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THE FIVE STEPS TO DESKTOP PUBLISHING
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More information for PUBLISH IT!
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Written by the JAZZMAN.
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There are several preliminary steps in creating any document for the first time.
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The file should be named, and a number of program settings should be checked.
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Fortunately, none of these steps requires you to memorize anything. Each step is
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on a pull-down menu, and the help menu can lead the way if you get stuck.
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THE HELP MENU
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When you choose one of the options from the help menu, an informational Dialog
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Box appears. Click on OK to return to your document.
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ACTIVE MENU OPTIONS
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There is a strong interaction between the Toolbox and the menus in Publish it!
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When you first enter the screens Work Area and the arrow is selected as a
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default, the EDIT, FONT and FORMAT menus are dimmed, showing that they are
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inactive and not available for use. Pull down one of these menus, and you'll see
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that the menu items are also dimmed.
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Items within the active menus are also effected by the tool you've chosen. If
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you pull down the FILE, PAGE and OBJECTS menus, you can see the highlighted
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commands and functions which are available as well as those which cannot be
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selected at this time.
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When a menu is selected, you should also notice that some items have keyboard
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equivalents ("Quick Keys") listed to the right of the function name. Once you've
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learned Publish it!, you can save time by using the Quick Keys. There are Quick
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Keys for a number of menu functions. At the beginning though, the program is
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easier to learn by using the pull down menus.
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As you experiment with the powerful features of Publish It!, the program will be
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your best teacher. The process will soon become intuitive.
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SELECTING YOUR DATA DRIVE
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Choose Select Data Drive ...from the File menu to tell Publish it! where your
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data drive is located. Your choice will depend on your hardware and
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configuration of your system. Notice that you can use PRODOS pathnames.
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SAVING YOUR SETTINGS
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This option saves your default settings for any option that was active at the
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time you chose SAVE SETTINGS, including settings for your data drive, the page
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size, line, pen and fill choices. IT DOES NOT SAVE YOUR DOCUMENT...
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OPENING A NEW FILE
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Publish it! provides a default document name of "Untitled". If you wish to name
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your document before starting it, or you wish to abandon the current document
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you are working on, choose the New File...option from the File Menu. A box will
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appear with a blank line for the file name. Type a short word (not more than 15
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characters) which quickly describes the theme of your document. Use letters,
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numbers and the period, but must begin with a letter.
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To return to your document, click on OK.
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SAVING FILES
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The Save File option saves your document under the current file name. If you
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save frequently, another way to do it is to press O-Apple-S, the save file Quick
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Key. On single drive systems, you will be prompted to insert your data disk. If
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you want to use a different name, choose the Save File As... option.
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SAVING A FILE WITH A NEW FILE NAME
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This option allows you to save the current document under a new name. Choose
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Save File As... from the File menu.
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The ability to save a document to a different file name can be useful in a
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number of ways. For example, if you want to save a layout to use in designing
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other documents, you can save your current document under more than one name so
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that you can preserve the current document and still have copies available for
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use in creating other layouts. You can also save the document in various stages
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of development under different names.
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A dialog box will appear with the current file name. to change, type in a new
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name. To save the file and return to your current document, click on OK.
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DELETING FILES
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To permanently remove a file from your data disk, choose Delete File...from the
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File menu. You can only delete one file at a time. A Dialog box will appear with
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a list of file names. Select the one you want to delete and click on delete. A
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second Dialog Box will appear asking you to confirm your decision.
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CHECKING AVAILABLE MEMORY
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From time to time you will want to check the memory available for your document.
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Pull down the Apple menu and select Status...for information on your computers
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current memory availability and information on how many objects you have
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remaining to use (the maximum allowed is 65). If you run out of memory, the
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program will notify you. To return to your document, click on OK.
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Now lets start to produce a document.
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While it is possible to start your document anywhere, with design, art work or
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words, and to move back and forth among these three parts of your documents
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whenever you wish, I will present these ideas starting with the page layout,
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continuing with the text possibilities, then graphics and finishing with the
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printing.
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Objects are such an important part of the program that they bear some
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discussion. With the Toolbox,you can create six types of objects.they are:
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Graphic frames [x]
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Text columns [T]
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Horizontal or vertical lines [l-]
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Rectangles [ [] ]
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Round-cornered rectangles [ (_) ]
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Circles [O]
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(Note: these symbols are not perfect, but as close as I can produce.)
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Only one tool can be selected at a time. Select the tool by clicking on it.
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Tools are deselected automatically when you choose another. Selecting one of the
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tools will activate some menus and menu options and deactivate others.
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To create an object, first click on the desired tool and then move to the spot
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on the page where you want to place the upper left hand corner of the object.
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Press the mouse button and drag to where you want the lower right corner, then
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release the button. Several objects drawn on a single page may overlap each
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other. Each object is actually on a single plane, with the most recently created
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on the top.
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DESIGN GUIDES
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To make designing your pages easier, we provide a guide system that helps
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position your objects quickly and accurately on the page. Although these guide
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appear on the screen, they will not be printed on your document. A check mark
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next to Snap To Guides, indicates this option is active. Snap To Guides works
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when creating text, columns and graphics, not when moving or resizing. If you
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overlap a guide when drawing it, Your object will snap to the outer edge of
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those guides.
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To use this feature, select the page guides you want to use with the Select
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Guides option. The page can be divided into rectangular regions composed of 1
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(1x1), 4 (2x2), 9 (3x3), 16 (4x4) equal parts or no guides if you do not want
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guides to appear on your display. The guides you choose will remain in effect
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until you change them or until you quit Publish It!. To save a guide setting as
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a default, set your guides and then choose Save Settings from the C-Apple menu.
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You may change or remove guides at any time. If the Snap To Guides are on, when
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you create a text column, graphic or graphic frame, it will automatically be
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aligned with the nearest page guide.
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SHOWING THE COLUMN OUTLINES
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This option from the SPECIAL menu allows you to turn the display of text column
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outlines on and off. It does not effect the text within the defined areas or the
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text columns themselves or printing, since column outlines are never printed.
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Choosing Show Column Outlines from the SPECIAL menu toggles this option on and
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off. A check mark next to Show Column Outlines indicates that the option is
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active.
