personalized memos, signs, posters, eye-catching presentations, and
calendars.
PrintPower Pro Plus offers a graphical interface that lets you use a
mouse or the keyboard to produce professional-looking graphics.
PrintPower Pro Plus also contains its own database function that comes
with two built-in applicatinos that you can use to store the names and
addresses of your friends and clients as well as holidays and special
dates.
PrintPower Pro Plus comes with 100 different all-occasion designs in
its clip-art library. In addition, you can import graphics created
with other programs in GIF, PCX and PCC, BMP (uncompressed only), or
LBM and BBM file formats.
Yet you don't need a powerful computer or an expensive printer to
effectively use PrintPower Pro Plus. In fact, the only limit is
imposed by your own imagination.
CONVENTIONS OF THIS MANUAL CONVENTIONS OF THIS MANUAL CONVENTIONS OF THIS MANUAL
To help you follow instructions, this manual uses the following
conventions:
+ Numbered list means the procedure should be followed step by step.
+ An instruction that consists of only a single step is designated by
an unfilled square bullet: q
+ Keys that you press or type are shown in a different type style.
For example: "Press ENTER to choose the highlighted button." "Press
ESC or click CANCEL to exit a dialog box." "Type INSTALL and press
ENTER to start installation."
+ Click means to press and release the left mouse button.
+ Choose means to activate a button, a menu command, or a selected
item from a dialog box by clicking on it or by pressing ENTER. For
example, "Choose Accept to open the selected file."
+ A dialog box contains several lists or groups of choices and allows
you to interact with the program by making selections from lists
and choosing buttons.
+ A button is an on-screen object that resembles a push-button and
contains a command that initiates an immediate action (such as OK,
Cancel, or Add Graphic).
+ Most buttons have a hotkey, which is indicated by an underline. You
select a button from the keyboard by pressing ALT and the hotkey at
the same time; for example: "Click or press ALT-A to choose Create
a Calendar."
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NOTE: This manual is intended to serve as a both a tutorial and a
reference and is designed to complement but not replace the on-screen
Help. Before you begin your own project, you should read this manual
completely and work through the examples. Once you have a feel for the
program, you can rely on the Help screens for information about the
various screens and dialogs. You can always return to the manual for
more information or to look up procedures.
THE HELP SYSTEM THE HELP SYSTEM THE HELP SYSTEM
PrintPower Pro Plus offers on-line, context-sensitive help, so you can
get quick answers to your questions about the program simply by
clicking the mouse or pressing F1. While you're creating documents,
you can press Shift-F1 or click anywhere on the grey part of the
screen to get The Wizard's Advice, a special feature that offers you
detailed suggestions and assistance about the particular part of the
program where you are currently working.
______________________________ Installing PrintPower Pro Plus ______________________________ Installing PrintPower Pro Plus ______________________________ Installing PrintPower Pro Plus
Hardware/Software Requirements
+ An IBM or compatible PC, AT, XT, PS/1 or PS/2 with a hard disk
drive.
+ 3 megabytes of free space on the computer's hard drive.
+ At least 640K of random-access memory (RAM).
+ DOS version 3.3 or later.
+ An EGA, VGA or SVGA monitor.
+ A printer. PrintPower Pro Plus supports most popular color or
black-and-white dot-matrix, ink-jet, and HP-compatible laser
printers.
+ A mouse is recommended but not required. This manual contains
directions for using the program with a keyboard and with a mouse.
Before you can use PrintPower Pro Plus, you need to install it on your
computer's hard drive.
NOTE: If you are running Microsoft Windows in standard mode, you must
exit to DOS before installing or running PrintPower Pro Plus. If you
are running Windows in 386 Enhanced mode, you can install or run
PrintPower Pro Plus using the Windows MS-DOS prompt. See your
Microsoft Windows documentation for any additional information about
running DOS programs within Windows.
1.Insert the correct program diskette in your computer's floppy disk
drive.
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2.At the DOS prompt, type A: then press ENTER to change to the drive
that contains the PrintPower Pro Plus program disc (if your program
disk is in a drive other than the :A drive, type that drive
letter).
3.At the A: prompt, type INSTALL and press ENTER. Then follow the
instructions on the opening screen.
The program automatically creates a directory on your dard disk called
PROPLUS. This is called the default directory. You may decide during
installation to select or create a different directory for the
program.
