Getting Started Guide Table of contents Introduction Setting up equipment Drives Cameras Web interface Installing HP Real Estate Document Assistant Installation Browsing and previewing HP Real Estate Document Assistant templates Opening the HP Real Estate Document Assistant browser Finding the best template Opening an HP Real Estate Document Assistant template Changing View Editing an HP Real Estate Document Assistant template documents Template functions Text boxes Image frames Hard Disk CD-ROM Digital Ca
Printing Choosing paper Paper recommendations Printing a one-page document Printing both sides of each page Introduction This document contains information to introduce you to HP Real Estate Document Assistant. It explains the following tasks for a basic understanding of using HP Real Estate Document Assistant software: ● Installing HP Real Estate Document Assistant. ● Browsing and previewing various pre-designed templates for creating business materials and marketing materials.
makes using a wide variety of devices possible without each device having to be compatible each other one. ● Web interface HP Real Estate Document Assistant can run the Web browser that is already on your system so you can find images on the Internet. Drives HP Real Estate Document Assistant can access any drive that is installed on a system. Consider how you want to store and access your image files, and install the equipment according to manufacturer recommendations.
It may automatically start the setup program. If the setup program fails to automatically start, click Start and Run…, and type the letter for the CD-ROM drive followed by :\autorun. This should launch the setup program. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE: You must accept the license agreement to use HP Real Estate Document Assistant. When setup is complete, you can start using HP Real Estate Document Assistant to create and print custom professional artwork.
As the HP Real Estate Document Assistant browser opens, a progress bar and a splash screen appear on the screen. Then, a window opens with three (default) windowpanes in view: ● A folder list ● A tab labeled, Real Estate, showing icons of various templates ● A template preview NOTE: The default HP Real Estate Document Assistant browser view depends on the operating system, the screen settings, and user input. Figure 3 shows the default view.
as long as the Real Estate tab is selected. One of the templates is always selected, but you can click any template in the list, and a preview of the selected template appears in the bottom right pane. A toolbar appears at the bottom of the window with the following options: ● Create New The Create New area contains an option to open the selected file as a new template or as a new document. ● Document You can choose to open the selected file as a new document to edit.
NOTE: The default setting under Create New is at Document. Only change this setting to make new templates for future use. Another way to open a template is to do the following: 1. Open Word. 2. Click HP Real Estate Document Assistant in the toolbar. 3. Click New HP Real Estate Document Assistant Template. This opens the HP Real Estate Document Assistant browser where you can find a template as described above.
Changing View When an HP Real Estate Document Assistant template opens in Word, it appears in a Whole Page view. This allows you to see to entire page to be sure it is the template you want to use. To change the view for editing, click View on the Word toolbar, click Zoom, choose one of the options such as Page Width or Text Width, and click OK.
them (Figure 6). Figure 6: A template with a textbox showing generic text for replacement. You can replace this text with any other text: 1. Select the text that you want to replace: First, click inside the textbox to access the text inside. Then you can select text by clicking a spot and dragging the pointer over the text, or you can double-click to select a word or triple-click to select a paragraph. 2. Type new text. The text you type will replace all selected text.
Double-click any of the image frames to launch the HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo import wizard to find an image to place into the frame. See Figure 8. NOTE: It is possible to add images to HP Real Estate Document Assistant image frames using standard Word functions in the toolbar. Be sure to double-click the image frames to launch the HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo import wizard. Figure 8: The HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo import wizard dialog box.
● ● HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo import wizard. Real Estate symbols and images that are included with HP Real Estate Document Assistant installation. Web images, which you can copy from the Internet to place into your documents. NOTE: Copyright law protects many images on the Internet. Only use Web images with proper authorization. Click one of the options in the HP Real Estate Document Assistant Photo Import Wizard window (Figure 8, above) to find a file.
Click Show Preview, and, when you find and click an image file, a preview will appear in the bottom windowpane. When you find an image file to insert into your document, double-click it to return to the HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo editor. NOTE: Single-click files to see previews; double-click files to open them in HP Real Estate Document Assistant Photo Editor (see the following section, Editing Photos).
The Clipboard option in the HP Real Estate Document Assistant Photo Import Wizard opens whatever image is in the system clipboard. The system clipboard is a place where the system temporarily stores data that is cut or copied using editing functions in applications. You can copy any picture, drawing, or screen in any application, as long as it is a supported image type, and place it in the HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo editor: 1.
in the document. Figure 12 shows the HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo editor screen with an image in the viewer. Figure 12: The HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo editor. HP Real Estate Document Assistant Photo Editor is organized into two tabs: ● Size and Shape ● Image Correction Size and Shape tab Using the controls in the Size and Shape tab, you can do any of the following to alter the overall appearance of the image: ● Resize the picture.
vertical edges are longer, extra space will appear along the horizontal edges. This is useful if you want all of the picture to remain intact for the document. Enlarge to fit frame automatically cuts off the edges of the largest dimension to make the picture fit into the frame. This is useful if you want the picture to fit but maintain the integrity of the picture. Stretch to fit frame automatically distorts the picture to fit into the frame.
