Operation Manual

An Overview of Creating Books
Aperture provides options for creating a print book to suit a variety of needs. When you
select or create a book album in the Library inspector, the Book Layout Editor appears
along with the Browser. You use the Book Layout Editor to set up the page structure of
your book and place images and text on the pages.
The Book Layout Editor
is where you design
your book.
The Pages pane on the left shows thumbnails of your book pages. You scroll through the
thumbnails and click to select a page of your book to work on. A larger view of the selected
page appears on the right.
When you first create a book album in the Library inspector, Aperture automatically
creates a default set of pages for you. You then use the Book Layout Editor to format your
pages and create any additional pages you need.
Books are based on a theme, or design, and master page layouts that present your images
in a standardized way. Click the Theme button to see the themes you can choose.
When you choose a theme, the Book Layout Editor provides a professionally designed
set of master pages that determine how you mix text and images on the page. For
example, you can choose among master pages that create a cover page, pages of text
in columns of various sizes, pages of images in different arrangements, and pages with
different combinations of images and text. You’ll find master pages provide a fast and
convenient method for quickly laying out a book.
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