Operation Manual

8 Overview
♦ Professional Layout and Text Tools
Intelligent text fitting. Movable rulers and guides. Precision
placement, rotation, flipping, cropping, vertical alignment. The
Replicate tool to multiply any object into a line or grid
arrangement, with pinpoint control over offset and spacing. Text
formatting with named styles. Multiple master pages for repeating
background elements. Not to mention word count, search and
replace, spell-checking with personal dictionary, thesaurus, and
proof reader to ensure your site’s readability.
♦ Artistic Text Tool
Complementing traditional text in frames, just click and type
anywhere on the page, format with the customary tools, then
apply colorful lines and fills directly at the character level. Scale it,
rotate it, flip it... discover a host of new possibilities!
♦ Table Tool with Editable Calendars
Create and edit tables right in your site, with no need for a
separate utility. Choose from a range of preset formats or design
your own by customizing lines, cells, rows, and columns. Powerful
text manipulation features include AutoClear, AutoFill, and cell
merge. Plus table-based calendars!
♦ Amazing Image Manipulation
Import images inline as part of frame text flow, and create your
own 32-bit anti-aliased TIFFs and PNGs. Convert to Picture
allows instant, in-place format changes! Add borders to your
imported images and shape art... even frame a text frame! Control
imported metafiles and OLE options, maintain linked images...
each export filter remembers its own settings.
♦ QuickShapes
Long an exclusive feature of other Serif solutions, QuickShapes
work like intelligent clipart... or the most powerful set of drawing
tools you can imagine. Just choose a template shape, drag on the
page... then adjust handles to customize each angle and dimension.
♦ Powerful Drawing Options
An arsenal of drawing tools are at your command... Sketch
freehand lines and curves. Extend existing lines with ease, define
closed shapes. Apply line styles to all kinds of shapes—even add
line endings like arrowheads and diamonds. Use the Curve
Toolbar to fine-tune the contours of any line, closed shape, text
wrap boundary or cropping edge.