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SELECTING OBJECTS
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AN OBJECT MUST BE SELECTED BEFORE IT CAN BE MANIPULATED. Click on the desired
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object with the arrow.(or pointer). Selecting a new object deselects any other
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object on the page. A newly created object is selected until you click on
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another object, to select it. To deselect an object without selecting another,
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Click in a blank section of the work area. When an object is selected, it may be
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dragged by the lower right handle to resize it. Objects may overlap each other
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on the page. You may also change the order in which the objects are stacked by
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selecting objects with the arrow and choosing either Move To Front or Move To
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Back from the objects menu.
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WARNING.......If the object you are moving to the back (bottom) is smaller than
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the other objects, it may be hidden by other objects.
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GROUPING OBJECTS
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You can drag several objects around by using the grouping feature. Using the
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arrow, drag the arrow pointer from a point above and left of the target objects
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to a point below and right. Be sure to start dragging from a point that has no
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objects. As you drag, you will see the outline of a box being drawn, almost as
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if you were creating another object. When you release the mouse button, the box
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will disappear, and every object that was inside the box will become selected.
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You may now drag any one of these selected objects and all the rest will follow.
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Other functions for grouped objects are, delete, change fill patterns and change
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line weights.
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NOTE...Some object menu items are not available for groups. They will appear
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dimmed.
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SPECIFYING OBJECTS
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Objects can be moved or resized with the arrow. For more precise work, you can
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choose Show Specifications... from the OBJECT menu. With this option you can
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determine and modify the exact size of a selected object.
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Specifications sheets vary with the type of object selected, but all have Left
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Start and Top Start coordinates.
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What the Dialog Box displays:
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LEFT START...
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Shows where the objects left edge starts relative to the left edge of the page
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(in a measurement determined by the UNIT MEASURE option in the SPECIAL menu.
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TOP START...
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Shows where the selected objects top edge starts relative to the top edge of the
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page.
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WIDTH...
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How wide the selected object is.
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HEIGHT...
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How high the selected object is.
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You may resize and reposition the selected objects with precision by changing
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any or all of the four selections in the Dialog Box. For some objects, not all
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four will be available. For example, There is no width option shown for a
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vertical line, because width is determined by the line weight selected when the
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line is drawn.
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Click on the box with the value you want to modify and type in the change. When
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you finish, click on OK. The selected object will be adjusted according to your
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changes.
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COPYING, CUTTING AND PASTING
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When working at the object level with the pointer (arrow) tool, if you want to
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duplicate an object, use the arrow to select the object, then choose Copy
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(O-Apple-C)from the objects menu to copy the object to the programs internal
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clipboard. The object will not disappear from the screen, but a duplicate will
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be held in a buffer (clipboard) until you are ready to use it. Choose PASTE from
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the objects menu, or O-Apple-V. A copy of your graphic will appear in the center
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of your screen. Use the arrow to drag it to a new position. Once an object has
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been copied to the clipboard, the original object can be moved or deleted
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without effecting the size or position of the copy in the clipboard. cutting an
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object works the same as copying except the original is removed from the screen.
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DELETING OBJECTS
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You can remove objects using one of two methods. The DELETE key or the CUT
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method. To delete an object using the DELETE key, select it with the arrow, then
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press DELETE. The object is permanently erased from the screen.
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The CUT option on the OBJECTS menu also deletes objects. Unlike the above
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method, cut objects are placed in the clipboard and can later be recalled with
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the Paste option, providing nothing else has been cut or copied to the
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clipboard. The clipboard can only hold one object at a time; cutting or copying
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will replace any previously cut or copied objects.
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SETTING THE PAGE SIZE
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Before you start your layout, you must tell the computer which page size you
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want to use. Select the SET PAGE SIZE option on the PAGE menu.
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Selecting this option allows you to choose your page size from four U.S. and
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international standard page sizes. The choices are: U.S.LETTER, U.S.LEGAL, A4
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LETTER and B5 LETTER. These last two are approximately 8 1/4 x 11 2/3 inches and
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7x10 inches respectfully.
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The two choices under each of these are for the width of paper your printer
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uses. Only wide carriage printers can handle a full 8 1/2 inch line width. DO
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NOT SELECT 8 1/2 inch IF YOU HAVE A STANDARD SIZE PRINTER.
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A Dialog Box will appear with four clearly defined page sizes. Select the page
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size for the paper you have loaded in your printer (or a page size you plan to
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use for this document or publication). Click on the page size you want to use,
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then click on OK. What do you do if the page size you want is not listed? For
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example, you want to layout a business card or an 11x17 flyer. For the smaller
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page sizes, use the on-screen rulers to insure that your design stays within the
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size you want for your business card. When the page is printed, you will only
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use the section of the page you want.
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For a larger page, like an 11x17 sheet, you could work with two 8 1/2 x 11"
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pages and paste them next to each other.
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SELECTING PAGES
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You select pages by clicking on the left arrow and right arrow in the lower left
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corner of the display. The current page number is shown after the document
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title.
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ADDING AND DELETING PAGES
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To add pages to a document, choose the Insert Page option on the Page menu.
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Selecting this option will cause a new page to be inserted before your current
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location. The page you are working on and all subsequent pages will be
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renumbered.
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To append pages at the end of the document, click on the left arrow until you
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reach the last page. If you click on the left arrow again, you will be asked if
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you want to add a page. Click on OK to do so.
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To delete a page, select the Delete Page option on the Page menu. Selecting this
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option will delete the current page. All subsequent pages will be renumbered and
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moved up one page in your document. You will be given a chance to reverse your
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decision to delete a page. If you decide not to delete the page, click on CANCEL
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or press RETURN.
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NOTE...Delete Page erases text columns and reflows your text through the
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remaining chain. Text will not be lost, if any linked columns remain. Text that
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is not part of a chain on another page will be lost.
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VIEWING PAGES
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Publish It! lets you work on a document in four different views. To change to a
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different view, choose a size from the SPECIAL menu. You will be able to edit
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text, define graphics, or use the arrow to move and resize objects in any view
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as shown later.
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1. With the SHOW FULL SIZE option, you can see text and graphic elements on the
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display in the size they will appear on your print-out. However, you can only
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view a portion of the page at a time.
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2. The SHOW HALF SIZE option shows the page at about half the size that it will
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print out. You will view the page in full width, but will be able to view
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only a portion of the length.