NOTE: The installation program does not automatically place PrintPower
Pro Plus in your Path statement. If you want to be able to start
PrintPower Pro Plus from anywhere in DOS without first changing
directories, you will first need to edit your computer's AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. See your DOS documentation for instructions about the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file and adding commands to the Path statement.
As soon as the installation process is finished, you are ready to
start the program.
________________________________________ Getting Started with PrintPower Pro Plus ________________________________________ Getting Started with PrintPower Pro Plus ________________________________________ Getting Started with PrintPower Pro Plus
1. Make sure you are in the directory where PrintPower Pro Plus is
located. If you accepted the default directory during
installation,
type CD PROPLUS and press ENTER
If PrintPower Pro Plus is in a different directory on your
computer, substitute the name of that directory for "PROPLUS".
Your DOS prompt should now look something like this:
C:/PROPLUS>.
2. To start PrintPower Pro Plus,
type PROPLUS and press ENTER.
The program starts.
This screen is called the Main Menu. It provides push-button access
to all the features of PrintPower Pro Plus.
To press a selection button,
Mouse: Move the mouse pointer over it and click.
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Or...
Hotkeys: By simultaneously pressing ALT and the underlined letter in
the button name(hotkey). Or...
Keyboard: Press TAB and SHIFT-TAB to move the highlight among dialog
box components. The up and down arrow keys allow you to
move up and down thru a list, highlighting the next object.
Press ENTER to activate any highlighted button or select
highlighted options.
_______________________ Setting Up Your Printer _______________________ Setting Up Your Printer _______________________ Setting Up Your Printer
Before you create your fist PrintPower Pro Plus document, you should
set up a printer.
1. Choose the Printer Setup button. From the Main Menu,
Mouse: Click on Printer Setup,
Hotkey: Press Alt-P,
Keyboard: Or use the TAB and SHIFT-TAB keys to highlight the
Printer Setup button and press ENTER.
2. The Printer and Paper Setup Dialog Box Appears.
Choose a Printer Name, the Paper Size you expect to use, and the Paper
Type, depending on the type of printer you have connected to your
computer and whether your printer uses fan-fold continuous-feed paper
or has a sheet feeder.
3. Once you have selected your printer, click on the TEST PRINTOUT
button and follow the on-screen instructions. The test printout
will help you match your printer alignment to PrintPower Pro
Plus. Just take the measurements as instructed and enter the
margin numbers in the proper on-screen location.
4. When you have finished, click OK or press Alt-Z to save your
changes and return to the Main Menu.
NOTE: To get help in setting up your printer,
Mouse: Click on each ? icon to view on-line help about the
dialog box's various components.
Keyboard: Use TAB or the ARROW keys and press F1 to move among
the components and view the Help screen for each one.
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Take a moment to read the Help screen and become familiar with the
available choices before you continue.
For the rest of this manual we will assume you are using the mouse and
talk about where onscreen to move the mouse pointer and when to click
the left mouse button. However you can always use the Hotkeys or the
TAB/SHIFT-TAB along with the arrow keys in combination to operate from
the keyboard alone.
PrintPower Pro Plus is now configured for your printer.
HINT: If you have a monochrome printer, try selecting the most similar
model of color printer instead. That way, you can view your document
in color while you work on it. If you experience any difficulty
printing, change the Printer Name back to the correct one or to one
that most closely matches your printer's type.
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________________________________ YOUR FIRST DOCUMENT - A Tutorial ________________________________ YOUR FIRST DOCUMENT - A Tutorial ________________________________ YOUR FIRST DOCUMENT - A Tutorial
Now that you know the basics of getting around in PrintPower Pro Plus,
let's go ahead and create a sample document.
This section takes you through step-by-step instructions that show you
how to use the main features of PrintPower Pro Plus to create a sign.
Once you have learned how to create one type of document, you can use
what you have learned to create other types of documents.
CREATING A SIGN
1. Choose Create a Sign or Poster (Alt-S).
2. For now, choose the default size, Full Page.
3. Choose either Portrait (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal)
orientation.
4. Choose OK.
THE TOP MENU
The Top Menu document editor screen appears. At the top of the
document editor is a double row of buttons, called the Toolbox.
THE TOOLBOX
The Top Menu Toolbox is the gateway to all PrintPower Pro Plus
functionality. As you choose buttons, the Toolbox changes according to
whatever action you are performing.
