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IntroductionBriefDescriptionLicensingUpdatingSwiftPublisherRemovingSwiftPublisherUsefulWebResourcesSwiftPublisherEndUserLicenseAgreement
ProgramInterfaceSwiftPublisherMainWindowTheInspectorThePreferencesDialogMenusKeyboardShortcuts
WorkingwithDocumentsCreatingaNewDocumentOpeninganExistingDocumentSavingaDocumentUsingTemplatesDocumentPropertiesCreatingBookletsPrintingExportingBleeds
LayoutPageLayoutManagingLayersMovingObjectsAligningandDistributingObjectsRulersGuideLinesandMarginGuidesTheGrid
WorkingwithPagesDisplayingPagesintheMainWindowThePagesPanelAddingandRemovingPagesChangingthePageOrderNavigatingThroughtheDocumentNumberingPagesMasterPagesPageSpreads
EditingDocumentsSelectingObjectsChangingtheObjectSizeRotatingObjectsGroupingObjectsFillingObjectswithColorsApplyingtheStrokeSettingsApplyingtheShadowEffect
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WorkingwithTextLinkedTextBoxesTextStylesAligningTextUsingTabStopsWorkingwithImagesWorkingwithSmartShapesEditingImagesUsingImageGeneratorsWorkingwithHeadingsDrawingLinesandCurvesWorkingwithTablesWorkingwithCalendarsInsertingCurrentDateandTimeInformationWorkingwithAddressFields
DynamicDataFieldsTypesofDynamicDataFieldsAddingandRemovingDataFieldsChangingtheDataFieldProperties
ImportingImportingContactsImportingDatafromaTextFile
WorkingwithBarcodesAddingandRemovingBarcodesBarcodePropertiesBarcodeTypes
SolvingProblemsTroubleshootingTechnicalSupport
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BriefDescriptionSwiftPublisherisapagelayoutapplicationfordesigningflyers,newsletters,brochures,letterheads,booklets,andmore.Theprogramissuppliedwithacollectionoftemplatedocumentsandabuilt-inclipartlibrary.
SwiftPublisherletsyouprintyourworkaswellasexportittoPDFandothergraphicfileformats.
SystemRequirements
MacOSX10.10orhigher500MBofavailablediskspaceInternetconnectiontouseonlineservices
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LicensingYoucanfindthelicensecodeinthepurchaseconfirmationemail.
Toenterthelicensecode:
1. Opentheapplication.
2. BringuptheLicensedialogbychoosingSwiftPublisher5>License…inthemenu.
3. Enteryournameandlicensecode.
Itisrecommendedthatyoukeepthee-mailcontainingyourlicensecodeinasafeplaceincaseyoure-installorupdatetheapplication.
TheunlicensedversionofSwiftPublisherisfullyoperational.Theonlylimitationisthatitadds"SwiftPublisherTrialVersion"asawatermarkwhenyourdesignisprintedorexported.Toeliminatethiswatermark,enterthelicensecode.
Toupgradefromthetrialtothelicensedversionoftheprogram,youneedtopurchaseandenterthelicensecode.SeedetailsonBeLight’swebsite:http://www.belightsoft.com/buy/
LicensingisnotneedediftheapplicationwaspurchasedontheMacAppStore.
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UpdatingSwiftPublisherTocheckforupdatesmanually,chooseSwiftPublisher5>CheckforUpdates…inthemenu.
Tocheckforupdatesautomatically,selectthecorrespondingcheckboxintheprogramPreferences(Cmd-,).
ToupdatetheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore,usetheAppStoreapplication.
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RemovingSwiftPublisherTocompletelyremovetheprogramandallitscomponents,deletethefollowingfilesandfoldersfromthesepaths:/Applications/SwiftPublisher5.app~/Library/Preferences/com.belightsoft.SwiftPublisher5.plist~/Library/ApplicationSupport/SwiftPublisher5~/Library/Caches/com.belightsoft.SwiftPublisher5
ToremovetheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore,delete:/Applications/SwiftPublisher5.app~/Library/Containers/com.belightsoft.SwiftPublisher5/
“~”meanstheuser'sHomefolder.
Bydefault,theprogramsavescustomtemplatesin:~/Library/ApplicationSupport/SwiftPublisher5/MyTemplates/or(MacAppStore):~/Library/Containers/com.belightsoft.SwiftPublisher5/Data/Library/ApplicationSupport/SwiftPublisher5/MyTemplates/Don’tremovethisfolderifyouaregoingtouseyourtemplatesinthefuture.
Toaccessanypathlistedabove,copyit.InFinder,chooseGo>GotoFolder(Cmd-Shift-G).Thenpastethepathintotheeditbox,andclicktheGobutton.
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UsefulWebResourcesSwiftPublisherHome–Informationabouttheprogram.
SwiftPublisherResources–UsefularticlesrelatedtousingSwiftPublisher.
BeLightSoftware–ThehomepageofBeLightSoftware.
BeLightSoftwareSupport–Requesttechnicalsupport.
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SwiftPublisherEndUserLicenseAgreementTHISLICENSINGAGREEMENT("AGREEMENT")ISALEGALAGREEMENTBETWEENYOU,EITHERANINDIVIDUALORASINGLEENTITY,ANDBELIGHTSOFTWARE("LICENSOR").IFYOUDONOTAGREETOEACHANDEVERYTERM,YOUARETOCLICK"DISAGREE"BUTTONANDNOTTOOPEN,USEORINSTALLTHESOFTWARE.YOUMUSTEITHERRETURNTHESOFTWARE,DOCUMENTATIONANDPACKAGINGTOTHEPLACEOFPURCHASEOR,INTHECASEOFDOWNLOADEDSOFTWARE,DELETETHESOFTWAREFROMYOURCOMPUTERAND/ORANYOTHERDATASTORAGEDEVICE.
NOTE:MacAppStorecustomersshouldrefertothestandardAppStoreEULA.
1.GENERALThesoftware,documentationandanyimagesorready-madedesignsaccompanyingthisLicensewhetherondisk,onanyothermedia(collectivelythe"Software")arelicensedtoyoubyBeLightSoftware("Licensor")foruseonlyunderthetermsofthisLicense,andLicensorreservesallrightsnotexpresslygrantedtoyou.Therightsgrantedhereindonotincludeanyotherpatentsorintellectualpropertyrights.
TitleandintellectualpropertyrightsinandtoanycontentdisplayedbyoraccessedthroughtheSoftwarebelongtotherespectivecontentowner.ThisLicensedoesnotgrantyouanyrightstousesuchcontent.
2.LICENSELicensorherebygrantstoYou,andYouaccept,anon-exclusivelicensetoinstallanduseSoftwareandDocumentation,onlyasauthorizedinthislicense.Thelicensepermitseithermultipleuserstoinstallandusethesoftwareonasinglecomputer,orasingleusertoinstallandusethesoftwareonmultiplecomputers.Thelicensedoesn'tallowmultipleuserstousetheSoftwareonmultiplecomputers.YouagreethatYouwillnotassign,sublicense,transfer,pledge,lease,rent,orshareYourrightsunderthislicense.Youmaynotreverseengineer,decompileordisassembletheLicensedSoftwareforanypurposewhatsoever.
ClipArtandPhotoImages:TheSoftwarecontainsnumerousclipartimagesandphotoimages(collectivelyknownhereafteras"Images")thatareeitherownedbyLicensororlicensedfromathirdparty.Youarefreetouse,modifyandpublishtheImagesasyouwishsubjecttotherestrictionssetoutinthissection.Ifyouareuncertainaboutyourrightstouseanymaterial,youshouldcontactyourlegaladvisor.
YoumayNOTresell,sublicenseorotherwisemakeavailabletheImage(s)foruseordistributionseparatelyordetachedfromaproductorWebpage.YoumayNOTa)createscandalous,obscene,defamatoryorimmoralworksusingtheImage(s)norusetheImage(s)foranyotherpurposewhichisprohibitedbylaw;b)useorpermittheuseoftheImage(s)oranypartthereofasatrademarkorservicemark,orclaimanyproprietaryrightsofanysortintheImage(s)oranypartthereof;c)usetheImage(s)inelectronicformat,on-lineorinmultimediaapplicationsunlesstheImage(s)areincorporatedforviewingpurposesonlyandnopermissionisgiventodownloadand/orsavetheImage(s)foranyreason;d)useanyImage(s)exceptasexpresslypermittedbythisLicense;ande)usetheImage(s)relatedtoidentifiableindividuals,productsorentitiesforanycommercialpurposeorinamannerwhichsuggeststheirassociationwithorendorsementofanyproductorservice.
3.TRANSFERYoumaynotdistributecopiesoftheSoftwareincludingclipartimages,photoimages,ready-madedesigns,inwholeorinpart,toanythirdparty,normayyouuse,rent,loan,sublicense,orleasetheSoftwaretothirdparties.Youmay,however,transferallyourrightstousetheSoftwaretoanotherpersonorlegalentityprovidedthat:(a)YoualsotransferthisAgreement,theSoftwareandallothersoftwarebundledorpre-installedwiththeSoftware,includingallcopies,Updatesandpriorversions,tosuchpersonorentity;(b)Youretainnocopies,includingbackupsandcopiesstoredonacomputer;
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and(c)thereceivingpartyacceptsthetermsandconditionsofthisAgreementandanyothertermsandconditionsuponwhichYoulegallypurchasedalicensetotheSoftware.Notwithstandingtheforegoing,Youmaynottransferpre-releaseornotforresalecopiesoftheSoftware.
4.ILLEGALUSEYouarenottousetheSoftware,whetherdirectlyorindirectly,foranyillegalpurposeunderthelawsorordinancesofFederal,State,orlocalgovernments.ItisYoursoleresponsibilitytoknowandunderstandthelawsand/orordinancesthatgoverntheuseoftheSoftware.IntheeventthatYouviolateanyFederal,StateorlocallaworordinancebydirectorindirectuseoftheSoftware,Youshalltakefulllegalresponsibilityforsuchillegaluse.YoushallholdLicensorharmlessandwithoutfaultandotherwiseindemnifyLicensorforanydamage,costorliabilityincurredbyLicensorasaresultofanyuse,whetherornotsuchuseiswithinthescopeofthelicensesetforthherein.
5.UPDATESIftheSoftwareisanUpdatetoapreviousversionoftheSoftware,YoumustpossessavalidlicensetosuchpreviousversioninordertousetheUpdate.YoumaycontinuetousethepreviousversionoftheSoftwareonyourcomputerafterYoureceivetheUpdatetoassistYouinthetransitiontotheUpdate,providedthat:theUpdateandthepreviousversionareinstalledonthesamecomputer;thepreviousversionorcopiesthereofarenottransferredtoanotherpartyorcomputerunlessallcopiesoftheUpdatearealsotransferredtosuchpartyorcomputer;andYouacknowledgethatanyobligationBeLightSoftwaremayhavetosupportthepreviousversionoftheSoftwaremaybeendeduponavailabilityoftheUpdate.
6.LICENSOR'SRIGHTSYouacknowledgeandagreethattheSoftwareandDocumentationconsistsofproprietary,publishedandunpublishedpropertyofLicensor.Youfurtheracknowledgeandagreethatallright,title,andinterestinandtotheSoftwareandDocumentationareandshallremainwithLicensor.ThislicenseconveystoYoutherighttoinstallandusetheSoftwareandDocumentationinaccordancewiththetermsofthislicense.AllrightsnotexpresslygrantedherearereservedbyBeLightSoftware.TheLicensorwillnottransmityourpersonalinformationtoanythirdpartywithoutyourexpressconsent.
7.TERMINATIONThislicenseiseffectiveuponYourinstallingthesoftwareonanymachine,andshallcontinueuntilterminated.YoumayterminatethisAgreementatanytime.TheLicensormayimmediatelyterminatethisLicenseAgreementifyoubreachanyrepresentation,warranty,agreementorobligationcontainedorreferredtointhisLicenseAgreement.Upontermination,youmustdisposeoftheSoftwareandallcopiesorversionsoftheSoftwarebydestroyingtheSoftware.
8.LIMITEDWARRANTYBeLightSoftwareprovidesathirty(30)daymoney-backguaranteeontheSoftware.If,duringthisperiod,youaredissatisfiedwiththeSoftwareforanyreason,BeLightSoftwarewillrefundyourmoneyifyoureturntheSoftwareandallcopiestotheplaceofpurchasewithinthirty(30)daysofthedateoftheoriginalpurchase.THEFOREGOINGISTHESOLEANDEXCLUSIVEWARRANTYOFFEREDBYBELIGHTSOFTWARE.BELIGHTSOFTWAREDISCLAIMSALLOTHERWARRANTIES,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOTHEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE,WITHREGARDTOTHELICENSEDSOFTWAREANDALLACCOMPANYINGMATERIALS.BELIGHTSOFTWAREANDITSAGENTSDONOTANDCANNOTWARRANTTHEPERFORMANCEORRESULTSYOUMAYOBTAINBYUSINGTHESOFTWARE.
9.LIMITATIONOFLIABILITYINNOEVENTWILLBELIGHTSOFTWAREORITSAGENTSBELIABLETOYOUFORANYDAMAGES,CLAIMSORCOSTSWHATSOEVERORANYCONSEQUENTIAL,INDIRECT,INCIDENTALDAMAGES,ORANYLOSTPROFITSORLOSTSAVINGS.BELIGHTSOFTWARE'SAGGREGATELIABILITYANDTHATOFITSAGENTSUNDERORINCONNECTIONWITHTHISAGREEMENTSHALLBELIMITEDTOTHEAMOUNT
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PAIDFORTHESOFTWARE,IFANY.
10.FEESTheSoftwaremaybeavailableaselectronicdownloadoronaDVD.IfyourdownloadversionoftheSoftwaredoesnotcomewithaLicenseCode,youmayregisteryourcopyoftheSoftwarebypurchasingaLicenseCodeforthedownloadversionat:http://www.belightsoft.com/buy/TheLicenseCodewilldisabletherestrictedprintingfeatureoftheSoftware.BypurchasingtheDVDversionoftheSoftware,yourLicenseCodeisdeliveredtoyoutogetherwiththeDVD.YoumaynotdistributetheLicenseCode.Byclicking"Agree",youacknowledgethatyouhavepaidtheLicensorallapplicablelicensefeesfortheSoftware.
11.SEVERABILITYShouldanytermofthislicensebedeclaredvoidorunenforceablebyanycourtofcompetentjurisdiction,suchdeclarationshallhavenoeffectontheremainingtermshereof.
12.GENERALPROVISIONSThisLicenseAgreementispersonalbetweenYouandBeLightSoftware.ItisnottransferableandanyattemptbyYoutorent,lease,sublicense,assignortransferanyoftherights,dutiesorobligationshereunder.YOUACKNOWLEDGETHATYOUHAVEREADTHISAGREEMENT,UNDERSTANDITANDAGREETOBEBOUNDBYITSTERMSANDCONDITIONS.YOUFURTHERAGREETHATITISTHECOMPLETEANDEXCLUSIVESTATEMENTOFTHEAGREEMENTBETWEENYOUANDBELIGHTSOFTWAREWHICHSUPERSEDESANYPROPOSALORPRIORAGREEMENT,ORALORWRITTEN,ANDANYOTHERCOMMUNICATIONSBETWEENYOUANDBELIGHTSOFTWAREORBELIGHTSOFTWARE'SAGENT(S)RELATINGTOTHELICENSEDSOFTWARE.
IfyouhaveanyquestionsregardingthisAgreementorifyouwishtorequestanyinformationfromBeLightSoftwarepleaseusetheaddressandcontactinformationincludedwiththisproducttocontactBeLightSoftware.
©2003-2017BeLightSoftware,Ltd.AllRightsReserved.BeLightSoftwareandSwiftPublisheraretrademarksofBeLightSoftware,Ltd.Mac,theMaclogo,MacOSX,macOS,iPhoto,Photos,andMacintosharetrademarksofAppleComputer,Inc.Digitalimagecontent©1997-2015HemeraTechnologies,Inc.,©1994-2017GSICO,Inc.PortionsunderlicensefromNovaDevelopmentanditslicensors,including©1997-98SeattleSupportGroup.Allrightsreserved.AveryisthetrademarkofofAveryDennisonCorporation.Theinclusionof"SPARKLE":Copyright(c)2006AndyMatuschak.Allothertrademarks,registeredtrademarks,productand/orbrandnamesarethesolepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.
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SwiftPublisherMainWindow
1–Toolbar.Hereyoucanselectatextordrawingtool.
2–Sourcepanel.Hereyoucanpreviewthecontentofthebuilt-inclipartlibraryandaccessimagesstoredinPhotos.
3–Layouttools.Hereyoucanaddordeletepages,setupthecanvasscaleandmore.
4–Thedesigncanvas.Yourdocumentisdisplayedandeditedhere.
5–Ruler.Itletsyoudeterminetheobject'scoordinatesandsize,aswellastoaddguidelines.
6–Inspector.Itconsistsofseveraltabscontainingthetoolsandpropertiesfordifferentobjects.
TheToolbar
1–Viewoptions.
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1.1–ShoworhidetheSourcepanel.
1.2–Showorhidetherulers.
1.3–Showorhidethegrid.
1.4–Turnthepreviewmodeonoroff.Thisbuttonletsyoushoworhidetheguidelines,margins,andotherauxiliarymarking.
2–Selectiontool.Useittoselectandmoveobjects.Toactivateit,presstheVkey.
3–Texttools.Notethattherearemultipletexttools.Toviewallofthem,clickandholdthemousebutton(orclickonanarrow),thenselectthenecessarytoolinthepopupmenu.
Thetexttoolicontypicallydisplaysthemostrecentlyusedtexttool.Clickoncetoactivatethetexttoolshownintheicon.Ifyouclickonanalreadyselectedtoolasecondtime,thetoolwillbecomeactivatedpermanently.Unliketheregularmode,itwillremainactivatedafteraddingonetextboxsothatyouwillbeabletocontinueaddingmoretextboxes.Todeactivatethetool,clickonanothertool,forinstance,ontheselectiontool.
3.1–Regulartext.Useittoaddtextboxes,includinglinkedtextboxeswheretextflowsfromoneboxtoanother.Toactivateit,presstheTkey.
3.2–Circulartext.Toactivateit,presstheUkey.
3.3–Verticaltext.Toactivateit,presstheYkey.
4–Toolsfordrawingshapes.Notethattherearemultipletoolsfordifferentshapes.Toviewallofthem,clickandholdthemousebutton(orclickonanarrow),thenselectthenecessarytoolinthepopupmenu.