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3. SHOW DOUBLE SIZE is like a close-up. Use for fine tuning your text or graphic
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elements. Use the scroll arrows and scroll boxes on the sides of the screen's
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work area to move the page up, down and from side to side so you can view
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different sections of it. As you move. the rulers on the top and sides will
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inform you of your location on the page.
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4. Use the SIZE TO FIT option if you would like to view the whole page at once.
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You may not see the text clearly because of its reduced size, but you can see
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what your layout looks like. Your page will appear on the left half of the
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screen.
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In all views except Full Size, imported bit maps (graphics) will be represented
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as grey shaded boxes. When in FULL SIZE, the picture itself will be visible.
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WARNING....You cannot print anything you place outside the page area in the SIZE
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TO FIT view, but you can use that area to try out ideas and then move them to
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the left half of the screen. Anything on the right side will be saved, even
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though it will not be printed.
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WHITE SPACE
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When laying out your page, keep in mind that the absence of objects is important
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too. The space left over after you have everything in place, in fact, becomes as
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much a part of the page as the elements you inserted. This is called white
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space. Used properly, it adds pleasing contrast to the art and text on the page.
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So, when you're reviewing your page layout, take a moment to review the size of
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the margins, the amount of space between the lines of text, the amount of space
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around the art work, and the distances between the headlines and the body copy.
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White space adds to a crisp, clean looking page. Avoid, however what is called
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negative white space, that is , white space surrounded by art or text. This
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white space is considered undesirable because it resembles a doughnut hole on a
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page.
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AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS
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All page layouts should consider the audience. Obviously, the audience for an
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advertising flyer is not expecting something that looks like a wedding
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invitation. A greater proportion of black to white may be perfectly acceptable
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in an ad, but very unacceptable in a poetic greeting card. As you design each
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document, try to put yourself in the readers shoes. If you're writing for senior
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citizens, for example maybe you don't want 9-point text. Perhaps 12-point is a
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better choice.
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CHOOSING MEASURING UNITS
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Choosing measurement units for the on-screen rulers is as simple as choosing
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Select Unit Measure from the Special menu. With this option, you are free to
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choose the unit of measure with which you want to work. Inches, Centimeters, or
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Picas ( 6 Picas = 1 inch).
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NOTE....In publish It!, picas will be both the horizontal and vertical unit of
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measurement, even though the type fonts will be measured in points. A point is
|
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|
1/12th of o pica (1/72 of an inch).
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|
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|
The default settings are in inches. The units of measure chosen here affect the
|
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|
on-screen rulers and other measurements, especially in the FORMAT, PAGE and
|
|||
|
OBJECTS menus.
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|
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|
SETTING THE ON-SCREEN RULERS
|
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|
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|
Rulers help place items and size them on the page with reasonable precision. Two
|
|||
|
indicators, one on each ruler, show the position of the mouse pointer at any
|
|||
|
time. As you scroll the page, the rulers change to reflect the current position.
|
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|
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|
The Show Rulers option toggles the horizontal and vertical rulers on and off.
|
|||
|
Rulers are very helpful when laying out a page, but as you work on text, you may
|
|||
|
want the extra screen space that is made available by turning off the rulers.
|
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|
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|
Now that you understand the concepts of objects, let's talk about specific ways
|
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|
you can use them, beginning with your text.
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|
CREATING TEXT COLUMNS
|
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|
|||
|
Move the pointer to [T] in the tool box and click on the Text tool. Notice how
|
|||
|
this tool is now highlighted and arrow is deselected. You are ready to create a
|
|||
|
text column.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
Simply move the mouse into the work area. As long as the [T] tool is active,
|
|||
|
every drag in the work area will start a new column.
|
|||
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|
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|
A text column is a defined region on the screen which resembles an empty box or
|
|||
|
frame (if you have the column outlines turned on). The program displays a
|
|||
|
rectangle to indicate the border of the new text column, so you can judge its
|
|||
|
size and shape as you create it. If you move the pointer past the window
|
|||
|
boundary while creating a text column, the window scrolls automatically.
|
|||
|
|
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|
Release the mouse button when the column is the right size. If a guide is
|
|||
|
visible and SNAP TO GUIDES are selected, your text column will snap to the
|
|||
|
nearest guide.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
Text may be entered from the keyboard or imported from another file to a
|
|||
|
particular text column or to a specified series of columns.
|
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|
Publish it! considers text columns to be objects, so you can drag, resize,
|
|||
|
delete, cut, copy and paste using the pointer. Remember, if you cut or copy a
|
|||
|
text column, the frame, not the text within is cut or copied. A little
|
|||
|
experimentation with this function will show you how to create text columns of
|
|||
|
all sizes any where on the screen, including on top of each other.
|
|||
|
|
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|
NOTE...At least one column must exist before you can enter or import text.
|
|||
|
Furthermore, Publish It! will not allow text to be placed outside of the text
|
|||
|
column. Two or more text columns must exist before you can link them for the
|
|||
|
flow of text.
|
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|
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|
SETTING TABS
|
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|
|
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|
To set tabs on your page, select the TABS...option on the PAGE menu. A Dialog
|
|||
|
box will appear. Click on the first input box and type in the tab setting you
|
|||
|
want. You do not have to enter the tabs in order. They will be put in order for
|
|||
|
you. You can set up to six tab stops per page. Tabs are measured in inches,
|
|||
|
centimeters or picas, as set in the SET UNIT MEASURE...option of the SPECIAL
|
|||
|
menu. To move the text insertion point to a tab location, press the TAB key on
|
|||
|
your keyboard.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
THE TEXT TOOL AND ENTERING TEXT
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
There are two ways to enter text: either use its built-in word-processor or
|
|||
|
import text from your own word processor or other programs. Before you can enter
|
|||
|
any text, you need to create a text column as explained before.
|
|||
|
To enter text, select the I-BEAM tool and click the I-BEAM pointer on the next
|
|||
|
column in which you want to work.
|
|||
|
The text insertion point will appear and you can begin typing. As you type,
|
|||
|
words wrap automatically at the end of the line . Text will fill the column and
|
|||
|
any overflowed (extra) text will be indicated by a double width border at the
|
|||
|
bottom of the text column (assuming Show Column Outline is on).The appearance of
|
|||
|
your text input depends on the font you're using and on the size of your screen
|
|||
|
objects. The default font is Deerfield 12 point. Text layout within the column
|
|||
|
depends on the settings for FORMAT and PAGE.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
SELECTING TEXT
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
You must select [I] before you can select many of the text functions. You can
|
|||
|
change fonts, type sizes or styles (special effects) for text already entered.
|
|||
|
Drag the I-BEAM pointer [I] over the text you want to change to highlight a text
|
|||
|
block. Then, select a new font or style from the FONT menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
IMPORTING TEXT
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Text columns may also be filled with text imported from other documents. Publish
|
|||
|
It! reads documents created by Appleworks and Bank Street Writer directly and
|
|||
|
most other word processors if the files are in standard ASCII.
|
|||
|
To import text, select [I], and click on the text column you want the file to be
|
|||
|
placed in. Choose Import Text File from the File menu (or Import Appleworks File
|
|||
|
or Import Bank Street Writer file).
