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[DIR] Parent Directory        24-Sep-2006 15:42      -  
[   ] CHART.DOC               22-Jan-1990 05:33     4k  
[   ] GRAPHIX.DOC             22-Jan-1990 06:47    19k  

These 2 documents show PageStream's great ease-of-use, as well
as some of its more powerful features. Print out this text file
and refer to it as you look at the CHART.DOC and GRAPHICS.DOC
from inside the demo of PageStream 1.8 (file 13710 in the ST
library).

CHART.DOC
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Three exclusive features (duplicate, align and text objects)
make creating charts a breeze with PageStream v1.8. 

First of all there is the duplicate feature. This allows you to
duplicate anything--any text, object or graphic--any number of
times, and with any offset (horizontal or vertical offset).
Selecting Duplicate from the Object menu (or typing ALT+D)
brings up the duplicate dialogue box. One area in this box asks
how many copies you want, the second area asks for the x
(horizontal) offset and the third area asks for the y (vertical)
offset. When creating the vertical lines for the chart we drew
one line, and then entered 10 for the number of copies, .65
(inches) for the X/horizontal offset and 0 for the Y/vertical
offset. Bingo, all the lines were drawn. We then grabbed them
all (ALT+A or "Select All") and then grouped them (ALT+G or
"Group"). Creating the horizontal lines was just as easy--we
drew one line and then duplicated it 10 times with a .7 inch
Y/vertical offset. Then we grouped them.

The nice thing about the duplicate feature is that you are not
restricted to any grids or guides. We could just as easily
spaced the line 1 inch apart, .43174 inches apart, or whatever.

Once we had the two groups of lines (horizontal and vertical) we
selected them both and then used the Align command (Object menu
bar, or ALT+I). We clicked on the right pointing and down
pointing arrows and then hit RETURN, and the chart was instantly
aligned on the lower right corner..! The align feature is unique
to PageStream. Other ST publishing programs only allow you to
snap to grids, and even then you can only align on left and top
edges. With PageStream you can align objects against each other-
-not just against any grid--and you can align along any edge (or
along the mid point). Locking down an object before aligning a
group will keep the locked object in its original location and
force the other objects to algin themselves around the locked
object.

Text objects, another exclusive PageStream feature, were used
next. We simply clicked on the A icon and then clicked in the
upper left chart slot. After changing the point size to 24, we
typed in the name Sam. We then moved the word Sam into the exact
position we wanted. No need for text frames! Now we selected
Duplicate again, and duplicated Sam 9 times with the same .7
offset that we used for the horizontal line. Bingo, all of the
names were perfectly positioned in the chart! Now we just edited
the names. Finally, we locked down Sam, and then aligned all the
new names against Sam's right edge by selecting Align and then
clicking on the right arrow only. This made the chart look
completely professional. We did the same thing to create the
numbers along the top of the chart.

Making a chart like this takes about 5 minutes with PageStream.
Try it with any other program and you will see it will take
about an hour. But we're not finished yet. After creating the
chart it was grouped into one single object. You can resize this
object and the text will also resize..! Try this: Select the
chart (click on the Object--arrow--icon, and then click on the
chart so the sizing squares appear). Now Copy it (edit menu),
now go to page 2 (click on right arrow at bottom of tool box),
now type ALT+2 to go into full page view. Now select Paste (from
Edit menu). Before clicking on the page for your pasting, HOLD
DOWN THE SHIFT KEY. Now click and hold the left mouse button and
drag it a little to the right--about 1/2 the size of the
original chart. Release the shift key and the mouse button, and
you have a 1/2 sized chart, complete with resized fonts..! This
took 5 seconds and would be virtually impossible with any other
ST DTP program as they do not let you resize fonts in the
manner. Finally, open a new document (impossible with other
programs) and paste another copy of the chart onto the new doc.
It can even be a different size document, or a landscape
document. Remember to hold the shift key down so you can size
the copy as you paste it down.


GRAPHIX.DOC
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PageStream can rotate graphics as well as text. Not only can it
rotate them, it can slant and twist them. This is a simple
document with one text column and 2 pics. First, the original
Mona was imported and placed. Then it was duplicated. The
duplicated copy was selected, and then a 37% fill was added
(select Fill from the Object menu, and type 37% into the fill
pattern number area). Then the object was slanted 270 degrees
for that interesting effect. The original Mona was then selected
and brought to the front. Both Mona's were selected and given a
text runaround of 0 for vertical and .1 for horizontal. This
makes the text runaround occur. Finally, the two Mona's were
grouped into one object.

Try this. Go to full page view and select the grouped Monas. Now
duplicate them once with a .523 inch X/horizontal and 2.87 inch
Y/vertical offset. The new group will be the selected object.
Now select Rotate from the Object menu and enter 45 into the
rotate area and hit Return. The new group is now rotated 45
degrees (including the one which was already slanted 270
degrees) and text runaround has occurred automatically.

If you print out this document on a non-laser printer the Mona's
may be a little dark. Sorry about that.

Enjoy the PageStream 1.8 demo..!