Gradient Fill

Applies a gradient fill to the selected element. Choosing this command opens the Gradient Fill dialog box where you can choose the colors of the gradient fill.

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Color Boxes

Select a color from the color palette. The color palette allows you to change colors quickly for the different elements in the calendar. You may change the color of text, grids, cells, frames and backgrounds.

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Background Color

Select a color from the color palette to use as the background for the selected element.

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Select Font dialog box

Uses the selected text content as the preview element allowing you to see exactly how your text will look like. Click OK to apply.

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Calendar Style

Displays various styles to apply to your date tables. Once you have applied the style, right-click elements on the calendar to further adjust them like the grid and background colors.

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Select Font

This opens the Select Font dialog box that allows you to pick a font type for your text.

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Soft Edge Type: Rectangular

Select to re-shape the soft edge of the image of your calendar to a rectangular shape.

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Soft Edge Type: Elliptical

Select to re-shape the soft edge of the image of your calendar to an elliptical shape.

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Remove Soft Edge
Add or Remove Soft Edge

If a soft edge has been applied, choosing this command removes the soft edge. You can apply a soft edge effect to the image by pointing to Add Soft Edge and choosing either Elliptical or Rectangular.

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Fit to Page

Resizes the image to make it fit the selected page size. If working with a small image, be careful as the image quality deteriorates when the image is stretched to fit the calendar page.

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Keep Aspect Ratio On/Off

Toggles between switching the aspect ratio on or off. If you select Keep Aspect Ratio On, the image will be resized proportionally. If you select Keep Aspect Ratio Off, the height of the image can be changed without affecting the width and vice-versa.

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Load Background Image

Select an image from your computer to use as a background for your calendar or the background of the date table.

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Clear Background

Removes the background of the calendar or the date table. For the calendar background, the background becomes white. For the date table, the background becomes transparent allowing the background to show through.

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Add/Remove Shadow

Toggles between adding and removing a shadow on the image. If you apply a shadow to the image, any soft edge previously applied will be removed.

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Text Shadow
Add/Remove Text Shadow

Toggles between adding and removing a shadow to text. If you apply a shadow to the text, any emboss effect previously applied will be removed.

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Vertical/Horizontal Text

If you’ve selected normal text, Vertical Text rotates the text 90 degrees clockwise from its horizontal position. If you’ve selected text that was made vertical, Horizontal Text rotates the text 90 degrees counterclockwise.

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Emboss/Not Emboss

Applies an emboss effect to the selected text. If you have previously applied a shadow to the text, the shadow is removed. After applying an emboss effect, you remove it with the Not Emboss command.

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Add/Remove Frame

Applies a frame to the edges of the text box. Once you have added a frame, you can right-click on the text area to change the color.

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Frame/Grid Color

Select a color from the color palette to use it as the new text frame or grid color.

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Text Box

Opens the Font and Color dialog box. Here you can change the font, style, size and color of text. When a custom text is applied to an image, you can edit the text content here. You cannot edit the text content of elements in the calendar template.

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Edit Note - Planner

Allows you to edit an existing note on a calendar.

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Delete Note - Planner
Delete Note

Removes the selected note for that date. If the selected date has a holiday or mark associated with it, the holiday or mark is not erased.

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Edit Holiday - Planner
Edit Holiday

Allows you to modify the text of a holiday note.

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Delete Holiday - Planner
Delete Holiday

Deletes the selected holiday and associated notes and marks. If the selected date also has a note or mark associated with it, note or mark is not erased.

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Delete - Calendar
Delete

Deletes the selected object from the calendar. You cannot delete the calendar image and background.

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Semi-Transparency

Toggles between making the background of the selected object semi-transparent or opaque. When semi-transparency is applied, it will allow some of the calendar background to show through.

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Font Size

Sets the font size for numbers in the calendar. Select from small, medium or large. This is only available for some types of calendars.

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Transparency
Object Transparency

Adjusts the transparency level of the background image. Click a thumbnail to apply the transparency level.

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Text color

Displays a color palette where you can select one for the selected text object.

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Central Alignment - Vertical

  Centers the selected object vertically (top and bottom) on a calendar page.

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Central Alignment - Horizontal

  Centers the selected object horizontally (left to right) on a calendar page.

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Go to First Page

  Goes to the initial page of your calendar.

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Previous Page

  Goes to the calendar page before the current page.

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Next Page

  Goes to the calendar page after the current page.

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Go to Last Page

  Goes to the last page of your calendar.

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Calendar Page Count

  Shows the page number of the page over the total number of pages in the calendar.

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Calendar Layout Apply

  Applies the current calendar layout to all the calendar templates used in the calendar being made.

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Background Type: Center

Stretches or shrinks the image to fit the calendar background.

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Background Type: Tile

Multiplies copy of the image to be tiled across the entire background.