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A Dialog box will appear with a list of file names. Select the one you want.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To import the file and return to your document, click on OK.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
REMEMBER...you can double click on file names to open them).
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The files do not have to be just word processing files. If they are ASCII files,
|
|||
|
you can import data base and spreadsheets too.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
When importing files, the program only looks for the files on the disk drive
|
|||
|
currently selected as the data disk drive. Make sure you have the correct disk
|
|||
|
in the drive.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NOTE...The Import Text File option will be dim and unavailable on the menu,
|
|||
|
unless you have clicked on the [I] in your text column to create an insertion
|
|||
|
point.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Importing Appleworks files this way will preserve underline, bold,superscript
|
|||
|
and subscript text. Bank Street Writer files cannot be distinguished from
|
|||
|
picture or other program files, so be careful when selecting the file name.
|
|||
|
Other formatting options, such as tabs indent and margins must be assigned in
|
|||
|
Publish It!.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
LINKING TEXT COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
In publish It ,Text columns are usually independent objects.
|
|||
|
To support articles that span several columns (and even pages), the program lets
|
|||
|
you link text columns together in a chain. If text in a linked column is edited
|
|||
|
the entire chain is automatically updated. For example, if you enter text in the
|
|||
|
first of two linked columns, text overflows automatically into the second
|
|||
|
column. If you resize the text column, the program dynamically reflows the text
|
|||
|
to fit the new column size. Use the Link Tool to link text columns by clicking
|
|||
|
on each column in the sequence you want your text to flow. If the text columns
|
|||
|
are on different pages, flip the pages with the left-right arrows between clicks
|
|||
|
of the linking tool. When you finish creating the chain, click on the linking
|
|||
|
tool again to complete the link. When you enter or import text, it will
|
|||
|
automatically flow through the text columns in the order in which you have
|
|||
|
linked.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To relink a series of columns, click on the linking tool and then click on the
|
|||
|
new series of columns starting with the original column.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
UNLINKING COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To unlink columns,double click on the column you want unlinked. For example, you
|
|||
|
have linked three columns -1, 2, and 3. Double click on column 2, and the text
|
|||
|
will disappear from it. Columns 1 and 3 are still linked and 3 will contain the
|
|||
|
text that was previously in 2. When you have unlinked a column, click on the
|
|||
|
linking tool in the tool box to complete the process.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
INSERTING COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
If you insert columns into an existing chain, use the linking tool to link them.
|
|||
|
Click on a column in the chain and then click on the new text columns. When
|
|||
|
you're finished, click on the linking tool in the tool box to complete linking
|
|||
|
process. If you cut or copy and paste linked text columns from another page or
|
|||
|
document, you must use the linking tool to relink the text columns.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
DELETING COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Columns are objects, so they may be cut, copied or deleted as instructed
|
|||
|
earlier. However, the text within a column is treated separately. If you delete
|
|||
|
the middle column of a three column page, the text within that column would
|
|||
|
reflow to the third column ( assuming they were linked). If you try to delete a
|
|||
|
single column without links that contains text, the program will warn you that
|
|||
|
you are about to lose that text, as text cannot exist independently of a column.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
RULES OF LINKING
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
There are some rules to linking that you must observe:
|
|||
|
Selecting the linking tool (looks like one page on top of another), you will see
|
|||
|
a small hook on the bottom of the linking tool. The first click of linking tool
|
|||
|
establishes the start of a chain (or insertion into a chain) and moves the hook
|
|||
|
to the top of the linking box. Subsequent clicks on different columns create the
|
|||
|
links. Clicking on linking tool in the tool box ends the chain.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Columns selected with the pointer can be deleted by the delete key, but the text
|
|||
|
remains and is distributed to other columns, if any remain in the chain. If no
|
|||
|
columns remain, the text in the deleted column is lost. A Dialog box will appear
|
|||
|
giving you a chance to change your mind.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Columns selected with the pointer are removed completely from a chain by CUT.
|
|||
|
All linking information will be lost.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Paste does not insert a column into a chain. Use the linking tool to link
|
|||
|
columns.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A column can only belong to one chain at a time.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Double clicking with the linking tool unlinks a text column from a chain.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Linking is not permitted to a previous page.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
EDITING YOUR TEXT
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Editing text is the same as in any word processor. Following is a discussion on
|
|||
|
how to delete, cut, copy and paste text.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Deleting Text.....
|
|||
|
First be sure the I-Beam is selected from the tool box. To delete a section of
|
|||
|
text from within a text column, highlight the text by dragging, then press the
|
|||
|
delete key or choose CUT from the EDIT menu (O-Apple-X). Delete erases text
|
|||
|
permanently. CUT moves text to the clipboard where it can later be recovered
|
|||
|
with Paste. The text to be cut can be as little as one character or as long as
|
|||
|
about 1000 characters.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Cutting and Pasting Text.....
|
|||
|
Highlight the text you wish to move. Pull down the Edit menu and choose CUT or
|
|||
|
O-Apple-X. The selected text will disappear from the screen and be stored on the
|
|||
|
clipboard. Choose a new insertion point with the I-Beam and select Paste from
|
|||
|
the Edit menu (O-Apple-V). Paste retrieves the text from the clipboard and
|
|||
|
places it at the new insertion point. You may continue to paste the cut text as
|
|||
|
many times as you want until you cut or copy again.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Copying and Pasting Text.....
