Publisher Tips

Design Gallery

To make the publication more interesting, insert a Design Gallery object.

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Draw Your Own Picture

If you want to draw your own picture for your publication, click on Insert, Picture and New Drawing.

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Resize and Zoom Pictures

To resize and zoom pictures, click on View, Picture Display and select the Fast Resize and Zoom option.

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Fill Text

To fill text either horizontally or vertically, highlight the cells, right mouse click, Change Text and Fill Down or Fill Right.

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Switch Between Background and Foreground

To switch between the background and foreground of the publication, click on View and select Go to Foreground or Go to Background.

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Adding and Viewing Pages Shortcuts

The shortcuts for adding and viewing pages are:

CTRL + SHIFT + N = Add a page after current page
F9 = Move between current page view and actual size view
CTRL + M = Move between background and foreground page
F5 = Go to page
SHIFT + F5 = Go to next page
CTRL + F5 = Go to previous page
PGUP = Move up a page
PGDN = Move down a page
CTRL + PGDN = Scroll to the right
CTRL + PGUP = Scroll to the left
CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Hide or show special character
CTRL + W = Snap to guides
CTRL + SHIFT + O = Show or hide boundaries and guides

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Delete Text in a Table

To delete text in a table, highlight the text, right mouse click and Delete Text option.

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Zoom In or Out

To zoom in or out, click on View and Zoom.

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Publication Layout

To choose a publication layout, click on File and Page Setup.

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Changing and Nudging Objects Shortcuts

The shortcuts for changing and nudging objects are:

CTRL + D = Add shadow
CTRL + T = Make transparent or opaque
CTRL + G = Group or Ungroup objects
F6 = Bring to front
SHIFT + F6 = Send to back
ALT + SHIFT + PLUS = Expand text below a heading
ALT + ARROW KEYS = Nudge
CTRL + ALT + RIGHT ARROW = Rotate clockwise 5 degrees
CTRL + ALT + LEFT ARROW = Rotate counterwise 5 degrees

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Custom Border

To create a Custom Border, select an item, click on Format, Choose Border style and More Style. Then click on Create Custom Border and choose a border.

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Background on a Table

To put a background on a table, select the cells and right mouse click over the table. Go to Change Table, Fill Color and select a color or Fill Effect.

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Diagonals

To add diagonals to the cells of the table, highlight the cells and click on Table and Cell Diagonals.

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Object Top of Pile

Use the Arrange menu to get the desired object on top of the pile.

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Adding Breaks or Hyphens Shortcuts

The shortcuts for adding breaks or hyphens are:

ENTER = Start a new paragraph
SHIFT + ENTER = Start a new line but not a new paragraph
CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER = End one column of text and begin a new column
CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE = Add a non-breaking space
CTRL + SHIFT + 0 = Add a zero width non-breaking space
CTRL + - = Add an optional hyphen
CTRL + SHIFT + H = Add or remove hyphens automatically
CTRL + ENTER = Insert a frame break
CTRL + TAB = Insert a tab in a table cell

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Special Preprinted Paper

To see how the publication will look on special preprinted paper, click on View and Special Paper. Publisher will not print the background, since it assumes that you have special paper that matches the background.

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