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- From: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
- Subject: Re: Questions about PasteUp
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.180041.8503@adobe.com>
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- Reply-To: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <1k5mlpINNq31@pith.uoregon.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:00:41 GMT
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- Bjorn S. Fjeld Pettersen writes
-
- > 1) how do you make a template (and how do you use it :)?
- > 2) how do you insert a plain text/rtf document?
- > 3) how do you get it to insert pages as you need new ones (prefferably
- > using your template :)
-
- I'll give it a shot, and let Glenn correct my mistakes :-).
-
- A template is simply a document that contains only master pages,
- and is saved and then made read-only. Double-click on it to start
- up PasteUp, and use the Save As command immediately. To be extra
- safe, place the template inside a directory that doesn't have write
- permission (you'll temporarily have to turn it on to move the .pub
- file in there...).
-
- As for placing text, cut and paste from Edit. For some reason
- (Glenn?) Edit's Service->Replace Selection menu item is dimmed out,
- which is what I would normally use for putting text and RTF inside
- of another program.
-
- Auto-growing of pages is simple - simply have your text columns as
- auto-link columns in the Master Layer. That is, go to the Master
- Layer, and drag out a text column. Go back to the pages layer and
- start typeing in that column. Since it's auto-linked to the next
- page (by drawing it in the master layer and leaving it unlinked),
- you will also have a page added automatically when you get to the
- next page. If you've not been using master pages, you should learn
- a little about them.
-
- Personally, I've found PasteUp to be the most intuitive page layout
- program I've ever used (have you tried alt-arrows, and
- shift-alt-arrows for kerning?). And it'll only get better...
-
-
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