|
|||
|
Use copy to place selected text in the internal clipboard while leaving it on
|
|||
|
the screen. To copy, highlight a text range and choose Copy from the Edit menu,
|
|||
|
or use O-Apple-C. The selected text will not disappear from the screen (but will
|
|||
|
be held in the clipboard until you are ready to use it). Point and click at the
|
|||
|
position you want to place it (on the same or another page). Choose Paste from
|
|||
|
the Edit menu or O-Apple-V. You can repeat the last two steps if you want to
|
|||
|
insert the selected text in more than one location.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Finding Text.....
|
|||
|
Publish It can search your text for a particular character, word or phrase
|
|||
|
(numbers too) and, if you want, replace it with something else. These features
|
|||
|
are found in the Edit menu labeled FIND..., FIND NEXT, REPLACE...and REPLACE and
|
|||
|
FIND.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To find a particular word or phrase, move the I-BEAM to the first character in
|
|||
|
the text column you want to search. Click (a text insertion point will appear).
|
|||
|
Select the Find option on the EDIT menu and type the text you are searching for
|
|||
|
in the Dialog box. Then click on OK. If the search was successful, the
|
|||
|
character, word or phrase will be high lighted on the screen, and a text
|
|||
|
insertion point will appear at the end of the highlighted text. Once a
|
|||
|
character, word or phrase has been entered in the Dialog box of the Find
|
|||
|
command, every occurrence can be found in the same page by using the FIND NEXT
|
|||
|
option. To repeat the search, select FIND NEXT or press O-Apple-F.
|
|||
|
NOTE...You must use Find before you can use FIND NEXT.
|
|||
|
If the search was unsuccessful or no more occurrences are found, an Alert box
|
|||
|
will tell you so.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NOTE... When the text is highlighted, you can manipulate or change the text
|
|||
|
area, using options in the EDIT and FONT menus. The text could, for example, be
|
|||
|
changed from plain to bold, to another font or size, or it could be copied and
|
|||
|
pasted elsewhere.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Replacing Text.....
|
|||
|
To replace a text string in your document, use REPLACE from the EDIT menu. This
|
|||
|
command enables you to find a character, word or phrase and replace it with
|
|||
|
another. It is especially useful when editing large amounts of text within
|
|||
|
Publish It. Since the program remembers the last used find and replace string,
|
|||
|
you can easily change either string in the Dialog box. To use this option, move
|
|||
|
the I-BEAM to the first character in the text column you want to search. Click
|
|||
|
and a text insertion point will appear. Choose REPLACE from the EDIT menu. A
|
|||
|
dialog box will appear. Click on the top box and type in the character, word or
|
|||
|
phrase, you want to find. Move to the next box, click (or use the TAB key), and
|
|||
|
type in the replacement text. Click on FIND. You'll be informed if the string is
|
|||
|
not found.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Once a character, word or phrase to find, and a replacement has been defined in
|
|||
|
the Dialog box under REPLACE, you can repeat the sequence throughout the entire
|
|||
|
page. Choose REPLACE and FIND from the EDIT menu (O-Apple-R). Use O-Apple-F to
|
|||
|
find the next occurrence without replacing.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Sticky Spaces.....
|
|||
|
If you have a phrase or name that you don't want to split between two lines, use
|
|||
|
the Sticky Space option. Bill Johnson, Sticky Spaces and Search & Replace, for
|
|||
|
example, could all use sticky spaces. When Publish It wraps words from one line
|
|||
|
to another and a sticky space has been entered, it will treat the group of words
|
|||
|
as one. If the group is too long to fit at the end of a line, Publish It moves
|
|||
|
the whole group together to the next line. To use Sticky Space, put the I-BEAM
|
|||
|
between two words and press O-Apple-Spacebar. Repeat as often as necessary.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Soft Hyphens.....
|
|||
|
If a word is broken at a point you don't like, you can change it. Click on the
|
|||
|
word at the point you would insert a hyphen should the word need to be broken.
|
|||
|
Press O-Apple-Dash (-). As the text flows, if that word is broken, Publish It
|
|||
|
will insert a Hyphen at that point. Later, as you make changes in text and the
|
|||
|
column rewraps, that hyphen will disappear if the word no longer needs to be
|
|||
|
broken and reappear later if needed. You can place as many soft hyphens in a
|
|||
|
word as necessary.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Number Spaces.....
|
|||
|
When creating tables of numbers in the program, you will find that all digits
|
|||
|
take up the same amount of space, that is,they are not proportionally spaced as
|
|||
|
alphabetic characters are. Consequently, pressing the spacebar between columns
|
|||
|
of digits introduces uneven spacing, since spaces are considered alphabetic
|
|||
|
characters. To solve this dilemma, we have included number spaces. Number
|
|||
|
spaces, as their name implies, take up the same amount of space as a digit.
|
|||
|
Press the O-Apple-O to get a number space. When you use number space, lines of
|
|||
|
text will be easier to align than with variable word spacing.
|
|||
|
Automatic Runaround.....
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
If you have completed columns of text and then decide to drop in an object,
|
|||
|
Publish It automatically flows text around the new object.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Text Formatting
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
You can set the justification, spacing and margin/indents for all the text on
|
|||
|
the entire page. Select these options from the PAGE menu to do so. These options
|
|||
|
require that the I-BEAM be selected before you select them.
|
|||
|
NOTE.....Most of the settings in the page menu become the default settings for
|
|||
|
the options in the FORMAT menu, unless you decide to specifically change a
|
|||
|
setting for a particular document.
|
|||
|
The sections below give you details on using the Justification, Spacing and
|
|||
|
Margins/Indent options on the Format pull down menu. Use the same procedures for
|
|||
|
these options on the PAGE pull down menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Justifying Paragraphs.....
|
|||
|
You can align text in the paragraph you are currently working in using the
|
|||
|
FORMAT menu. You can justify text left or right, aligning text on the left or
|
|||
|
right column margin, leaving the other margin ragged or uneven. Two other
|
|||
|
choices are Full and Center. Full justification will make the paragraph look
|
|||
|
like a newspaper or book column, aligned on both sides. Center will make the
|
|||
|
column ragged on both sides by centering each line. Justification can be applied
|
|||
|
to a single paragraph, selected paragraphs or the whole page. To change the
|
|||
|
justification characteristics of an individual line, click on any line in the
|
|||
|
paragraph line you wish to work on with the I-Beam. Then pull down the FORMAT
|
|||
|
menu and choose Justification.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NOTE...The Use Page Standard selections refer to the values entered in the
|
|||
|
Margins/Indents option on the PAGE menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A Dialog box will appear. Click on the options you want to use. (You must click
|
|||
|
the Use Page Standard setting off if you want to change the justification of
|
|||
|
this paragraph or group of paragraphs).
