Copyright: Contents Copyright ¸ 1992-1995 Serif Inc.


Contents
 PagePlus Help Contents


 Welcome

Welcome to Serif PagePlus Intro 95. It’s a great way to get started in Windows® 95 desktop publishing. It’s designed as an introduction to Serif PagePlus Home/Office Edition, the ultimate desktop publisher for EVERY Home and Growing Business.

As a Serif PagePlus Intro 95 user you have the chance to upgrade to PagePlus Home/Office Edition for an amazing upgrade price. To find out all the benefits of upgrading, click here [image] and watch the Upgrading to Home/Office Edition demo.

Thank you for trying out PagePlus Intro 95. Our mission is to make sure that you’ll love it! If you have comments of ANY kind please get in touch with us. We need your feedback, especially comments and suggestions for future versions and companion products.

We also enjoy seeing samples of the work you create with PagePlus, so please feel free to send them in. If you like PagePlus please recommend it to your friends - your help is always appreciated! Thanks to everyone...

If you have any problems (especially with printing), start by checking out the Troubleshooting section of this help file. If you need technical support or general advice please get in touch. But, please, don’t forget to register.

To give a taste of Serif PagePlus Home/Office Edition, we’ve included all the Help, Demos and Online Book from Home/Office Edition with PagePlus Intro 95. Some of the features referenced are not available in PagePlus Intro 95… you need to upgrade to Home/Office Edition to access them. To find out how to upgrade, see the Upgading to PagePlus Home/Office Edition Demo.

Just Publish It!

P.S.  Late breaking news is available in the README file. And you can watch the Introduction to PagePlus demo too.


Desktop Publishing
Desktop Publishing for EVERY home & business

From corporate-style marketing materials to fun-stuff like party invites PagePlus does it all. Ads, brochures, business stationery (cards, letterheads, compliments slips, invoices), flyers, forms, newsletters, notices, handouts, event programs, posters, price lists, reports, announcements, invitations, greetings cards, and much more. With your PC, printer and PagePlus you can save time and money. No experience required!

DTP revolutionized the graphics arts industry. And the Fortune 500 have long been aware of the importance of good looking documents and marketing publications. PagePlus has revolutionized the DTP market and now, high impact design is available to everyone.

•	Wizards
Page Wizards are instant documents. Just choose the type of publication you want to produce and answer a few simple questions. PagePlus does the rest!

•	Total Ease of Use
Tool Hints, Quick Help, Wizards and context-sensitive cursors make PagePlus as friendly as a puppy! And a collection of interactive demos to zap that learning curve.

•	Word Processing Tools
PagePlus features WritePlus for integrated word processing with word count, search and replace and spelling.

•	Integrated Text Effects
LogoPlus is built in to make it easy for you to create attention-grabbing headlines and powerful logos with text along a curve or fitted to a shape.

•	Powerful Features
Movable rulers and guides. Precision placement, rotation and text wrap. Flip, crop and watermark graphics. Text formatting with bullets, lists, slanting, kerning, hyphenation, drop caps, smart quotes, and named styles. And more!

•	Electronic Publishing
Used with Adobe Acrobat software, Home/Office Edition documents can be turned into electronic documents or high-impact, magazine style Internet Home Pages.

•	A Huge Library of fonts, clipart & photos
Express yourself with over 100 fonts - from formal to wild and wacky - for any document. Add flair to your pages using a designer library of over 1000 clipart images and 50 stunning full-color Kodak-CD photos.

•	Versatile Printing
Impressive results on your dot-matrix, ink-jet or laser printer in black and white or color. For even more impressive results use the PaperDirect Wizard for designing and printing your customized brochures, business cards, postcards, letterheads and more on PaperDirect’s full color predesigned papers.

With a combination of functionality, simplicity and low price point, PagePlus addresses the everyday needs of individuals and growing businesses, and a wide range of users within education, government, churches, associations, charities and fund raising.

PagePlus Home/Office Edition is the desktop publisher for everyone.


Our Products

We aim to satisfy all your desktop publishing needs with a range of low cost products:

•	PagePlus Home/Office Edition
An award winning desktop publisher exclusively for Windows 95, with an unrivaled combination of features and simplicity.

•	DrawPlus Home/Office Edition
A stunning vector drawing and illustration program (like CorelDRAW!) exclusively for Windows 95. It’s the perfect design partner for you and PagePlus.

•	Resource Packs & Page Wizard Collections
Additional fonts, clipart and photos to make the most of your documents, together with Page Wizards for even more instant documents!

•	Multi-User Licenses All our products are networkable, and are ideal for multi-user configurations in schools, colleges, government and corporate departments. Our low-cost Site Licenses make Serif products especially popular. Call for details.


Our Mission

PagePlus is the world’s #1 best-selling, award-winning desktop publisher. And our new Home/Office Edition is also the easiest! Serif is dedicated to giving you the chance to own and use great software and our mission consists of four interrelated parts:

•	Our Power Mission to develop and distribute highly functional, technologically advanced software.

•	Our Ease-of-Use Mission to ensure that new users can harness the power effectively, while more experienced users can work quickly and efficiently.

•	Our Value Mission to provide our customers with products at the lowest possible price for the highest possible value.

•	Our Service Mission to provide the best in service and support.


Serif contact details

All registered users are entitled to free product support, so if you have comments, questions or problems please get in touch with us:

Our main office (USA, Canada):

Serif, Inc.
PO Box 803, Nashua NH 03061 USA

Main	(603) 889-8650
Registration	(800) 697-3743
Sales	(800) 489-6719
Technical Support	(603) 886-6642
Customer Service	(800) 489-6720
Fax	(603) 889-1127

European office (UK, Europe):

Serif (Europe) Limited
PO Box 15, Nottingham NG7 2DA UK

Main	(0115) 9421502
Registration	(0500) 454645
Sales	(0800) 924925
Technical Support	(0115) 9421502
Customer Service	(0115) 9421502
Fax	(0115) 9701022

On-line

Internet	home page http://www.serif.com/
e-mail serif@serif.com, register@serif.com, support@serif.com
CompuServe	forum GO PAGEPLUS

International

Please contact your local Serif distributor/dealer. For further details please call us.


