User Guide

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• When you open a graphic file from the place dialog box, your pointer
icon will turn into a graphic icon:
Note: The graphic files that can be placed into your publication will
depend in part on the import filters you have installed into PageMaker.
If you have a problem installing a particular file type, it may not have
the necessary filter installed.
Choosing File
Types
• There are various File Types that can be imported into PageMaker.
When you have the Importable Files option selected from the Files of
type drop-down list, the explorer window will display all the various
graphic (and text) formats that you can import into your publication
such as Tiff, Eps, Jpeg and Gif:
Kind Field
• The Kind field will indicate what type of graphic file placing into your
publication. Whether it is a TIFF image or other:
Size Field
• The Size field Indicates to you how large the file you are placing will
be. The file information is important when you need to control the file
size of your publication:
Last Modified
Field
• The Last Modified field allows you to see the date, and time of when
the file selected was last modified:
Setting Place
• The Place options allow you to
choose how a graphic is placed
in your publication:
• The As independent graphic option adds the graphic to your
publication as an independent image.
• The Replacing entire graphic option will delete a selected existing
graphic from your publication and replace it with the new placed
graphic. When the new graphic is placed, it will retain all the same
characteristic of the former graphic such as the image scale or size,
cropping data (if you select the check box), location, and even color (if
you are placing grayscale images).