Ifyouclickonanalreadyselectedtoolasecondtime,thetoolwillbecomeactivatedpermanently.Unliketheregularmode,itwillremainactivatedafteraddingoneshapesothatyouwillbeabletocontinueaddingmoreshapesofthesametype.Todeactivatethetool,clickonanothertool,forinstance,ontheselectiontool.
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4.1–Rectangletool.Useittodrawrectanglesandsquares.Toactivateit,presstheRkey.
4.2–Circletool.Useittodrawcirclesandovals.Toactivateit,presstheCkey.
5–Toolsfordrawinglines.Notethattherearemultipletoolsfordifferentlinetypes.Toviewallofthem,clickandholdthemousebutton(orclickonanarrow),thenselectthenecessarytoolinthepopupmenu.
Ifyouclickonanalreadyselectedtoolasecondtime,thetoolwillbecomeactivatedpermanently.Unliketheregularmode,itwillremainactivatedafteraddingonelinesothatyouwillbeabletocontinueaddingmorelinesofthesametype.Todeactivatethetool,clickonanothertool,forinstance,ontheselectiontool.
5.1–Linetool.Useittodrawlines.Toactivateit,presstheLkey.
5.2–Splinetool.Useittodrawcurvedlinesandpolygons.Toactivateit,presstheSkey.
6–Zoomout.
7–Zoomin.
8–Importgraphicsfromdifferentsources.
8.1–OpentheDepositphotosonlineimagestockinabuilt-inbrowser.Thisserviserequiresregistration.
8.2–ImportamapcreatedbyGoogle.
8.3–DesignandimportgraphicsfromArtText.ArtTextisastand-aloneapplication.Itmustbeinstalledandlicensedinordertousethisfeature.
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8.4–Importanimagefromafile.
9–TheoptiontoshareyourdocumentinthePDFformat.
10–Printthecurrentdocument.
11–Selectoredittextstyles.
12–Insertatable.
13–Insertacalendar.
14–Insertabarcode.
16–ShoworhidetheInspector.
TheSourcePanel
1–Built-inclipart.
2–ImportimagesfromyourPhotoslibraryorfromafolderonyourdisk.
3–Built-inSmartShapelibrary.
4–Collectionofheadingdesigns.
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TheInspectorTheInspectorislocatedontherightsideofthemainwindow.Itcontainsasetoftoolsformodifyingobjectanddocumentproperties.Thetoolsaregroupedintoseveraltabs.ToopentheInspector,selectView>ShowInspector(Cmd-Alt-I)inthemenu,orclicktheInspectorbuttoninthetoolbar.
TheDocumentTab
TheDocumenttabletsyousetupthepagesize,widthofmargins,andinputtheauthor'snameanddocumenttitle.PressCmd-1toopenthistab.
Fordetailedinformation,seeDocumentProperties.
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TheGeometryTab
TheGeometrytabletsyouchangetheposition,sizeandrotationangleofobjects.Italsocontainsthealignmenttools.PressCmd-2toopenthistab.
Fordetailedinformation,see:
ChangingtheObjectSizeAligningandDistributingObjectsWorkingwithSmartShapes
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TheAppearanceTab
TheAppearancetabletsyousetuptheobject'sshadow,opacity,andsomeothergraphicalproperties.PressCmd-3toopenthistab.
Fordetailedinformation,see:
FillingObjectswithColorsApplyingtheStrokeSettingsApplyingtheShadowEffectWorkingwithImagesWorkingwithSmartShapes
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TheTextTab
TheTexttabcontainstextformattingtools.PressCmd-4toopenthistab.
Fordetailedinformation,seeWorkingwithText.
LayersandGridPanel
ApanelatthebottomoftheInspectorgivesyoutheaccesstothelistoflayersinyourdocumentandthegridsettingswhicharelocatedinseparatesections.Clickonatabicontoopenaparticularsection.
Youcanmakethepanelbiggerofsmallerbydraggingitstopedge.Toclosethepanel,movethetopedgeallthewaydown.Toopenthepanelagain,dragthetopedgeupwards.Alternatively,youcan
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opentheLayersorGridpanelusingtheView>Inspectormenu.
Fordetailedinformation,see:
ManagingLayersTheGrid
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ThePreferencesDialogThePreferencesdialogcontainssettingsthatareappliedbydefaulteverytimeyouruntheapplication.Youcancontroltheprogrambehaviorbychangingthem.
ToopenthePreferencesdialog,chooseSwiftPublisher5>Preferences…inthemenuorpress"Cmd-,".
TheGeneralTab
ForNewDocumentsletsyouspecifywhattheprogramshoulddouponlaunch,orwhenyouchoosetocreateanewdocument.
ShowTemplateGallery:theprogramwillbringuptheTemplateGallery.Youcanopenandeditoneoftemplates.Shownewdocumentwindow:theprogramwillopentheNewDocumentdialogwhereyoucansetupthepageformat,marginsandotherproperties,andthencreateablankdocument.Createblankdocument:theprogramwillopenablankdocumentwiththedefaultproperties.Tomodifythedefaultproperties,clicktheCustomizebutton.ItwillopentheNewDocumentdialog.
DefaultFormatforTemplatesletsyouchoosewhethertoopendesignsfromtheTemplateGalleryintheUSorMetricpageformat.
AutosaveDocumentsdefineshowfrequentlytheprogramshouldautomaticallysaveacopyofyourdocument.Thisbackupcopyislocatedinthesamefolderwherethedocumentis.Whenyouchangetheautosavinginterval,itgoesintoeffectafterthepreviouslysetintervalisup.Toapplythenewintervalimmediately,restarttheprogram.
MeasurementUnitsdefinesunitsforallsizeandpositioningcontrolsintheprogram.Thisoptionsetsupthedefaultmeasurementunitsfornewdocuments.UsetheInspectortochangethemeasurementunitsinanopendocument.
Checkforupdatesdailyspecifieswhethertheprogramshouldautomaticallycheckforupdates.Tocheckforupdatesmanually,chooseSwiftPublisher5>CheckforUpdates…ThisoptionisnotavailableintheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore.
TheResettoDefaults…buttonreturnsthesettingsinthePreferencesdialogtotheirdefaultstate.
Toresettheprogramwhenitwon'topen,orifyouneedtobringittothejustinstalledstate,launchtheprogramholdingdowntheAltkey.
TheDesignTab
TheSmartGuidesoptionsspecifyhowtoalignobjectswhenyoumoveorresizethemusingthemouse.Whenanyoftheoptionsisactivated,thecursorwillsnaptootherobjects,guidelines,pagemarginsorpageedges.YoucanalsotemporarilydisableobjectsnappingbyholdingtheCmdkeywhileyouaremovingorresizinganobject.
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ColorofGuidesdefinesthecoloroflockedandunlockedguidelines.
DefaultZoomletsyousetupthedefaultdocumentscalefornewdocuments.
DefaultFontletsyouspecifythefontusedfornewtextboxes.
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MenusSwiftPublisherFileEditInsertViewFormatArrangeWindowHelp
The"SwiftPublisher"Menu
AboutSwiftPublisher5 Displaythedialogwithinformationabouttheprogram.
License… Provideaccesstothelicensinginformation.(NotavailableintheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore.)
CheckforUpdates… CheckforthelatestupdatesontheInternet.(NotavailableintheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore.)
Preferences…(Cmd-",") Bringuptheprogrampreferencesdialog.
BuyAdditionalClipart… Buymoreimages.
RestorePurchases… Downloadalreadypurchasedadditionalclipart.(AvailableonlyintheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore.)
Quit(Cmd-Q) Exittheapplication.
The"File"Menu
New(Cmd-N)Createanewdocument.DependingonthesettingsinthePreferences,theprogramopensablankdocumentortheTemplateGallery.
Open…(Cmd-O) Openanexistingdocument.
OpenRecent> Openthelistofdocumentsyoulastworkedwith.
Close(Cmd-W) Closetheopendocumentwindow.
Save(Cmd-S) Savethecurrentdocument.
Duplicate Openacopyofthecurrentdocumentinanewwindow.
Rename… Renamethecurrentdocument.
MoveTo… Movethecurrentdocumenttootherlocation.
SaveasTemplate… Savetheopendocumentasatemplate.
Export…(Cmd-Alt-E) Savetheopendocumentasagraphicfile.
RevertTo… Cancelallthechangesinthecurrentdocumentthatweremadeafterthelastsave.
Page>Add Addonepagetothedocumentend.Ifadocumentisinthepage
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Page>Add spreadmode,thecommandaddsapagespread.
Page>Insert Addonepageafterthecurrentpage.Ifadocumentisinthepagespreadmode,thecommandinsertsapagespread.
Page>Remove Deletethecurrentpage.Ifadocumentisinthepagespreadmode,thecommanddeletesapagespread.
Page>Duplicate Createacopyofthecurrentpage.Ifadocumentisinthepagespreadmode,thecommandduplicatesapagespread.
Page>FirstPage(Home) Gotothefirstpage.
Page>PreviousPage(PageUp) Gotothepreviouspage.
Page>NextPage(PageDown) Gotothenextpage.
Page>LastPage(End) Gotothelastpage.
Page>PreviousSpread Gotothepreviouspagespread.Thisoptionisavailablefordocumentsinthepagespreadmode.
Page>NextSpread Gotothenextpagespread.Thisoptionisavailablefordocumentsinthepagespreadmode.
Print…(Cmd-P) BringupthePrintdialog.
The"Edit"Menu
Undo(Cmd-Z) Reversethelastoperationyouperformed.
Redo(Cmd-Shift-Z) ReversethelastUndooperation.
Cut(Cmd-X) RemovetheselectedobjectsortextandplacetheselectionontotheClipboard.
Copy(Cmd-C) CopytheselectedobjectsortextontotheClipboard.
Paste(Cmd-V) PastethecontentoftheClipboardintothedocument.
PasteandMatchStyle(Cmd-Shift-Alt-V)
PastetextfromtheClipboardintoatextbox.Theinsertedtexttakesonthestyleusedfortheexistingtextinthebox(orthedefaultstyleiftheboxisempty).
Duplicate(Cmd-D) Duplicatetheselectedobjects.
Delete(Del) Removetheselectedobjects.
EditHeading Editaheading.
EditinArtText OpentheselectedArtTextobjectintheArtTextapplication.(YouneedtoinstallArtTexttomakethiscommandavailable.)
SelectAll(Cmd-A) Selectallobjectsonthecurrentlayerofthecurrentpage.
Find>Find…(Cmd-F) OpentheFinddialogbox.
Find>FindNext(Cmd-G) FindthenextoccurrenceofthewordorphraseenteredintotheFinddialogbox.
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Find>Previous(Cmd-Shift-G)
FindthepreviousoccurrenceofthewordorphraseenteredintotheFinddialogbox.
Find>UseSelectionforFind(Cmd-E)
Findthenextoccurrenceofawordorphrasethatyouhaveselectedinthetextbox.
Find>JumptoSelection(Cmd-J) Showtheselectedobject(s)inthedocumentview.
SpellingandGrammar>ShowSpellingandGrammar(Cmd-":")
OpentheSpellingdialog.
SpellingandGrammar>CheckDocumentNow(Cmd-";")
Checkspelling.
SpellingandGrammar>CheckSpellingWhileTyping Checkspellingwhileyoutype.
Substitutions Automaticallyreplacetextorsymbols.
Transformations Converttheselectedtexttouppercaseorlowercase,orcapitalizeit.
StartDictation…(fnfn) Dictateyourtext.
Emoji&Symbols(Cmd-Ctrl-Space) OpentheCharacterspanel.
The"Insert"Menu
Image>FromFile… Insertanimagefromafile.
Image>GenerateRandom… Insertanimagegeneratedatrandom.
Image>SearchontheInternet… SearchimagesontheInternet.
Image>Depositphotos… OpentheDepositphotosonlineimagestockinabuilt-inbrowser.
SmartShape> OpenthelistofSmartShapes.
Text>TextBox Addatextbox.
Text>VerticalTextBox Addatextboxforverticaltext.
Text>CircularText Addcirculartext.
Text>LinkedTextBoxonNextPage(Cmd-Alt-L)
Insertalinkedtextboxonthenextpage.Thelocationandsizeofthenewtextboxisthesameasthecurrentbox.Ifnecessary,anewpageisaddedtothedocument.
Table Addatable.
Calendar Addacalendar.
Map… InsertamapfromGoogleMaps.ThisfeaturerequirestheInternetconnection.
Barcode> Openthelistofbarcodes.
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AddressField> OpenthelistofcontactdetailstoimportthemfromContacts.
FileData Addadatafieldthatdynamicallyimportsinformationfromaspecifiedfileatmergeprinting.
Counter Addadatafieldthatdynamicallyincreasesordecreasesitsvalueatmergeprinting.
PageNumber Insertthepagenumber.
DateandTime Insertthecurrentdateandtime.
VerticalGuide Insertaverticalguideline.
HorizontalGuide Insertahorizontalguideline.
LayoutGuides… Openatoolthatallowsyouaddagridofguidelines.
The"View"Menu
Zoom>ZoomIn(Cmd-Ctrl-"+") Enlargethecurrentview.
Zoom>ZoomOut(Cmd-Ctrl-"-") Zoomoutthecurrentview.
Zoom>ActualSize(Cmd-0) Displaythedocumentatitsactualsize(100%).
Zoom>FitWidth Scalethedocumentsoitswidthfitsthewindowwidth.
Zoom>FitHeight Scalethedocumentsoitsheightfitsthewindowheight.
Zoom>FitPage Scalethedocumentsothatthecurrentpagefitsinthewindow.
ContentPages Displayregularpagesonthecanvas.
MasterPages Displaymasterpagesonthecanvas.
RotateView90°Left Rotatethepage90degreescounterclockwise.
RotateView90°Right Rotatethepage90degreesclockwise.
ClearRotation Cancelpagerotation.
Show/HideLayersaboveActive
Makeallobjectsonthelayersabovethecurrentonevisibleorinvisible.
Show/HideSourcePanel(Cmd-Alt-S) ShoworhidetheSourcepanel.
Show/HideInspector(Cmd-Alt-I) ShoworhidetheInspectorpanel.
Inspector>Document(Cmd-1) OpentheDocumenttaboftheInspector.
Inspector>Geometry(Cmd-2) OpentheGeometrytaboftheInspector.
Inspector>Appearance
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(Cmd-3) OpentheAppearancetaboftheInspector.
Inspector>Text(Cmd-4) OpentheTexttaboftheInspector.
Inspector>Layers(Cmd-5) Openthelistoflayers.
Inspector>Grid(Cmd-6) Openthegridsettings.
Show/HideGrid(Cmd-Alt-\) Showorhidethegrid.
Show/HideRulers(Cmd-R) Showorhidetherulers.
Enable/DisablePreviewMode(Cmd-\) Showorhidetheguidelines,marginsandotherunprintableobjects.
Show/HidePagesPreview(Cmd-Alt-P) ShoworhidethePagespanel.
Show/HideToolbar(Cmd-Alt-T) Showorhidethetoolbar.
CustomizeToolbar… OpentheCustomizeToolbardialog.
The"Format"Menu
Show/HideFonts(Cmd-T) ShoworhidethetheFontpane.
Show/HideColors(Cmd-Shift-C) ShoworhidetheColorspane.
Font>Bold(Cmd-B)Font>Italic(Cmd-I)Font>Underline(Cmd-U)Font>Outline(Cmd-Shift-O)
Modifythepropertiesoftheselectedtext.
Font>Bigger(Cmd-"+")Font>Smaller(Cmd-"-") Increase/decreasethesizeoftheselectedtext.
Font>KernFont>LigatureFont>Baseline
Modifythepropertiesoftheselectedtext.
Text>AlignLeft(Cmd-{)Text>Center(Cmd-|)Text>AlignRight(Cmd-})Text>Justify
Aligntexttotheleft,right,centerorjustifyit.
Text>AllowHyphenation Allowhyphenation.
Text>ToggleWritingDirection Togglethewritingdirection.
Image>Edit… OpentheEditImagedialog.
Image>Crop(Cmd-K) Croptheselectedimage.
Image>OriginalSize Displaytheimageatitsoriginalsize.
Image>Tile Createatiledimage.
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Table>AddRowAbove Addarowabovethecurrentone.
Table>AddRowBelow Addarowbelowthecurrentone.
Table>AddColumnBefore Addacolumntotheleftfromthecurrentone.
Table>AddColumnAfter Addacolumntotherightfromthecurrentone.
Table>SplitintoRows Splittheselectedcellintotworows.
Table>SplitintoColumns Splittheselectedcellintotwocolumns.
Table>DeleteRow Deletetheselectedrow.
Table>DeleteColumn Deletetheselectedcolumn.
Table>ClearCells Removethecontentoftheselectedcells.
Table>MergeCells Mergetheselectedcells.
Table>EditTable… Openthedialogtochangethenumberofrowsorcolumns.
TextBox>ConvertTexttoImage Turnaselectedtextintoanimage.
TextBox>UnlinkTextBox Unlinkaselectedtextbox.
Calendar>EditCalendar… Openthedialogboxthatallowsyoutochangethepropertiesoftheselectedcalendar.
EditTextStyles… Openthedialogboxthatallowsyoutochangethepropertiesoftextstyles.
CreateTextStylefromSelection… Createanewtextstyleusingthepropertiesoftheselectedtext.
The"Arrange"Menu
BringForward(Cmd-Alt-F)BringtoFront(Cmd-Shift-F)SendBackward(Cmd-Alt-B)SendtoBack(Cmd-Shift-B)
Movetheselectedobjectsinfrontoforbehindotherobjects.
Layers>AddLayer Addanewlayerinfrontofthecurrent.
Layers>RemoveLayer Deletethecurrentlayer.
Layers>SwitchtoUpperLayer(Cmd-]) Activatetheupperlayer.
Layers>SwitchtoLowerLayer(Cmd-[) Activatethelowerlayer.
Layers>Visible Makethecurrentlayervisibleorinvisible.
Layers>Printable Makethecurrentlayerprintableorunprintable.
MoveSelectiontoLayer>… Movetheselectedobject(s)tothespecifiedlayer.
FlipHorizontally Fliptheselectedimagehorizontally.
FlipVertically Fliptheselectedimagevertically.
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Rotate90°Left Rotatetheselectedobject90degreescounterclockwise.
Rotate90°Right Rotatetheselectedobject90degreesclockwise.
Align>LeftEdges Aligntheleftedgesoftheselectedobjects.
Align>RightEdges Aligntherightedgesoftheselectedobjects.
Align>TopEdges Alignthetopedgesoftheselectedobjects.
Align>BottomEdges Alignthebottomedgesoftheselectedobjects.
Align>VerticalCenters Alignthecentersoftheselectedobjectsvertically.
Align>HorizontalCenters Alignthecentersoftheselectedobjectshorizontally.