Adding a Graphic Adding a Graphic Adding a Graphic
Now let's add a graphic in the middle of the page. In PrintPower Pro
Plus, adding a graphic to a document is a 3-step process:
First, you add the graphics frame to the document's page.
Next, you position the frame where you think you will want the graphic
to appear and set the size of the graphics frame.
Then you choose a graphic and it appears in the frame.
To create a graphics frame and add it to the document:
+ Choose Add Graphic from the Toolbox (click on the button or press
F6).
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The flashing box you see surrounding the document is the graphics
frame. It represents the area in which you will add a graphic. The
frame determines the graphic's size and position. At first, the
graphics frame is exactly the same size as the document's frame.
If you want the graphic to completely fill the page, leave the frame
alone. If you want the graphic to be smaller than the entire page,
make the frame the size you want and move it into position using the
mouse or Arrow keys.
To size the frame:
Mouse: Point to a corner or an edge of the frame, Click and
drag up, down, left, or right to make the frame larger
or smaller.
Keyboard: 1.Press INS (Insert Key). A circle appears on the
lower-right corner of the frame. This indicates the
program is in size mode. You start sizing the frame
from that corner.
2.Use the arrow keys to move the flashing frame. Left
arrow and Up arrow make the frame smaller; Right arrow
and Down arrow make it larger
3.Press INS again to return to move mode.
To move the frame:
Mouse: Place the pointer in the center of the frame, click and
hold down the left mouse button, and drag in the
direction you wish to move. This is called click and
drag.
Keyboard: Use the Arrow Keys to position the frame.
NOTE: To reposition or resize an existing frame, you must first
highlight the frame by clicking on it. If another frame is
highlighted, cycle to the desired one with a left mouse click.Then
choose the Move/Size button from the Toolbox, or, you can click and
drag with the right mouse button.
To select a graphic and add it to the frame:
1. After Sizing and Moving the frame, click OK
2. The Graphic Image from Library dialog box appears.
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3. Choose Scale 1:1 to uncheck this option. The graphic will now
expand fully to fit in its frame. (Leave Colorize blank for now--
its use is explained later in the manual, however).
4. In the Image list, click on [Color Print Power] to display a list
of available clip-art images.
NOTE: In lists, names that appear in [brackets] indicate other
sets of designs from which you can choose. You can add additional
designs to PrintPower Pro Plus. Refer to the section "Importing
Graphics from Other Programs" later in this manual.
5. Choose Ballet Dancer.
6. To preview the image, click the right mouse button (or press
Spacebar). If it's not what you want, you can choose another
image.
7. When you have the image that you want, choose OK. You will return
to the document editor.
The flashing frame appears in color (provided you set up for a color
printer). A large X now appears in the center of the box. Don't worry,
the X represents the image you just selected.
To preview the page, click on the "Pv" icon in the upper-right corner
of the document.
To return to the full-page quick view, click the document icon in the
upper left corner.
ADDING A HEADLINE ADDING A HEADLINE ADDING A HEADLINE
Now that you have saved and reloaded the project, the next step is to
add a headline to the sign that you are working on.
The headline contains the main idea, the eye-catching statement that
captures people's attention when they see your sign.
Before you can work with headlines, you must get back to the Top Menu
by clicking the Top Menu button from the Toolbox or press F10.
1. Choose Add Headline.
2. Position the flashing headline frame above the image. You can
size and move the headline frame, exactly the same way as a
graphic frame. Don't worry about the size of the frame to begin
with.
3. Once you have the frame in position, choose OK.
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The Headline Editor dialog box appears.
4. Type Dance Classes in the Text Entry box.
5. Select a Font and Effect.
6. In the Options group, choose Center to center the text above the
image.
7. Choose OK.
EDITING THE HEADLINE
After you see the results, you decide to change the headline to two
lines.
1. To select the headline, click inside the headline frame, or Press
the Arrow keys until the headline frame flashes, then press
ENTER.
The Headline Toolbox appears along the top of your computer's
screen.
2. Choose Edit Headline.
The Headline Editor dialog box appears.
3. Notice that the Text Entry box is flashing. The headline text
appears in the box. Using the mouse or Arrow keys, position the
flashing bar cursor right before the "C" in the word "Classes"
and press ENTER. "Classes" jumps down to the next line because
you've added a carriage return.