Auto Correct automatically sets each of the other image correction options to improve the overall appearance. Tip: Click Auto Correct a few times until the affects are distorted, and use the Undo feature to return to the best quality example. Color Intensity opens a dialog box with slider bars to adjust the colors. Figure 14 shows the Color Intensity dialog box. Figure 14: The Color Intensity dialog box.
Figure 16: The Contrast Brightness dialog box. Adjust the sliders as desired, and click OK to keep the setting, or click Cancel to close the dialog box and return to the picture unchanged. Sending the image to the image frame Once you have an acceptable picture, you can click OK on the main HP Real Estate Document Assistant photo editor window to place the picture into the photo frame. Figure 17 shows the location of the OK button.
Finishing touches Once you have pictures in all of the image frames, you can work on final touches to the document. HP Real Estate Document Assistant has tools to automatically add information to your documents to save time and effort on repetitive tasks such as typing return addresses and disclaimers. Be sure that your agent profile information is current and accurate. See the section above on Agent Profiles under Opening an HP Real Estate Document Assistant template.
opens in Word. Figure 19: The Copy button. NOTE: The Copy feature only copies the example that is in the original position. If you make changes to other examples and use the Copy feature, the Copy feature will replace them with the original example, and your changes will be lost. NOTE: The Copy feature can be slow on some systems. If your system approaches the minimum requirements for this program, allow extra time for the Copy feature to operate.
in the HP Real Estate Document Assistant toolbar for specific recommendations for paper to use for printing HP Real Estate Document Assistant template documents. Perforated paper is useful for easily separating individual examples after printing; however, it is a bit more expensive than using cardstock. Perforated paper may also cause some printers to jam or to have problems with feeding.
● HP DeskJet 350 printers ● HP G85 printers ● HP 2250 and 2250tn printers If you have a printer that is not on this list, see printer specifications for a list of paper products that produce good results with your HP printer. These are only recommendations; other quality products may be available to produce good results.
HP Bright White Inkjet paper (C5976B) 250 sheets HP LaserJet Tough paper (Q1298A) - Waterproof and weather-resistant Flyers HP Premium Choice LaserJet paper (HPU1132) - Heaviest and brightest LaserJet paper HP Soft Gloss paper (C4179A) - Provides high quality photo image printing Letterhead Labels (30 labels per sheet, each 1" x 2 5/8") HP Premium Choice LaserJet (HPU1132) - Heaviest and brightest LaserJet paper HP Bright White Inkjet paper (C1824A) 500 sheets HP Professional Brochure and Flyer paper
Note: Each printer has various settings for adjusting print quality, size, color, and other functions. You may wish to experiment with these settings to optimize your documents. Click Options or Properties to view these settings. 2. Enter the number of copies to print in the Number of copies text box (Figure 1, above). 3. Click OK to print the document.
A Printing Preferences window from an Inkjet printer, as shown in Figure 3, will have an Effects tab or a Features tab where the duplexing options appear (Figure 3). Figure 3: A Printing Preferences window from and Inkjet printer showing the two-sided printing (duplex) options. A LaserJet Printing Preferences window will likely have duplexing options on the Finishing tab that appears first in the window.
3. Find the duplexing options, and select the two-sided printing option. Then, click Booklet and Automatic (the actual options might be slightly different). Note: A window asking whether you want to reduce content size might appear. Be sure to select Do not reduce content size to avoid making unexpected changes to your document. 4. Click OK when finished. You may have to select these settings each time you want to print using automatic duplexing.
Note: Some printer trays are limited to the types of paper they can handle. For instance: an HP LaserJet 4550 series printer can handle cardstock only in the manual input tray (Tray 1), and it can only handle cardstock output if the rear output door is open (see the paper recommendations section below). Most Inkjet printers have only one input tray that handles all supported paper types. 2. Select File and Print in the menu at the top of the Word window. A Print dialog box will appear (Figure 5).
Click OK when finished with paper type options. 4. Under Page Range (or something similar), choose Pages (Figure 5, above), and type 1. Note: If you are comfortable with this process, you can enter odd numbered pages here (1,3,5,7...), and select Collate. This will print a set of front pages for each copy. 5. Enter the number of copies to print in the Number of copies text box. Remember that printing one copy of a postcard document produces two or four postcards. 6. Click OK.
11. Click OK. The back pages will print. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Co. 2001 This information is subject to change without notice and is provided "as is" with no warranty. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of this material.
