Operation Manual

To show the Fonts window
Do one of the following:
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Select a text box, then choose Edit > Show Fonts (or press Command-T).
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Control-click the text box, then choose Font > Show Fonts from the shortcut menu.
Arranging Text on the Page
You can resize and reposition text and metadata boxes on a book page. First click the
Edit Layout button; then click boxes to select them. Selected boxes display handles that
you drag to resize the boxes. You can also drag the contents of a box to move the box
to a new position.
To arrange text on a page
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 In the Pages pane, select the page you want to work on.
3 Select the text box on the page that you want to move or resize.
4 Drag the box to a new location, or drag a handle on the selected box to change the box’s
size.
Changing the Number of Text Columns
You can change a text box on a book page so that it’s formatted to hold from one to four
columns of text.
To change the number of text columns in a text box
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 Select the text box.
3 Choose Text Box Columns from the Book Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon), then
choose the number of columns from the submenu.
4 If necessary, resize the text box to better accommodate the changed column layout of
the box.
Removing Text Boxes from a Page
After creating a book page and applying a master page design, you may want to remove
one or more text boxes from the page. You can choose a different master page design
that has fewer text boxes, or you can manually select and remove text boxes.
To remove text or metadata boxes from a page
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button.
2 Select the text or metadata box that you want to remove, then choose Edit > Cut Content
(or press Delete).
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