Don't worry if it's not aligned the way you like. Make sure that
in the Options box the button next to Center Text is shaded. If
so, the lines will appear centered when you return to Preview.
4. You can also change the Font and Effect.
5. When you're finished, choose OK.
ADDING A BORDER ADDING A BORDER ADDING A BORDER
To jazz up the headline, a graphic element, or to surround the entire
page, you can add a border. In this case we are going to add a border
to the headline.
1. Click the Top Menu button or press F10.
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2. Choose Add Border.
The border frame appears around the document's border. You
position the flashing border frame using the mouse or keyboard.
In this example, leave the border where it is.
3. Choose OK.
The Border Style dialog box appears.
4. In the Border Name box, choose [Color Print Power] to see a list
of available borders.
5. Highlight a border and press Spacebar or click with the right
mouse button to preview it. If you don't like it, pick another.
6. The Edge/Corner group lets you specify a special effect for the
border, for example, just on two sides or just in the corners. If
all the options are checked, the border appears all around the
selected object. Experiment and preview your selections.
7. When you are finished, choose OK.
8. Return to the Top Menu and choose Preview or click the "Pv" icon
to see the results of the changes.
Notice that the Headline Editor sizes the text automatically to
fit the available space. If you want the text to appear larger,
you could resize the headline frame (see "Creating a sign"). Then
Preview your changes.
ADDING TEXT ADDING TEXT ADDING TEXT
Now finish the sign by adding some additional information such as
date, place, and time.
1. Choose Add Text.
2. Move and size the text frame so it is placed next to the graphic
image.
3. Choose OK. The Styles menu appears on the right-hand side of the
screen.
4. Choose FINEPRNT. You are now in the Text Editor.
Next to the Style button you see a flashing bar cursor indicating
the point at which you can begin typing text.
5. Type some text in the box; for example:
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Saturday April 10
10 A.M.
at the Community Center
Press ENTER at the end of each line. Don't worry if the lines
don't appear to wrap exactly the way you want in the Editor.
6. Choose Save & Exit.
CHANGING TEXT STYLES CHANGING TEXT STYLES CHANGING TEXT STYLES
If the layout of the text you entered doesn't look right:
1. Click in the text frame, or make sure it's highlighted
(flashing).
2. Choose Edit Text.
The text you entered appears on the right side of the screen.
3. Click on the STY:FINEPRINT button.
The Text Style Toolbox appears.
4. Choose Change Styles.
5. Choose LARGE.
You will hear a "bink." When the Text Editor screen reappears,
you see that now the text is too large and overflows the existing
text frame, as indicated by the bar that shows at the bottom of
the frame.
6. Choose the STY: LARGE button.
7. Choose Change Styles.
8. Choose NORMAL.
9. Choose Preview.
10. Choose Save & Exit.
You return to the Top Menu in quick view.
EDITING TEXT EDITING TEXT EDITING TEXT
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1. Click inside the text frame to edit it. If the text frame is not
highlighted, keep clicking in it to cycle the highlight through
the various frames in the document until the text frame begins
flashing.
Or...
Use the Arrow keys to cycle through the various frames until the
text frame begins flashing.
2. Choose Edit Text from the Top Menu
The Text Editor appears, with the text displayed on the right
side of your screen.
Now move the words "at the Community Center" to the beginning of
the text.
3. Place the text cursor (flashing bar) at the beginning of the text
that you want to move.
4. Click and hold down the left mouse button and drag across the
text you want to highlight. When the entire block of text you
want to move is reverse-highlighted, release the mouse button.
Or...
Choose Mark Area and use the Arrow keys to move the cursor across
the block of text you want to highlight.
5. Choose Cut. The highlighted text disappears.
6. Move the cursor to the point where you want to insert the cut
text.
7. Choose Paste.
The cut text is placed at the cursor position.
You may need to add a space or carriage return at the end of the
block to correct the word or line-spacing. To add a carriage
return, position the cursor and press ENTER.
Now the lines of text should be rearranged to read:
at the Community Center
Saturday April 10
10 A.M.
8. Choose Save & Exit to return to the Top Menu.
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ADDING AND MODIFYING STYLES ADDING AND MODIFYING STYLES ADDING AND MODIFYING STYLES
You may have noticed that a yellow push-button named STY: NORMAL
appeared at the beginning of the text in the text editor. This button
is called a style indicator.