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Calendar object properties

Depending on the selected object (for example, background, text or date), this button displays a list of properties that you can modify.

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Restore

  Restores the calendar template to its last saved state.

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Share: Calendar
Calendar

Allows you to create your own calendar using your images.

Photo Explosion lets you set the calendar as your desktop wallpaper and adjusts it automatically for you using the Calendar Checker.

You can also use the planner feature to put notes on specific dates where Photo Explosion will help remind you of things that you don't want to forget.

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Calendar dialog box - Select Image File
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Select Image File

Select a folder: Locate a folder containing the image you want.

File name: Displays all the files available in the currently selected folder. This list only displays image or template files.

Preview: Displays a thumbnail representation of the selected file.

Information: Shows the file information of the selected image. This includes the data type, resolution and dimensions of the file.

Show thumbnails: Select to show the files in the selected folder as image thumbnails instead of a list. If there are a lot of files, click Stop if you don’t want to have all the thumbnails shown.

OK: Click to place the image file in your calendar.

Cancel: Ends this procedure and closes the dialog box

Help: Opens Photo Explosion Help.

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Calendar dialog box - Text Box
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Text Box

Sample text: Shows a preview of your text as it will appear with the style modifications.

Effects and alignment: Determines the style and alignment for the text

Italic: Italicizes the text.

Bold: Makes the text bold. Can be used in conjunction with the Italic style.

Shadow: Adds a simple drop shadow to the text.

Raised: Adds a border around one edge of the text giving an impression that it's raised.

Alignment: Select an alignment: Left, Center or Right

Align vertically: Rotates the text object 90 degrees clockwise.

Colors: Determines the colors of the different elements in the calendar.

Text: Sets the color of the text object.

Shadow: Sets the color of the drop shadow (You must have a shadow applied first to adjust the color.)

Grid: Sets the color of the grid lines that separate the days on the calendar.

Background: Sets the color of the background of the text box.

Font: Displays all the available fonts.

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Calendar dialog box - Select Template
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Select Template

Calendar type: Select the time frame for your single-page calendar.

Orientation: Select the page orientation for your calendar. The vertical and horizontal templates are different.

Calendar styles: Displays the available calendar templates from the selected Calendar type and Orientation style.

Next: Goes to the next step in creating a calendar.

Close: Closes this dialog box.

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Calendar dialog box - Select Template
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Set Date

The options available here are dependent on the options selected in the Select Template dialog box.

Start date: Set the time duration for your calendar.

Year: Select the year for your calendar.

Month: Select the month you want appearing in your calendar. If you selected two or three months in the Select Template dialog box, this month will be the first in the range. For example, if you are doing a two-month calendar and you select June here, the calendar will show June and July.

Week: If you selected a one-week or two-week calendar template, select the week of the month that you want to appear in your calendar. If you selected a two-week calendar, the week you select here will be the first week of the two.

Change photo order: Allows you to rearrange the images that appears in each page of your calendar. (This appears when you have more than one image used for the calendar.)

Back Arrow: Goes to the previous step.

Next: Goes to the next step in creating a calendar.

Close: Closes this dialog box.

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Calendar dialog box - Template Elements
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Template Elements

Add/EditText: If you have a text object selected, opens the Font and Color dialog box where you can add or edit a text in the calendar. You can also double-click the text you want edited.

Change background image: Opens the Select Image File dialog box where you can change the background image.

Add year string: Adds the number of the year that is selected on the Set Date dialog box. You can right-click the year text object to modify it.

Add date table: Adds a single monthly calendar to your calendar. You can resize this by dragging the handles or modify its appearance by right-clicking it. If you selected a weekly template, the month that appears is the current month selected in the Set Date dialog box.

Modify selected element: Allows you to adjust the attributes of the selected object. The option here changes depending on the object selected in the calendar.

Change background: Opens a shortcut menu where you can change the background’s attributes or replace the background.

Change image attributes: Opens a shortcut menu where you can adjust the image or replace it.

Change text attributes: Opens a shortcut menu where you can adjust the text attributes or edit the text object. You cannot change the content of default elements in the calendar.

Change date attributes: Opens a shortcut menu where you can adjust the attributes of the text in the date table. You can use an image from file as your background for the date table. You cannot change the content of the date table.

Back Arrow: Goes back to the previous step.

Next: Goes to the next step in creating a calendar.

Close: Closes this dialog box.

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Calendar dialog box - Output Destination
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Output Destination

Print: Allows you to select the print layout for your calendar.

Disk: Allows you to save your calendar as a file on your computer. In the Save As dialog box you can determine the type of image file and certain image file attributes.

Wallpaper: Allows you to set the time frame for your calendar before setting it as your desktop wallpaper. Photo Explosion automatically updates your desktop calendar.