Distribute>SpacingHorizontally Createequalhorizontalspacingbetweenselectedobjects.
Distribute>SpacingVertically Createequalverticalspacingbetweenselectedobjects.
Distribute>CentersHorizontally
Createequalhorizontalspacingbetweenthecentersofselectedobjects.
Distribute>CentersVertically Createequalverticalspacingbetweenthecentersofselectedobjects.
CenterVertically(Cmd-Shift-V) Moveselectedobjectstothepagecentervertically.
CenterHorizontally(Cmd-Shift-H) Moveselectedobjectstothepagecenterhorizontally.
Group(Alt-Cmd-G) Grouptheselectedobjects.
Ungroup(Alt-Shift-Cmd-G) Ungrouptheselectedobjects.
Lock/UnlockGuides Lockorunlockallguidelines.
DeleteAllGuides Deleteallguidelines.
The"Window"Menu
Minimize(Cmd-M) Minimizethecurrentlyactivewindow.
Zoom Zoomthecurrentwindow.
BringAlltoFront Moveallapplicationwindowsinfrontofthewindowsofotheractiveapplications.
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The"Help"Menu
SwiftPublisher5Help OpenHelpdocumentationdeliveredwiththeapplication.
BeLightSoftwareWebsite ThewebsiteoftheSwiftPublisherdeveloper.
UsefulOnlineResources UsefulresourcesonBeLightSoftwareWebSiterelatedtoSwiftPublisher.
OnlineRegistration… Sendyourregistrationinformationtothedeveloper.(NotavailableintheapplicationpurchasedontheMacAppStore.)
SendFeedback… Letsyousendfeedbacktothedevelopersbye-mail.
VideoTutorials Viewonlinevideotutorialsfrominsidetheprogram.
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KeyboardShortcuts
WorkingwithDocuments
Cmd-N Createanewdocument.
Cmd-O Openanexistingdocument.
Cmd-W Closetheactivedocument.
Cmd-S Savethecurrentdocument.
Cmd-Shift-S Savetheactivedocumentwithanewfilename.
Cmd-Alt-E Savetheopendocumentasagraphicfile.
Cmd-Q Exittheapplication.
Cmd-P Printthecurrentdocument.
WorkingwithObjects
Cmd-Z Undothelastoperation.
Cmd-Shift-Z Redothelastoperation.
Cmd-X CuttheselectedobjectstotheClipboard.
Cmd-C CopytheselectedobjectstotheClipboard.
Cmd-V PastethecontentfromtheClipboardintothedocument.
Cmd-Alt-Shift-VPastetextfromtheClipboardintothetextbox.Theinsertedtexttakesonthestyleusedfortheexistingtextinthebox(orthedefaultstyleiftheboxisempty).
Cmd-D Duplicatetheselectedobjects.
Del Deletetheselectedobjects.
Cmd-A Selectallobjectsintheactivelayeronthecurrentpage.
Cmd-Alt-F BringForward.
Cmd-Shift-F BringtoFront.
Cmd-Alt-B SendBackward.
Cmd-Shift-B SendtoBack.
Cmd-Shift-H Moveselectedobjectstothepagecenterhorizontally.
Cmd-Shift-V Moveselectedobjectstothepagecentervertically.
Cmd-K Croptheselectedimage.
Arrow Movetheselectedobjects.
Shift-Arrow Movetheselectedobjects(increasedshift).
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Cmd-Alt-[LeftArrow] Turntheselectedobjectcounterclockwisein1degreeincrements.
Cmd-Alt-[RightArrow] Turntheselectedobjectclockwisein1degreeincrements.
Cmd-Alt-Shift-[LeftArrow] Turntheselectedobjectcounterclockwisein5degreeincrements.
Cmd-Alt-Shift-[RightArrow] Turntheselectedobjectclockwisein5degreeincrements.
Cmd-Alt-G Grouptheselectedobjects.
Cmd-Alt-Shift-G Ungrouptheselectedobjects.
Alt-Shift-click Addanewanchorpointtoacurve.
WorkingwithPages
Home Gotothefirstpage.
PageUp Gotothepreviouspage.
PageDown Gotothenextpage.
End Gotothelastpage.
WorkingwithLayers
Cmd-] Activatethelayerabovethecurrentone.
Cmd-[ Activatethelayerbelowthecurrentone.
WorkingwithWindowsandDialogs
Cmd-Ctrl-"+" ZoomIn.
Cmd-Ctrl-"-" ZoomOut.
Cmd-0 Displaythedocumentatitsactualsize(100%).
Cmd-M Minimizetheactivewindow.
Cmd-W Closetheactivedocumentwindow.
Cmd-"," BringuptheapplicationPreferencesdialog.
Cmd-Shift-C DisplayorhidetheColorspane.
Cmd-T DisplayorhidetheFontspane.
Cmd-R Showorhidetherulers.
Cmd-\ Switchthepreviewmodeonoroff.
Cmd-1 OpentheDocumenttaboftheInspector.
Cmd-2 OpentheGeometrytaboftheInspector.
Cmd-3 OpentheAppearancetaboftheInspector.
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Cmd-4 OpentheTexttaboftheInspector.
Cmd-Alt-T Showorhidethetoolbar.
Cmd-Ctrl-F Activateordeactivatethefullscreenmode.
Cmd-Alt-S ShoworhidetheSourcepanel.
Cmd-Alt-I ShoworhidetheInspectorpanel.
Cmd-Alt-P ShoworhidethePagespanel.
WorkingwithText
Cmd-B MaketextBold.
Cmd-I MaketextItalic.
Cmd-U Underlinetext.
Cmd-Shift-O Outlinetext.
Cmd-"+" Increasefontsize.
Cmd-"-" Decreasefontsize.
Cmd-{ Alignleft.
Cmd-} Alignright.
Cmd-| Centertext.
Cmd-Return Exitthetexteditingmode.
Cmd-":" OpentheSpellingdialog.
Cmd-";" Checkspelling.
Cmd-Alt-L Insertalinkedtextboxonthenextpage.
WorkingwiththeMouse
HolddownShiftwhenworkingwithhandles Invertproportionalresizetounproportionalandviceversa.
Cmd-Mouse Toggleobjectsnappingon/off.
Alt-Mouse Duplicateobjects.
Shift-click Select/deselectobjectwithoutchangingotherobjects'properties.
Ctrl-clickorright-clickonanobject Bringupthecontextmenu(pop-upmenu)fortheobject.
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Search
Cmd-F OpentheFinddialogbox.
Cmd-G FindthenextoccurrenceofthewordorphraseenteredintotheFinddialogbox.
Cmd-Shift-G FindthepreviousoccurrenceofthewordorphraseenteredintotheFinddialogbox.
Cmd-E Findthenextoccurrenceofawordorphrasethatyouhaveselectedinthetextbox.
Cmd-J Showtheselectedobject(s)inthedocumentview.
UsingTrackpadGesturesonSupportedComputers
Pinchopen/close Zoominorzoomout.
Two-fingerscroll Scrollverticallyorhorizontally.
ActivatingTools
V SelectionTool
T TextBoxTool
Y VerticalTextTool
U CircularTextTool
R RectangleTool
C CircleTool
L LineTool
S SplineTool
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CreatingaNewDocumentThereareseveralwaystocreateanewdocument.IftheTemplateGalleryisopen,selectoneofthetemplatesandclicktheNewBlankbutton.
IftheTemplateGalleryisnotopen,choosetheFile>New(Cmd-N)inthemenu.DependingontheForNewDocumentssettingsinthePreferencesdialog,theprogramwillopeneithertheTemplateGallery,theNewDocumentdialogoranewdocument.
TheNewDocumentDialog
TheNewDocumentdialogletsyoureviewandchangethemaindocumentsettings.
Thepagesizeandorientationaswellasthemarginsettingsapplytoallpagesofanewdocument.YouwillbeabletochangethesesettingsatanytimelaterusingtheInspector.HoweveryoushouldbecarefulwhenyousetupthePageSpreadModeoption.ThepagespreadorsinglepagemodecanbeselectedonlyintheNewDocumentdialogbeforeanewdocumentiscreated,anditcannotbechangedlater.
ThePageSpreadModeoptionletsyouchooseoneofthedocumentlayouts.Thecanvascanshoweitheronepageatatimeorapagespread.
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OpeninganExistingDocumentToopenanexistingdocument,chooseoneofthefollowingmethods:
Ifthemainwindowisactive,choosetheFile>Open...inthemenu(Cmd-O).OrclickonyourdocumentnameintheFile>OpenRecentmenu.Lastly,youcandouble-clickonthedocumenticonintheFinder.
Note:IfyouhaveforgottenthenameofyourSwiftPublisherdocumentandthedocumentisnotlistedintheFile>OpenRecentmenu,trytofinditintheFinderbysearchingthefileextension"spub".
UsingiCloud
IfyouhaveanaccountatiCloud,youcanopenyourdocumentsfromyouriCloudstorage.TheiCloudoptionislocatedintheOpenFiledialog.OnlytheAppStoreeditionoftheprogramsupportsiCloud.
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SavingaDocumentTosaveadocument,chooseFile>Save...Ifyouaresavinganewdocument,theprogramwillaskyoutospecifyanameforitandasavedestination.
Theoperatingsystemautomaticallysavesversionsofmodifieddocuments.Duetothisfeature,youdon'tneedtosavedocumentsduringyourwork.Sincetheautosavefeaturehaslimitations,itisrecommendedthatyouperiodicallysaveyourdocumentmanually.
Tocreateacopyofthecurrentversionofanopendocument,chooseFile>Duplicate.Thiscommanddoesn'tcreateanewfileimmediately.Youhavetosavetheduplicatemanually.
CreatingTemplates
Youcansaveadocumentasatemplatesothatitcanbeusedlaterasabasisfornewdocuments.Todothis,chooseFile>SaveAsTemplate...Formoreinformation,seeUsingTemplates.
AutoSaving
IntheprogramPreferences,youcanchoosehowoftentheprogramautomaticallysavesacopyofyourdocument.Thisfunctionisusefulforavoidingdatalossincaseofapowershortageorsoftwareproblems.
UsingiCloud
IfyouhaveanaccountatiCloud,youcansaveyourdocumentstoyouriCloudstorage.TheiCloudoptionislocatedintheSaveandSaveAsdialogs.ThisfeatureisavailableonlyiftheprogramwasdownloadedfromAppStore.
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UsingTemplatesSwiftPublishercomeswithacollectionoftemplates.Theyarecompletedesignsgroupedintocategories(Brochures,Flyers,etc.).Toaccesstemplates,opentheTemplateGallerybychoosingFile>New…Ifthiscommandopensablankdocument,thenyouneedtochangetheprogramsettings.InthePreferencesdialog,setForNewDocumentstoShowTemplateGallery.
Apartfromtemplatescontainingready-madegraphicdesigns,thereareblanktemplates.Thesetemplatespresentdifferenttypesofpagelayouts.
Youmayalsocreatetemplatesofyourownandusethemasthebasisforfuturedocuments.Tosaveyourdocumentasatemplate,chooseFile>SaveasTemplate…inthemenu.TheprogramsavestemplatesintheMyTemplatesfolder.Toaccessthecontentofthisfolder,selecttheMyTemplatescategoryoftheTemplateGallery.
Todeleteacustomtemplateorchangethefilename,selecttheMyTemplatescategoryandclickonthearrowiconintheselectionbar.
Whenyousaveadocumentcreatedfromastandardorcustomtemplate,themodificationswillnotaffecttheoriginalfile.Thatis,thetemplateitselfremainsuntouched.
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DocumentPropertiesMostofthedocumentpropertiesarelocatedintheDocumenttaboftheInspector.
ThePageSizecontrolsletyouspecifythesizeofthepagesinyourdocument.
Orientationletsyouchooseportraitorlandscapepageorientation.Thiscontroldoesn'trotatethepagecontent.
Simulatepapercolorchangesthepapercoloronthecanvastodisplayhowyourdocumentmaylookafterprintingoncoloredpaper.Theselectedcolorwillnotbeprintedorexported.
TheDocumentMarginscontrolsletyouspecifytheworkareaonthepage,displayedbyaframearoundtheedges.Themarginsizesarethesameforallpagesinthedocument,unlessyouareusingmasterpages.Fordetails,seeGuideLinesandMarginGuide.
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ByfillinginthefieldsintheInfosection,youcanprovidecertaindetailsthatwillbesavedinsidethedocument.
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CreatingBooklets
PlanningaBooklet
Bookletcreationdoesnotdifferfromcreatingordinarymulti-pagedocuments,butsomedetailsshouldbethoughtoutaheadoftime.
PaperSize
Youshouldthinkofthepaperformatyouwillprinton.Mostusersarelikelytoprintonadesktopprinter.Theysupportcertainpaperformatsfromwhichyoushouldchoose.Accordingtotheselectedpapersize,calculateyourdocumentpagesize(typicallyonehalfofthepapersize).Findadetailedexplanationbelow.
LeftandRightPages
Pagesthatfaceeachothershouldhaveamirroreddesignsinceoftentheinnerandoutermarginsdifferandthepagenumberisontheouteredge.
Theprogramdoesnotdothisautomatically,soiftheleftandrightpagesinyourbookletneedtohavedifferent(mirrored)layouts,useseparateleftandrightmasterpages.
PageandPaperSize
Beforestartingyourworkonabooklet,youneedtobeawareofthedifferencebetweenpagesizeandpapersize.
SwiftPublishercancreatetwo-foldbooklets.Twopagesofyourdocumentwillbeprintedononesideofapapersheet.Thepapersizeistwotimesaslargeasthepagesize.
Documentpage
Horizontalpagearrangement
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Verticalpagearrangement
Hereareacoupleofexamples.IfyouselecttheHalfLetterformatintheDocumenttaboftheInspector,youshouldsetLetterinthePrintdialog.IfyouspecifyA5intheInspector,chooseA4inthePrintdialog.
Youcanprintonpaperthatdiffersfromthedoubledpageformat.Inthiscase,selecttheScaletofitpapersizecheckboxinthePrintdialog.
Whenyouprint,don'tforgetto:
SetthepagesizeintheInspector.SetpapersizeinthePrintdialog.YoumayneedtoactivateScaletofitpapersize.SelecttheFormatasbookletcheckbox.ChoosetheVerticalorHorizontalorientation.Findoutifyourprintersupportsduplexprinting(printingonbothpapersidesautomatically).Ifnot,selectwhichsidetoprintinthesystemPrintdialogandthenflipthepapersheetsmanuallytoprintthesecondside.
WhenyouexporttothePDFformat,don'tforgetto:
SetthepagesizeintheInspector.SelecttheFormatasbookletcheckbox.ChooseVerticalorHorizontalorientation.
Imposition
TheapplicationdoesimpositionautomaticallyonceyouactivatetheFormatasbookletoption.
Theimpositionfeaturereordersthepagessothatafterprintingandfoldingpapersheets,youhavethecorrectpageorder.Inatwo-foldlayout,fourpagescanbeplacedononesheet:twoononesideandtwoonanother.
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Regularpageorder
Originaldocument
Pageorderatprintingwithimposition
BookletsheetsFaceside
BookletsheetsBackside
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PrintingToprintwiththedefaultsettings,selectFile>Print(Cmd-P),andthenclickthePrintbutton.
Toprintwithextendedoptions:
1. SelectFile>Print(Cmd-P)toopenthePrintdialog.Itistypicallydisplayedinthedefaultsimplemode.
ClicktheShowDetailsbuttontoopentheadvancedprintsettings.
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SwiftPublisherhasitsownprintingoptions(2).Theyaredisplayedbydefault.
2. Setupthegeneralsettings(1).Payattentionto:•Presets(typically,DefaultSettingsisselectedhere)•PaperSize
3. IntheSwiftPublishersection:•SelectScaletofitpapersize(3)ifthePaperSizeinthePrintdialogdiffersfromthePageSizeintheDocumenttaboftheInspector.Normally,thisoptionisdeactivated.•Toprintabooklet,selecttheFormatasbooklet(5)checkbox.Choosethepageorientation(6)ofthebooklet.•Ifyouwanttousethemergeprintingfeaturetoprintcontactinformation,clickthePrintList(7)buttonandselectthecorrespondingcontacts.•SetuptheQuantityparameterifyourdocumentcontainsdynamicfieldssuchasCounterorFileData.
4. Verifytheotherprintsettingsprovidedbytheoperatingsystemandprinterdriver.Toaccessthesesettings,choosethecorrespondingcategoriesinthedrop-downmenu(2).
Ifyouwanttoprintontwopapersidesusingaduplexprinter,opentheLayoutsection(2)andsettheTwo-SidedoptiontoeitherLong-EdgeBindingorShort-EdgeBinding.Onanon-duplexprinter,openthePaperHandlingsection(2).ThensetPagestoPrinttoOddPagesorEvenPages,printonesideofallpages,flippaper,andprintthesecondsidewiththeotheroptionselected.
5. Makesurethatthepreviewdisplaysyourdocumentcorrectly.
6. ClickthePrintbutton.
TheCopiesandQuantitysettingsproducethesameresultwhenyourdocumentdoesn'tcontaindynamicfieldsandbarcodeswithdynamicvalues.Thatis,QuantitydefinesthenumberofcopiestobeprintedasCopiesdoes.ThesituationchangesifyouaddaCounterorFileDatatextfield,orabarcodewhosedataisimportedfromafileorgeneratedbyacounter.Inthiscase,Copiesstilldefines
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howmanyexactcopiestoprint,whileQuantityisthenumberofversionsofthedocumentwherethedynamicfieldsandbarcodeshaveanewvalueineachversion.
MergePrinting
IfyouaddedoneorseveralAddressFieldstoyourdocument,youcanselectoneormultiplecontactswhoseinformationshouldbeinsertedintothosefields.Todothis,clickonthePrintListbutton.TheprogramcanimportcontactinformationfromAppleContacts.
Selectingonemorepersonmakestheprogramtoprintonemorecopyofyourdocument(e.gonemorecopyofthewholebooklet).ThenumberofselectedpersonsisindicatedbelowthePrintListbutton.Tocalculatethetotalnumberofcopies,multiplythenumberofselectedcontactsbytheQuantity.
Tomakesurethatautomaticallyinserteddatafitthegivenspace,inthePrintdialog,clickonthePDFbuttonandselectOpenPDFinPreview.
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ExportingDocumentsareusuallyexportedtoagraphicformattoviewthemonanothercomputerortosendtoaprintshop.