When you place the text cursor inside the style indicator button, the
Toolbox changes from the Text Editor Toolbox to the Text Style Editor
Toolbox.
You can then access the Edit Text Style dialog box which lets you set
properties for your own styles or change the existing text styles. For
more information about text styles and style indicator buttons, see
the section "About Text Styles" later in this manual.
1. Choose Edit Text.
2. Choose the STY: NORMAL button and choose Modify Style.
The Edit Text Style dialog box appears.
NOTE: When you modify a document's styles, the modifications are in
effect only for the current document. Adding new styles or changing
existing styles does not change the preset program styles. Refer to
"More About Documents" for additional information.
3. Center the text.
4. Choose OK. You return to the Text Editor.
Now, to add some emphasis to the sign, you're going to make the last
two lines of text different. The way to do this is to add another
style to the document.
1. Position the text cursor at the beginning of "Saturday."
2. Choose Set Style.
3. Choose Create a New Style.
4. Name the style something you can remember. For example, type
NORMLRG and choose Create. The Edit Text Style dialog box appears
for your new style. The preset options are the same as for the
NORMAL style.
5. Select an Effect.
6. Change the Sizing to 48 points with 8 points of Spacing.
7. Center the text.
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8. Choose the Color Button. A dialog box appears that lets you
select the Main colors for the letters and any selected effects.
The Help screens explain in detail about the various Outline and
Background options.
9. Select a Main color or grey-scale option.
10. Preview your selection.
11. Choose OK. You return to the Edit Text Style dialog box.
12. Choose OK. You return to the Text Editor.
A new Style button now appears at the text cursor position.
13. Choose Preview to see the results.
SAVING YOUR WORK SAVING YOUR WORK SAVING YOUR WORK
Now is the proper time to learn how to save your work, exit the
program and reload a previously saved file. It is important to get
into the habit of saving work at regular intervals. This way should
some unforeseen problem arise causing your system to fail or you just
need to quit in the middle of the project to do something else, you
will not have to start from scratch to recover your work.
The first place to start is saving the work you have done so far.
1. Choose Save & Exit to exit the Text Editor.
2. Choose Top Menu to return to the Top Menu.
3. Choose Print/File to see the File sub-menu.
4. Choose Save to save your work. The Document Name and Author
dialog box appears.
5. Type a description of the file in the Descriptive Name text box.
This name will appear in the file description fo the Load
Document dialog box.
6. Type your name in the Author's Name / ID text box.
7. Choose the Save button.
The Save Document file selector appears.
8. Type a DOS filename for your document in the Filename text box.
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Try to pick something that will help you remember what this sign
is later, such as DANCE1. A three-letter file extension of .PPD
will be added to the end of the filename.
NOTE: A DOS filename can have no more than eight characters and
may not contain any spaces. If you're not sure, refer to your DOS
documentation for file-naming rules.
9. Choose Accept (press ENTER).
In the future, if you make changes to this document and re- save
it, you will see another dialog box that asks you if you want to
Overwrite your original document or Cancel the save operation.
To keep the changes, choose Overwrite. The new version replaces
the old one.
Or...
To change your mind and back out, choose CANCEL. CANCEL takes you
back to the Top Menu. Repeat steps 3 through 7. To save the
changes and preserve your original file, enter a new DOS filename
in the Filename text box (DANCE2, for example). Then choose
Accept. Now both versions of the file are saved.
NOTE: It is a good practice to save your document frequently
while you work. In case of a power failure or some other problem
with the computer, any work not saved will be permanently lost.
PRINTING A DOCUMENT PRINTING A DOCUMENT PRINTING A DOCUMENT
1. Choose Save & Exit to exit the Text Editor.
2. Choose Top Menu to return to the Top Menu.
3. Choose Print/File to see the File sub-menu.
4. Choose Print. The Print Options dialog box appears.
5. Select the number of copies to print, set the Scale (100% is
probably right for most documents), and select a Print Style. If
you have questions about the print options, check the on-screen
Help.
6. Choose Print.
7. A screen appears that shows you how your printout is progressing.
You may need to experiment a bit with the dpi (dots-per-inch) settings
to find the one that works best with your particular printer. The
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lower settings (75x75 dpi) produce lower quality but print much
faster; the higher settings (300x300 dpi is the highest) offer better
quality but print much more slowly.
