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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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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.


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.


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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Onceyousatisfiedwiththeresult,turnofftheStrokeofthecontourtomakeitinvisible.

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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:


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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EditingImages

Toeditanimageusingthebuilt-inimageeditor,double-clickontheimage.

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WorkingwithSmartShapesASmartShapeisavectorimage.Youcanturnonandoffitscontour,applyacolororgradientfill,andplaceanimageinside.TheshapeofcertainSmartShapescanevenbecontrolledmanually.

SmartShapesarelocatedintheCliparttaboftheSourcepanel.ToaddaSmartShapetoyourdesign,draganddropitontothecanvas.

MosttoolsthatworkwithordinaryimagesarealsoapplicabletoSmartShapes.

Someoperationscommonfordifferenttypesofobjectsaredescribedin:


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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http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-4.html#Date_Format_Patterns

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.


EAN8

Usedworldwideformarkingretailgoods,mostlysmallitems.


UPC-A

UsedintheUSAformarkingretailgoods.


Usedinthe

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UPC-EUSAformarkingretailgoods,mostlysmallitems.


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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