Toexportyourdocument:
1. SelecttheFile>Export…inthemenu.
2. Typeinafilenameandchoosewheretosaveyourfile.
3. ChooseagraphicfiletypeintheFormatdrop-downlist.Thedifferencebetweenfileformatsisdescribedbelow.
4. ClickOptions…totweakadditionalsettings.
5. ClickSave.
Note:YouwillnotbeabletoeditobjectsinadocumentsavedtoagraphicformatsuchasTIFF,JPEG,orothers.
Note:Therearetwowaystocreateashadoweffectfortext.OneisbyusingtheshadowsinthesystemFontspane.TheotherisbyusingtheshadowcontrolslocatedintheAppearancetaboftheInspector.Whenexportingtoagraphicfile,werecommendthatyouusethesecondway.Ifshadowsintheexportedimagedisplayincorrectly,trytouseanalternativetoolforshadows.
ToexporttothePDFformat,youcanalsousethesystemPrintdialog.ClickthePDFbuttonandchooseSaveAsPDFinthepop-upmenu.
ExportOptions
ClicktheOptions...buttonintheExportdialogtoaccessthesesettings.
PDFformat:
Bleedsandcutmarks.ImageQuality.TheprogramcanchangetheresolutionofrasterimageswhencreatingaPDFfile.ThiswayyoucancontrolthesizeoftheresultingPDF.Forhighqualityprinting,selectOriginalorBest.TocreateasmallerPDFforsendingbye-mailorpublishingontheWeb,chooseLoworScreen.NotethatalloptionshereexceptforOriginalconvertimagestotheRGBcolorpalette.QuartzFiltersletyouapplysomegraphiceffecttoallimagesinthePDF.Converttexttocurvesturnsalltexttoavectorimage.Settingthisoptionmayhelpyouavoidproblemswithfonts,ormaybeneededwhenyousendyourPDFtoaprintshop.Pages.Thisoptionletsyousetoneorseveralpagestobeexported.Formatasbookletmakesthecorrectpageorderforatwo-folddocument.PDFWorkflow.HereyoucanchooseastandardorcustomworkflowinordertoperformsomeactionsonthecreatedPDF.
TIFFformat:
Bleedsandcutmarks.Resolution.LZWcompression.CompressestheTIFFimagetoreducethefilesize.ColorModel.YoucanchoosetosavetheimagewithRGBorCMYKcolors.
JPEGformat:
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Bleedsandcutmarks.Resolution.Quality(compressionrate).ColorModel.YoucanchoosetosavetheimagewithRGBorCMYKcolors.
PNGformat:
Bleedsandcutmarks.Resolution.TransparentBackground.Youcanchoosetosavetheimagewithorwithouttransparency(alphachannel).
EPSformat:
Bleedsandcutmarks.Converttexttocurvesturnsalltexttoavectorimage.Settingthisoptionmayhelpyouavoidproblemswithfonts,ormaybeneededwhenyousendyourEPStoaprintshop.
Attention:ActivatingConverttexttocurvescansignificantlyincreasethesizeoftheresultingfile.
Bleedsareanadditionalareaalongyourpageedges.Byaddingbleedsyouenlargethepagesize.Bleedsareusedforprintingbeyondthedocumentborderstolargerpiecesofpaperthatarethentrimmed.Tolearnmoreaboutbleedsandwhythisisdone,checkouttheBleedssection.
ChoosingaGraphicFormattoExport
Ifyouarenotsurewhichformattouse,contacttheprintshoportheplacewhereyouaregoingtouseyourdocument.
TheTIFFformatgivesahigherimagequalitycomparedtoJPEG.ThedisadvantagetoTIFFisthatittakeslongertoexportyourdocument,andTIFFfilescanbelargeratthesameresolution.
JPEGcanbeusedforpictures,butnotalwaysfortext,tablesandgraphicswiththinlines.UseJPEGwhenyouwanttomakealower-qualitypreviewofyourdocument,senditbye-mail,orplaceitonawebsite.
Inmostcases,thePDFformatisthebest.PDFfilesaresmallenoughduetoefficientcompression.Thisformatisoptimalfordocumentscombiningtextandgraphics.PDFfilescancontaindatainavectorformat.UnlikeTIFFandJPEG,aPDFfilecancontainamulti-pagedocument.
ExportingtoPDFandEPSwithCMYKColors
Unliketheothersupportedformats,PDFandEPSdon'tofferanoptiontoselectthecolormodel.TheprogramretainstheoriginalcolorsofobjectswhenitcreatesaPDForEPSfile.Thismeansthatyouneedtothinkaboutthecolormodelfromthebeginningofyourworkonanewdocument.
APDFfileisconsideredtobeintheCMYKcolorspaceifallobjectsinitareCMYK.IfyouuseRGBandCMYKobjectsinthesamedocumenttogether,graphicsoftwarewouldrecognizetheexportedfileasRGB.
ApurelyCMYKmusthaveallobjectcolorpropertiesselectedusingtheCMYKSlidersinthestandardColorspane.Forexample,atextobjectshouldhaveCMYKcolorsselectedforthetextitself,textboxframeandtextboxbackground.
ToopenCMYKSliders,bringuptheColorspane(Cmd-Shift-C),opentheColorSliderstab,andselectCMYKSlidersfromthepopupmenu.
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Tofindoutthecolormodelofanimage,openitinthePreviewapplication.BringuptheInfopane(Cmd-I).TheGeneraltabinitdisplaysthecolormodel.
AlsorememberthatsomegraphiccontentcreatedormodifiedintheprogramisalwaysRGB:
Shadows.ImagesmodifiedusingtheembeddedImageEditor.Imagescreatedusingtheimagegenerator.ImagescreatedusingtheArtTextplugin.Embeddedclipart.
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BleedsCommercialprintersusepaperthatislargerthanthefinalpagesizesothattheycanprintoverovertheedgesandthentrimthem.Thetermcomesfromtheideathattheimages"bleed"overtheedges.
Imaginethatyouneedtoprintabookletwithacolorfulbackgroundthatreachestheedges.Ifyousimplyprintit,youmaygetunwantedwhiteedgesiftheprintortrimoperationisoff-centered.Whenanimagebleedsbeyondthepageedges,unwantedwhiteedgeswillnotappear.
Theimagesbelowdemonstratehowthebleedcontrolworks.Intheleftpicture,thebleedsoptionisdeactivated.Theartworkistrimmedrightalongthedocumentedge.Therightpictureisanexampleofprintingwithbleeds.Partoftheartworkwillbeprintedbeyondthedocumentedge.
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PageLayoutEverydocumentconsistsofoneormorelayers.Therearetwolayersbydefault(backgroundandforeground).
Eachlayerisanisolatedspacewhereyoucanplaceobjects.Layersarestackedinstructure.Onecanimaginelayersastransparentsheetsplacedoneatopofanother.Youcanseethroughtheemptyareaofanupperlayerandseetheobjectsonthelowerlayer.
Alayerisusedtoisolateanumberofobjectsandmanagetheirpropertiestogether.Bychangingalayer'sproperties,youaffectalloftheobjectsonit.Forexample,ifyoumakealayerinvisible,allofitsobjectsbecomeinvisible.
Toanyregularpage(contentpage),youcanassignamasterpage.Itcontainsitsownlayerstack.Amasterpage,whenitisassigned,isalwayslocatedbehindthebottommostlayerofthecontentpage.Normally,thecontentpagesareusedforregularobjects(textandgraphics).Masterpagesareusedforobjectsthatappearinthesameplaceonmultiplepages(pagenumbers,backgrounddecorationandsoon).
Thesimplestpagelayoutconsistsofcontentpages(withnomaster)thathaveonelayer.Thisissimilartoaregulartexteditor.Asophisticatedlayoutcanincludeacontentpagewithseverallayers,andamasterpagethatcontainsitsownlayers.
Thestackoflayersisthesameforallpagesofthedocument.Thismeansthatifyouaddanewlayertoanycontentpage,thislayerwillappearonallotherpages,includingmasterpages.Ifyouhidealayer,objectsonthislayerdisappearonallpages.
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ManagingLayersSwiftPublisherhasalayer-basedworkflowtohelpyoumanagecomplicateddesignsbykeepingyourcanvasuncluttered.Layersarecommonlyusedtoisolatetext,illustrations,backgroundandotherdesignelements.Asarule,onelayerisdedicatedtotexts,andanothertotheimagesandbackgroundelements.Anewdocumenthastwolayers(foregroundandbackground).Youcanaddasmanylayersasneeded.
Eachlayerispresentonallofthepagesofyourdocument,includingmasterpages.Modifyingtheinvisibilityofalayerormakingitnon-printableaffectstheobjectsofthislayerthroughoutyourentireproject.Solet'ssayyouwanttoprintadraftcopyofyourdocumentfortextproofing.Youcanmakelayerscontainingbackgroundimagesnon-printableinordertoprintonlytext.
YoucanmanagelayersusingeitherArrange>LayersinthemenuortheLayerspanelatthebottomoftheInspector.Toopenthelistoflayers,selectView>Inspector>Layers.
1–Thenameoftheactivelayerishighlighted.Toactivateanotherlayer,clickonitsname.
2–ThePrintableproperty.Objectsonnon-printablelayersarevisible,butaren'tprintedorexported.
3–TheVisibleproperty.Theobjectsoninvisiblelayersareinvisible.Theyaren'tprintedorexported.Youcannoteditaninvisiblelayer.
4–Clickonthepencilicontorenamealayer.Youshouldactivatealayertorenameit.
ActivatingaLayer
Youcaneditonlythoseobjectsthatarelocatedontheactivelayer.
Toactivatealayer,selectitsnameintheArrange>Layersmenuorinthepop-upmenu.Alternatively,youcanclickonthelayernameintheInspector.
CreatingLayers
Tocreateanewlayer,chooseAddLayerintheArrange>Layersmenuorinthepop-upmenu.Anotherwaytoaddalayeristoclicktheplusbuttonbelowthelistoflayers.
RemovingLayers
Todeletetheactivelayer,chooseRemoveLayerintheArrange>Layersmenuorinthepop-upmenu.Anotherwaytodeletealayeristoclicktheminusbuttonbelowthelistoflayers.
Itisnotpossibletodeletethelastlayerbecauseatleastonelayermustbepresentinthedocument.
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Notethattogetherwiththelayer,youdeletealloftheobjectsofthislayeronallpages.
MakingaLayerasNonprinting
Tomakealayernon-printable,uncheckPrintableintheArrange>LayersmenuorclickonthePrintableiconinthepop-upmenu.
Tomakealayerprintable,dotheopposite.
MakingaLayerasInvisible
Tosetalayerasinvisible,uncheckVisibleintheArrange>LayersmenuorclickontheVisibleiconinthepop-upmenu.
Tomakealayervisible,dotheopposite.
Youcannotmodifyaninvisiblelayeruntilyoumakeitvisible.
RearrangingLayersintheLayerStack
Tochangethepositionofalayerinthelayerstack,opentheLayerspanelintheInspectoranddragthelayernametoanewposition.Tomakealayerthefrontmost,dragittothetopofthelist.Tomakethelayerthebottommost,dragittothebottom.
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MovingObjectsYoucanselectandmoveonlytheobjectsoftheactivelayer.
Tomoveanobject,dragitwiththemouse.
Forprecisemovement,selectanobjectandusethearrowkeys.Tomoveitinlargerincrements,holdShiftandusethearrowkeys.
IntheGeometrytaboftheInspector,youcanenterthecoordinatesoftheobjecttoplaceitinanexactlocation.MeasurementunitscanbechangedintheprogramPreferences(Cmd-,).
Whenyoumoveanobjectwiththemouse,itsnapsautomaticallytoguidelinesandtheedgesofotherobjects.YoumaytogglethesnapfunctionoffbyholdingdowntheCmdkeyasyoumovetheobject.Toturnitoffpermanently,clearthe"Alignto..."checkboxesintheprogramPreferences.Whenanedgeoftheobjectyouaremovingalignswithanotherobject,asmartguide(abluedashedline)isdisplayed.
TheArrange>CenterHorizontallyandArrange>CenterVerticallycommandsmovetheselectedobjecttothepagecenteralongthehorizontalorverticalaxis.ThesamecommandsareintheGeometrytaboftheInspector.
MovinganObjecttoAnotherLayer
Movinganobjectasdescribedabovechangesitspositiononthepage.Additionally,youcanmoveanobjectfromonelayertoanother.Thiswaymovestheobjecttoanotherlayerwithoutchangingitscoordinatesonthepage.
Tomoveanobjecttoanotherlayer,selectthenameofthislayerintheArrange>MoveSelectiontoLayermenu.
Objectsofeachlayercreateastackwithinthislayer.Whenyouaddobjectstoadocument,eachsubsequentobjectlaysovertheexistingones.Inotherwords,animageaddedlaterwillcovertheonesaddedearlier.
Youcanrearrangeobjectsonthesamelayerbyplacingoneinfrontorbehindothersusingthesecommands:
BringForward(Alt-Cmd-F)placestheselectedobjectonelevelhigher.BringtoFront(Shift-Cmd-F)bringstheobjecttothetop.SendBackward(Alt-Cmd-B)placestheselectedobjectatthebottom.SendtoBack(Shift-Cmd-B)placestheselectedobjectbelowothers.
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Insomecasesyoumayneedtoselectanobjectthatisfullycoveredbyanotheroneinthesamelayer,makingitdifficulttoselectitwiththemouse.Forinstance,toresizeormoveanimageusedasthebackgroundfortext.TheeasiestwaytoaccesslowerobjectsistoclickseveraltimesonthestackofobjectswhileholdingdowntheCmdkey.Eachtimeyouclick,thenextobjectbehindthecurrentonewillbeselected.Ifthefrontobjectisnottransparent(apicture,forinstance),youwillseeonlytheselectionhandlesofobjectsbehind.
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AligningandDistributingObjects
AligningObjects
Toaligntheedgesorcentersoftwoormoreobjects,selectthemandclickononeofalignmentbuttonsintheGeometrytaboftheInspector.ThesecommandscanbealsofoundintheArrange>Alignmenu.
DistributingObjects
Toequalizethedistancesbetweenthesidesorcentersofmultipleobjects,usethedistributebuttonsintheGeometrytaboftheInspector.OnecanfindthedistributecommandsintheArrange>Distributemenu.Threeormoreobjectsmustbeselected.
Theoriginalimagelocation:
Distributecenters:
Distributespaces:
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RulersRulerscanbedisplayedalongthetopandleftsidesofthecanvas.
Toshoworhiderulers,useView>ShowRulersandView>HideRulers(Cmd-R)inthemenu.
Thezerocoordinateofanypageisitstopleftcorner.Theexactpositionofanobjectisdefinedbythetopleftcornerofitsselectionframe.
ThemeasurementunitsfortherulersandcontrolsintheInspectorareindicatedinthecorneroftherulers.Toquicklychangethemeasurementunit,clickonthecurrentmeasurementunitintherulers'corner,forinstance"in",andchooseanothermeasurementunit.Alternatively,youcanchoosemeasurementunitsintheGeneraltabofthePreferences.
Whileyouaremovinganobjectwiththemouse,therulersdisplaythecoordinatesofitscenterandsides.
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GuideLinesandMarginGuides
GuideLines
Guidelines(orguides)areusedtoalignobjectsmoreprecisely.Alsotheycanbeusedtovisuallysplitthepageintoseveralparts.
Anyguideiscommonforandvisibleonalllayersofthecorrespondingpage(contentpage).Anyguideyouplaceisvisibleonalllayersofthecorrespondingpage(contentpage).Contentpagesalsodisplaystheguidesofthemasterpageappliedtothem.
Toaddaguide:
SelectInsert>VerticalGuideorInsert>HorizontalGuideinthemenu.Aguideaddedthiswayisautomaticallycenteredeitherhorizontallyorvertically.Placethecursorovertheverticalorhorizontalruler,presstheleftmousebuttonandmovethemousepointertowardsthecanvas.Releasethebuttonwhereyouwanttoplacetheguide.RightclickonthecanvaswhereyouneedtoplaceaguideandselectAddVerticalGuideorAddHorizontalGuideinthecontextmenu.
Tomoveaguide,dragitwiththemouse.Whileyouaremovingaguide,itsexactlocationisdisplayednexttothecursor.
Toinputanexactcoordinate,bringupthecontextmenuofaguideandtypeinthecoordinate.
Tolockaguide,right-clickonitandselectLockGuideinthecontextmenu.Tolockallguides,selectArrange>LockGuidesinthemenu.Lockingguidespreventsthemfrombeingaccidentallymoved.Tounlockguides,usethecontextormainmenu.
Todeleteaguide:
Dragitanddropontotherulerthatisparalleltotheguide.Right-clickontheguideandchooseDeleteGuide.
Inthepreviewmode,guidesaren'tdisplayed.
IntheDesigntabofthePreferences,youcanchangethecolorofguides.
YoucanchoosethemeasurementunitsintheGeneraltabofthePreferences.
GridofGuides
Youcanplaceanumberofguidesoverthewholepagetocreateakindofgrid.Todothis,selectInsert>LayoutGuides…inthemenu.ThenchooseoneofthetwomodesGridorRows&Columnsbyactivatingthecorrespondingtab.
Agridofguidesconsistsofregularguidelines.Youcanmoveanddeletethemindividuallyasdescribedabove.Ifyouneedaregulargrid,youcanactivateitintheInspector.
TheGridtabaddsguideswithevenspacings.Thereisanoptiontolockguidesaftercreation.
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Thismodeisusefulwhenyouneedtoarrangemanyobjectsoverthepage.
TheRows&Columnstabletsyousplitthepageintoseveralcolumnsandrows.Thiscanbeusefulforaddingcolumnsoftexttoyourdesign.Thereisanoptiontolockguidesaftercreation.
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TheGutterparameterletsyouaddgapsbetweencolumnsorrows.
UsingtheRemoveexistinglayoutguidescheckbox,youcankeepordeletetheguidelinesalreadypresentinyourlayout.
Anotheroptionletsyouselectwhetherthenewguidesshouldbearrangedoverthewholepageorwithinthepagemarginsarea.Comparethepicturebelowwiththeoneabove.
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MarginGuides
Marginguides(pagemargins)letyouspecifytheworkareaonthepage.Pagemarginslooklikeaframe.Thespacebetweenmarginguidesandthepageedgesisusuallyleftwithoutanytextcontent.
YoucansetupmarginguidesintheDocumenttaboftheInspector.
Themarginsizeiscommonforallcontentpagesofthedocument.Onceamasterpageisapplied,thecommonmarginsarereplacedbythemarginsofthismaster.Todisplaydifferentmargins,applymasterpageswithdifferentmargins.Forleftandrightpages,createtwomasterpageswithmirroredpagemargins.
Inthepreviewmode,marginsaren'tdisplayed.
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TheGridThegridcanhelpyouplaceobjectsonapage.Also,itcanbeusefulwhenyouresizeanobjectwiththemouse.
