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Page Tool Module

The Page Tool module lets you insert, delete or move one or more pages in a document. The functions in this module work the same as the corresponding functions in the Page module. However, the Page Tool module allows you to insert, delete or move pages while viewing pages in thumbnail size. The illustration below shows thumbnails of pages in a sample document:

The Page Tool module is loaded in the Modules dialog box which is accessed by clicking Modules in the File menu. To have the Page Tool module load automatically when you launch Calamus, use Save System Setup in the Options menu. The Page Tool module may be deleted from memory when not in use.

The Page Tool module is accessed by clicking its icon in the Module Row or by selecting Page Tool in the Modules dialog box and clicking the Execute button.

Functions:

Frame Visibility

Insert Empty Page

Delete Pages

Show Pages

Move Pages

Miscellaneous Settings

Information


Frame Visibility

You may choose the types of frame that will be visible by clicking this icon. The Frame Visibility dialog box will appear:

Select the frame types to be displayed and click OK. When you click the Show Pages icon, the thumbnails will display only those frame types which were selected.


Insert Empty Pages

To use this function, you must first select Show Pages to display pages in thumbnail size. After doing so, select a page by clicking its thumbnail and then click the Insert Empty Page icon.

Select the desired location for the empty page. If you insert a page into a facing pages format, the Facing Pages Conflict alert will appear.

You may modify the position of pages or insert another empty page to maintain current position.


Delete Pages

To use this function, you must first select Show Pages to display pages in thumbnail size. After doing so, select a page to be deleted and then click the Delete Pages icon. You will be asked to confirm deletion.

To select a range of pages, press the [Shift] key while clicking the icons for the first and last page in the range.


Show Pages

Click the Show Pages icon to display a document's pages in thumbnail size as illustrated on the first page of this section. The Document Overview window will appear. The size and layout of thumbnail pages is set in the Miscellaneous Settings function described below.


Move Pages

While in Document Overview mode, you can move a single page or a range of pages to another location in the document. Select the page or pages to be moved; then click and hold the mouse button on the selected page(s). An outline of the selected page(s) will appear. Keep the button pressed and move the mouse pointer to the desired location; the outline will move with the mouse pointer. Release the mouse button and an alert will prompt you to confirm the move.


Miscellaneous Settings

Click the Miscellaneous Settings icon to set the parameters for using the Page Tool module. The Page Tool Settings dialog box will appear.

At the top of the dialog box you may set the height and width of the thumbnail pages. If you set one dimension, the other will be calculated automatically when you exit the dialog box.

In the middle section you may enter the number of columns of thumbnails to be displayed. This option lets you customize the appearance of thumbnail pages in the Page Document window.

Finally, the bottom section contains options to show or hide page contents and to enable or disable the confirmation alerts when moving or deleting pages.


Information

  Click the copyright icon to display the author's name and the current version number of the Page Tool module.