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Note....The options on the FORMAT menu only affect the paragraph the text
|
|||
|
insertion point is currently in or the group of paragraphs you have selected.
|
|||
|
The similar options on the PAGE menu affect all the text on the entire page.
|
|||
|
Those options will not be available if you have highlighted a block of text.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Justification can apply to groups of paragraphs; simply highlight the paragraph
|
|||
|
and choose Justification.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Letter Spacing.....
|
|||
|
You also have the ability to change the horizontal and vertical spacing between
|
|||
|
letters, words, lines and paragraphs. To change any of this type of spacing,
|
|||
|
click at a point in the paragraph where you want to work. Then select the
|
|||
|
Spacing option on the FORMAT menu and a dialog box will appear. Click on your
|
|||
|
selection and enter revised spacing for the item. Then click on the box next to
|
|||
|
the Use Page Standard for that item to deactivate current settings.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Letter Spacing.....
|
|||
|
Letter spacing is the exact opposite of kerning. You will use this option to
|
|||
|
move all the letters in a paragraph further apart. To space letters, use the
|
|||
|
I-BEAM to select the paragraph with the letters you want to space. Select the
|
|||
|
Spacing option on the FORMAT menu and type a value (inches, cms, picas) in for
|
|||
|
letter spacing. When you click on OK, the letters will be spaced that many
|
|||
|
points apart.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Word Spacing.....
|
|||
|
The word spacing option on the Spacing Dialog Box is used to modify the spacing
|
|||
|
between words in a paragraph.
|
|||
|
Click the I-BEAM on the paragraph with the words you want to work with and then
|
|||
|
select the Spacing option on the FORMAT menu. When the dialog box appears, click
|
|||
|
on the word spacing entry box and enter the new spacing you would like to use.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Line Spacing.....
|
|||
|
Lines of text are also spaced vertically within a paragraph. to change the
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spacing between lines (also referred to as leading), select your paragraph and
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choose Spacing from the FORMAT menu. When the Dialogue box appears, enter the
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desired spacing in points. The value you specify represents the distance, in
|
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points, added between the lines of text.
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Paragraph Spacing.....
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Paragraph spacing is the amount of spacing between paragraphs. Normally, spacing
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between paragraphs is the same as between lines. Paragraph spacing is changed by
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selecting a range of paragraphs, choosing Spacing from the FORMAT menu, and
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typing a new value in the dialog box, followed by clicking on OK. The program
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then adds the point value as extra space before the paragraph. Click on OK to
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return to your document.
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Margins and Indents.....
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Choose Margins/Indents to set or change your left or right margins and paragraph
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indents. Use the I-BEAM to select a paragraph, then select Margins/Indents
|
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option on the FORMAT menu. A dialog box will appear. Enter the left, first line
|
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and right margins, then click on OK. To make your paragraphs hanging, that is,
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with the first line set out from the remainder, set the left margin indent to a
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value more than 0 and click on Hanging. Use the right margin specification to
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tell the computer the distance from the right edge of the text column to the
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right edge of the text. Set both left and right margins for a paragraph, as for
|
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long quotations. The first line is for typical, non-block style paragraph
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indentation.
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Kerning.....
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Spacing between letter pairs is controlled by the defined width of each
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character. In certain cases you may wish to change the spacing on a
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character-by-character basis. With Publish IT you can reposition individual
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characters, moving them closer together using KERN from the FORMAT menu. A
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typical situation where a change in character spacing is warrented, is with
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certain combinations of letters like AV, that show too much space between them.
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To move the letters AV together, place the I-BEAM between the two letters you
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want to kern and click. The text insertion point will appear between the
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letters. Choose KERN from the FORMAT menu and a Dialog box will appear. Type in
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the number of points you want to remove in the selected space. When you click on
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OK, the spacing between the letters is reduced by that number of points. The
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larger the number, the closer together the two letters move. (you must repeat
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this sequence each time you want to reduce the space between letter pairs).
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NOTE.....Sometimes text on the screen may appear to need kerning because the on
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screen representation of the text does not exactly match what will be printed
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out. We suggest that you do a test print-out before deciding to kern.
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To increase space between two characters, Place an extra space between then and
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then kern.
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Fonts, Faces and Special Effects.....
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Text font, size and style are chosen from the font menu. As with other text
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options, these are assigned by selecting a text range and then choosing the
|
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appropriate menu options. Publish It! automatically chooses Deerfield 12-point
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as the start-up text font. To change to a new font, select block of text, or
|
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just click on I-BEAM and then select Select Font from the font menu, or
|
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O-Apple-W. A scrolling dialog box will appear with all the available fonts and
|
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sizes. Click on the font size you want to use. Then click on OPEN. The text you
|
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have selected will convert to this font and size.
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Style (special effects) options are selected from the font menu also. Style
|
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|
choices include Plain, Bold, Italic, Underline, Outline, Shadow, Superscript and
|
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|
subscript.If you establish a new text type (font, size and style)without
|
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|
selecting a block of characters, the text insertion point takes on the chosen
|
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|
text type, so any characters typed from that point on will be in the new type.
|
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|
|
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|
To quickly cycle through the different type options, pull down the font menu and
|
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|
you will see these options:
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|
NEXT SIZE...(O-Apple-N)
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|
NEXT TYPE FACE...(O-Apple-T)
|
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|
Highlight a block of text and then press O-Apple-T or select the Next Type Face
|
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|
option from the font menu. The block you have marked will automatically changer
|
|||
|
to the next type face available in the same size. If you press O-Apple-T again,
|
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|
it will change again. Keep pressing and it will cycle through to the original
|
|||
|
type face again.
|
|||
|
|
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|
Press O-Apple-N or select Next Size option to cycle through the available type
|
|||
|
sizes for the current font. This is a convenient way to view alternatives right
|
|||
|
on the computer display.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Plain Text.....
|
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|
Use this option to return to the basic (plain) style of a type face if you have
|
|||
|
been using, for example, Bold or Italics. Select a range of text, then choose
|
|||
|
Plain from the Font menu, or O-Apple-P. This will erase all the attributes
|
|||
|
(bold, italics, etc.) of the selected text.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Bold Face.....
|
|||
|
Choose Bold for a more dramatic (thicker) style of type face. Select a range of
|
|||
|
text, then choose Bold from the Font menu, or O-Apple-B.
|
|||
|
Italics.....