Credits

•	Clipart from Serif ArtPacks © Serif, Inc. & Paul Harris

•	TrueType font samples from Serif FontPacks © Serif, Inc.

•	Portions text import/export technology © Mastersoft, Inc.

•	Portions graphics import/export technology ©  AccuSoft Corp. &  Access Softek, Inc. & Eastman Kodak Company.

•	International ProofReader™ text proofing system © 1994 by INSO International, Inc. All rights reserved.

•	International Hyphenator © 1994 by INSO Corporation. All rights reserved

•	Portions electronic demonstrations developed using Astound and contains proprietary software of Gold Disk Inc.

•	Paper Designs © 1995 PaperDirect, Inc. All rights reserved.

All Serif product names are trademarks of Serif, Inc. Microsoft, Windows 95, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks acknowledged.

Serif PagePlus Home/Office Edition © 1995 Serif, Inc.

Many thanks to our million PagePlus users for supporting us… Especially our international user panel, dedicated beta testers, local pizza delivery, and everyone else who took the time to make comments and suggestions to help us. We couldn’t do it without you.


Keyboard (overview)
 Keyboard

PagePlus allows several forms of keyboard shortcuts.

•	Special functions PagePlus has several features which are accessed by holding down a specific key while performing an operation. For example, if you hold down the SHIFT key while creating or sizing a box, the box will be constrained to a square. See below for a complete list of shortcuts.

•	Character access shortcuts Some more commonly used characters which are not accessible directly from your keyboard have special shortcuts for accessing them. For example if you press ALT + CONTROL + C whilst editing text, a copyright symbol is accessed.

•	Menus using the keyboard. Rather than using the mouse to click over menus, you can use ALT + CHARACTER, where character is the letter shown as underlined on the menu. For example ALT + F followed by ALT + O would do a File Open.

•	Menu shortcuts. Certain commonly used menus have quick single keystroke shortcuts. Menu entries which have a shortcut will have CTRL + CHARACTER on their right where character is the letter to be pressed simultaneously with CONTROL to perform the menu operation. For example CONTROL + S will do a File Save operation.


Special Keyboard Functions

PagePlus has several features which are accessed by holding down the following key while performing an operation.

Shift key

Control key

Escape key


Shift key

The SHIFT key in conjunction with other operations is used extensively in PagePlus.

•	Moving: When you are moving an object in PagePlus, if the SHIFT key is pressed, the movement will be constrained vertically or horizontally (depending on the direction of your mouse movement).

•	Sizing and creating: When you create or size an object, if the SHIFT key is pressed the size will be constrained. For example, boxes will give a square, ovals a circle, and lines a 45 degree line. Pictures are an exception: they are automatically constrained to maintain their aspect ratio, and the SHIFT key makes them unconstrained.

•	Selecting objects: When you use the Pointer tool to select objects, if the SHIFT key is pressed, the object you select will be added to/taken from the PagePlus group.

•	Selecting region of text: If the SHIFT key is held down, while cursoring within a text block, a region of text (shown in reverse) is selected.


Control key

The control key modifies the following PagePlus operation:

•	Quick copy: If you move an object and press the CONTROL key, PagePlus will make and move a copy of the object, leaving the original unchanged.


Escape key

Pressing the ESCAPE key while in the middle of a sizing, moving or creation operation will abort the operation.


Character shortcuts

PagePlus allows you to access special characters in the standard fonts using the following keyboard shortcuts. You can also use Text/Character Map... and Text/Insert Symbol... to find the character that you want. Remember, if you require a symbol from a special font such as WingDings, you must select that font for your text as well as keying the character.

CONTROL+ALT+8	•	Bullet
CONTROL+/	†	Dagger
CONTROL+ALT+/	‡	Double dagger
CONTROL+ALT+=	—	Em-rule or dash
CONTROL+ALT+C	©	Copyright symbol
CONTROL+ALT+R	®	Registered symbol
CONTROL+ALT+T	™	Trademark symbol
CONTROL+[	'	Single open quote
CONTROL+]	'	Single close quote
CONTROL+ALT+[	"	Double open quote
CONTROL+ALT+]	"	Double close quote
CONTROL+ALT+,	' '	Comma space
CONTROL+ALT+1	'  '	Digit space
CONTROL+ALT+N	'   '	En-space
CONTROL+ALT+M	'    '	Em-space
CONTROL+ALT+2	''	Inch mark
CONTROL+ALT+'	'	Foot mark


Menus and commands (overview)
 Menus

This topic shows the PagePlus menus and gives a brief description of each entry. Many of these entries have shortcut buttons on the ButtonBar or are also available in a “pop-up” menu when you right-click on an object.

Click on the menus to find out more...


File Menus

•	File/New displays the StartUp Wizard which allows you to begin a new piece of work using the Start from Scratch option.

•	File/Open Publication... displays a standard Windows dialog which allows you to open an existing PagePlus (*.PPP files) publication.

•	File/Revert abandons all changes you've made to the current publication, and reloads the last saved version of it.

•	File/Save saves the current publication. (If it is unsaved - “untitled” - then this will do a File/Save As...)

•	File/Save As... displays a dialog for you to enter a file name for this publication.

•	File/Summary Info... displays a dialog for you to enter additional publication details.

•	File/Import Picture... displays the Picture Wizard which allows easy import of pictures from a number of different sources including KodakCD and PagePlus Art & Borders files.

•	File/Import Text imports a word processor text file into your publication.

•	File/Printer Setup... displays the standard Windows printer setup dialog.

•	File/Print... displays a dialog box providing options for selecting which part of the publication file to print and how to print it. The Options button allows you to set scaling, tiling and other useful features.

•	File/Send... lets you send the current publication as a Microsoft Mail e-mail message.

•	Last Saved Files List is the list of your last used publications. Select the one that you want to change.

•	File/Exit closes PagePlus.


File

Commands for opening, saving
and printing publications...

New
Open Publication
Revert
Save
Save As...
Summary Info...
Import Picture...
Import Text...
Printer Setup...
Print...
Send...
Last Saved Files List
Exit


Edit

Commands for clipboard
(cut & paste) and OLE.

Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Paste Special...
Paste Format
Clear
Object
Insert Object...
Links...
Select All


Edit Menus

•	Edit/Undo undoes the most recent change to the current publication. Undo is grayed out when not available.

•	Edit/Cut deletes the selected object or group of objects from the page or pasteboard AND places a copy on to the Windows clipboard.

•	Edit/Copy copies the selected object, or group of objects, to the Windows clipboard.

•	Edit/Paste pastes a copy of the contents of the Windows clipboard on to the current page.

•	Edit/Paste Special... The Windows clipboard can contain different formats of the same object (e.g. Picture, Bitmap, OLE). This option allows you to specify which format is used.

•	Edit/Paste Format applies the properties of the PagePlus object currently on the Window clipboard (from an Edit/Copy) to the currently selected object.

•	Edit/Clear clears or deletes the selected object or group of objects.

•	Edit/Object is the standard OLE Object menu command. (It changes according to the type of the selected object.)

•	Edit/Insert Object... displays the standard Windows Insert OLE object dialog.

•	Edit/Links... controls your OLE links.

•	Edit/Select All selects all the objects on the current page and the pasteboard as a group.


Page

Commands for viewing
and changing pages...

Views
Frame Setup...
Columns
Page Setup...
Size
Orientation
Pages...
PaperDirect Wizard...
Headers & Footers Wizard...


Page Menus

•	Page/Views> contains various options to change the zoom percentage at which your page is displayed, including Page (view wntire page) and Actual (100%).

•	Page/Frame Setup... displays a dialog for editing the current frame margins and columns.

•	Page/Columns> changes the number of columns in the currently selected frame via an easy access side-pull menu.

•	Page/Page Setup... displays a dialog for modifying the page dimensions, margins, columns, and page numbering system.

•	Page/Size> displays a list of commonly used page sizes via an easy access side-pull menu. The Custom... option displays the Page Setup... dialog.

•	Page/Orientation> changes the orientation of the current page. Select Wide for landscape orientation or Tall for portrait orientation.

•	Page/Pages... brings up a dialog for adding and removing pages.

•	Page/PaperDirect Wizard... lets you choose a full color predesigned PaperDirect paper as your page background. Make sure you load the paper when printing!

•	Page/Headers & Footers Wizard... lets you set header and footer text to repeat on every page.


Text

Commands for working
with text.

Character...

Spacing...

Tabs & Indents...

Bullets & Numbering...

Lines...

Insert Symbol

Character Map
Update Text Style

Text Style Palette...


Text Menus

•	Text/Character... brings up a dialog with options to change the formatting of text, including font, font style, case, size, width and color.

•	Text/Spacing... displays a dialog for paragraph alignment and spacing of paragraphs, lines and characters.

•	Text/Tabs & Indents... sets tab values and left/right indents for the paragraph of text.

•	Text/Bullets & Numbering... controls paragraph bullet and numbering styles.

•	Text/Lines... sets lines above and below paragraphs of text.

•	Text/Insert Symbol> is an easy way to insert symbols which are not available directly from the key tops. The selected symbol will be entered at the current text caret position.

•	Text/Character Map starts the Character Map utility which allows you to visually select special characters. Use the Copy button to put a character on to the clipboard, then switch back to PagePlus and use Edit/Paste to put the character into your publication.

•	Text/Update Text Style updates the "named style" of the current object with any changes that have been made to the current object. Because the definition of the "named style" has changed, all objects that use this style will also change.

•	Text/Text Styles Palette... displays the dialog for editing and managing text styles in your publication.


 Layout

Commands for arranging
objects on your page.

Display
Snapping
Layer
Align Objects...
Group Objects
Layout Checker Wizard...
Wrap Settings...


Layout Menus

•	Layout/Display> controls the display of rulers, guides, frames (and scroll bars).

•	Layout/Snapping toggles snapping on/off. Moving and sizing objects will snap to rulers, guides and/or frames (if they are on, as set above).

•	Layout/Layer changes the layering of the selected object, by moving it to the front, or back, of other objects on the page.

•	Layout/Align Items... allows you to align the objects in a group relative to each other.

•	Layout/Group Objects makes the currently selected group of objects into a “permanent” group.

•	Layout/Layout Checker Wizard... searches your publication for common layout problems such as objects off the page, unused text in a story, and empty frames.

•	Layout/Wrap Settings... controls how text wraps around objects.


Graphics

Commands for changing graphics,
pictures, and the background
properties of frames...

Line...

Weight

Color

Shading

Fill...

Color

Shading

Picture...

Convert to Picture...

Update Graphic Style

Graphics Style Palette...


Graphics Menus

•	Graphics/Line... displays a dialog combining all the line properties (thickness, color, line style) including corners for the lines around boxes and ovals.

•	Graphics/Weight> displays a list of commonly used line weight values in an easy access side-pull menu. Select none for no line.

•	Graphics/(Line)Color> displays a list of commonly used line colors in an easy access side-pull menu.

•	Graphics/(Line)Shading displays a list of shades for line graphics via an easy access side-pull menu.

•	Graphics/Fill... displays a dialog combining all the graphic fill properties including color, pattern and shade.

•	Graphics/(Fill)Color> displays a list of commonly used graphic fill colors in an easy access side-pull menu. Select Clear if you want an “empty” box.

•	Graphics/(Fill)Shading> displays a list of shades for the fill.

•	Graphics/Picture... controls picture options including scaling, flipping and color/shade. Use the shade option for a “watermark” effect.

•	Graphics/Convert to Picture converts the current object/object(s) into a graphic (AND deletes the objects).

•	Graphics/Update Graphic Style saves the current graphic formatting to the named style (if used). All objects using this style name will be updated.

•	Graphics/Graphic Styles Palette... is a dialog for editing and managing styles for graphics.


Tools

General program tools and
options.

Find & Replace...

Spelling Checker Wizard...

Web Page Link...
Web Page Test...

Fonts & Pictures...

Story Manager...

Defaults...
Edit Colors...

Preferences...

Save Settings...


Tools Menus

•	Tools/Find & Replace displays the Find & Replace dialog which allows you to search text for words or parts of words.

•	Tools/Spell Checker Wizard... checks your publication for spelling mistakes.

•	Tools/Web Page Link... inserts a hypertext jump (or link) in your publication.

