When you import a graphic, PageStream automatically places it into a frame. The frame will exactly match the size of the graphic. If you scale the graphic with the Object tool, the graphic and frame will be scaled together.

PageStream allows you to crop graphics by scaling the frame indepently of the graphic, and to move the graphic within a scaled frame. If you scale a graphic with the Crop tool, you will scale the frame, not the graphic.

Use BME to crop large pictures before importing them into PageStream to speed up printing and to reduce memory requirements.

To crop a graphic with the Reshape tool: Select the graphic with the Crop tool. The mouse pointer will change to a crop pointer. Position the crop pointer over a size handle and scale the frame smaller. To move the graphic within its frame, position the crop pointer over the graphic and drag it.

To crop a graphic with the Edit palette: Enter new frame width and height, content scale and content offset coordinates. The frame size (W and H) and content scale (SX and SY) determine if the graphic is cropped. The content offset (OX and OY) shifts the graphic within its frame. The offset is measured from the top left corner of the frame to the top left corner of the uncropped graphic.