Toshoworhidethegrid,usetheShowGridcheckboxinthebottompaneloftheInspector.ThesamecanbedoneusingtheView>Show/HideGrid(Cmd-Alt-\)commandinthemainmenu.
TheInspectorletsyousetupthespacingbetweenverticalandhorizontallinesofthegrid.Tochangethemeasurementunits,usetheGeneraltabofthePreferences.
ThegridisglobalforalllayersofbothContentandMasterpages.Itappearsbehindallobjectsonapage.
Whenyoumoveorresizeanobject,itssidescansnaptothegrid.Inordertodeactivatethesnappingwithouthidingthegrid,pressandholdtheCmdkey.
Thegridwillnotbeprintedorexported.
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DisplayingPagesintheMainWindowToolsaimedtoworkwithpagesarelocatedbelowthetoolbar.
1–OpenthePagespanel.Thispaneldisplaysthumbnailsofallpages.Itletsyouaddanddeletepages.
2–Documentscale.
3–Toopenaparticularpage,typeinitsnumberhere.
4–Displayeithercontentpagesormasterpages.
Inordertoworkwithlayers,usetheLayerspanelintheInspector.
PageSizeandOrientation
Thepageformatandorientationarethesameforallpagesthroughoutthedocument.YoucanchangethesesettingsintheDocumenttaboftheInspector.
Youcanrotatetheviewofindividualpagesalongwiththecontent.Todothis,useView>RotateView90ºLeftorView>RotateView90ºRight.Ifyouaddanobjecttoarotatedpage,itappearsrotatedinrelationtotheoriginalpageorientation.
Todisplaythepagewiththeoriginalorientation,selectView>ClearRotation.
ShowingLayers
Normally,youcanseethecontentoftheactivelayerandofthelayersbehindit.Topreviewthepageasitwillbeprintedorexported,activatethetopmostlayer.
Todesignthebackgroundlayer,youmayneedtoseethecontentoftheforeground.Toactivatethisviewmode,chooseView>ShowLayersaboveActive.
Youcanhidelayersindividually.Tohidealayer,clickonitseyeiconinthelistoflayers.Toshowit,clickonthisiconagain.
IndividualPagesandPageSpreads
Themainwindowcanshoweitherindividualdocumentpagesorpagespreads.Inthesecondcase,twofacingpagesaredisplayedtogether.Thewayyourdocumentsappearsonthecanvasisdefinedbythedocumenttypeyouselectwhenyoucreateanewdocument.Theprogramdoesn'tallowyoutoswitchbetweenthesemodeswhileyouareeditingthedocument.
ThePreviewMode
Inthepreviewmode,theprogramdisplayswhatyouseeintheprintpreview.Itdoesn'tshowauxiliary
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objectssuchasguidelines,layoutguidesandtextboxframes.Objectsonhiddenandnon-printablelayersarealsoinvisible.
ToactivatethepreviewmodeselectView>PreviewMode(Cmd-\),orclickthePreviewMode
buttoninthetoolbar .
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ThePagesPanelThePagespanelisusedtomanagepagesinyourdocument.
ToopenthePagespanel,clickonthe buttonlocatedbelowthetoolbar,orselectView>ShowPagesPreviewinthemainmenu.
1–Addanewpagetotheendofthedocument.
2–Removethecurrentpage.
3–Thepop-upmenuforpages.Here,therearecommandsforaddingandremovingpages,applyingmasterpagesandmore.
4–Pagethumbnail.
5–Pagenumber.
6–Thenameoftheappliedmasterpage.Thereisnomasterpagenameifnomasterisappliedtothepage.
7–Thecurrentpageishighlighted.
Draganddroppagethumbnailstochangetheorderofpages.
Whenyourdocumentisshownonthecanvasaspagespreads,thePagespaneldisplayspreviewsofeachpairoffacingpagestogetherasasingleentity.Inthismode,theprogramaddsordeletesnotindividualpagesbutspreads.Ifyoudragapagetoanewpositon,you'llmovethewholespread.
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AddingandRemovingPagesToaddapageafterthecurrentone,bringupthePagespanelandclickonthe"+"totheleft.Alternatively,bringupthePagespanel,andchooseInsertPageinthepop-upmenu.
Toaddapagetotheendofthedocument,bringupthePagespanel.Openthepop-upmenubyclickingonthegearwheelicon,andchooseAddPage.
Toaddacopyofthecurrentpage,bringupthePagespanelandchooseDuplicatePageinthepop-upmenu.
Todeletethecurrentpage,bringupthePagespanelandclickthe"-"totheleft.Alternatively,bringupthePagespanelandchooseDeletePageinthepop-upmenu.
Youcandeleteseveralselectedpages.
Toselectseveralpages:
ClickonthepageswhileholdingdowntheCmdkey.Toselectafirstandlastpagetogetherwithallofthepagesbetweenthem,selectthefirstpage,pressandholdtheShiftkey,andselectthelastpage.Selectanoddorevenpage.Right-clickonthePagespanelandchooseSelectOdd/EvenPagestoselecttherestoftheoddorevenpages.
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ChangingthePageOrderTochangeapage'sorder,openthePagespanelanddragthepage'sthumbnailtoanewlocation.Youcanalsoselectseveralpagesandmovethemtogether.
Toselectseveralpages:
ClickonthepageswhileholdingdowntheCmdkey.Toselectafirstandlastpagetogetherwithallofthepagesbetweenthem,selectthefirstpage,pressandholdtheShiftkey,andselectthelastpage.Selectanoddorevenpage.Right-clickonthePagespanelandchooseSelectOdd/EvenPagestoselecttherestoftheoddorevenpages.
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NavigatingThroughtheDocumentToopenthenextorpreviouspage,clickonthearrowsnexttothepagenumberboxbelowthetoolbar.Alternatively,youcanusethePageDownorPageUpkeys.
Tojumptoanypage,typeitsnumberintothepagenumberboxandpressReturn.
AlsoyoucandisplayacertainpagebyselectingitinthePagespanel.
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NumberingPagesToaddapagenumberontothecurrentpage,chooseInsert>PageNumber.
Youcannoteditthecontentofthepagenumberfield.Whenyoureorder,addordeletepages,pagenumbersupdateautomatically.
Tochangethepagenumberformattingsuchastextsize,colororfont,usetheTexttaboftheInspector.
PageNumbersonMasterPages
Itiscommontoaddpagenumberstomasterpages.Todothis,applyamasterpagetothepagesofyourdocument.Thenaddapagenumberfieldtothismasterpage.
Thepagenumberaddedontoacontentpageisdisplayedonlyonthispage,whilethepagenumberaddedontoamasterpageappearsonallpagestowhichthatmasterisapplied.
Thepagenumberfieldonamasterpagedisplayssymbolscorrespondingthepagenumberformat.Oncontentpages,theywillturnintoactualpagenumbers.
Youcannumberpagesbeginningfromanypage.Thiscanbeusefulwhenthefirstpageisthecover,andthepagenumbershouldn'tappearonit.Tostartnumberingpagesfrompage2,double-clickonthepagenumberfieldandsetStartfrompageto2.
Youcanexcludethefirstpage(s)fromnumbering.Thismaybeneededifpage1followsafterpagesthathavenonumbers,orhaveindividualnumberingasthetableofcontentsinlargebooks.Toshownumber1onpage2,double-clickonitspagenumberfieldandsetFirstpageto2.Notethattohavethecorrectpagenumbersonthefollowingpages,youneedeitherplacethepagenumberfieldonamasterpage,orsetthesameFirstpagevalueonallpages.
FormatofthePageNumber
Tochangethepagenumberformat,double-clickonthepagenumberfieldtwotimes,andselectanotherformatfromthedrop-downlist.
Theprogramprovidesseveralpre-definedformatsthatareshownintheFormattextfieldwiththehelpofspecialsymbolsandconstanttext.
Specialsymbols:
#P–automaticallyreplacedbytheactualpagenumber#C–automaticallyreplacedbytheactualnumberofpagesinthedocument#a–automaticallyreplacedbytheactualpagenumbershowninsmallletters#A–automaticallyreplacedbytheactualpagenumbershownincapitalletters
Example:theformat"#Pof#C"willbereplacedina4-pagedocumentby"1of4","2of4","3of4"and"4of4".
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Youcanaddcustomtexttotheformat.Forexample,bytyping"–=#P=–"intotheFormateditbox,youwillgetpagenumberslookinglike:–=56=–
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MasterPagesMasterpageshelpyoucreateuniformpagesinanefficientway.Forexample,withtheirhelp,youcancreateabackgroundonceandapplyittoallofthepagesofyourproject.Themasterpagethenactsasabackgroundandyoujustneedtoaddelementsspecifictoeachpage.Likewise,ifyoulaterwanttochangesomethingonthisuniversalbackground,thechangesareappliedtoallofthepagesthathavethatmasterapplied.
Todistinguishmasterpagesandordinarypagesinthisdocumentation,thelatterarecalled"contentpages".
Anewdocumentcontainsonemasterpagethatisn'tappliedtoanycontentpage.Youcanaddasmanymasterpagesasyouneed.
Whenyouaddanewcontentpage,nomasterpageisappliedtoitbydefault.
Tousethesamemasterpagesinseveraldocuments,createatemplatedocumentcontainingthesemasterpagesandthencreateyournewdocumentusingthistemplate.
PreviewingandEditingMasterPages
Toprevieworeditmasterpages,clickonContentPagesbelowthetoolbarandselectMasterPages.
Thenclickthe buttontoopenthePagespanel,andselectthenecessarymasterpage.
Also,youcanswitchbetweencontentandmasterpagesusingtheView>ContentPagesandView>MasterPagesmenucommands.Thecolorofthemainwindowbackgroundchangestobluetoindicatethatyouhaveswitchedfromcontentpagestomasterpages.
Onceyouhaveactivatedthemasterpagesmode,thePagespanelshowsthumbnailsofmasters.Thetoolsonthispanelswitchtoworkingwithmasterpages.
Youcaneditmasterpagesthesamewayascontentpages.
AddingandRemovingMasterPages
ClickonContentPagesbelowthetoolbarandselectMasterPages.Thenclickthe buttontoopenthePagespanel.InthePagespanel,clickthe"+"buttontoaddanewmasterpage.Todeleteamasterpage,selectitinthePagespanelandclickthe"–"button.
Adocumentmusthaveatleastonemasterpage,thusremovingasinglemasterpageisimpossible.
Newmasterpagesareautomaticallynamedusingletters"B","C",andsoon.IfyoudeletemasterB,allthefollowingmastersarerenamed:CtoB,DtoC,andsoon.
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ApplyingMasterPages
Toapplyamaster,selectoneormultiplecontentpagesinthePagespanel.Thenright-clickontheselectedpage.ChooseApplyMasterPageinthecontextmenuandspecifythemasterpageyouwishtoapply.
ThenameoftheappliedmasterisindicatedinthePagespanelnearthetopleftcornerofthepagethumbnail.
Ifapagedoesn'tneedtohaveamaster,chooseNoMasterinthelistofmasterpages.
MasterPageLayout
YoucansetuppagemarginsindividuallyforanymasterpageintheDocumenttaboftheInspector.Acontentpageautomaticallydisplaysthepagemarginsoftheappliedmaster.
Guidelinesaddedtoamasterappearonallcontentpagesbasedonthismaster.Tomove,lockordeletetheseguidelines,openthecorrespondingmasterpage.
MastersPagesandPageSpreads
Ifyourdocumentisorganizedaspagespreadsincontrasttoseparatepages,itsmasterpageswillalsobeorganizedaspagespreads.Applyingorchangingamasterpageofapagespreadwillaffectbothpagesofthisspread.
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PageSpreadsWhenyouopenabookinthemiddle,youcanseetwofacingpages.Theyarecalledapagespread.Theprogramcanworkeitherinthesinglepageorpagespreadmode.
Itisimportanttorememberthatyoushouldchoosethemodebeforeanewdocumentiscreated.Switchingbetweenthemodesisnotpossibleinthecourseofeditingthedocument.
Editingadocumentaspagespreadsisusefulwhenanobjectordesignextendsoverbothfacingpages.
Inthepagespreadmode,documentsmusthaveevennumberofpages.Thefirstandlastpageshavenofacingpages.Youcannotadd,deleteorreorderindividualpages,butonlypagespreads.
Pagesinaspreadhavetheuniversalsystemofcoordinates.Thezeropointislocatedinthetopleftcorneroftheleftpage.
Masterpagesareorganizedasspreadsinthesamewayascontentpages.Theleftmasterpageinaspreadwillalwaysbeappliedtoleftcontentpages,andtherightmasterpagetorightpages.
Itisnotpossibletosplitpagesofaspreadinordertoaddotherpagesbetweenthem.
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SelectingObjectsNormally,youneedtoselectanobjecttochangeitsproperties.
Toselectobjectsusingthemouse,activatetheSelectiontool(usuallyactivatedbydefault).
Toselectasingleobject,clickoninit.
Toselectmultipleobjects,clickoneachwhileholdingdowntheShiftkey.Or,selectseveralobjectswithaframebyclickingandholdingdowntheleftmousebuttonandencompassingtheseobjects.
Toselectallobjectsintheactivelayerofthecurrentpage,chooseEdit>SelectAll(Cmd-A).
Todeselectanobject,clickonanyfreespaceinsideoroutsidethepage.
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ChangingtheObjectSizeToresizeanobjectwiththemouse,selectitanddragoneofthehandlesonitsborder.
Inordertoresizeanobjectwhilepreservingitsaspectratio,dragoneofitscornerhandles.IfyouresizeholdingdowntheShiftkey,theproportionofwidthtoheightwillnotbepreserved.
Inordertochangeonlywidthorheightofanobject,dragahandleinthemiddleoftheobjectborderside.IfyoudothisholdingdowntheShiftkey,theprogramwillpreservetheobject'saspectratio.
YoucanalsoinputexactdimensionsofanobjectintheGeometrytaboftheInspector.ThemeasurementunitscanbechangedintheprogramPreferences.
IftheFixaspectratiooptionintheInspectorisactivated,theprogramwillresizeanobjectpreservingitsaspectratiowhatevermethodyouuse.
ResizingaGroupofObjects
Itispossibletoresizegroupsaswellasseveralselectedobjects(let'scallthem"atemporarygroup").Resizingagrouportemporarygroupwiththemousewillaffectthegroupboundinthesamewayasasingleobject.WhenthewholegrouporanyoftheobjectsinthegrouphasFixaspectratioset,theboundofthegroupwillpreservetheaspectratio,andalloftheobjectswilldoaswell.IncasewhennoneoftheobjectshasFixaspectratioactivated,youcansetanyaspectratioforthebound,andthesameaspectratiowillbeappliedtoalloftheobjects.
IfyouselectseveralobjectsandinputnewwidthandheightintheInspector,thevalueswillapplyseparatelytoeachoftheselectedobjects.Theprogramwilltakeintoaccountobjects'Fixaspectratiooptionsindividually.
Finally,ifyouusetheInspectortoresizeagroup,newwidthandheightwillapplytotheboundofthegroup.Thesizeoftheobjectswillchangerespectively.TheFixaspectratiooptionactivatedforanyoftheobjectsorthewholegroup,willpreservetheaspectratioofthegroupandalloftheobjectsinside.
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RotatingObjectsTorotateaselectedobject,usethecontrolsintheGeometrytaboftheInspector.Imagescanalsobeflippedverticallyandhorizontally.Text,however,cannot.Todothis,youhavetoconvertittoanimagebychoosingConvertTexttoImageinitscontextmenu.
Torotateanobjectwiththemouse,selectit,andmovethecursoroveracornerhandle.Whenthecursorturnsintoabi-directionalarrow,dragthehandletoturntheobject.
Severalobjectscanberotatedtogether.Whenyourotateagroupofobjects,theymovearoundacommoncenter.
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GroupingObjectsObjectscanbegroupedtogether.Agroupofobjectsbehavesasasingleobjectwhenyoumoveorresizeit.
Togroupselectedobjects,chooseArrange>Group(Cmd-Alt-G)inthemenu.
Toungroupobjects,selectthegroupandchooseArrange>Ungroup(Cmd-Alt-Shift-G)inthemenu.
Nestedgroupsaresupported.Anestedgroupisagroupthatincludesasmallergroup.
Somecontrolsavailableforindividualobjectsmaybelockedwhensuchobjectsareinsideagroup.
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FillingObjectswithColorsThecolorfillcontrolsarelocatedintheAppearancetaboftheInspector(Cmd-3).
Youcanfillanobjectwithasolidcolororwithalinearorradialgradient.Oneoftheseoptionscanbeselectedinthedrop-downmenu.
Toactivatethecolorfilltool,selecttheFillcheckbox.
ColorFill
Clickonthecolorbuttontoselectacolor.
Totintanobject,settheOpacityoftheselectedcolorlessthan100%.
TheColorFilloptionalsoletsyouchangethebackgroundcolorofatextbox.
LinearGradientFill
1–Thetwobasecolors.
2–Switchthebasecolors.
3–Changethepercentageofeachbasecolor.
4–Movethehandleinsidethecontroltochangetheangleandlocationofthecolortransitionarea.HolddowntheCmdkeytokeeptheangleconstant.HolddowntheAltkeytokeepthepercentageofthebasecolorsconstant.HolddowntheShiftkeytosnaptoanglesdivisibleby45degrees.
Whenyoumovethehandlefromthesideofthecontroltothecenter,thecolorsshift.
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RadialGradientFill
1–Thetwobasecolors.
2–Switchthebasecolors.
3–Changethepercentageofeachbasecolor.
4–Dragthehandleinsidethiscontroltomovethecolorsoffthecenter.HolddowntheCmdkeytokeeptheangleconstant.HolddowntheAltkeytorotatethehandlealongthecircle.HolddowntheShiftkeytosnaptoanglesdivisibleby45degrees.
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ApplyingtheStrokeSettingsYoucanapplyaStroketoanystraightorcurvedlinesyoudraw,smartshapesandbordersofotherobjects.
TheStrokesettingsarelocatedintheAppearancetaboftheInspector.
Usingthecolorbutton,youcanchangethecolorandopacityofyourstroke.
Inthepop-upmenu,youcanchoosedashed,dotted,andotherstroketypes.
TheThicknesscontrolletsyouadjustthethicknessofyourstroke.
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ApplyingtheShadowEffectTosetupthedropshadoweffect,usetheAppearancetaboftheInspector.
1–Theangleoftheshadow.
2–Theshadowcolorandopacity.
3–Thedistancefromtheshadowtotheobject.
4–Theshadowblur.
TheshadowcontrolsintheInspectorandinthestandardFontspanelproducedifferentshadoweffectsthatareindependentofoneanother.