•	Tools/Web Page Test... previews your publication to test your jumps.

•	Tools/Fonts & Pictures... displays a dialog that lists the fonts and pictures used in your publication and shows if the pictures are linked to external picture files, or embedded within the document.

•	Tools/Story Manager... Displays a list of all the text stories used in your publication.

•	Tools/Defaults... Lets you modify the default properties for text and other objects.

•	Tools/Edit Colors... allows you to change the colors used in your publication.

•	Tools/Preferences... customizes your copy of PagePlus.

•	Tools/Save Settings... makes your changes above permanent.


Help

Help, Hints, Tips and options
for learning PagePlus.

Help Contents...
Help Index...

Demos...

Hints and Tips...
Insert PageHint...
Registration Wizard...
Credits...
About PagePlus...


Help Menus

•	Help/Help Contents... displays the Help Contents page.

•	Help/Help Index... displays the Help Index of all the Help entries.

•	Help/Demos... lets you watch the demos. (Or, use the Startup Wizard.)

•	Help/Hints & Tips... allows you to step through all the hints and tips.

•	Help/Insert PageHint... inserts a PageHint into your publication to act as a reminder or helpful comment.

•	Help/Registration Wizard... helps you to register your own personal copy of PagePlus.

•	Help/Credits... shows copyrights.

•	Help/About PagePlus... displays the PagePlus opening image.


Printing (overview)
 Printing

Printing is the final step in the creation of your publication. Make sure that you have the desired printer setup (File/Printer Setup...), that your printer is ready, then print (File/Print...)

Take a look at Common printing problems if you have any problems.


Support and troubleshooting (overview)
 Support and troubleshooting

Our support mission is to provide fast, friendly technical advice and support from a team of on-call experts. As long as you are registered, support is FREE. Registration also gives you access to regular Serif newsletters and low cost future upgrades.

All Serif products are extensively tested before release, and we are totally confident in their quality and rock-solid stability. However, it is impossible to test all available hardware, and sometimes there are unexpected hardware/software incompatibilites. The only way to resolve these kinds of issues is to “troubleshoot” your system to find the cause of the problem.

Some of the most common problems are easy to solve. Check these topics out first for guidance:

•	Common printing problems

•	Non-printer problems

•	System setup troubleshooting

You should also read the README file which covers late breaking news, and may include problems discovered too late to be discussed here.

Getting support

If you need help, then just get in touch. We will do our best to help.


Common printing problems

Printing problems can be caused by a number of things such as using an incorrect or out of date printer driver, or having the wrong options set for your printer. Some of the more common faults are listed here with suggestions for fixing the problem.

Problem

Some or all of the text on your PagePlus page will not print to your laser printer.

Change your printer option Print TrueType as graphics so that the option is checked. To set the option, select Control Panel/Printers and then highlight your printer driver and choose Setup. You may have to chose Options (depending on your exact printer driver) before you find the option.

Problem

A Windows Error or a PagePlus Internal Error is displayed while printing from PagePlus.

See the Windows printer driver problems topic.

Problem

The printed output produced by PagePlus is unreadable or bears no resemblance to the document on screen.

See the Windows printer driver problems topic.

Problem

When I print documents with an object that goes right to the edge of the page, not all of the object gets printed.

Virtually all printers have non-printing margins, and any item that falls into this area will not be printed. This means that on most printers you cannot produce a “bleed” as this is know. If you use a smaller publication page size, than the paper size in your printer, then this is not a problem. This is also not a problem with PostScript output to an imagesetter, where the full page size can be imaged.


Windows printer driver problems

Printing problems with Windows 95 are generally caused by using an incorrect or out of date Windows 3.1 printer driver, or a third-party printer driver. Make sure that you use the Windows printer driver designed specifically for your printer.

Windows Help has extensive troubleshooting information. Use Start > Help/Troubleshooting

Checking your printer driver version

If you have upgraded from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 you must check that you are now using the latest Windows 95 driver for your printer.

To add printer drivers use Start > Settings > Printers


Non-printer problems

The are currently no reported problems.


System Setup Troubleshooting

The Windows 95 operating environment is a technically complicated system and problems can occur if your PC is not setup correctly or is using old (Windows 3.1) or non-standard device drivers etc.

If you understand terms such as config.sys and autoexec.bat then you may be able to resolve system setup problems by following the guidelines below. If you don't understand these terms then you should contact Microsoft technical support if you think your problem is related to Windows, or Serif technical support if you think that your problem is specific to a Serif product.

Troubleshooting

In brief, the idea is to simplify your PC's setup, see if the problem is no longer present, and then incrementally restore your PC's original setup, testing to see which component makes the problem re-occur. Be careful!

Windows Help has extensive troubleshooting information. Use Start > Help/Troubleshooting


screen
 Tour of the Screens

Click on the following screens to find out what the various elements are called, and how to use them. You can choose:

•	PagePlus with blank page

•	PagePlus with page

•	WritePlus

•	LogoPlus

You can also look at demos using Help/Demos... to get more information about how PagePlus, WritePlus and LogoPlus work.


 PagePlus Screen

This is the main PagePlus working screen, where you will create and lay out your pages.

Click on the buttons, tools, and other elements to find out more...


Title Bar

This is the standard Windows Title Bar showing the name
of the program and the current publication (e.g. Page1 or “untitled”
if it has not been saved). The Windows buttons at the right side
of the title bar let you minimize, mazimize or close the application.


Menus Bar
Menu Bar

These are the program menus, where you can
select various commands. You can access similar menus
that pop-up by right-clicking on an object.


Button Bar

The Button Bar contains shortcut buttons, for performing a
variety of functions, which change according to the selected
object. With nothing selected, the buttons displayed are file,
edit and publication shortcuts. Text will display appropriate
text formatting options, and so on.


Scroll Bars

A standard Windows control for changing the area
of your page that is visible. You can also use
the panning button on the Status Bar.


Color Bar

The Color Bar allows you to apply a color/shade
to an object. The shade is a tint of the color
between 10% (faint) to 100% (solid color). The
object’s current color is highlighted.


Status Bar

The Status Bar contains buttons for handling pages in your
publication, adjusting the current view, and showing/hiding the
ChangeBar and Status floating palettes. The right side is the
HintLine which displays useful information. Click on the
HintLine to maximize it to the QuickHelp window.


