Ovation DTP
Manual and User Guide
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Introduction to DTP
The Typewriter
The Wordprocessor
Desk Top Publishing
DTP and the WIMP
How DTP Works
Ovation
Before You Start
How to use this guide
Latest information
Conventions
Using the mouse
Equipment needed
General Principles
Ovation documents
Objects
Text frames
Picture frames
Lines
Nested objects
Paragraphs and paragraph styles
Local text styles
Master pages
Stylesheets
Getting Started
Opening a new document
The document window
Page guidelines
Principal Text Frame
The caret
The main menu
Ovation tools
The pointer
Entering and editing text
Inserting pages
Caret movement
Delete facilities
Delete facilities
Other useful keypresses
Importing text
Changing the view
Marking text
Deleting marked text
Copying marked text
Moving marked text
Saving your work
Printing your document
Closing documents and quitting Ovation
Working with Text Frames
The Principal Text Frame
Nested frames
Repelling text
Drawing frames
Re-sizing frames
Moving frames
Precise re-sizing and moving
Rulers and ruler guidelines
Ruler guidelines
Snap to Guides
Deleting frames
Frame colours and borders
Linking frames
Show linked flow
Unlinking frames
Special Notes
Working with picture frames
Precise re-sizing
Moving a picture
Cropping
When Picture Frames Overlap
Working with Lines
Drawing lines
Active lines
Re-sizing lines
Moving lines
Ovation Styles
Local styles
Choosing multiple styles
Current style
Changing font
Changing size
Changing style effects
Joining paragraphs
Paragraph styles
BodyText style
Defining a new paragraph style
Assigning paragraph styles
Joining paragraphs
Copying text to another document
Stylesheets
Merging stylesheets
Customised startup
Using Master Pages
The default master page
Creating a new document
Editing master pages
Page Guidelines
Inserting pages
Double sided documents
Master pages and stylesheets
Headers and footers
Updating pages with master pages
Ovation Menus
Menu Options
Keyboard equivalents
Using dialogue boxes
Icon Bar Menu
Info
New Document
Paper Size
Margins
Double Sided
Orientation
Guidelines
Quit
Ovation Main Menu
The File Menu
Save
Save as
Auto Save
Save as Text
Save Marked Text/Save Picture
Save Stylesheet
Revert to Saved
Print
Print Dialogue Box Options
Print Setup
Portrait
X Scale/Y Scale
Corner X
File Info
The Edit Menu
Select All
Delete Text/Delete Picture
Cut Text/Cut Picture
Copy Text/Copy Picture
Paste Text/Paste Picture
Show Clipboard
Find/Replace
Find
Replace/Find
Replace
Undo
Global Replace
Count
Cancel
Find/Replace Options
Whole Word
Ignore Case
Find From Start
Wildcards
The View Menu
Fit in Window
50%
Full Size
200%
Variable
Double Pages
Show Rulers
Hide Pictures
Hide Guidelines
Show Print Margin
Units
The Para. Style Menu
Edit Style
New
Delete
Key Press
Show on Menu
Cancel
OK
Editing Styles
Reset
The Font Menu
What is a font?
Font Families
Choosing a Font
The Size Menu
Units of Measurement
Standard Font Sizes
Changing Font Size
Other Size
Keyboard Functions
The Style Menu
Normal Text
Bold
Italic
Underline
Superscript
Subscript
Reverse
Word Underline
Title
All Caps
Small Caps
Condensed
Enlarged
Horizontal Scale
Kerning/Tracking
EN and EM Spaces
Tracking
Colour
The Format Menu
Copying Paragraph Format
Left
Centre
Right
Justify
Single Space
Double Space
Leading
Absolute Leading
Relative Leading
Incremental Leading
Negative Leading
Space Before
Space After
Tabs/Indents
Setting Tabs
Left Tab
Centre Tab
Right Tab
Decimal Tab
Left Indent
Right Indent
1st Line Indent
Word Wrap
Hyphenation
Discretionary hyphens
The Object Menu
Modify Text Frame
Origin X/Origin Y
Width/Height
Inset
Outset
Background Colour
Transparent
Modify Picture Frame
X Scale/Y Scale
Inset
Transparent frame colour
Modify Line
Origin X/Origin Y
Endpoint X/Endpoint Y
Style
Endcaps
Line Colour
Thickness
Frame Border
Border Styles
Size
Border Colour
Use Sprite Colours
Designing new borders
Delete Text Frame
Cut Text Frame
Copy Text Frame
Paste Text Frame
Duplicate Frame
Number of Times
Vertical Offset
Horizontal Offset
Scale to Fit
Fill Pict Frame
Send Behind
Bring Forward
Snap to Guides
The Page Menu
New Chapter
Modify Chapter
Delete Chapter
Show Master Pages
Page Guidelines
Insert Page
Delete Page
Goto Page
The Spell Menu
Check Story
Continue
Add
Replace
Browse
Cancel
Check Word
Continuous Check
Dictionary
Load
Edit
Add
Delete
Saving the new dictionary
Cancel
Import/Export
Create
Delete
Complex Document Design
Columns
New document
Master pages
Paragraph styles
Entering text
Subheadings
Main title
Figures and tables
Enhancing your pages
Drop shadows
Drop capitals
Font effects
Printing from Ovation
Printer drivers
Use of remote printers
Speed of printing
Paper sizes
Print margins
Deskjet Plus printer driver margins
Problem Solving
Paragraph styles have no effect
Picture frame/text frame/line won�t move
Cannot re-size frame
Cannot paste object
A. More about Fonts
Adding more Fonts
Setting the font cache
Configuration settings
FontMax1
FontMax2
FontMax3
FontMax4 and FontMax5
FontMax
B. Keyboard Equivalents
Cursor Movement
Page Movement
Selecting Text
Deleting Text
Formatting Text
Miscellaneous Key Presses
Key Presses in Dialogue Boxes
Working with Frames
Working with Lines
D. Date and Time Format
E. Glossary