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We invented CrossOver software - a unique approach to cross-platform compatibility that does not require dual-boot or another OS license. Serif PhotoPlus X6 manual Number of pages: Serif DrawPlus X8 manual Number of pages: Serif PagePlus Essentials manual Number of pages: Serif PagePlus X9 manual Number of pages: Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist 2 manual Number of pages: Serif WebPlus X7 manual Number of pages: Serif WebPlus X8 manual Number of pages: Serif WebPlus Essentials manual Number of pages: Serif WebPlus X6 manual Number of pages: Serif PhotoStack manual Number of pages: Serif PhotoPlus X8 manual Number of pages: Serif PhotoPlus X7 manual Number of pages: The new guide tool makes it easier to copy guides to other pages or layers, to move pairs of parallel guides together, to position guides accurately using the Transform Tab, or to nudge guides with the cursor keys.
The Align Tab can be used to space guides evenly down or across. Spell-checking and hyphenation dictionaries for languages from Afrikaans to Zulu that are supported by LibreOffice can be installed for use with PagePlus. The language used for spell-checking is a character level attribute that is set in the Format, Character, Language dialog.
The dictionary to be used for checking that language is set in Options. For example, you could use the WinterTree dictionary for checking English, but the Hunspell dictionaries for checking and hyphenating text in Polish. Right-click on the plain text link at the top of each page to save the linked content to any convenient folder your hard drive, e.
A dialog will then be shown where you can choose the languages that will use the new dictionary. If the hyphenation dictionary is available for your chosen language you will see a message saying that spelling and hyphenation dictionaries have been successfully installed.
If no hyphenation dictionary is available, the message will say that a spelling dictionary was successfully installed. Having successfully installed the Hunspell dictionary and hyphenation module if available for your language, you still have to tell PagePlus to use it for checking that language instead of using the default Wintertree spell-checker. Select your language from the list. In this screen shot, I have selected Spanish Spain: Traditional sort.
Then set the dictionaries for Proof-reading and Hyphenation to Hunspell. Now any text in your publications that has the language attribute set to Spanish will use Hunspell.
This is a global setting for new publications. Old documents will use the default Wintertree spell-check and hyphenation dictionaries unless you update this setting on opening them. Simpler Method: Extract my Zip archives to a suitable folder and install them as from step 5 above:.
Post on CommunityPlus if you need help getting the dictionaries for other languages or if you find an error in my archives. Master Page Improvements. Master pages can be renamed and assigned to multiple selected pages at once using the Pages Tab.
Right-click a thumbnail to open the Add Master Page dialog. Any master pages that are assigned already will not be included in the list. More than one master page can be assigned to the same page. By selecting a range of page thumbnails in the pages tab, master pages can be assigned or removed for all selected pages at once.
DrawPlus X8 files can now be placed as images within your PagePlus document. From PagePlus you can then convert them to objects allowing for further modification. Earlier DrawPlus files are not supported, and multi-page DrawPlus X8 drawings should be saved with previews to allow all pages to be imported.
QR Codes. Text Spacing Improvements. New options on the Paragraph formatting dialog allow space above and below paragraphs to be ignored for adjacent text styles, added instead of using the highest value, and to honour the space before a paragraph at the start of a text frame. As in DrawPlus, objects can now show live feedback when being resized. Feedback for lines is shown only after placing them.
In previous versions the step was 0. Although it is not supported by Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge, or Safari browsers its potential for reducing bandwidth makes it an attractive proposition for Web masters.
On my web sites I provide a magnifying glass icon that users can click to view a high resolution WebP version. They can be viewed and edited in IrfanView if your browser does not support them. Opera and Vivaldi are ideal for viewing very large WebP images using fast scroll with the middle mouse button. This feature automatically aligns the baselines of text on facing pages or in multiple columns, for a neater page layout.
Individual text frames can have their own independent baseline grid for aligning of baselines in columns within text frames. The Colour Tab has been enhanced with a new mode to select colours from a picture. The Swatches Tab can be cleaned up or updated from the publication. The Colour Replacer can replace one colour with another.
Instead of Edit in PhotoPlus, the Image context toolbar now shows a drop list of programs that may be used to edit an image.
PhotoPlus will be added by default if it is installed. PhotoPlus will open in the background. The latest specification for electronic publications is better suited to fixed layout publications. Users can now choose between fixed and free-flowing formats.
PagePlus is now designed for use on High resolution displays. Icons sets in different sizes can be chosen in Tools, Options. As displays have more pixels, icons and menus become tiny when using older software. Changing the Windows DPI settings will now automatically use larger icons with more pixels. The most frequently used paragraph formatting options are now available from a Tab on the right of the workspace. This adds nothing that cannot be done from the Format, paragraph dialog.
In general, it is better to use styles to apply formatting changes globally. However, when you do want to change a setting for the current paragraph or a few paragraphs only, this makes it a bit quicker.