ChangeBar
ChangeBar Palette

The ChangeBar is a roll-up floating palette which allows
you to apply interactive changes to an object using the sliders.
As nothing is selected this one is rolled-up. Use the two controls
on the title bar to roll up/down or hide the ChangeBar.


ChangeBar
ChangeBar Palette

With text selected the ChangeBar provides sliders for
changing text formatting. Just drag to change how the
text looks. These sliders give different properties for
different objects. Drag the title bar to move ChangeBar.


Status Palette

The Status palette is a roll-up floating palette
which allows you to specify exact size, position
and rotation values. It is rolled-up.


Status Palette

The Status Palette can be used to “nudge” the object
position by using the spin buttons. Or type in new values
to make the object jump.


QuickHelp

The QuickHelp window provides useful information
about the current operation. Watch it carefully for hints and
tips. Click on it to minimize it to the HintLine.


Tool Bar

The Tool Bar provides the main PagePlus Tools for
creating and editing objects. The Pointer group of pointer,
rotate and crop (trim). The text group for text editing, frame
creation, and WritePlus word-processing. The
Picture group for importing pictures and creating a LogoPlus
object. And the Drawing group for lines, boxes and ovals.


PagePlus Tool Bar

This topic shows the PagePlus Tool Bar and gives a brief description of the tools and how to use them. Notice how the current Tool is highlighted.

Click on the tools to find out more...


ToolBar_Pointer
Tool Bar Pointer Tools

Click on the Pointer Tool to select, move and copy objects.
To select, click on the object.
To resize the selected object, drag over its handles.
To move the selected object, drag on it.
To copy the selected object, drag on it holding the control key.
To add the selected object to a group, click on it holding the shift key.

Click on the Rotate Tool to rotate objects at any angle. First, select
the object, then drag over one of the handles. Hold the shift key for
45 degree steps. Double-click to unrotate.

Click on the Crop Tool to crop (or trim) objects. First, select the
object, then drag over one of the handles. Drag over an already
cropped object (not over a handle) to scroll the object display.


ToolBar_Text
Tool Bar Text Tools

Click on the Text Tool to create new text or edit existing text.
To edit text, click or drag over the text.
To create new text, drag over a blank part of your page, then
type. Only do this for small amounts of text such as headlines.

Click on the Frame Tool, then drag out a frame on your page.
Use frames to control your main text, importing from your
word-processor or creating in WritePlus.

Click on WritePlus to start WritePlus as a separate
word-processing window to create or edit your text.


ToolBar_Picture
Tool Bar Picture Tools

Click on Import Picture to select the picture you want to import.
Then drag on your page to show the size and position you want.
Hold the shift key down if you DONT want to maintain aspect ratio.

Click on LogoPlus, then drag out the logo size on your page. LogoPlus
starts as a separate window to create your LogoPlus object. Use
LogoPlus for shapes, headlines, or complex logos.


ToolBar_Drawing
Tool Bar Drawing Tools

Click on the Line Tool, then drag out a line on your page.
Hold the shift key down if you want a horizontal or vertical line.

Click on the Box Tool, then drag out a box on your page.
Hold the shift key down if you want a square.

Click on the Oval Tool, then drag out an oval on your page.
Hold the shift key down if you want a circle.


Page

The page is the piece of paper that you’re working on. This page
shows the margins and two ruler guides. Place your guides, frames,
text, graphics and pictures here to create your masterpiece!


Pasteboard

This is the “scratch” area around your page where
you can place objects until you need them on the page.
The pasteboard does not get printed.


Rulers

The rulers allow you to measure your page
and objects. A selected object is shown by white
indents on the rulers. Drag on the intersection to
move them. Click on the rulers to create guides.


 PagePlus Screen with Page

This screen shows what PagePlus looks like with a real page. Notice how the rulers, Button Bar and the two floating ChangeBar and Status palettes, reflect the selected object.

Click on the screen elements, and the objects on the page, for more information.


Selected Object

This is “free text” typed directly on to the page
using the Text Tool as part of a headline. The
surroundling “handles” show it is selected, and
the ruler indents show the dimensions.


Drawn Line

This is a simple line created with the
Line Tool, constrained to horizontal using
the shift key, and then a custom weight applied.


Text Headline

This is part of the headline typed as a separate free text block.
A black box was drawn first using the Box Tool, then the Text Tool
was used to type this word. Use the Color Bar to set it to White.


Pop-Up Menu

Right-click on an object to get a pop-up menu. This
one contains text options available for the selected
headline, but different objects pop-up different menus.


Frame with Text

This is a frame, drawn with the Frame Tool, containing
flowing text. It is linked to the two following frames on this
page. Double-click on frames to edit the text in WritePlus.


Frame with Text wrapping

These two frames are linked to the first frame as
part of a three frame story. You can see that text
automatically flows around shapes.


Picture

This is a a picture imported using the Picture Tool. Use
the Crop Tool to trim it. Apply Color/Shade to create
a “watermark” effect. Double-click on it to replace.


LogoPlus Logo

This is a LogoPlus object, created using the LogoPlus Tool.
This is logo made up of shapes and text. LogoPlus can draw
circles, squares, poygons, and stars. Double-click on it to change.


LogoPlus Fancy Text

This is another LogoPlus element, but this time used just for
fancy text. This is a great way to create unusual headline effects.
Notice the text wrap shape, which you can adjust using the
Pointer Tool and the Edit/Wrap Settings... options.


 WritePlus

This is the main WritePlus working screen: the word-processing module built into PagePlus. Use it to create new text, or edit existing text. Start WritePlus by clicking on the WritePlus button in the Tool Bar, or by double-clicking on text or a frame.  For more details, watch the WritePlus demo in PagePlus Help/Demos...

Click on the buttons and other elements to find out more...


WritePlus Tool Bar

The Tool Bar provides edit/clipboard shortcuts, text
formatting commands, and several proofing tools
including Spell Checker, Find & Replace and AutoCorrect.


WritePlus Style Names

WritePlus allows you to apply a named text style to
a paragraph, multiple paragraphs or an entire story, using
the Style list box in the ToolBar. The style name is displayed
in this window, which can be switched on/off on the Status Bar.