Generally, a low dpi setting may be okay to produce a review copy of
your document, but if your printer is capable of high-resolution
printing, your document's appearance will be much better if you use
the highest setting supported.
NOTE: Your printer must be connected to your computer's LPT1 port.
This is the typical set up for most personal computers. If you're not
sure, check your computer's manual or the DOS documentation, or ask a
computer-literate friend.
EXITING PRINTPOWER PRO PLUS EXITING PRINTPOWER PRO PLUS EXITING PRINTPOWER PRO PLUS
It may seem strange to exit the program at this point, but there will
be times that you need to quit a project before it is finished in
order to use your computer for something else. Here is how you will
exit and then reload the file.
To exit the program.
1. From the Top Menu, choose Print/File.
2. Choose Exit To Main.
A message reminds you it's your last chance to save before
exiting. If you forgot to save your work or if you have changed
your mind, choose Cancel Exit now to return to the Top Menu.
3. Choose Exit Now to exit to the Main Menu.
4. Choose Exit to DOS to exit the program.
RETRIEVING A SAVED DOCUMENT RETRIEVING A SAVED DOCUMENT RETRIEVING A SAVED DOCUMENT
1. From the PrintPower Pro Plus Main Menu, choose Load A Saved Item.
2. The Load Document dialog box appears.
3. Highlight the name of the file you want to open in the files
list. In this case we want to reload DANCE1 in order to keep
working on it.
Scroll down the list to see additional filenames or to change drives
by choosing a different drive letter. for example, if you have more
files on a floppy disk in your A: drive, choose [A:] to see a list of
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those files. Look at the file description if you need to jog your
memory.
4. Choose Accept to open the selected file.
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_________________ SIGNS AND POSTERS _________________ SIGNS AND POSTERS _________________ SIGNS AND POSTERS
Your signs or posters can be practically as small as you want or as
large as six pages by four pages. You can create your own business
card using a custom size of 2 by 3.5 inches and selecting Landscape to
orient your design on the screen the way the finished card should
look.
When you create a poster-sized document, say, six by four pages, you
compose your document on screen the way you want the finished product
to appear. When PrintPower Pro Plus prints a document that is too
large to fit on a single page, it uses a tiling method to divide the
document into page-sized sections (tiles) and prints the sections one
page at a time. Then you piece the tiles together to create the
completed poster.
You can use the Signs and Posters button to create and print raffle
tickets, ballots, flyers, school carnival announcements, PTA handouts
for yearly candy sale, garage sale signs, and much more.
To print several identical items on a single page, you can clone the
design and place multiples on the page. Refer to the section on
"Cloning" a bit later in the manual.
For detailed information on creating signs and posters, read "Your
The PrintPower Pro Plus calendar feature lets you quickly create four
different types of calendars. You can print a yearly calendar to hang
on your wall and keep track of birthdays, anniversaries and important
deadlines. You can even save time and money by creating your own daily
planner pages with important items already filled in.
1. From the Main Menu, Choose Create a Calendar.
2. Choose the type of calendar to create.
The Calendar Selections dialog box appears for the calendar type
you picked. Today's date is selected (provided your computer's
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internal clock is set correctly). Use this dialog box to print or
preview the calendar.
You can change the date to print or preview by selecting a different
Year, Month, or Day.
NOTE: Changing the date in the Selections dialog has no effect on the
computer. If the wrong date is preselected when you first see the
calendar, reset your computer's clock. Check your DOS documentation
for instructions on setting the Date and Time.
Select what days you want to have highlighted in the Highlight
group box. If you want personal reminders to appear in the
calendar, select Database and type in the Database Name,
holidays, in the text box. Read the "Databases" section of this
manual for information on customizing the Holidays database so it
includes any special dates you want to keep track of.
3. When you have finished, Preview to see how it looks, then choose
Print.
NOTE: Many holidays, such as President's Day and Christmas, are
already built into the PrintPower Pro Plus Calendar. Holidays
that fall on different dates every year, such as Mardi Gras, will
not appear automatically. However, you can add these to your
Holidays database and change their dates manually every year.