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Choose Italics to make a word or phrase stand out (slanted) from the rest of the
|
|||
|
text. Select a range of text then choose Italics from the Font menu, or
|
|||
|
O-Apple-I
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Underlining Text.....
|
|||
|
Choose underline as another way to make a word or phrase stand out from the rest
|
|||
|
of the text. Select a range of text, then choose Underline from the Font menu,
|
|||
|
or O-Apple-U.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Outlined Faced Lettering.....
|
|||
|
Outline is a Graphic style of a font. Each letter looks like a frame. It should
|
|||
|
be used sparingly for such things as announcements, invitations or brochures.
|
|||
|
Select a range of text, then choose Outline from the Font menu.
|
|||
|
Shadow Faced Lettering.....
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Like Outline, shadow should be used sparingly for special effects. To use this
|
|||
|
option, select a range of text, then choose Shadow from the Font menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Superscript.....
|
|||
|
Superscript and subscript are used mostly in technical publications (i.e.
|
|||
|
footnotes in a mathematical, medical article). Choose Superscript to set text a
|
|||
|
half line above the other text. Select a range of text, then choose Superscript
|
|||
|
from the Font menu, or O-Apple-H.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Subscript....
|
|||
|
Same as Superscript, except sets type a half line below the other text. Select a
|
|||
|
range of text, then choose Subscript from the Font menu, or O-Apple-L.
|
|||
|
Combining Styles of a Type Face....
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
You can combine all styles of a type face (bold, italics,underline etc.) except
|
|||
|
Superscript and Subscript for special effects or emphasis. To combine styles:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1. Select a range of text, then choose the first style (i.e. Bold) from the
|
|||
|
Font menu to select and you are returned to the screens work area.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
2. Pull down the Font menu. You will see a check mark next to Bold, which
|
|||
|
indicates it has been selected.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
3. Select the next style and you are returned to the screens work area.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as you want. If you click on a style
|
|||
|
again, the check mark will disappear, and that style will no longer be
|
|||
|
active. You will be in the combined style until you select another style or
|
|||
|
face.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Creating your Graphics.....
|
|||
|
There are two ways to include graphics in your publications.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1. Create graphics with the drawing tools included in the program. These tools
|
|||
|
can be used to draw simple objects such as lines, circles, boxes, etc.. You
|
|||
|
can also use these tools to highlight elements of your page layout.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
2. Import graphics from other sources. Publish It! recognizes standard Apple
|
|||
|
high res graphics. Dazzle Draw, MousePaint, Computer Eyes from Digital Vision
|
|||
|
can also produce this type of graphic.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Another way to include graphics in your publications that will be professionally
|
|||
|
printed, is to leave a "Hole" on your page and insert the graphic before it is
|
|||
|
reproduced.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Graphic Objects.......
|
|||
|
You can add lines, rectangles, circles and round cornered rectangles to your
|
|||
|
pages using a variety of line types, widths and patterns. Publish It provides
|
|||
|
four graphic object tools: line, rectangle, round-cornered rectangle, and
|
|||
|
circle. Use [l-] to create either horizontal or vertical lines (rules) by
|
|||
|
dragging up or down, left or right. Select [ [] ] to create a square or
|
|||
|
rectangle with right angle corners. Select [ (_) ] to create a square or
|
|||
|
rectangle with rounded corners. Select [O] to create circles. All these types of
|
|||
|
objects may be moved, overlayed, underlayed, resized or deleted by using the
|
|||
|
arrow (pointer). You can create interesting visual effects by experimenting with
|
|||
|
the pen patterns for borders and fill patterns.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A moving rectangle indicates the size of the object being drawn. If the cross
|
|||
|
hair pointer leaves the window area, the window scrolls automatically. You can
|
|||
|
also use guides and the Snap to Guides option.
|
|||
|
Line Weights and Pen Patterns....
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The program provides a large assortment of widths and styles for borders and
|
|||
|
lines. You can choose from six solid line widths and 24 pen patterns, including
|
|||
|
eight user defined pen patterns. Change the width or style of a selected line
|
|||
|
with Set Line Width, or the outline of a filled box or circle with Set Pen
|
|||
|
Pattern on the Objects menu. To change a line weight or pen pattern, select the
|
|||
|
object by clicking on it with the pointer and, selecting this option from the
|
|||
|
Objects menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Selecting Fill Patterns.....
|
|||
|
The program features 24 fill patterns that can be used for the interiors of
|
|||
|
graphic objects and offers the ability to create your own pattern with Define
|
|||
|
Pattern. To choose a fill pattern, select a graphic object, then select the Set
|
|||
|
Fill Pattern option on the Objects menu. A Selected pattern fills the interior
|
|||
|
of any selected object. The selected pattern becomes the default until you
|
|||
|
change it. To change a fill pattern, select the object, then select this option.
|
|||
|
Click on the fill pattern you want. Then, click on O-Apple.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Defining a New Pattern.....
|
|||
|
Design your own or modify any one of up to eight existing patterns. Selecting
|
|||
|
this option will bring up a Dialog box with eight pen or fill patterns which you
|
|||
|
can define. Click on a pattern and select it. The currently chosen pattern is
|
|||
|
shown in a close-up cell at the right. The Work Area is at the bottom left.
|
|||
|
Clicking on a cell in the 8 X 8 matrix shown in the dialog box, will toggle it
|
|||
|
black or white. Choose Define Pattern from the Special menu. AS dialog box will
|
|||
|
appear. Click on a pattern to select it. To design your own pattern, a work area
|
|||
|
is provided at the bottom left of the dialog box. Your new design will be stored
|
|||
|
on disk when you click on OK.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Importing Art work
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Publish It! lets you add graphic elements to your documents, lending them a
|
|||
|
professional appearance. Before you can insert pictures on a page, you must
|
|||
|
create graphic frames to house the art work. Graphic frames are created with the
|
|||
|
graphic frame tool [X] from the tool box. Position the [X] in the area where you
|
|||
|
want to insert the picture and drag it across the page to define the size of the
|
|||
|
graphic frame. If you have the Snap To Guides on, the block will snap to the
|
|||
|
nearest grid boundaries automatically. Graphic frames appear as shaded boxes on
|
|||
|
the screen. this provides a visual way of distinguishing the from text columns.
|
|||
|
Graphic frames are objects, They can be moved, resized, cut, copied, pasted and
|
|||
|
deleted like any other object.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NOTE....You cannot create a graphic frame that is larger than the importing
|
|||
|
screen-- about 4 2/3" X 2 2/3".