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WorkingwithTextMostofthetextformattingtoolsarelocatedintheTexttaboftheInspector.
AddingandEditingTextAddingandEditingVerticalTextAddingandEditingCircularTextRemovingTextFormattingTextTextWrappingCheckingSpellingFindingandReplacingTextAddingHyperlinks
Someoperationscommonfordifferenttypesofobjectsaredescribedin:
SelectingObjectsChangingtheObjectSizeRotatingObjectsGroupingObjectsFillingObjectswithColorsApplyingtheStrokeSettingsApplyingtheShadowEffect
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AddingandEditingText
Severaltexttoolsarestackedwithinthesamebuttoninthetoolbar.Toshowallofthem,clickandholdthemousebuttonandyou'llseethepopupmenu.Thenchoosethenecessarytool.Inthetoolbar,theiconshownhereistypicallytheonethatwaslastused.Youcanactivatethatparticulartexttoolbyjustclickingtheicon.
Totypetext,youshouldaddatextbox,acontainerforyourtext.
Toaddatextbox,activatetheTexttoolinthetoolbar.Thenclickonthecanvas.
Todrawatextbox:
1. ClickontheTexttoolinthetoolbar.
2. Clickonthecanvas.
Todrawatextboxofaparticularsize:
1. ActivatetheTexttoolinthetoolbar.
2. Placethemousecursorwherethecornerofthenewtextboxshouldbe.
3. Presstheleftmousebuttonand,whileholdingitdown,movethemousetodrawatextbox.
4. Releasethemousebutton.
Toedittext,double-clickonit.
Toexitthetexteditingmode,clickoutsidethetextboxorpressCmd-Return.
AddingandEditingVerticalText
1. WiththeVerticalTexttool,clickonthecanvas.
2. Typeyourtext.
3. Resizetheaddedtextboxifnecessary.
Toeditverticaltext,double-clickonit.
Toexitthetexteditingmode,clickoutsidethetextboxorpressCmd-Return.
Whileeditingverticaltextitisdisplayedhorizontally.
Sometextformattingtools(forinstance,bulletedlistsorspacingbetweenlines)don'tworkwithverticaltext.
AddingandEditingCircularText
1. ActivatetheCircularTexttool,andclickonthecanvas.
2. Typeyourtextintothefloatingtexteditor,andapplyanynecessaryformatting.Closethetexteditor.
3. Resizetheaddedtextboxifneeded.
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Toeditcirculartext,double-clickonit.
Toreversethedirectionofacirculartext,usetheClockwiseDirectioncheckboxinthetexteditor.
Sometextformattingtools(forinstance,bulletedlistsorinsetmargin)don'tworkwithcirculartext.
RemovingText
Toremoveatextbox,selectitandpresstheDeletekey.
FormattingText
TextformattingtoolsarelocatedintheTexttaboftheInspectorwindow.
ChangingTextFontandColor
Tochangethefont,selectthetextboxorhighlightaportionofthetext,andclicktheFontsbuttonintheInspector.Or,pressCmd-T.
Tochangethecolor,selectthetextboxorhighlightaportionofthetext,andclickthecolorbuttonintheInspector.Or,pressCmd-Shift-C.
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ChangingtheFontSize
Tochangethefontsize,usetheSizeslidebarorthe"T"buttons.Alternatively,typethefontsizeintheeditbox.
Alignment
Toaligntextwithinthetextbox,usetheAlignmentbuttonsintheTexttaboftheInspector.
ChangingtheColor,WidthandPatternoftheTextBoxFrame
Tooutlineatextbox,selecttheStrokecheckboxintheAppearancetaboftheInspector.Hereyoucansetupthelinethickness,color,andchooseapattern.
ChangingtheBackgroundColorofaTextBox
Tochangethebackgroundcolorofatextbox:
1. Selectthetextbox.
2. IntheAppearancetaboftheInspector,selecttheFillcheckbox.
3. ClicktheColorbuttonandchooseanewcolor.
ApplyingShadows
Toaddashadowtotext:
1. Selectthetextbox.
2. IntheAppearancetaboftheInspector,selecttheShadowcheckbox.
3. Setupparametersoftheshadow.
Shadowsareappliedtotheentiretextbox.
SpacingSettings
YoucanchangethedefaulttextspacingsettingsbyusingtheSpacingparametersintheTexttaboftheInspector.
BetweenCharacters–changesthedistancebetweencharacters.Thistoolcanbeappliedtothewholeselectedtextboxortoaselectedpartofthetext.
BetweenLines–thedistancebetweenlines.Thistoolcanbeappliedtothewholeselectedtextboxortoaselectedpartofthetext.
BeforeParagraph–thespacebeforethecurrentparagraph(wherethetextcursoris).
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AfterParagraph–thespaceaftertheselectedparagraph(wherethetextcursoris).
InsetMarginletsyoucontrolthespacingbetweenthetextandtextboxborder.Byincreasingthisvalue,youincreasethedistancebetweenthetextanditsbordersonallsides.
CreatingLists
Tocreatealist,selectapartofyourtextoranentiretextbox.Then,intheTexttaboftheInspector,clickontheListspop-upmenutoselectthelisttype(numbered,withbullets,etc.).
TextWrapping
Youcanwraptextaroundimagesortextframes.
Tomaketextflowaroundanobject:
1. Selecttheobject,right-clickonitandselectBringtoFrontinthecontextmenu.Thisisnecessarybecausethetextmustbebehindtheobject.
2. ActivatetheObjectcauseswrapoptionintheTexttaboftheInspector.
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3. Clickoneoffourbuttonstoselectthewaytextflowsaroundtheobject.
4. Ifnecessary,changethespacebetweentheobjectandtextbychangingExtraSpaceintheInspector.
Youmayneedtowraptextaroundanimagewiththetransparentbackground.Sincetheprogramdoesn'ttaketransparencyinaccount,thetextwouldstillwraparoundtheimagebordernotaroundthevisiblepart.
InsuchcasesyouneedtooutlinetheimageusingtheSplinetool,andmakethetextwrapnotaroundtheimageitselfbutaroundthecreatedcontour.
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CheckingSpelling
Tocheckthespellingandgrammar,selectEdit>SpellingandGrammar>CheckDocumentNow(Cmd-:).Ifyourtexthasmisspelledwords,theprogramwillmarkthefirstonewithareddottedline.Repeatthiscommandtodisplaymisspelledwordsoneafteranother.
Toshowpossiblecorrectionstoamisspelledword,selectEdit>SpellingandGrammar>ShowSpellingandGrammar(Cmd-:).
Tohavemisspelledwordsunderlinedwhenyoutype,selectEdit>SpellingandGrammar>CheckSpellingWhileTyping.
FindingandReplacingText
Theprogramletsyoufindandreplaceaword,numberorphrase.
DoubleclickonatextboxtoenterthetexteditingmodeandselectEdit>Find>Findinthemenu.EnterthewordyouarelookingforintheFindtextboxandclickNext.
Ifyouneedtoreplacetheword,enterthenewwordintheReplacetextboxandclickNextandReplace.
SelectawordandchooseEdit>Find>UseSelectionforFindandtheselectedwordwillbecomethecriterionforthesearch.
Ifyouhaveselectedapartoftext,theoptionJumptoSelectionwillscrolldown(ifneeded)tomake
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theselectionvisible.
AddingHyperlinks
ItispossibletocreateaPDFfilewithlinkstowebpages.Todothis:
1. AddaURLaddresstoatextbox.Itcanbetypedinanyoftheformatsbelow:http://www.belightsoft.comhttp://www.belightsoft.com/products/swiftpublisher/downloads.phpwww.belightsoft.combelightsoft.comItisimportanttousevalidsiteanddomainnames.Testyourlinkinawebbrowsertomakesurethatitworks.
2. SelecttheURL,right-clickonitandchooseMakeLinkfromthecontextmenu.Becareful,don’tselectanyspacecharactersbeforeoraftertheURL.
3. Now,youcaneditandformatthevisibletextwithoutaffectingthelink.Selectthetextrelatedtothelinkandtypeanythingyouneed,changethecolororfont.Tomakethelinklookinthestandardway(blueandunderlined),youshouldchangethetextcolortoblueandenabletheFormat>Font>Underlineoptioninthemainmenu.
Also,youcanaddanemailaddressinthisformat:mailto:[email protected]
The"mailto:"prefixmustbeinthebeginningifyouwantamailprogramopenuponclickingthelink.
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LinkedTextBoxes
LinkedTextBoxesandFlowingText
Youcancreateaseriesoftextboxeslinkedtogether.Textinsuchboxescanflowfromoneboxtoanother.Whenthetextcannotfitafirsttextbox,therestofitwillgotoafollowingtextbox(es).Ifyouresizeoneoflinkedtextboxesmakingitcontainabiggerorsmallerportionofthetext,thetextinthefollowingtextboxeswillrearrangecorrespondingly.
Linkedtextboxescanbeusedtocreatemulti-columntext.Also,linkedtextboxedareusedtocreatemulti-pagedocumentswheretextcontinuesoverseveralpages.
Supposingthatwehavetreelinkedtextboxesasinthepicture,textbeginsinthelefttextbox,andthencontinuesinthesecondandthirdones.So,inrelationtothetextboxinthemiddle,thelefttextboxispreceding,andtherightoneisfollowing.Notethatthelinkinglinesshowninthepicturearenotdisplayedbytheprogram.
Anytextboxcanhaveonelinkedtextboxbeforeit(preceding)andanotheroneafterit(following).Theprogramdoesn'tallowyoutolinkthefirstandlasttextboxestogether,andmakealoop.
Onlyregulartextboxescanbelinked.Verticalandcirculartextboxesdon'tsupportthisfeature.
AddingLinkedTextBoxes
Therearetwosquarecontrolsonthetextboxframeinadditiontotheregularresizehandles.Theyarevisiblewhenatextboxisselected.Let'scallthesecontrolslinkingcontrols.Theywillbedescribedindetailfurther.Usingthesecontrols,youcanaddlinkedtextboxesbeforeandafteraselectedtextbox.
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Toaddalinkedtextboxafterthecurrentone,clickontherighthandlinkingcontrol.Thisactivatesthetextboxaddingtool.Thenclickonthepagetocreateatextboxofthedefaultsize.Whilethetextboxaddingtoolisactivated,youcanalsodrawanewtextbox.
Inordertoaddalinkedtextboxbeforethecurrent,usethelefthandcontrol.
Itispossibletoaddalinkedtextboxwhentheleftandrightcontrolsareemptyinside,orwhentherightcontrolhasaredplusicon.
TextBoxLinkingControls
Thetwotextboxcontrolsarelocatedontheleftandrightsidesofthetextboxframe.Bydefault,theylooklikewhitesquares.Theymayhaveaniconinsidedependingontheirstate.
Thelinkingcontrolsarevisiblewhenatextboxisselected.
Thecontrolsindicatethestateofthetextbox.Byclickingonthesecontrols,youcanactivatethetooltoaddalinkedtextbox,oranothertooltolinktextboxes.
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Control StateMeaningofthecontrolstate
Actions
LeftBlank
Ablankcontroltothetopleftmeansthattheisthebeginningoftext.
Thetextboxhasnolinkedtextboxesbeforeit.
Byclickingonthiscontrol,youcaneitheraddalinkedtextbox,orlinkthecurrenttextboxwithanotherone.Inbothcases,asecondtextboxwillbecomethefirstoneinaseriesoflinkedtextboxes.
Arrowinside
Anarrowmeansthatthetextbeginsinothertextboxandcontinuesinthecurrentone.
Thetextboxisoneofmultipleboxesinaseries,butnotthefirstone.
Noactions.
Blank
Ablankcontroltothelowerrightmeansthatthetextendsinthecurrenttextbox.Thereisenoughspacefortextinthebox.
Thetextboxhasnolinkedtextboxesafterit.
Byclickingonthiscontrol,youcaneitheraddalinkedtextbox,orlinkthecurrenttextboxwithanotherone.Inbothcases,asecondtextboxwillbecomethelastoneinaseriesoflinkedtextboxes.
Anarrow Noactions.
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Right
Arrowoutside
meansthatthetextcontinuesinanothertextboxlinkedtothecurrentone.
Thetextboxisoneofmultipleboxesinaseries,butnotthelastone.
Redplus
Aredplusmeansthatthereisnotenoughspacetoshowallofthetextinthecurrenttextbox.
Thetextboxisasingleoneorthelastoneinaseries.
Byclickingonthiscontrol,youcaneitheraddalinkedtextbox,orlinkthecurrenttextboxwithanotherone.Inbothcases,asecondtextboxwillbecomethelastoneinaseriesoflinkedtextboxes.Theinvisibleportionofthetextwillappearinthenewbox.
LinkingandUnlinkingTextBoxes
Inordertolinktwotextboxes,clickontherightlinkingcontrolofonetextboxtoactivatethelinkingtool.Thenclickonasecondtextbox.Thesecondtextboxwillbelinkedafterthefirstone.Noticethattheprogramcannotmergetextwhenyoulinktextboxeswithtextinside.Textfromthesecondtextboxwillbelost.
Tolinkthesecondtextboxbeforethefirstone,youshouldactivatethelinkingtoolbyclickingontheleftcontrolofthefirsttextbox.Inthiscase,textofthesecondboxwillbepreserved,whiletextofthefirstboxwilldisappear.
Whilethelinkingtoolisactivated,youcanmovethecursoroverothertextboxesandseewhetherlinkingispossible.Thiswillbeindicatedbyanarrowwithchainicon.
Ifyouclickonanemptyplaceoriflinkingisnotpossible,theprogramwilladdanewtextboxlinkedtothefirstone.
Youcanalsousethismethodtoaddonemoretextboxtoagroupofalreadylinkedtextboxes.Anewtextboxcanbeaddedeithertothebeginningorendofthesequencebutneverinthemiddle.
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Tounlinkatextboxfromthefollowingone,right-clickonitandselecttheUnlinkTextBoxcommandfromthecontextmenu.Andonlyifyoucallthecommandbyclickingonthelasttextbox,itwillbeunlinkedfromtheprecedingone.
Ifyouunlinktwotextboxescontainingtext,allofthetextwillappearinthetextboxwhichoriginallycontainedthebeginningofthetext.
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TextStylesYoumayneedtoapplythesametextformattingmultipletimestodifferenttextportions.Forexample,youwantthetitlesofchapterstobeuniform,havingthesamefont,size,andcolor.Youcansavethesetextpropertiesasatextstyleandapplythemlaterwiththeclickofamouse.
Toapplyatextstyletoaparagraph,selectthisparagraph,clickontheStylebutton inthetoolbarandchooseastyle.
StylesinSwiftPublisherareparagraphstyles.Theycanbeappliedtothewholeparagraphbutnottoaportionoftextinaparagraph.
Tosavetextformattingofexistingtextasanewtextstyle,selectthistextandchooseFormat>CreateTextStylefromSelection....
Customstylesaresavedwithinthedocumentandaren'tavailableforuseinotherdocuments.Tousethesamesetofstylesinnewdocuments,createadocumenttemplate.
TextStyleEditor
Inthiseditor,weseealistoftextstylestotheleft.Youcanaddanddeletestylesusingthe"+"and"–"buttons.
Thetopoftheeditordisplaysapreviewofthecurrentstyle.Thecontrolsinthemiddleletyoumodifythepropertiesoftheselectedstyle.
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AligningTextUsingTabStopsWhenyouenterthetexteditingmode,tabstopsaredisplayedintherulerbar.Tabstopsaremarkersthatallowyoutoaligntextincolumns.
Todisplayorhidetherulerbar,pressCmd-R.
TabstopsworktogetherwiththeTabkey.OnceyouhitTab(addatabulationsymbol),thecursorjumpstothenexttabstopposition.Thetabulationsymbolappearsinthetextasspacewithavariablewidththatdependsonthedistancebetweentheneighboringtabstopsandtheamountoftextalignedwiththem.
1–Lefttabstop.Textextendstotheright.
2–Righttabstop.Textextendstotheleft.
3–Centertabstop.Textiscenteredwiththetabstoplocation.
4–Decimaltabstop.Decimalpointsalignwiththetabstopposition.Thistabstopisusedfornumbers.
5-Thistabstopdefineswherethetextbegins.Onlyonetabstopofthistypecanbepresent.Youcannotdeleteit.
6–Thistabstopdefinestheparagraphindent.Onlyonetabstopofthistypecanbepresent.Youcannotdeleteit.
7–Thistabstopdefineswherethetextends.Onlyonetabstopofthistypecanbepresent.Youcannotdeleteit.
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Toaddatabstop,right-clickontherulerbarandselectthetabstoptypeinthepop-upmenu.
YoucanaddasmanyLeft,Right,CenterandDecimaltabstopsasyouneed.
Todeleteatabstop,dragitanddropoutsidetherulerbar.
Tochangethetabstoptype,right-clickonitandselectanothertypeinthepop-upmenu.
Tomoveatabstop,dragittoanewposition.
Toaligntextplacedinseverallines,tabstopsoftheselinesshouldbesettothesamepositionsandhavethesametype.Youneedtoselectalllinesandthensetupthetabstops.
Youcansetuptabstopsindividuallyforanyline.
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WorkingwithImagesTheprogramallowsyoutouseeitherimagessuppliedwithit,orimportthemfromgraphicfilesorPhotos.YoucanaccessimagesusingtheSourcepanel.
1–Built-inclipart.
2–ImportimagesfromyourPhotoslibraryorfromafolderonyourdisk.
3–Built-inSmartShapelibrary.
4–Collectionofheadingdesigns.
Inordertofindanimageintheclipart,usethesearchtoolatthebottomofthecliparttab.
TosearchontheInternet,usetheInsert>Image>SearchontheInternet…menucommand.Thesearchresultwillbedisplayedinyourwebbrowser.Toaddanimagetoyourdocument,dragitfromthebrowserontothecanvas.
Someoperationscommonfordifferenttypesofobjectsaredescribedintherelatedsections:
SelectingObjectsChangingtheObjectSizeRotatingObjectsGroupingObjectsFillingObjectswithColorsApplyingtheStrokeSettingsApplyingtheShadowEffect
AddinganImagetotheDocument
Fromtheclipart:
1. OpentheclipartintheSourcepanel.
2. Selectanimagecategoryinthepop-upmenu.
3. Clickonanimagethumbnailordraganddropittothecanvas.
FromPhotoslibrary:
1. OpenthePhotoslibraryintheSourcepanel.
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2. Clickonanimageordraganddropittothecanvas.
Fromafile:
ChooseInsert>Image>FromFile…inthemainmenu.Ordraganimagefromafolderintoyourdocument.
