To move an object, click and drag ("fast-move") to move the object by displaying a bounding box but not the object itself. Or click, hesitate a moment, then drag to move the object with full display.
There are no good or bad typefaces, only appropriate and inappropriate ones.
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To create a file for a Bureau Service for printing, first install a PostScript Printer Driver using the Windows Control Panel. Then print your publication (using this driver) to FILE. The bureau does NOT need PagePlus; only the ability to output a PostScript file on a PC disk.
Every typeface, like every human face, has a character all of its own.
/J"Push" will get a person almost everywhere -- except through a door marked "Pull."
Double-click on the frame button of the selected frame to import text from your word-processor, or select the text tool and click inside the frame to start typing.
For a few, quick, and handy symbols try the following: Ctrl+Alt+'8' for a bullet, Ctrl+Alt+T for TM symbol, Ctrl+Alt+C for Copyright. And there's more...
Make sure that inside pages reflect the covers of a brochure.
/JNo networks or e-mail? Sneakernet -- term used for transfer of electronic information by physically carrying a disk from one PC to another. Snail-mail -- actual paper in the actual mail.
If you have many objects together in one area, it may take several clicks before you get the right one selected. Look for the 8 black boxes that surround an object to make sure the right one is selected.
Use your co-workers and family as a second pair of design eyes.
The smaller the ad, the greater the need for simplicity and attention to detail.
/J"If a hole is in the wrong place, then no amount of digging is going to put it in the right place." -- Edward de Bono.
REVERSE VIDEO is the typographer's term for white text on a black background. First draw a box (using one of the Box tools) and make it black (or a tint). Then place some text over the box. Now make the text white.
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Double click on PagePlus text to load the text into WritePlus.
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Take a look at a PagePlus Frame on your page... Those dotted lines inside are left and right margins, and top and bottom "column blinds". You can adjust them by dragging them with your mouse.
To make objects line up, use "Guides" on the page. You can create guides by dragging on the rulers. Objects automatically snap to guides.
Use the crop tool to create effects like semi-circles and 2 color text.
If 'snapping' is on and you are creating, moving, or sizing an object, it will automatically jump (or snap) to the nearest guide.
TINT is the typographer's term for a shade of a color (often a shade of black to make a gray). A Tint is a % of color where 0% would be no color (usually White) and 100% would be a solid color (such as Black).
To change the number of columns in a frame use the shortcuts on the Button bar. To change the width of a column just drag it with the mouse -- easy!
/J"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." -- Lewis Carroll.
To step through the pages in your publication, Click on the direction arrows on the Page area on the Status Bar. Double-Click jumps to the First or Last page.
Beware power outages and brown-outs! Save Your Work! (AutoSave does this automatically for you -- is it on?)
For folded documents, leave extra space in the center for staples by having a larger gutter.
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Do you want to maximize your screen area for a quick print preview? Use CleanUp on the Status Bar. This turns off the display of guides, frames, menus, title bar, scroll-bars etc. to give you a true representation of your publication
PagePlus has integrated word-processing tools so you don't have to leave PagePlus if you don't want to. WritePlus is a simple Story Editor with search, spelling and more. Double-Click with the text tool or click on the WritePlus button on the Tool Bar to start WritePlus.
You can LINK frames together to control text flow in PagePlus. Click on the Frame Button of the selected frame to display the Link/Unlink cursor. Click the Link cursor over another frame to LINK, or over a blank area to UNLINK.
Organize each page around a single dominant visual element such as a big picture, or a big headline.
PagePlus can link many frames together to control how text flows in your publication. Each sequence of frames has it's own text file, and this is called a "Story". You can have many, many stories in PagePlus and choose between them with the Tools/Story Manager...
Almost every part of a frame can be clicked+dragged to resize or move (be careful -- watch the mouse): columns, gutters, and the overall size. You can get some very unusual effects!