WritePlus Text Entry

WritePlus is designed for fast text editing and creation using
standard Windows cursoring controls for moving through the
text. If you're familiar with using Windows accessories like
WordPad you'll immediately be familiar with WritePlus.


WritePlus Status Bar

This includes view shortcuts, buttons for closing WritePlus,
and a yellow hint line. (Holding the mouse over any
WritePlus button will pop-up a Tool Hint.)


WritePlus Title Bar

This displays the story title, and the Windows controls for
minimizing, maximizing and closing the window. The WritePlus
window can be resized and moved like any normal window to
suit your method of working. For intensive text editing,
it's usual to use WritePlus full screen.


 LogoPlus

This is the main LogoPlus working screen: the logo/headline module built into PagePlus. Use it to create shapes, fancy text, and combine them to make powerful headlines and logos to add impact to your publications. Start LogoPlus by clicking on the LogoPlus button in the Tool Bar, or by double-clicking on an existing LogoPlus object. For more details, watch the LogoPlus demo in PagePlus Help/Demos...

Click on the buttons, and other elements to find out more...


LogoPlus Title Bar

This displays the current PagePlus publication title, and the
Windows controls for minimizing, maximizing and closing the
window. The LogoPlus window can be resized and moved like
any normal window to suit your method of working. For creating
complex graphics, it's usual to use LogoPlus full screen.


LogoPlus Text Entry

This is where you enter and edit your text for each text layer. When
LogoPlus starts, it automatically creates a single text layer, ready for
you to type in to. When you've entered or edited your text, click
on the Preview Window to update the display.


LogoPlus Preview Pane

Your final image is shown here. The inner dotted rectangle shows
the actual area which will be displayed when the object is put back
into PagePlus. Anything outside the dotted box will get “clipped”.
Click on this Preview Pane to Update your display.
Drag to zoom in on a specific area of your logo. Or, double-click
to get a dialog to change the view/zoom % of the display.


LogoPlus Update

When a tab is selected to work with the specific item/layer,
the rest of your logo is drawn in reduced intensity so you can
see the current item better. Click on this tab to de-select all
layers and fully display your logo.


LogoPlus Tabs Bar

LogoPlus works with layers (using a tab for each layer) each
containing one item. Select an item/layer by clicking on a tab,
and reorder layers by dragging a tab up or down. You can see
this logo is made using text, a star, a polygon and an oval. A
new tab/layer is added for each new item you create using the
Create Object/Layer buttons at the top of the front panel.


LogoPlus Status Bar

This includes a helpful HintLine and the buttons
for closing LogoPlus. (Holding the mouse over any
LogoPlus button will pop-up a Tool Hint.)


LogoPlus Colors

This lets you quickly apply colors to the line, fill
and shadow of any object. Double click for
patterns, tints and more colors.


LogoPlus Create Object/Layer

Click on one of these buttons to add the specified item to a new layer.
A new tab will be created on the Tabs Bar. Create text, ovals, squares,
stars, polygons and pictures.


LogoPlus Size

This button lets you change the current size of your LogoPlus object
(shown by the dotted box in the Preview Pane). The original size is
specified by the area that you dragged out when starting LogoPlus.


LogoPlus Modify Panel

This panel contains the buttons for controlling how your item/layer looks.
It changes depending on what is selected. This one is text and has
formatting commands, and buttons to apply different baseline and
envelope effects. Double-click on buttons for more options. Click on
upper left button to change this area to specify size/position.


LogoPlus Star

Click to select the star item/layer. This is how the
Modify Panel looks with a star item/layer selected.


LogoPlus Polygon

Click to select the polygon (diamond) item/layer. This is how
the Modify Panel looks with a star item/layer selected.


LogoPlus Object Size/Position

Clicking on this button changes the Modify Panel to
display size/position options for this item/layer. For
boxes, ovals, and pictures this is the only option
available in the Modify Panel.


LogoPlus Edit Panel

This area includes edit/clipboard buttons, and shadow
and line thickness options for your selected item/layer.
Double-click on shadow/line buttons for more options.


LogoPlus Text Object

This text, with a circular envelope applied to it, is
the currently selected item/layer. Notice the
highlighted tab in the Tabs Bar and the text options
available on the Modify Panel.


 On-line Book

This Windows Help file provides information about PagePlus Home/Office Edition. Browse through it using the usual Windows Help controls. And you can take a look at the helpful demos using Help/Demos... for even more information about PagePlus, WritePlus and LogoPlus.

You can also read PagePlus documentation on screen! It has been converted to an Adobe Acrobat file with hyperlinked Contents and Index pages. You’ll find that Acrobat provides easy tools for viewing and navigating the publication.

Click here [image] to read PagePlus Home/Office Companion.

(You need to install Adobe Acrobat to use this feature.)

Click here [image] to read the latest news in the PagePlus README file.


Demos

Access demos using Help/Demos... or by selecting the “Watch a Demo” option in the Startup Wizard. The following demos are available:

(Be patient, loading the demo takes a few moments.)

•	Click here [image] to watch Introduction to PagePlus.

•	Click here [image] to watch Upgrading to Home/Office Edition.

•	Click here [image] to watch Working with Frames.

•	Click here [image] to watch Layering.

•	Click here [image] to watch Creating Logos (LogoPlus).

•	Click here [image] to watch Word Processing (WritePlus).


 Registration

As a Registered User you are entitled to Free Support and we can keep you informed about upgrades and other products.

The Serif Registration Wizard guides you through the process of registering your copy of PagePlus Home/Office. Registration is simple and FREE, but you do need to register within 90 days of installing your copy.

To register you need to enter your Registration Number. If you bought directly from Serif, this number is printed on your invoice. If you obtained PagePlus from a store or dealer, or it was bundled with a PC, scanner or printer you will need to call Serif (free phone call) and quote your Installation Number and Code to get it. Either way, it's quick, simple and free. If you've not registered yet, this screen will pop-up regularly to remind you.


 How To...

Get Help

Start, Save and Close publications.