TodisplayimagesfromafolderintheSourcepanel:
1. OpenthetabwiththePhotoslibraryintheSourcepanel.
2. ClickontheCustomFolderitem.
3. Clickonanarrowiconandnavigatetothefoldercontainingimages.
InsertingGeneratedImages
Thebuilt-inimagegeneratorcancreateimagesforbackgroundsanddecoration.SeeUsingImageGeneratorsformoreinformation.
ImageProperties
ImagepropertiesarelocatedintheAppearancetaboftheInspector.
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Totintanimage,selecttheFillcheckbox.Thenclickthecolorbuttontochooseacolor.
Tochangetheimagetransparency,usetheOpacitytool.
Youcandropanimageinsideaselectedsmartshapeoranotherimage.ThewaythenewimagefitsinsideisdefinedbyoneoftheFill,StretchandFitoptions.ThisisdescribedinWorkingwithSmartShapes.
Theimagetilingtoolcreatesmultipledown-scaledcopiesoftheimageintheareatakenbytheoriginalimage.Thisfeaturecanbeusedtocreatebackgrounds.Themeaningofthenumericvalueiseasiertounderstandwhentheimagehasitsoriginalsize(Format>Image>OriginalSize).Bysetting1,youmaketheimagefittheframeexactly.Setting2makestheimageastwiceassmaller(thatis4copiesperframe).Avaluesmallerthan1,makestheimagebiggerthantheframe.Resizingtheframeitselfdoesn'tscaletheimageinsideit.
Totileanimage,selectitandchooseFormat>Image>TileinthemenuorclickonStretchdrop-downmenuintheInspectorandselectTile.UsetheTileslidebartoadjustthenumberoftilesandtheirsize.
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MaskingImages
ClickontheMaskimagewellintheInspectorandselectamaskinthelibrary.Touseacustommask,clickonCustomMask...belowthelibraryandselectagraphicfile.
CroppingImages
TheCroptoolletsyouuseapartofanimageinyourdesign.
Tocropanimage,right-clickonitandchooseCrop.Theredhandlesontheimageframeindicatethatyouareinthecropmode.Movethesehandlestoshowthedesiredpartoftheimage.Toexitthecropmode,clickonceagainonCropinthecontextmenu.
Youcanmovetheimageinsideitsframewhenthecropmodeisactivated.
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WorkingwithSmartShapesASmartShapeisavectorimage.Youcanturnonandoffitscontour,applyacolororgradientfill,andplaceanimageinside.TheshapeofcertainSmartShapescanevenbecontrolledmanually.
SmartShapesarelocatedintheCliparttaboftheSourcepanel.ToaddaSmartShapetoyourdesign,draganddropitontothecanvas.
MosttoolsthatworkwithordinaryimagesarealsoapplicabletoSmartShapes.
Someoperationscommonfordifferenttypesofobjectsaredescribedin:
SelectingObjectsChangingtheObjectSizeRotatingObjectsGroupingObjectsFillingObjectswithColorsApplyingtheStrokeSettingsApplyingtheShadowEffect
InsertinganImageintoaSmartShape
ToinsertanimageintoaSmartShape,selectthisSmartShape.GrabtheimageandmoveitovertheSmartShape.WhenthisSmartShapebecomeshighlighted,droptheimageontoit.
Toinsertanimagefromafile,selecttheSmartShape,clickontheImagebuttonintheAppearancetaboftheInspector,selectCustomImage…andselectthegraphicfile.
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ToremovetheimagefromaSmartShape,clickontheImagebuttonintheAppearancetaboftheInspectorandselectClearImage.
YoucanchoosehowtheimageappearsinsidetheSmartShapeusingthedrop-downmenubelowtheImagebutton.Thesefollowingoptionsarepossible:Fill,Stretch,Fit,Tile.TheCropoptioninthisdrop-downmenuactivateswhenyoucropanimage.
OriginalSmartShape.
Originalimage.
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Fill:doesnotchangetheaspectratiooftheimage.Partsoftheimagemaynotbeseen.
Stretch:thewholeimagefitsintotheSmartShape,theimagemaybedeformed.
Fit:thewholeimagefitsintotheSmartShapewithoutchangingtheaspectratio.BlankspacemaybeleftinsidetheSmartShape.
Tile:multiplecopiesoftheimageareplacedinsidetheSmartShape.
YoucandropanewimagetoaSmartShapewithanexistingimage.Dependingontheselectedoption,thenewimagestretches,fillsorfitstheboundofthepreviousimageinsidetheSmartShape.
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ChangingtheShape
ForsomeSmartShapes,youcanchangethecurveandsidecountintheGeometrytaboftheInspector.
Forexample,forthisfivepointstar,youcanchangethenumberofpointsbyusingtheSideCountslider.YoucanchangetheangleusingtheCurveslider.
InadditiontoSmartShapes,thelibrarycontainsacollectionofcircles,rectangles,arrowsandothervectorimages.TheyarelocatedintheSymbolscategoryofthebuilt-inclipart.
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EditingImagesToeditanimage,double-clickonit.
TheimageeditingcapabilitiesareavailablethankstoCoreImagefilters.
Thefilterslistisorganizedintocategories(color,blur,etc.).Somefiltershaveadjustableparameters.
Whenyouselectafilterorchangeanyoftheparameters,theimageinthepreviewareachangesinrealtime.
Somefiltersletyoumodifytheimageusingthemouse.Thisisindicatedbyacircleicon(crosshair)nexttothename.Selectsuchafilter,placethemousecursorovertheimage,andmovethemousewhileholdingdowntheleftmousebutton.Theimagewillchangedependingonthecrosshairposition.
Tochangetheimagesize,clicktheSizebuttonandsetnewimagedimensions.
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UsingImageGenerators
GeneratingImages
Toaccessimagegenerators,chooseInsert>Image>GenerateRandominthemenu.
Someimagegenerators(e.g.SpinningSquares)showacertainimagedependingonwhatyousetastheparameters.Othersgivecompletelyrandomimages(e.g.StarDust).Togetanotherrandomlygeneratedimage,clicktheRenderbutton.
Ifyoudecidetoopenoneofthepreviouslygeneratedimages,usethehistorybuttons("<"and">").
Whenyouselectagenerator,theprogramshowsanimagegeneratedwiththedefaultsetofparameters.
Itmaytaketimeforsomegeneratorstoshowapicture.Ifyouarejustplayingwithparameters(especiallycolor)tofindanappropriatecombination,itisrecommendedthatyousetasmallerimagesize.200x200pixelsisenoughforapreview.Thenyoucanchangetheimagesizeandre-generateitinbetterquality.
GeneratorParameters
1–Listofgenerators.
2–Generatorparameters.
3–Generateanotherimage.
4–Historyofgeneratedimages.Youcanshowthepreviousornextimage.
Generatorshavedifferentsetsofparameters.Parameterscanbeseparatedintothefollowinggroups:
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Shape-somegeneratorsuseanumberofsmallerimagestocreateabiggeroneandyoucanselectwhichonetouse.Numericparameterssuchasangle,size,resolutionandother.ColorScheme-determineshowmanycolorstouseintheimage.Thebasecoloristakenfromthe"Color"control.
•Opposite-twocolors(selectedcolorandacomplementaryone)anduptofouroftheirtints.•Triadic-threecolors(selectedoneandtwocomplementary)anduptofouroftheirtints.•Tetradic-fourcolors(selectedcolorandthreecomplementary)anduptofouroftheirtints.•MonoStep-onebasecolorandfourofitstints.•MonoBlack-onebasecolorandfourofitstintsthataredarkerthanthebaseone.•MonoWhite-onebasecolorandfourofitstintsthatarelighterthanthebaseone.•Mono-onebasecolorwithanunlimitednumberoftints.
Thecolorselectorisoneofthesetypes:•Color•ColorRangeYoucanmovecolorslidersseparately.Tomovethemtogether,draganyofthemwhileholdingtheShiftkey.
BackColor-coloroftheimagebackground.Itisapplicabletoimageswithatransparentbackground.
ImageSize
Tochangeorverifytheimagesize,clicktheSizebutton.
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WorkingwithHeadingsTheSourcepanelcontainsalibraryofstylesthatyoucanusetocreateheadingsandotherdesignsbasedontext.Youshouldclickonthe"a"icontoopenthelibrary.IftheSourcepanelishidden,selectView>ShowSourcePanel.
Toaddaheadingtoyourdocument,draganddropadesignyoulikeontothecanvas.Theprogramwillautomaticallyopenatexteditorwhereyoucantypeorpastenewtext.Toopenthetexteditoranytimelater,double-clickonaheading.
Althoughsomeheadingsmaylooklikeimagesandothersliketext,headingsareaseparateobjecttype.HeadingshavealimitedamountofpropertiesthatcanbecustomizedintheInspector.IntheGeometrytab,mostofoptionsareavailable.TheAppearancetabletsyouchangeonlytheopacity.IntheTexttab,youcanchoosefontandalignment,andadjustthespacingbetweencharactersandlines.Inadditiontothat,theTexttabletsyouadjustthecolorofyourheading.Anewcolorwillbeappliedtothewholeobject.
TherearetwotypesofheadingsintheSourcepanel:2Dand3D.A3Dheading,whenitisselected,displaysaroundhandleinthemiddleatthebottom.Youcangrabandmovethehandletorotateaheadingin360degrees.Regularrotationisavailableforbothheadingtypes.
YoushouldrememberthattheHeadingfeatureisnotsupposedtoworkwithlargeamountoftext.Thiscandecreasetheprogramperformance.
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DrawingLinesandCurves
Drawing
Todrawastraightline,activatetheLinetool inthetoolbar.Placethecursorandpresstheleftmousebuttontospecifythebeginningoftheline.Holdingdownthebutton,pointtothelocationfortheendofthelineandreleasethebutton.
Todrawapolygonalchain(path),activatetheSplinetool .Clickonthecanvastoplacethefirstpoint.Clickthesecondtimetoplaceanotherpointandsoon.Thesepointsspecifytheendsforthesegments.Thepointsyouaddarecalledanchorpoints.Ifyousimplyclickandrelease,theresultinglineisstraight.However,ifyouclicktoaddasecondpoint,holdthebutton,anddragthecursor,youcancurveyourline.
TheLineandSplinetoolssharethesamebuttoninthetoolbar.Ifthetoolyouneedishidden,clickonthearrowandselectthetoolinthedrop-downmenu.
Tocreateaclosedshape,placethelastanchorpointoverthefirstone(asmallcirclenearthecursorindicatesthatyoucanclosetheshape).
Todrawstraightlinesatanglesdivisibleby45degrees,addlineswhileholdingdowntheShiftkey.
AnchorPointsandPaths
Apathcomprisesanchorpointsandlinesthatconnectthem.Anchorpointsmarkthebeginningandendofeachline(orsegment).Byaddingonelineafteranotheryoucreateapath.
Thepathcanbeeitherclosedoropen.Aclosedpathbeginsandendsatthesamepoint.
Anchorpointscanbeoftwotypes:cornerpointandsmoothpoint.Tochangethetypeofananchorpoint,double-clickonit.Whenyoudothis,theadjoininglineschangefromcurvedtostraightandviceversa.
1–Cornerpoint.Atacornerpoint,apathabruptlychangesitsdirection.Acornerpointmayjoineitherstraightorcurvedlinesinanycombination.Acornerpointwithtwostraightlinesdoesn'thave
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handlesthatchangethecurve.
2–Selectedanchorpoint(highlightedwithbluecolor).
3–Straightsegment.
4–Smoothpoint.Atasmoothpoint,thepathcontinuestofollowthesamedirection.Asmoothpointjoinstwocurvedsegments.
5–Directionline.
6–Directionpoint.Itisahandleattheendofadirectionline.Movingadirectionpoint,youcanchangethelengthandangleofthecorrespondingdirectionline.
7–Curvedsegment.
8–Cornerpoint.
Toselectananchorpoint,clickonitwiththeselectiontool.HolddownShiftandclicktoselectseveralanchorpoints.
Thedirectionofacurvedpaththroughasmoothanchorpointcoincideswiththedirectionofthedirectionline.Leavingtheanchorpoint,thepathbranchesofffromthedirectionline.Thelongerthedirectionlineis,thelongerthepathpassesalongit.Tochangetheangleorlengthofthedirectionline,dragthedirectionpointonitsend.
Bydefault,thedirectionlinesofthesamesmoothpointrotatetogether,preservinga180degreeanglebetweenthem.Bychangingthisangleyoucancreateacornerpointfromasmoothpoint.Todothis,dragoneoftwodirectionpointswhileholdingdowntheCmdkey.Tomakethetwodirectionlinesrotatetogetheragain,restorea180degreeanglebetweenthem.Or,double-clickontheanchorpointtwotimes.
Ifyouneedtorotateoneofdirectionlinesseparatelyfromanother,dothiswhileholdingdowntheCmdkey.
Torotateadirectionlinein45degreesincrements,pressandholdtheShiftkey.
AddingandDeletingAnchorPoints
Onceyouhavefinisheddrawingthepath,youcanaddorremoveanchorpoints.
Toaddanewpoint,activatetheSelectiontool,selectthepath,andclickonasegmentholdingdownAlt-Shift.
Todeleteananchorpoint,selectitandpresstheDeletekey.Deletingananchorpointinthemiddleofapathconnectsthetwoneighboringanchorpointswithanewsegment.
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AddingAnotherPath
Onceyouhavefinisheddrawingapath,youcanaddanotherpathtothesameobject.Theresultisstillasingleobject.
1. SelecttheexistingpathusingtheSelectiontool.
2. ActivatetheSplinetool.
3. PressandholdtheAltkey,anddraw.
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WorkingwithTablesTablesarecommonlyusedtoorganizetextandnumericdata.Sometimes,tablesareusedtoarrangetextorimagesonthepage,suchtablesareusuallymadeinvisible.Moving,resizingandothercommonoperationsworkwithtablesjustlikewithotherobjects.
InsertingandRemovingTablesAddingRowsandColumnsSelectingtheTableanditsElementsResizingColumnsandRowsMergingandSplittingCellsChangingtheColoroftheCellBackgroundChangingtheColorandWidthoftheBordersTypingTextintoCellsInsertingImagesintoCellsClearingCells
InsertingandRemovingTables
Toinsertatableintothedocument,selectInsert>Table.
Tochangethenumberorrowsorcolumnsofanewtable,right-clickonitandchooseEditTable...inthecontextmenu.TheFixedTableHeightoptionletsyouvarythenumberofrowswithoutchangingthetableheight.
Toremoveatable,selectitandpresstheDeletekey.
AddingRowsandColumns
Toinsertarow,selectacell.ThenopenthecontextmenuandchoosetheAddRowAboveorAddRowBelowcommand.
Toinsertacolumn,selectacell.ThenopenthecontextmenuandchoosetheAddColumnBeforeorAddColumnAftercommand.
TheTabkeyaddsanewrowwhenthebottom-rightcelliscurrentlyhighlighted.
SelectingtheTableanditsElements
Toselectatable,clickonit.Toselectanelementofthetable(cellorline),selectthetableandclickinsideacelloronadivider.
TheTabkeyselectsthenextcell(inZorder).Whenthelastcellisreached,pressingTabaddsanewrowandselectstheleftcellinit.Thisalsohappenswhenthewholetableisselected.
PressingShift-Tabselectsthepreviouscell(inZorder).Onceyoureachthetopleftcell,pressingShift-Tabselectsthebottomrightcell.
ResizingColumnsandRows
Toresizeacolumnorarow,selectthedividerthatseparatesitfromanothercolumnorrowanddragitwiththemouse.
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TheFixedTableHeightoptionletsyouspecifyhowthetablereactstotheresizingofrows.Toaccessthisoption,right-clickonthetableandchooseEditTable...WhenFixedTableHeightisactivated,changingtherowheightaffectstheneighboringrowsinsteadofthetablesize.Withthisoptiondeactivated,increasingordecreasingtheheightofarowchangesthetableheight.Theheightsofotherrowsremainconstant.
MergingandSplittingCells
Bymergingandsplittingcells,youcancreatethosethatarebiggerorsmallerthanothers.
Tomergecells,selectthemandchoosetheMergeCellscommandfromthecontextmenu.
Tosplitacell,selectitandchoosetheSplitintoRowsorSplitintoColumnscommandfromthecontextmenu.
ChangingtheColoroftheCellBackground
Tochangebackgroundcolorofoneormorecells,selectthemandapplytheFilltoollocatedintheAppearancetab(Cmd-3)oftheInspector.
ChangingtheColorandWidthoftheBorders
Tochangethecolororwidthofthetableborderordivider,usetheStroketoolslocatedintheAppearancetab(Cmd-3)oftheInspector.
TypingTextintoCells
Tostarttypingtext,doubleclickonthecell.
Toformattextinthetable,usethetoolslocatedintheTexttabofInspector.
InsertingImagesintoCells
Toinsertanimage,selectatable,thendragtheimagefromtheSourcepanelorfromtheFinder,anddropintoacell.
Anotherwaytoinsertanimage:
1. Selectacell.
2. OpentheAppearancetabofInspector.
3. ClickontheImagecontrolandchooseCustomImage....
4. Selectagraphicfile.
Thereareseveralwaystofitanimageintothecell:
Fill-doesnotchangetheaspectratiooftheimage.Partsoftheimagemaynotbeseeninthecell.
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Fit-thewholeimagefitsinthecellwithoutchangingtheaspectratio.Blankspacemaybeleftinsidethecell.Stretch-thewholeimagefitsinthecell.Theimagemaybedeformed.Tile-doesnotchangetheaspectratiooftheimage.Ifthecellisnotbigenough,theimagewillbepartiallycutoff.Ifthecellisbiggerthantheimage,itwillbefilledwithmultiplecopiesoftheimage.
ClearingCells
Toremovethecontentoftheselectedcell,chooseClearCellsinthecontextmenu.Youcanclearseveralselectedcells.
Clearingcellsisusefulwhenyouwanttoreuseanexistingtableasatemplateforanewone.Inthiscase,youcanclearapartorthewholetabletoinputnewdata.
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WorkingwithCalendarsToaddacalendartoyourdocument,selectInsert>Calendarinthemenu.
Calendarsconsistofthreeparts:month,daysofweek,anddates.Thefirsttwocanbehidden.Youcanchangethefont,textcolor,andbackgroundcolorofeachpartindividually.Todothis,selectoneofthepartsandusethetextandfilltoolsintheInspector.
Tobringupthepropertiesdialog,double-clickonthecalendar.Settingsonthispanelletyouconfigurethepresenceandlocationofcalendarelements.
YourregionalsettingsdictatethecalendartypeandwhetherornotyourcalendarstartswithSundayorMonday.YoucanviewthemintheSystemPreferences.