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_________________ ABOUT TEXT STYLES _________________ ABOUT TEXT STYLES _________________ ABOUT TEXT STYLES
A text style contains all the properties that affect the appearance of
text in your document--the font (the design of the characters);
special effects such as outlines or shadows; letter size and spacing;
width of the margins; and whether or not the text is lined up with the
left margin, the right margin, or centered.
Text styles are found on the Styles menu accessed via the Add Text
button in the Top Menu Toolbox or by choosing Set Style in the Text
Editor Toolbox.
Each time a new style begins in the text, the Text Editor displays a
style indicator button with the name of the current style. You move
the cursor inside this button to see the Text Style Toolbox, then:
+ Choose Create a Style to name and create a new style.
+ Choose Change Styles to return to the Styles menu to pick a new
style.
+ Choose Modify Style to open the Edit Text Style dialog box and
make some changes to the current style.
+ Choose Remove Style to erase the current style from the document.
This does not remove the style from disk.
PrintPower Pro Plus comes with three styles built in: NORMAL, LARGE,
and FINEPRNT. These preset styles will allow you to do almost anything
you want without the need to make further adjustments. When you choose
one of these styles, it will automatically set the style, effect,
font, and type size.
When you're ready to experiment, the Create a New Style option allows
you to easily customize styles and add them to the menu. Create a New
Style is designed for experienced users who may want to create and
save special text effects such as shadowing or unusually wide or
spaced-apart letters. These types of applications are often used by
people who want to give a distinctive "look" to their documents or
create a corporate logo to save and reuse over and over.
If you are creating or modifying a text style in the Edit Text Style
dialog box and you decide you don't like the results and want to go
back where you started, just choose the Start Over button. You see an
"Are you sure?" prompt. If you choose Yes, you return to the Edit Text
Style dialog with all the selected options in place. Before saving,
you can reset any options, colors, and so on. Choosing Cancel wipes
out all your selections and returns you to the menu.
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You can only create text styles in the Text Editor; you cannot create
styles for a Headline. If you need a particular style in a headline,
adjust the options in the headline Editor. Alternatively, you could
make text function as a headline by creating a special text style in a
larger-than-normal point size.
NOTE: When creating text and color styles, you may want to use the
"Copy From" feature. This is particularly useful when you want to make
a minor change within a paragraph. For example, changing the color of
a word or letter.
_______________________________________ USING MORE THAN ONE COLOR IN A DOCUMENT _______________________________________ USING MORE THAN ONE COLOR IN A DOCUMENT _______________________________________ USING MORE THAN ONE COLOR IN A DOCUMENT
Each text style has a particular color set associated with it. If you
want to use more than one color of text in a document, you can create
a new style that contains the second color you want to use. For
example, if you want to use both red and blue fineprint text in a
single document, you could create two new styles called FINERED and
FINEBLUE. Or you can create a new color set within a block of text to
change colors without changing styles.
Follow the same procedure for creating a color set that you used to
create a new style, except you must choose the Set Color button
instead of Set Style. See the section "Changing text styles" earlier
in this manual. When you create a color set, a CLR button will appear
in the text at the location of the cursor.
Style names and color set names can be no more than eight characters
and may not contain any spaces. You should always name your styles and
color sets in a way that will help you remember exactly what the style
and color is when you see the name on the menu. If you pick names such
as COLOR1, COLOR2, and so on, six months from now you probably won't
be able to remember which one is red or blue, or what type style you
used.
After you have created a new color set, it will appear in the Styles
menu of its associated document. However, it will not automatically
appear in the Styles menus of other documents that you create. See the
next section for information on using the same colors and styles in
other documents.
You can only create color sets in the Text Editor; you cannot change
colors in a Headline.
There is no practical limit to the number of styles and color sets you
can create other than the amount of available hard disk storage space
on your computer.
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SELECTING A COLOR
When you pick a color from the lists in the various Style or Color
dialog boxes, the colors appear in order of intensity from dark to
light and are grouped in "rainbow" order. Black and grey-shading
appears first in the lists, then White, then darker colors arranged as
purples, and so on, with the rainbow of lightest colors appearing at
the very bottom of the list.
To get the color you want, you will probably need to experiment at
first. Select a color, then click the right mouse button or press
Spacebar to preview the selection.
