and change the Save as type drop-down list to "Kindle files (*.mobi)". 6. Click Save. If you checked Show document after publication, the ePub book will launch in its associated reader. If you've not already downloaded KindleGen, click Download KindleGen from Amazon. This takes you directly to the Amazon Kindle publishing website. Previewing and validating Kindle books Any kindle book (*.
Publishing and Sharing 187 • Via Kindle/Android phone: Transfer your published *.mobi file by copying to your device via your USB port. Alternatively, you can send your file via email directly to your device. • Via ePub physical device/Android phone: Like Kindle devices, you can transfer your *.epub file to your device via USB. Setting output formats and alternate text for individual objects Like in HTML publishing, you can select an object and force it to be converted to a picture on publishing.
188 Publishing and Sharing • Using a separate photo editing or illustration program (e.g., Serif PhotoPlus or DrawPlus) and then exporting to a picture. • Scanning your design or taking a screenshot of a design displayed on your screen. Whichever method you choose, you should take into consideration the following factors: • The picture should be exported as a GIF, PNG, JPG, or SVG, at no more than 96 dpi. • The exported picture's file size should not exceed 128 KB.
Publishing and Sharing 189 selected object(s). You can also see how your picture will look (and how much space it will take up) before you save it! For visual comparison, a multi-window display provides side-by-side WYSIWYG previews to compare different formats (below), or the same format using differing settings. A page export showing Dual Preview window. A selected object export showing Quad Preview window (window only).
190 Publishing and Sharing Several common reasons to export as picture include: • Creating a first-page graphic of your publication for book promotion or design previews. • Creating an eBook cover. • Exporting an object (or selection of objects) for use in website design. • In the example above, a cover page is created on export, or the logo from the same publication can be exported in isolation. To export as a picture: 1. Select Export as Picture from the File menu. 2.
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Additional Information 193 Contacting Serif Help with your Product On the web community.serif.com Get answers and ask questions in the Serif community! Type ‘PagePlus X7’ to filter PagePlus only articles. Serif Support www.serif.com/support For Serif Account and Customer Service information. Additional Serif information On the web Serif website www.serif.
194 Additional Information Credits This User Guide, and the software described in it, is furnished under an end user License Agreement, which is included with the product. The agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses. Trademarks Serif is a registered trademark of Serif (Europe) Ltd. PagePlus is a registered trademark of Serif (Europe) Ltd. All Serif product names are trademarks of Serif (Europe) Ltd. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Additional Information 195 THE PROXIMITY/MERRIAM-WEBSTER DATABASE® © 1990 Merriam-Webster Inc.; © 1990 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights reserved. The Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine © 2000 Wintertree Software Inc. The ThesDB Thesaurus Engine © 1993-97 Wintertree Software Inc. WGrammar Grammar-Checker Engine © 1998 Wintertree Software Inc. Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) Copyright © 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. ICC Colour Profiles © 2006 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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Index 2D effects, 139 3D effects, 142 address labels, 16, 25 Align tab, 58 alignment of objects, 57 arrows, drawing, 133 artistic text, 78 on a path, 80 Artistic Text Tool, 79, 81 Asset Browser, 45 Asset Manager, 45 Asset Packs, 43 assets, 43 adding to page, 48 browsing, 45 filtering, 47 searching, 47 Assets tab, 43 for pictures, 119 assigning master pages, 31 multiple master pages, 32 AutoFit, 75 AutoFlow, 120 of frame text, 75 of pictures, 120 AutoFormats (table/calendar), 99 automatic gradient fills, 15
200 Index margins, 72 CommunityPlus, 193 compliment slips, 16 composite transparency, 164 Conical fills, 154 conical transparency, 161 contrast (pictures), 127 covers for eBooks, 187 credits, 194 Crop to Shape, 123 curves (see lines), 131 cutout, 124 Cutout Studio, 124 CVs, 16 Decrease Paragraph Indent, 94 Default paragraph font, 87 defaults, 63 design templates, 15 dimensions (page), 25 discs, 16 distributing objects, 59 double-sided printing, 174 Drop Shadow effect, 139 eBooks, 183 covers for, 187 desig
Index HD Photo export, 188 highlighter effect, 149 images (see pictures), 119 imposition, 174 interactive print/PDF, 174 of folded publications, 25, 27 Increase level, 92 Increase Paragraph Indent, 94 installation, 9 invitations, 16 JPG export, 188 Kindle publishing, 185 Lasso Tool, 51 layers, 38 adding, deleting, moving, 40 viewing, 39 layout (theme), 15 Learn (Startup Assistant), 14 letterheads, 16 lighting (3D), 142 line and fill properties, 131 Linear fills, 154 linear transparency, 161 lines closing (
202 Index setting default properties, 63 opening an existing publication, 20 ordering objects, 57 outline (effect), 139 page content (Assets), 44 page size and orientation, 25 mixed, 26 pages adding assets to, 48 adding, removing, and rearranging, 28 magnifying, 38 numbering, 35 mixed format, 35 viewing, 36, 37 pages (Assets), 44 Pages tab, 28, 36 paragraphs alignment, 84 formatting, 84 styles, 87 pasteboard area, 37 path text, 80 Pattern Map effects, 142 PDF bookmarks, 180 PDF files adding bookmarks, 180
Index Thesaurus, 84 Publication Setup, 25 publications custom, 20 displaying, 37 from design templates, 15 master pages, 30 opening existing, 20 saving, 22 setting dimensions, 25 starting from scratch, 19 publishing eBooks, 183 ePub, 185 Kindle, 185 PDF files, 177 QuickShape Tool, 133 QuickShapes, 133 morphing, 134 saving custom, 136 Radial fills, 154 radial transparency, 161 reapply styles, 90 reflection maps (effect), 142 reflections (effect), 139 registration, 4 resizing, 55 rotating (objects), 60 rotat
204 Index Assets, 43 Chart Data, 103 Charts, 104 Colour, 149 Pages, 28 Swatches, 149 Transparency, 161 Table Tool, 99 tables, 99 anchoring, to text, 61 charts from, 107 flowing, 100 templates (design), 16 text adding to text frame, 70 applying fonts to, 85 artistic (standalone), 78 changing colour or shading of, 149 default properties of, 63 editing on the page, 82 fitting to frames, 74 formatting, 84 frames, 67 gradient and bitmap fills on, 154 inserting user details, 95 on a path, 80 selecting, 82 setti