Operation Manual

You can apply a master page design to any selected page to define where your text and
images appear. Pages appear with gray photo boxes to hold images and text boxes to
hold text. To add images, you drag them into the photo boxes from the Browser. To add
text, you select a text box and type or paste text into it. If you wish, you can also place
metadata boxes next to images to display an image’s version name, caption, keywords,
and other metadata. You can also add a map showing the places where the images in
your book were shot.
If you prefer, you can build a book page by page. You can add a new page to your book,
choose a master page design, fill in images and text, and then create the next page,
repeating the procedure for each page you add.
You can also select a group of images in the Browser and have Aperture automatically
place them in pages in your book. Aperture creates as many pages as you need and fills
them with your images. You can change the page design of individual pages later by
applying different master page designs.
As you work on a book, you may need to adjust the layout of individual pages. For
example, you may discover that one image in a group should appear slightly larger. You
can move and resize the boxes that hold images on individual pages, making minor layout
adjustments when a master page design doesn’t quite suffice.
To change the design of a page, click the Edit Layout button. You can then work with
the photo boxes and text boxes that appear on the page, resizing and rearranging them
as necessary. The Book Layout Editor automatically displays yellow guidelines that show
you how the item you’re working with aligns with other items already on the page.
To add text and images to your pages without changing the page layout, click the Edit
Content button. You can then add images and text to the page, but you can’t move or
resize the boxes on the page, which helps prevent unintended formatting changes.
You can also add photo, text, map, or metadata boxes to a page when you need them.
Click the Edit Layout button and then choose a text, metadata, map, or photo box option
from the Add Box pop-up menu. When a box appears, you can resize and reposition it.
The Book Layout Editor also allows you to create covers, indexes, and blank pages, use
automatic page numbers, and create or modify master page designs.
When your book is complete, you can purchase printed copies from the Apple print
vendor for a fee.
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