______________________________________ IMPORTING GRAPHICS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS ______________________________________ IMPORTING GRAPHICS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS ______________________________________ IMPORTING GRAPHICS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS
In case you can't find what you need among the 100 images that came
with the program, PrintPower Pro Plus lets you import graphics that
were created in other programs, as long as they are in the following
file formats:
+ GIF
+ PCX and PCB
+ BMP (uncompressed bitmap graphics files only)
+ LBM and BBM
1. From the Top Menu, choose Add Graphic.
2. Size and position the graphic frame and choose OK.
3. Choose the Imported Images button in the Graphic Image from
Library dialog box.
You see the Graphic Image from Import dialog box.
4. There may be some images listed in the Image file list to choose
from, or you can choose Import New to see the Select Image to
Import file selector.
5. To change drives and directories, type the file's path in the
text box in the format: C:/DIRECTORY/FILENAME. EXTENSION. For
example, to open a bitmap file named LOGO.BMP which is located on
your hard disk in a directory called GRAPHICS, you would type
C:/GRAPHICS/LOGO.BMP.
Or...
Mouse: Pick a filename using the file selector.
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6. Choose Accept.
7. Preview the imported image in the dialog to make sure it's what
you want.
8. Choose OK.
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________________ TRICKS AND TIPS! ________________ TRICKS AND TIPS! ________________ TRICKS AND TIPS!
CREATING AND USING A TEMPLATE CREATING AND USING A TEMPLATE CREATING AND USING A TEMPLATE
If you tend to use the same custom styles and color sets over and over
in different documents, a corporate logo for example, you can create a
document containing those styles and color sets and use it as a
template for other documents.
Here's how:
1. Create and save a sample document that contains all the styles
and color sets that you may want to use in other documents.
2. Delete all the headlines, text, and graphics from the sample.
When you remove the document's contents, the document retains all
the associated styles in its Styles menu unless you specifically
delete the styles with the Remove Style button.
3. Save the blank document under an easy-to-remember eight-character
name, such as TEMPLATE, CORPFORM, or MYDOC.
ABOUT CLONING ABOUT CLONING ABOUT CLONING
Cloning is a useful feature that you can use to duplicate images or
text. If you want to design a small document, labels, ID badges, etc.,
you can design one inside a frame at the finished size, and then use
Clone to replicate the frame over and over again. You must clone each
item of the finished document separately. Cloning lets you save time
and paper by printing more than one identical frame on a single page.
To clone a graphic, text frame, or headline frame:
1. Make sure the frame you want to replicate is highlighted.
(text frame) to create an identically sized frame.
3. Position the cloned copy on the page.
The flashing clone will at first exactly overlay the original,
but as soon as you try to move the clone, you see the copy move
while the original remains in place.
USING COLORIZE TO CREATE SHADOWS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS USING COLORIZE TO CREATE SHADOWS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS USING COLORIZE TO CREATE SHADOWS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS
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You can use the clone feature in conjunction with the Colorize option
of the Graphic Image from Library dialog box to create shaded shadows
and other special effects. Here's how:
1. From the Top Menu, choose Add Graphic, size and position the
graphic frame, and choose OK.
2. Pick the selected image from the Image list and choose OK.
3. Choose Clone Image.
4. Drag the clone slightly down and to the right to create a shadow
effect and choose OK. It will appear as two graphics, one
slightly over the top of the other.
5. Move the highlight to the graphics frame that contains the
original image.
6. Choose Change Image to open the Graphics Image from Library
dialog box.
7. In the Colorize group, check Colorize and then choose a grey-
scale or a second color.
8. Choose OK.
When you preview the graphic, it will now appear to have a shadow. If
the shadow seems to be in front of the image rather than behind it,
select the original and choose Draw Last from the Toolbox. The images
will be redrawn with the original in the foreground.
NOTE: You can also use Colorize to change the color of the original
image.
ABOUT THE CLICK LINE ABOUT THE CLICK LINE ABOUT THE CLICK LINE
PrintPower Pro Plus contains a feature called the click line with
"Snap-To Points" that lets you easily align elements in a document
even if you're not an expert. Here's how it works:
1. In any document screen, use the mouse to point to a ruler.
Notice a line appears in the document.
2. Move the line wherever you want and click once.
The click line "sticks" to the document exactly where you placed
it. You can make as many click lines as you want and use them to
align your headlines, graphics, and text.
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3. To remove a click line, point to the ruler again at the location
of the line.
4. Click once then the line disappears from the document screen.