Did you know? In Europe the standard paper size is A4 (about 8.25" x 11.8") instead of Letter (8.5" x 11"). The equivalent of 5.5" x 8.5" (Letter folded in half) is A5, and the equivalent of 11" x 17" (two Letter pages) is A3.
Suggested Rule of thumb for fonts: maximum of 4 per publication or 3 for a one page publication.
Use the Status palette for super precise positioning and rotation.
To rotate in 45 degree multiples, hold the shift key while rotating. If you want an exact rotation angle, use the status editor. Double click with the rotate tool to unrotate an object, or to rotate it again.
TRACKING (or LETTERSPACING) is the typographer's term for adjusting the space between all characters in a paragraph of text. Less space between characters is "tighter" and more space is "looser".
Use PageHints to remind you of things in your publication.
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Moving rulers also moves the zero point unless you press the shift key.
CROP is the typographer's term for trimming away the unwanted parts of a picture. In PagePlus you can crop lines, boxes, and text too!
Numbers in most fonts take up a fixed space so that you can align them more easily. Sometimes you will need a comma/period space (Ctrl+Alt+,) and a digit spage (Ctrl+Alt+1) in order to get a series of numbers aligned just right.
If you're not sure what typefaces and images you've used in your publication, choose Tools/Fonts and Pictures. This is especially helpful if you need to copy the publication and its resources to another PC (in another office, for example).
For Typographer's quotes (instead of " and ') make sure you switch on the "Smart Quotes" option. They look much better (except when you use a typewriter-like font -- such as courier).
An En dash -- named because it's the length of an N -- is slightly longer than a hyphen and is used with compound words such as 'state-of-the-art'. The shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+N.
Before printing your publication it's a good idea to use the PagePlus Layout Checker Wizard. This takes a look at each page for any layout problems you might have missed...
Use a Sans-Serif font when creating headlines, subheads, pull-quotes, captions, etc. Use Serif fonts when creating blocks of text or when using small pointsizes.
Font vs. Typeface - Typeface refers to a family, and font refers to the varying faces within that family like regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic.
The most important articles need the largest headlines.
Double-Click on the ruler intersection to move your rulers to a selected object. Double-Click again to put the rulers back in their original position.
Don't get confused between WHITE and CLEAR fill... It's easier than you might think because they look the same on your page! But White is opaque and hides any object underneath, while Clear is transparent and objects underneath show through.
If you're designing business stationery, don't forget to add the area code to your phone number. And don't forget to check ALL the phone numbers!!
White Space is like money -- you can never have enough of it!
Remember to type using a SINGLE space after a period or semi-colon, except for in the rare case when you are trying to imitate a typewriter.
Set a hyphen (using Text/Insert Hyphen) on the first character of a word to prevent that word being hyphenated.
Use bold, outline, italics, underlining, and small caps sparingly -- they tend to reduce legibility.
"Gutter" is the space between columns.
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Remember to WATCH the cursor for CLUES... Crop or resize a picture for example, and watch what the cursor does. It will change its shape depending on what it thinks you are trying to do!
Typographer's fixed spaces are called EM and EN spaces (cntrl+alt+M and cntrl+alt+N)...
Using a "Style" is a quick way to change how text and graphics look. And if you change the style later, ALL the objects using that style automatically change...
SET WIDTH is the typographer's term for expanding (wider) or condensing (narrower) text. It's a good way to make a headline fit a space...
If you can't read the text that you are typing on the page, double click with the text tool to bring up WritePlus, the text editor.
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Be careful with NARROW columns: it is very difficult to achieve good looking text spacing. The narrower the column, the smaller your text size needs to be.
TIME spent checking your work saves MONEY later. Check and double-check. Don't forget that the Layout Checker and Proof Reader can help you... "He who proof-reads longest laughs loudest." -- Unknown DTP Guru.
Zoom in (using the magnifying glass button on the Status Bar) for fine alignment work.
Typography is to the reader as tone of voice is to the listener.
Bill Gates rules. Bill Gates is totally excellent. We are not worthy, we are not worthy...
