Operation Manual

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 181
Using the Media Bar
The Media Bar acts as a "basket" containing
photos for inclusion in your publication. Its
chief use is to aid the design process by
improving efficiency (avoiding having to
import photos one by one) and convenience
(making photos always-at-hand). For photo-
rich documents in particular, the Media Bar is
a valuable tool for dragging photos directly
into picture frames or for simply replacing
existing pictures on the page.
You can even use the AutoFlow feature to
add all photos sequentially into available
empty picture frames with one click.
The bar can be used as a temporary storage area before placing photos in your
document, or it can be used to create more permanent photo albums from which
you can retrieve stored photos at any time. By default, photos are added to a
temporary album but remember to click the New Album button if you want to
save your album for later use. Each time you start PagePlus you simply load that
saved album (or any other saved album) or just work with a temporary album—
the choice is yours!
Photo albums can be subsequently modified, renamed and deleted—viewing the
contents of an individual album or all albums at the same time is possible.
You can import an unlimited number of photos by file or by whole folders, and
set photo resolution (native or 96dpi) and whether photos are embedded or
linked to your project in advance of photo placement on the page.
For large photo collections, searching throughout albums for photos by file
name and EXIF, IPTC or XMP metadata is possible in the search box at the top
of the Media Bar; even edit XMP metadata from within PagePlus.
The currently loaded album shown on your Media Bar will remain
visible irrespective of which document you have open.
Photo thumbnails can be dragged from the Media Bar directly onto your page, as
an existing standalone photo, or into an empty or populated picture frame.