Organize templates: Allows you add, delete or update calendar styles in the preset thumbnail window.

Back Arrow: Goes back to the previous step.

Close: Closes this dialog box.

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Calendar dialog box - Set as Wallpaper
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Set as Wallpaper

Use this dialog box to set up one or a series of calendars as your desktop Wallpaper.

Output period: Select the length of time for each calendar. You can have a different image on your calendar each week, or set the same image for a calendar for a period of months. The actual calendar will automatically update itself.

Duration: This represents the time span specified in the Output period.

OK: Sets your calendar as Windows Wallpaper.

Cancel: Closes this dialog box.

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Calendar dialog box - Save As
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Save as

Save in: Select the folder where you want to save the calendar.

File name: Type the file name you want for the calendar.

Save as type: Select the file format for the calendar image.

Data type: Select the data type you want for your calendar.

Output size: Determines the printed size of the calendar before saving it..

Output quality: Determines the quality of the calendar when printed out. When the value selected is low the calendar image may become pixilated when printed. If you plan to print the calendar. it is better to select Best.

Output image size: Shows the image size (in pixels) when opened in the workspace. It also shows the approximate size of the file when saved. This is not the size of the calendar when printed out.

Save: Saves the calendar in the selected folder.

Cancel: Closes the Save As dialog box and returns to the Output destination panel.

Options: Allows you to further customize the settings for the selected file type before saving it. This is where you can experiment with various settings that can reduce the size of the file.

Help: Opens Photo Explosion Help.

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Creating a calendar

1.	Select an image you want to use for your calendar.

2.	Open the Share menu on the Command panel and click Calendar.

3.	Select a calendar type and a calendar template.
Vertical and horizontal templates are different.

4.	Click Next.

5.	Set the time duration for your one page calendar then click Next.

6.	Use this panel to adjust the different objects in your calendar.

7.	Click Next

8.	Use this panel to print or save your calendar.
When you select Save to Wallpaper, the program automatically updates the calendar wallpaper using the Calendar Checker.

9.	Click Close.

Note

If you select multiple images in Browse mode, you can make multiple page calendars. If you do this for weekly and bi-weekly calendars, the date tables will carry these images from page to page.

The Calendar Checker shows as an icon in the status area of the taskbar. To turn the Calendar Checker off, right-click the icon and click Exit.

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Set Holiday dialog box

Set holiday on this date: This is the date that you want to mark as holiday.

Input holiday here: Type the name of the holiday or special event.

Recurrent type: Select the type of holiday: There are three options. The holiday is recurrent at the same date of a certain month for every year; recurrent at the same weekday of a month each year or not recurrent (if it is only valid this year).

Set reminder: You may set a reminder to give you an alert before the important day comes.
Set the Date and Time you want the reminder go off by selecting from the list or typing in the box.

Sound: Select if you want a sound to remind you. Click Browse to search for a  sound file.

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Set Note dialog box

Set notes on this date: Define the date that you want to leave a note.

Input note here: Type the note for this date.

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To add multiple lines of text, use Ctrl+Enter instead of pressing Enter.

Set reminder: You may set a reminder to give you a ring before the important day comes.
Set the Date and Time you want the reminder go off by selecting from the  list or typing in the box.

Sound: Select if you want a sound to remind you. Click Browse button to search for a sound file.

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Calendar dialog box - Print
Calendar dialog box

Print

Select printer: Select the printer for the calendar.

Number of calendars: Type or select the number of calendar images you want printed on the selected paper layout.
The maximum number that can fit on a page will depend on the selected layout. If you only have one calendar page, you can print it multiple times by typing or selecting the number here.

Number of copies: Type or select how many pages of the calendar you want printed.

Paper layout: Select a layout from the thumbnails for your calendars. You have to specify the number of calendars you want printed out on a page in Number of calendars.

Print: Prints out the calendar on the selected printer.

Cancel: Closes this dialog box.

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Calendar dialog box - Organize Templates
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Organize Templates

Calendar type: Select the time frame category where you want to add/update/delete calendar templates.

Portrait: Select to display the available vertical calendar templates in the selected category.

Landscape: Select to display the available horizontal calendar templates in the selected category.

Add: Inserts the calendar that you made in the selected category and orientation. You can only add your calendar to the same Calendar type and Orientation that you used to make the calendar.

Update: Replaces the selected calendar template with the calendar you made. You can only update your calendar to the same Calendar type and Orientation that you used to make the calendar.

Delete: Erases the selected calendar template from the selected category.

Close: Closes this dialog box.

Help: Opens Photo Explosion Help.

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Print Setup

  Opens a dialog box where you can adjust the printer, paper size and the paper orientation settings before printing.

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Abbreviated

Toggles between abbreviating and not abbreviating the days of the week in the calendar. This is only applicable to some types of calendars.

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