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Publish It can directly access Dazzle Draw, MousePaint, and Beagle Graphics
|
|||
|
files or any other pictures in Apple standard high res or double high res
|
|||
|
format.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To Import Art work.....
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1. Insert the disk containing the art file into the drive you have designated
|
|||
|
for data.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
2. Select a graphic frame by clicking on it with the pointer and choose Import
|
|||
|
Picture from the File menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
3. A dialog box appears, listing all the picture files on the data drive. If
|
|||
|
necessary, scroll the list to locate the picture you wish to import. Click on
|
|||
|
the file name, then click on OK. The picture will appear in full size on the
|
|||
|
display.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
4. A box is shown along with the picture to indicate the size of the graphic
|
|||
|
frame in your document. Drag this cropping box until it is around the part of
|
|||
|
the picture you want. You may change the size of the cropping box with the
|
|||
|
O-Apple key and the arrow keys. You may also use the arrow keys to move the
|
|||
|
box. When you are satisfied, press return.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
You will return to your document with the picture in the graphic frame you
|
|||
|
have selected.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NOTE.......You will only be able to view the picture in the Show Full Size
|
|||
|
display. When you are in other viewing modes, bit maps are represented with a
|
|||
|
shaded box. The art work you cropped will print out completely, and be the
|
|||
|
proper size. If you import a small piece of a bit mapped picture, and
|
|||
|
subsequently enlarge the graphic frame, the extra area is shown as gray shading,
|
|||
|
because the area shown outside the crop box, is discarded when you return to
|
|||
|
your document. If you find you need a part of the bit map that fell outside the
|
|||
|
crop box, you should resize the frame and import the picture again.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Adding the Finishing Touches.....
|
|||
|
The difference between an OKAY looking document and a GREAT looking document is
|
|||
|
often nothing more than a slight adjustment here and there and one more pass
|
|||
|
through the printer. So, consider your first print-out a draft. Look it over and
|
|||
|
see what you can do to make it better. Don't be afraid to experiment. With
|
|||
|
practice, each draft will be better than the one before.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Printing Your Documents.....
|
|||
|
Printers are an intregal part of your desktop publishing system. Most dot matrix
|
|||
|
printers produce output at a resolution of 120 dots-per-inch horizontally by 72
|
|||
|
vertically, well suited for inter-office memos, newsletters, and other documents
|
|||
|
you'll produce with this program. You should find this print resolution easy to
|
|||
|
read and suitable for most of you publishing needs. For extra contrast, you can
|
|||
|
choose the Double Strike option from the Print dialog box (on the File menu)
|
|||
|
when its time to print.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
To print your document on a laser printer, you will need to use Timeworks
|
|||
|
Publish It Laser Pack. Instructions are included with this program.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The Page Numbering Tool....
|
|||
|
Selecting [#] from the tool box enables you to create a page number up to 100,
|
|||
|
for the page you are currently working on. Just click on [#], then click
|
|||
|
anywhere on your document. An object containing a "#" will be created. This
|
|||
|
object cannot be resized, but can be repositioned.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
After you have defined the page number, you may change it by clicking on the
|
|||
|
pointer to reposition it. The page will be given a sequential number during
|
|||
|
printing. To change the font, select the page number object [#] on your page and
|
|||
|
change the font size using Select Font from the Font menu.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
How To Print.....
|
|||
|
To print a document, choose Print from the File menu. A dialog box will appear.
|
|||
|
Normally you'll want to print all the pages of a document, but a number of
|
|||
|
possible choices are available:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
ALL---
|
|||
|
All the pages of the current document are printed.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
FROM/TO---
|
|||
|
Lets you pick a range of pages you want to print. Click on the radio button,
|
|||
|
then type in the numbers of the first and last pages you want printed.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
COPIES---
|
|||
|
If you want more than one copy, type the number you want.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
START PAGE #s at PAGE---
|
|||
|
If you have page numbers, enter the page number from which you want to start
|
|||
|
printing. This is useful when printing multi-page documents that are stored in
|
|||
|
several different disk files.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
DOUBLE STRIKE---Select this if you want your copies to appear darker.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
PAUSE FOR PAGE---Choose this option to make the printer stop at the end of each
|
|||
|
page to allow you to hand feed another sheet.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The OK and CANCEL buttons let you begin printing or cancel. Printing can be
|
|||
|
canceled or momentarily suspended at any time by pressing the appropriate key
|
|||
|
shown in the dialog box that appears while the program is printing the document.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Exiting Publish It!
|
|||
|
Use Quit to exit Publish It! Just choose Quit from the File menu or O-Apple-Q. A
|
|||
|
dialog box will appear and ask for confirmation. To exit the program, click on
|
|||
|
OK. If you have a program selector installed (such as ProSel or Catalyst), Quit
|
|||
|
will return you to your selector.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Appendix....There are a few more chapters in the manual, but these appear to be
|
|||
|
the same as the Mini- manual which was up-loaded earlier. There are some
|
|||
|
pictures in the manual which I cannot reproduce for you so, I tried to explain
|
|||
|
it all with words. I am sure you can learn to run the program very expertly from
|
|||
|
the instructions. To load the program on a hard drive, load all the files from
|
|||
|
the program disk as you normally would. Include all the font files and art
|
|||
|
files. then set it up in your program selector. (such as ProSel, or the one that
|
|||
|
you have installed yourself. Be patient with the program, and read all the
|
|||
|
instructions. Everything you need to know has been covered here.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
-END-
|
|||
|
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