Analyze good design around you; keep a file for inspiration. Resist the temptation to copy, but "borrowing" good ideas is a time-honored tradition!
LayPerson definition of Leading = "spacing between lines of text."
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If you want an exact copy of a text-block or graphic, just hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the object to where you want the copy to be.
Next to headlines, captions are the most widely read part of a publication.
Even the smallest offending detail can sabotage a good design.
RAGGED text is the typographer's term for text that is not justified. Align left (or ragged right because all the right-hand line ends don't line up) is the most common text setting.
Text Wrap means text flowing around a shape. There's "regular" wrap (around a rectangular shape) and "irregular" wrap (around any shape). You can adjust the wrap outline by clicking and dragging. PagePlus also lets you wrap text INSIDE a shape...
PagePlus can import from your own word-processor, or you can use the built-in WP features of WritePlus. Just double-click on a frame...
JUSTIFIED text is when the text fits exactly in your column width, so that EVERY line lines up on both the left AND right. You might need to switch Hyphenation on.
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Clicking on the rulers creates guidelines for accurate layout.
Once you've created your publication design, why not save the file as a TEMPLATE for later modifications? (See the Save As... options.)
When printing or copying at a local company: remember to specify the paper color, size and weight (thickness) that you want.
When laying out a page, start with the grid (ie. headline space, text frame(s), columns, and guides) before adding the content (the actual text and pictures).
You can find out what an Icon does by resting the mouse pointer over it for a moment. A "ToolHint" will pop-up to help you...
When working with text in stories, use Styles to update all of the text together. Using a Style means you can automatically change the text when you change the style.
Do you want to use a logo (or other image) as a "watermark" or background? You'll need to reduce the intensity of the colors by changing the Picture Shade % value...
An effective logo will be recognised, not read. Make one with LogoPlus.
Shift-Click to add (or remove) objects to (from) a group.
Objects, Objects, Objects. Everything on your page is an "object". PagePlus has text, frames, drawn graphics (lines, boxes and ovals), LogoPlus art and pictures.
/JIf you use too much yellow and black, your page will look like a bee.
You can create ruler guides by clicking (or dragging) on the rulers to help you align objects.
To print your file on a friend's printer, who hasn't bought PagePlus YET, use the Windows Control Panel (Printers) and File/Printer Setup... to install a printer driver on FILE. When you print, PagePlus will prompt you for a file name.
To scroll around the page without using scroll-bars you can use the grabber hand (Panning button on the Status Bar).
Click the Pointer OFF the page to de-select all currently selected objects.
Do you need to print a booklet? Just make up your document in the normal way, and then choose the Booklet option in the Print dialog. This puts two pages on each printer sheet, and automatically sorts out the page order for you...
The "Pasteboard" is the area surrounding the PagePlus page. You can put any objects on the pasteboard and leave them until you want to move them on to your page. It's named after the traditional pasteboard used by Newspaper layout artists for "cutting and pasting" the page together.
LEADING is the typographer's term for line spacing. In PagePlus you can specify leading as a % of the text size, or as a fixed value (such as 14 points). The first is the easy way, the second is the traditional way...
KERNING is the typographer's term for adjusting the space between two characters so they look better, usually with larger type or particular character combinations (like AV or WA). PagePlus has automatic pair kerning, and manual (interactive) kerning.
/J"What's leading, beavis?"
"Who cares, dumb-ass..."
POINT (and PICA) is the traditional typographer's unit of measurement. There are 12 points in a pica, and 72 points in an inch. Many values in PagePlus are specified in points, but you can also change to inches (or centimeters) if you prefer.
Proof-read -- to check material for spelling, punctuation, alignment and other details. Use the PagePlus proofing tools and layout checker... and always proof-read important documents manually, too. A wrong phone number can be a costly mistake.
/J"Make it so, number one."
A "Drop Cap" is a big character at the start of an article.
Double-click on the Color Bar to edit your colors.
/J"640K should be enough for anybody" Bill Gates (So, he's not perfect after all.)
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