Set up your Pages and Backgrounds

View and Turn Pages

Add Text

Draw boxes, lines and shapes

Import Pictures

Select, Copy, Move, and Resize

Rotate and Crop

Arrange Objects

Format Objects

Create Special Effects

Check your work

Print your publication

Produce Internet & Electronic Documents

Customize PagePlus


Get Help

Help

QuickHelp, Hints

Demos

On-Line Companion


Help

Use the Help file (Help/Contents... and Help/Index...) in the usual way to get more information about using PagePlus.


QuickHelp, Hints

On screen, watch the QuickHelp window and HintLine for feedback on various operations. Hold your mouse over a button for a pop-up ToolHint. Watch the mouse cursor change as you move over various items like guides and handles. Hints and Tips pop-up to give you more information.


Demos

Take a look at the interactive demos for more help on PagePlus, WritePlus and LogoPlus.


On-Line Companion

The On-Line Companion is full electronic documentation for you to browse through.


Starting, Saving & Closing
Start, Save & Close Publications

Start a new Publication

Open an existing Publication

Create a PageWizard Publication

Save your Publication

Close PagePlus


Starting a new Publication
Start a new Publication

Use File/New to get the Startup Wizard, then choose the Start from Scratch option.


Open an existing Publication

Use File/New to get the Startup Wizard, then choose the Open Existing Publications option. Or choose File/Open to go directly to the dialog box. The file menu also lists your last used publications. Click on the name to load the file.


Create a PageWizard Publication

Choose the Use a PageWizard option from the Startup Wizard, to have PagePlus create an instant publication for you. Just answer a few simple questions...


Save your Publication

Use File/Save or File/Save As to save your work.


Close PagePlus

To close PagePlus choose File/Exit.


Customize PagePlus

Units

Create your own Colors


Units

Tools/Preferences (Layout tab) lets you set the ruler units that you want to work in, independently for both rulers.


Edit Colors
Create your own Colors

Use Tools/Edit Colors... or double-click on the Color Bar to modify existing colors and add your own colors to the palette.


Setting up your Pages
Set up your Pages and Backgrounds

Page Size

Paper Background

Headers and Footers

Numbering

Guides


Page Size

Page/Page Setup... allows you to set your page size and orientation.


Paper Background

Use the Page/PaperDirect Wizard... to set a full color predesigned PaperDirect paper as your background.


Headers and Footers

Use Page/Headers & Footers Wizard... to set repeating headers and footers, including page numbers, on your pages.


Numbering

Page/Page Setup... contains your page numbering style. Use Page/Headers & Footers Wizard... to include page numbering in your header or footer.


Guides

Use Page/Page Setup... to control the margins and columns of your page. Click or drag on the rulers to create additional ruler guides to control your layout.


Viewing and Turning Pages
View and Turn Pages

Change View

Turn Pages

Add and Remove Pages


Change View

Use the Page/Views menu options, or the zoom area on the Status Bar. The current view zoom % is shown on the Status Bar(100% is actual size). The Zoom Tool lets you drag over the area you want to look at more closely.


Turn Pages

Use Page/Pages... to go to another page, or the shortcuts on the page area of the Status Bar. Click on the left/right buttons to move back/forward one page. Double-click to jump to the first/last page. Double-click on the page number to get the Page/Pages... dialog.


Add and Remove Pages

Use Page/Pages... to add, copy and delete pages from your publication.


Text
Add Text...

Frames and Flowing Text

Free Text

Fancy Text using LogoPlus

Edit text on the page

Use WritePlus

Import Text Wizard


Frames and Flowing Text

Use the Frame Tool to create frames to control your flowing text in your publication. Create a frame, then import text from a word processor file using File/Import Text... or click on the WritePlus Tool Bar button to use WritePlus to create your story. Use the link buttons on the bottom of the frame to link the frame to another to flow your text. You can watch the Frames demo too.


Free Text

Use the Text Tool to type a headline, caption or a few words of text on your page. Click on a blank part of your page and type. Use the Text Tool to edit any text by clicking on it.


Fancy Text using LogoPlus

Create fancy text with text on a curve, or stretched to an envelope, by clicking on the LogoPlus Tool Bar button, then dragging out your headline area.


Edit text on the page

Use the Text Tool to edit any text on your page, either free text blocks or frame text. Click on the text then type to insert text.


Use WritePlus

Click on the WritePlus Tool Bar button, or double-click on a frame or text block, to start the WritePlus word processor. Use it to edit existing text, or create new text.


Import Text Wizard

The Import Text Wizard steps you through your options for filling frames with text.


Drawing Shapes
Draw boxes, lines and shapes

Draw a Line

Draw a Box

Draw an Oval

Draw a Shape with LogoPlus


Draw a Line

Use the Line Tool to drag out a line.


Draw a Box

Use the Box Tool to drag out a box.


Draw an Oval

Use the Oval Tool to drag out an oval.


Draw a Shape with LogoPlus

Click on the LogoPlus button then drag out the area for your shape. In LogoPlus choose a box, circle, polygon or star. Then apply line styles, colors, shadows, rotation. Combine shapes or shapes and text.


Import Pictures

Import Picture Wizard

Art & Borders

KodakCD Photos


Import Picture Wizard

Click on the Import Picture Tool Bar button to import pictures using the Import Picture Wizard. This will help you choose your picture. Then drag on your page to position and size it.


Art & Borders

Art & Borders is the image library provided with PagePlus.


KodakCD Photos

This is the high quality picture format for your photos, as included with PagePlus.


Select, Copy, Move, and Resize

Select an Object

Select a Group

Copy

Move

Resize


Select
Select an Object

Use the Pointer Tool to select an object by clicking on it. Step through overlapping objects by repeatedly clicking. You must select an object before you can change it.


Select a Group

Hold down the shift key while clicking on an object to add it to a group. Or, using the Pointer Tool, start dragging over a blank area of your page to get a dotted selection box. Any objects enclosed in this box will be selected as a group.


Copy

Use the Pointer Tool to drag on a selected object while holding the control key.


Move

Use the Pointer Tool to drag on a selected object.


Resize

Use the Pointer Tool to drag over one of the handles of the selected object.


Rotate and Crop

Rotate

Rotate, exact value

Flip

Crop


Rotate

Use the Rotate Tool to drag over one of the handles of a selected object.