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InsertingCurrentDateandTimeInformationToinsertthecurrentdateandtimeinyourdocument,chooseInsert>DateandTimeinthemenu.
Theinformationcanbeaddedasanindividualtextfield,orinsideatextbox.Youcannotedititdirectly.Toupdatetheinformation,double-clickontheDateandTimefield.
Tochangethetextformatting,usethetoolsintheTexttaboftheInspector.
Tochooseadifferentpatternforthedatarepresentation,double-clickonthedateandtimefieldandselectapatterninadrop-downlist.
TheFormateditboxletsyoucreateacustompattern.Symbolsinthepatternreplacedate,month,year,andsoon.Forexample,"yyyy"producesthecurrentyearintheformat"1999,"and"yy"givesashorterformat"99."Formoredetailsabouttimeanddatepatterns,gotothiswebsite:http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-4.html#Date_Format_Patterns
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WorkingwithAddressFieldsToaddanaddressfieldtoyourdocument,chooseInsert>AddressFieldinthemenu.
TheprogramautomaticallypopulatesaddressfieldsinyourdocumentwithinformationimportedfromContacts.Ifyouselectseveralcontacts,theprogramwillworkinthemergeprintingmodewhenitprintsseveralcopiesofthedesign,oneperselectedcontact.
Whileyouareeditingthedocument,addressfieldsdisplaytheirnames.Theactualdatawillbeinsertedintothefieldsduringprinting.So,topreviewyourdocumentwithcontactdetails,youshouldusethepreviewinthePrintdialog.
Addressfieldscanbeplacedanywhereonthepage.Yet,ifyouwanttocreateanaddressoutofseveralfields,itisrecommendedthatyouplacetheminsideatextbox.Inthisway,youraddresswillbehaveasasolidobject.Todrawatextbox,justusetheTextBoxtoolfromthetoolbar.Then,whilethecursorisinthetextbox,addaddressfields.Don'tforgetaboutaddingspacesbetweenfields.Infact,youcantypeanytexthere,forinstance,add"Phone:"beforethephonenumber.Notethatregulartextlikethisisnotdynamicwhichmeansthatthe"Phone"wordwillremainevenifacontactdoesn'thaveanyphonenumber.
Tochangethetextformatting,usetheTexttaboftheInspector.
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TypesofDynamicDataFieldsDynamicdatafieldsaretextualobjectswhosecontentisinsertedandmodifiedautomatically.Mostofthedatafieldsupdatethecontentwhenyouprintmultiplecopiesofthesamedocument.
Type Datasource
AddressFieldPersonaldetailsimportedfromContactsorAddressBook.Thedatafieldsarepopulatedatprinting.ThecontactsfromwhichtheaddressistakencanbeselectedinthePrintdialog.
FileData Dataimportedfromatextfile.Eachcopyprintedwillimportanewlineoftext.
Counter Counterthatincrementsautomaticallyaccordingtoapattern.Eachprintedcopywillhaveauniquenumber.
PageNumber Generatedautomatically.
DateandTime Generatedautomatically.
AddressField,FileData,andCounterarepopulatedwithanewvalueineverysuccessivecopyofthedocumentatprinting.TheQuantityfieldinthePrintdialogmustbesetto2oragreatervalue.
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AddingandRemovingDataFieldsToaddadynamicdatafield,selectonefromthemiddlesectionoftheInsertmenu.
Dynamicdatafieldscanbeaddeddirectlytoyourdocument,orinsidearegulartextbox.
Untilthedatafieldispopulatedwithsomeinformation,itdisplaysitsname.Forinstance,<ZIP/PostalCode>.
Reserveasufficientamountofspacefordatafieldsthatimportinformationfromoutsidesources,suchasdatafromafileorfromContactsorAddressBook.Tomakesurethateverythingfitsinyourdesign,gotothePrintdialog,selectcontactsifyouaregoingtoprintforthem,andchecktheprintpreview.ThelengthofPageNumberorDateandTimefieldscanbeverifiedrightinthemainwindowwhenyouedityourdocument.
Youcancombineregulartextwithdynamicdatafieldsinthesametextbox.Thiswayyoucancreatetextwithvariableparts,anduseitformergeprinting.
Toaddtextinsideafieldwithdynamicdata,double-clickonittoactivatetheeditingmode,andthenplacethecursorbeforeorafterthedatafieldandtype.
Toremoveastandalonedynamicfield,selectitandhittheDeletekey.
Toremoveadynamicfieldinsertedintoatextbox,double-clickonthetextboxtoentertheeditingmode.Thenclickonthedynamicfieldtoselectit,andpressontheDeletekey.
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ChangingtheDataFieldPropertiesToshowthepopuppanelwiththedatafieldproperties,double-clickonthefield.Infact,youshoulddouble-clicktwotimes:firsttoactivatetheeditingmode,andthesecondtobringupthepropertiespanel.
ForCounter,PageNumber,andDateandTime,thepropertiespanelletsyouchangethedataformat.Forexample,thepagenumbercanlooklike"3",or"3of11",or"3/11".
Ifyoudouble-clickontheAddressField,you'llbeabletochoosewhatkindofcontactinformationtoinsert.
TheFileDataletsyouselectatextfiletoimportfrom,aswellastomakesomesettings.
Sincedynamicfieldscontaintext,youcanformatitusingtoolsfromtheTexttaboftheInspector.
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ImportingContactsContactinformationcanbeimportedfromAppleContacts.Thebasicworkflowisasfollows.YouadddatafieldstoyourdesignusingtheInsert>AddressFieldcommand.Eachofthemismeanttoshowaparticularpieceofpersonalinformation,suchasnameortelephonenumber.Datafieldsareautomaticallypopulatedwithcontactinformationatprinting.InthePrintdialog,youcancreateaso-calledprintlistbyselectingmultiplecontacts.Whenprintinghasstarted,theprogramputsthecontactdetailsofeachselectedpersonintothecorrespondingfields.
Youcanpreviewyourdocumentwithimportedinformationintheprintpreview.
InthelastversionsofOSX,theprogramcanaccessinformationfromContactsonlyiftheuserallowsthis.YoucandothisbytickingSwiftPublisherinthePrivacytaboftheSecurity&PrivacysectionintheSystemPreferences.
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ImportingDatafromaTextFileToimportinformationfromatextfile,addaFileDatafieldusingtheInsert>FileDatacommand.Thenlinkthefieldwithatextfile.Double-clickonthefieldtwotimestoopenthepropertiespanel.Then,clicktheChoose…buttoninthepaneltobringuptheimportdialog.Selectatextfile,setuptheimportoptions,andclicktheOpenbutton.
Barcodescanalsousetextfilesasadatasource.
Textfilesmustbesavedintheplaintextformatthatisdiscussedbelow.Asarule,spreadsheetscanbeexportedtoso-calledtab-delimitedtextfiles.
ImportOptions
ByselectingtheFirstrowisheadercheckbox,youskipimportingthefirstrow.Thisbasicallysaysthatthefirstrowisnotdata.Itisfullofheadersforthedatabelow.
TheSingleColumnDataandMultipleColumnDataoptionsletyoudefineifeachlineshouldbetreatedasonepieceofinformation(onecolumn),orasseveral(multiplecolumns).Inthesecondcaseyoushouldselectthedelimitertype,andthecolumnnumberfromwhichdatashouldbeimported.Adelimiterisacharacterorspacethatletstheprogramknowwhereonecolumnends,andanotherbegins.
KeepthedefaultEncodingunlessyouknowtheencodingofyourfile.Iftheimportedtextisunreadable(usuallycharactersarereplacedwithsomesymbols),reimportwithanothercharacterencodingselected.
TextFileFormat
Theinputtextfilemayhavealldataorganizedinoneorseveralcolumns.
One-columnstructure:
Example:
Multi-columnstructure:
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Anexamplewithasemicolonusedasthedelimiter:
Ifyourdataisstoredinadatabaseorspreadsheet,exportittoatab-orcomma-delimitedtextfile.
Tocreateatextfilemanually:
1. OpenanewdocumentintheTextEditapplication.
2. Switchtotheplaintextformat(Format>MakePlainTextorCmd-Shift-T).
3. Addseverallinesoftext.Useasemicolonortabulationtosplitalineintoseveralcolumns.
4. Savethefile.
Donotaddanyunnecessarysymbols!Otherwiseyouwillbreakthefilestructure.
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AddingandRemovingBarcodesToaddabarcode,clickontheBarcodebuttoninthetoolbarandselectthetypeofbarcodeyouwishtoadd.AnalternativeistoselectthebarcodetypefromtheInsert>Barcodemenu.
Toreplacethedefaultdata,double-clickonthebarcodeandtypeinyourowninformation.OtherbarcodepropertiesareexplainedintheBarcodePropertiesdocument.
Whenyouprint,theprogramletsyoudynamicallychangetheinformationencodedineachconsequentcopyofthebarcode.Thisispossiblewhenthebarcodeislinkedtoafilecontainingdata,orwithacounter(anumberthatusesapatterntochangethenumberforeachbarcode).Whenusingbarcodeswithvaryingencodedinformation,makesureyouleaveenoughspacearoundtheoriginalbarcodesothatitcanexpand.ThisconcernsonlybarcodesthatcanencodevariableamountsofinformationsuchasCode39orDataMatrixASCII.SomeotherslikeEAN8supportafixednumberofcharactersanddonotchangetheirsize.
Toseeifabarcodewithdynamicdatafitsyourdesign,usetheprintpreviewlocatedinthePrintdialog.
Todeleteabarcode,selectitandhittheDeletekey.
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BarcodePropertiesTobringupthebarcodeproperties,double-clickonthebarcode.
1–Barcodetype.Whenyouchangethebarcodetype,rememberthatnotallbarcodessupportthesamerangeofcharacters,whichmayleavepartofyourdataunreadable.
2–Datasource.Threeoptionsareavailable.Valueletsyoutypeorpasteinformationdirectlyintotheeditbox.Fileletsyoulinkthebarcodetoatextfile.TheimportsettingsaredescribedinImportingDatafromaTextFile.Counterisanumberthatautomaticallyincreasesordecreasesaccordingtoapattern.Youcanchoosetheinitialvalue.
3–Theeditboxwhereyoucanenterininformationmanually.
4–Anoptiontoaddthechecksumtothebarcode.Notallbarcodessupportthisfeature.
5–Addabordertothebarcode.Onlythe"Interleaved2of5"barcodesupportsthisfeature.
6–Thisoptionshowstheencodedtextornumberalongwiththebarcode.
7–Barcodescale.Becareful,barcodescannerscanhavedifficultiesreadingbarcodesscaledsmallerthan100%.
8–EnabletheConstraintostandardsizeoptiontoresizethebarcodetoaneasilyreadablesize.
Anyinformationenteredmanuallyremainsthesamenomatterhowmanybarcodesyouprint.Valuesimportedfromatextfileorgeneratedbythecounteraredynamic,meaningthatwhenyouprintmultiplecopiesofyourdocument,eachcopycancontaindifferentinformation.
Ifinputtingorimportingdatawasfollowedbyanerrormessage,checktomakesurethatboththeinputtedcharactersandtheamountofcharactersaresupportedbythechosenbarcodetype.
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BarcodeTypesThetablebelowcontainsalistofsupportedbarcodes(non-postal),supportedcharacters,andthenumberofcharactersallowed.
BarcodeName Definition SupportedCharacters Length
Code128
Usedworldwideinshippingandpackagingindustries.
NearlyallASCIIsymbols,includingcontrolcharacters Notfixed
Code39
Primarilyusedinthenon-retailenvironment.
0123456789[Space]ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-.$/+%
Notfixed
Code39Extended
Code39withanextendedrangeofcharacters.
0123456789[Space]ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
Notfixed
Interleaved2of5
Usedcommerciallyon135filmandoncartonsofproductsinthewarehouseindustry.
0123456789 Notfixed
ISBN13
InternationalStandardBookNumber.Usedbybooksellers.
0123456789 13characters
EAN13
Usedworldwideformarkingretailgoods.
0123456789 13characters
EAN8
Usedworldwideformarkingretailgoods,mostlysmallitems.
0123456789 8characters
UPC-A
UsedintheUSAformarkingretailgoods.
0123456789 12characters
Usedinthe
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UPC-EUSAformarkingretailgoods,mostlysmallitems.
0123456789 8characters
DataMatrixASCII
Itemmarkingandotherpurposes.
ASCIIsymbols. Upto2,335
QRCode
Itemmarking,logisticsandotherpurposes.
Alphanumericornumeric.Upto7,089characters
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TroubleshootingTheprinterdoesnotprintLowqualityoftheprintoutSomeorallobjectsarepresentonthecanvasbutdon'tprintCannotselecttextoranimage
PrintingProblems
Theprinterdoesnotprint
Checkthecableconnectionbetweentheprinterandthecomputer.Makesuretheprinteristurnedon.Ifseveralprintersareinstalledonyoursystem,makesurethecorrectoneisselectedintheprogram.Checktheprinterpapersource:someprintershaveseveralinputtrays.Makesurethepaperisproperlyloadedintotheprinter.Someprintermodelsdonotstartprintingwhenthepaperoutputtrayisclosed.
Makesurethatprinterinitializationisfinished.Lampsontheprintercontrolpanelshouldindicateitsstate.Usually,blinkinglampsindicatethattheprinterisnotreadyyet.
LowQualityofthePrintout
Ifyourprintedtextorimagesareoflowquality(lightbandsorgapsontheprintout,theprintoutfadesout,youseewrongcolors),checktheinkortonerlevel.
Iftheprintoutisblurryorittakesalongtimefortheinktodry:
Makesurethepapermeetstheprinterspecification.Thepaperfaceisonthecorrectside.Theproperpapertypeisselectedintheprintersettings.
Toestablishthecauseoftheproblem,doatestprintfromanotherapplication.Iftheproblempersists,itislikelythattheproblemisconnectedwithhardware.
FormoredetailedguidancerefertoyourprinterUserManual.
Someorallobjectsarepresentonthecanvasbutdon'tprint
AlllayershavethePrintableproperty.Ifitisdeactivatedforsomelayer,allobjectsonthislayerwon'tbeprintedorexported.Thus,ifcertaintextorgraphicsisvisibleonthecanvasbutismissingontheprintorintheexportedfile,checkthePrintablepropertyoftherespectivelayer.ActivatethislayerandverifyitspropertyintheArrange>Layersmenu.
ProblemswithTextandImages
Cannotselecttextoranimage
Makesuretheobjectyouwanttoselectisontheactivelayer(Background,Foreground,ora
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customone).Toopenanotherlayer,usetheArrange>Layersmenu.Theobjectmaybebehindanothertransparentorsemitransparentobject.Toselectthroughanobject,presstheCmdkeyandclickonoverlayingobjectsrepeatedlyuntilthedesiredoneisselected.
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TechnicalSupportThedeveloperofSwiftPublisheroffersfreetechnicalsupport.
E-mail:[email protected]
TechnicalsupportformonBeLight’swebsite:http://www.belightsoft.com/support/
ForumonBeLight’swebsite:http://www.belightsoft.com/forum/
Whenreportingaproblem,pleasemakesuretospecify:
TheversionofSwiftPublisheryouareusing.TheversionofmacOSinstalledonyourcomputer.Yourpreviousactionsthatcouldhaveleadtotheproblem.Iftheproblempersists,describehowtoreproduceit.Whennecessary,illustrateyourreportwithscreenshots(pressCmd-Shift-3tosaveascreenshotonyourDesktop).
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Table of Contents
Brief Description 4System Requirements 4
Licensing 5Updating Swift Publisher 6Removing Swift Publisher 7Useful Web Resources 8Swift Publisher End User License Agreement 9Swift Publisher Main Window 12
The Toolbar 12The Source Panel 15
The Inspector 16The Preferences Dialog 21
The General Tab 21The Design Tab 21
Menus 23The "Swift Publisher" Menu 23The "File" Menu 23The "Edit" Menu 24The "Insert" Menu 25The "View" Menu 26The "Format" Menu 27The "Arrange" Menu 28The "Window" Menu 29The "Help" Menu 30
Keyboard Shortcuts 31Working with Documents 31Working with Objects 31Working with Pages 32Working with Layers 32Working with Windows and Dialogs 32Working with Text 33Working with the Mouse 33Search 34Using Trackpad Gestures on Supported Computers 34Activating Tools 34
Creating a New Document 35The New Document Dialog 35
Opening an Existing Document 36Saving a Document 37Using Templates 38Document Properties 39Creating Booklets 41
Planning a Booklet 41Page and Paper Size 41Imposition 42
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Printing 44Merge Printing 46
Exporting 47Choosing a Graphic Format to Export 48Exporting to PDF and EPS with CMYK Colors 48
Bleeds 50Page Layout 51Managing Layers 52Moving Objects 54
Moving an Object to Another Layer 54Aligning and Distributing Objects 56
Aligning Objects 56Distributing Objects 56
Rulers 57Guide Lines and Margin Guides 58
Guide Lines 58Grid of Guides 58Margin Guides 61
The Grid 62Displaying Pages in the Main Window 63The Pages Panel 65Adding and Removing Pages 66Changing the Page Order 67Navigating Through the Document 68Numbering Pages 69Master Pages 71Page Spreads 73Selecting Objects 74Changing the Object Size 75Rotating Objects 76Grouping Objects 77Filling Objects with Colors 78Applying the Stroke Settings 80Applying the Shadow Effect 81Working with Text 82
Adding and Editing Text 83Adding and Editing Vertical Text 83Adding and Editing Circular Text 83Removing Text 84Formatting Text 84Text Wrapping 86Checking Spelling 89Finding and Replacing Text 89Adding Hyperlinks 90
Linked Text Boxes 91Linked Text Boxes and Flowing Text 91
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Adding Linked Text Boxes 91Text Box Linking Controls 92Linking and Unlinking Text Boxes 94
Text Styles 96Aligning Text Using Tab Stops 97Working with Images 99
Adding an Image to the Document 99Masking Images 102Cropping Images 102Editing Images 103
Working with Smart Shapes 104Editing Images 108Using Image Generators 109Working with Headings 111Drawing Lines and Curves 112
Drawing 112Anchor Points and Paths 112Adding and Deleting Anchor Points 113Adding Another Path 114
Working with Tables 115Working with Calendars 118Inserting Current Date and Time Information 119Working with Address Fields 120Types of Dynamic Data Fields 121Adding and Removing Data Fields 122Changing the Data Field Properties 123Importing Contacts 124Importing Data from a Text File 125Adding and Removing Barcodes 127Barcode Properties 128Barcode Types 129Troubleshooting 131
Printing Problems 131Problems with Text and Images 131
Technical Support 133
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