Rotate, exact value

Use the Status palette to enter exact rotation angle values.


Crop

Use the Crop Tool to drag over one of the handles of a selected object.


Flip

Use the Flip buttons to flip objects horizontally or vertically.


Arrange Objects

Align Objects

Snapping

Layering Objects

Convert to Picture

Permanent Groups


Align Objects

Objects can be lined up with each other, by selecting them as a group, then using Layout/Align Objects...


Snapping

Objects can also be lined up with any guides (margins, columns and ruler guides) that are visible on your page when Layout/Snapping is on.


Layering Objects

As objects are created, they are layered in such away that the most recently created object will overlap earlier ones. You can change this layering using Layout/Layer.You can watch the Layering demo too.


Convert to Picture

When you have a group of objects (or just one object) you can use Graphics/Convert to Picture to delete the object(s) and replace with a picture (Windows Metafile) equivalent of the object(s).


Permanent Groups

When you select a group of objects using the Pointer Tool it is a temporary selection. Click elsewhere and the group association is lost. Use Layout/Group Objects to make your group selection permanent. It will then be selected as if it were a single object.


Format Objects

Use Menus

Use the Button Bar

Use the ChangeBar

Use Right Click Menus

Use Double-Click

Use Named Styles


Use Menus

Use the formatting commands in the Menus to change how a selected object looks.


Use Button Bar
Use the Button Bar

Use the shortcut buttons on the Button Bar to change how a selected object looks.


Use ChangeBar
Use the ChangeBar

Drag the sliders in the ChangeBar to change how a selected object looks.


Right Click
Use Right Click Menus

Right click will always pop-up a menu with options appropriate to the the object you clicked on. Right click on the selected object and choose a pop-up menu option to change how the object looks.


Double-Click
Use Double-Click

Double-click on any selected object will pop-up a dialog or let you change the object in some way. This is how you edit/replace placeholder pictures and text in your PageWizard publications.


Named Styles
Use Named Styles

All the above methods change the object by applying “local” changes. You can save these commands as a named style by creating a style from the current object using Text/Text Style Palette... or Graphics/Graphics Style Palette... Styles are “global” formatting commands and let you maintain greater publication consistency, and change lots of objects in one go (i.e. all the objects that use the same named style).


Check your work

Spelling Checker Wizard

Word Count, Auto Correct

Fonts & Pictures

Story Manager

Layout Checker Wizard

Print Preview


Word Count, Auto Correct

Use the WritePlus Word Count to find out how many words in your text (especially if you’re paid by the word). The WritePlus Auto Correct button lets you enter shortcuts (e.g. “myco” for “My Company’s Full Name, Inc.”) or common typos (“teh” for “the”).


Fonts & Pictures

Tools/Fonts & Pictures... allows you to check the usage of fonts and pictures in your publication.


Story Manager

Tools/Story Manager... lets you check all the text stories and free text blocks used in your publication.


Spelling Checker Wizard

Use Tools/Spelling Checker Wizard... to make sure that all your text has been spelled correctly.


Layout Checker Wizard

Use Tools/Layout Checker Wizard... to let PagePlus check your pages for design errors and problems.


Print Preview

Use the CleanUp button on the Status Bar to display your page without guides, frames and wrap outlines to do a print preview.


Print your Publication

Printer Setup

Print

Print Posters

Print Thumbnails

Print Booklet


Printer Setup

Use File/Printer Setup... to make sure you have the right printer connected with the right options!


Print

Use File/Print... to print your masterpiece! Set the Options you want to get the print reduced, or enlarged for creating posters.


Print Posters

To print a poster, first create your standard sized page (such as letter). Then use the File/Print... options to print at a larger size (e.g. 300%) with Tiling (overlapped multiple sheets).


Print Thumbnails

If you have several pages in your publication you can print them all on a single page using the File/Print... Thumbnails option.


Print Booklet

The Print Booklet option lets you create booklet printing with two pages on each sheet. This means you can design a document on 5.5” x 8.5” pages (half Letter, or A5 European equivalent) and then get two pages on each sheet of Letter (A4). PagePlus will automatically reorder your pages.


Internet & Electronic Publishing
Produce Internet & Electronic Documents

Add Links

Test Links

Print Pages

Convert


Add Links

Using the Tools/Web Page Link... menu option you can create a jump from the selected PagePlus object to another page. This link becomes part of your electronic publication.


Test Links

Before creating the Internet/Electronic publication you can test that everything works by using the Tools/Web Page Test menu option.


Convert

Use Adobe Acrobat Distiller to convert the PostScript file to an Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) file. This file can be used as on-line electronic documentation (like the PagePlus On-Line Companion) or as highly designed Internet Pages with much greater formatting control than HTML pages.
Contact Adobe on 415-961-4400 in the US, or +44-(0)131-453-2211 in Europe.


Print Pages

To produce an Internet/Electronic publication you must first produce a PostScript file. Use File/Printer Setup... to select a PostScript printer configured to send to a file (rather than a physical printer) then File/Print... PagePlus produces a PostScript file including Adobe Acrobat comments.


Special Effects
Create Special Effects

Dropped Capitals

Bulleted List

Numbered List

Text Wrap

Watermark Pictures

Shadows


Dropped Capitals

For a large first letter, or dropped cap, select a paragraph of text then use Text/Dropped Caps...


Shadows

You can create shadows by taking a copy of the object (or a box) and layering it behind the object. With text, you would copy the text (control drag) then make the copy a different color, then use Layout/Layer to put it behind the text. With a picture, you would make a box (with the Box Tool) and use Layout/Layer to put the box behind the picture. You can group the the objects together using Layout/Group Objects.


Bulleted List

Select a paragraph of text then using Text/Bullets & Numbering... will let you choose a bullet style.


Numbered List

Select a paragraph of text then using Text/Bullets & Numbering... will let you create a numbered list.


Text Wrap

Use the Text Wrap buttons on the Button Bar, or Layout/Wrap Settings.... to control text wrap effects. You can change the text wrap outline of the selected object using the Pointer Tool.


Watermark Pictures

Use Graphics/Picture... or the ChangeBar sliders to reduce the shade of the picture to create a low-intensity or “watermark” effect often used as a background.