This is one of those long awaited features requested by professional users. It is especially useful for those who are publishing newspapers and magazines for placing advertisements. PDF files can be placed exactly as they are provided without the problems of missing fonts, etc.
The text frame properties dialog has an option to add column rules to the gutter to the right of the current column. Different line styles can be applied using the line tab after selecting the gutter — I have used a fancy line ending too with Internal Line Endings.
The table format editor in previous versions has been updated with a more accessible method for editing, saving, and applying table formats. A bit of code to form a bridge between the bit version of PagePlus and bit scanner drivers will enable more scanners to work with bit PagePlus.
The bit version supports more RAM, which may help when working with large or image-heavy publications. Some users may have problems with finding suitable drivers for scanners. Scan images in another application and insert them using the Insert Picture route. That way, images can be compressed properly, and then linked.
Creative professionals may find a use for it to save opening another application. Blend Modes are on the Colour Studio Tab. It is now possible to insert the usual chart types into PagePlus, and link them to a table or to tabular data.
The Charts category of the Styles tab contains a range of standard chart styles, to which user-defined chart styles can be added. The chart title, series titles, and labels all use the Chart Body paragraph text style, but user-defined styles can be applied to each text group. Elements within the chart can be resized, moved, and rotated. The illustrated chart has its title moved to the left, and the series text moved to the right. The entire chart object has a drop shadow applied from the Effects Tab.
The swatches tab now contains plasma fills, radial fills, square, and three or four colour fills. Again, not something that is important to a page layout program, but creative professionals will appreciate not having to open another application to creative graphics to import into PagePlus. PagePlus X7 added an Export as Picture dialog like DrawPlus, which generates a preview before exporting, and provides options for selecting Super Sampling, Compression, Colour-depth, etc.
On older PCs this extra step slows down the export of pictures if you already know the settings that you want to use. Because this image is just text and a gradient fill, the PNG image is of a similar size, but sharper than the JPG image, where artefacts can be clearly seen at increased zoom levels.
PagePlus offers the option to export to SVG — a vector format designed for the web. PPX9 adds support for EPS Encapsulated Postscript , and WebP , and if the image has a portrait aspect ratio two previews will be tiled vertically, but if it has a landscape aspect ratio they will be tiled horizontally.
Tables are no longer limited to a single page, but can be flowed down or to the right onto other pages, or on the same page. Rows or Columns can be selected to repeat in each section. Data from spreadsheets or word-processor tables that are longer than a single page can be cut and pasted into a PagePlus table that flows to more than one page. Studio tabs have been a valuable feature of PagePlus for several versions.
Three new studio tabs have been added to this version — Charts, Chart Data, and Effects. The HowTo studio tab was removed, and the fx dialog was replaced with the Effects Tab. The docking and management of Studio tabs has been revamped to increase the options for possible layouts, and to make them easier to use. Auto-hide now allows floating tabs to hide away after use with having to collapse them. As soon as the mouse cursor is over the tab group on auto-hide, it flies open.
It can be pinned open using the middle icon of the three on the right, or left unpinned to collapse soon after moving the cursor away.
Tab groups can be maximised, minimised, or restored. Tool-tips have been made to match the Toolbar tips. Restore last session will open PagePlus with the same publications that were previously opened, and each will be displayed at the same page and the same zoom level as last time. If the windows were tiled, or a new document window was opened, the window layout will also be restored.
This is a huge time-saver for long books or projects involving more than one publication. Quickly resume work without having to reopen publications and find your place. If multi-page view was in use, although this will be restored, the layout and position will not.
Improved performance and quality of rendering on the screen. The page tab especially will benefit from this to generate thumbnails of the current publication.
Like DrawPlus, popup notifications will advise the user when performing certain actions. When no longer needed, they can be disabled in Tools, Options, Smart Hints. This is the Startup Wizard by a new name, but with some new and improved features. It replaces the Browse dialog that was removed from earlier versions with previews of publications opened in the previous days and weeks.
The learning zone provides quick access to videos, help, the manual, the support forums, and Facebook support. A news feed keeps the user informed of recent developments.
Templates can also be opened from here. Workspaces have been around as long as the Studio Tabs. In previous versions one could save and load customised workspaces to suit different projects.
A drop-list on the context toolbar makes it easy to switch workspaces. Remember to save any changes made to the toolbars, menus, or studio tab layout to a workspace file before selecting another one. Images, Tables, Text Frames, Artistic Text, or groups can be anchored relative to the page, page margins, frame, column, or character. This requires makes it easier to associate content with publications, and adds the possibility of saving asset packs for sharing content.
Assets can be pinned so that they are always available. In the screen shot of the Assets tab on the right the logos are pinned in the Graphics category, so that they can be dragged to any new document. Warning: Assets are loaded with the document, so pinning too many assets will slow down document loading This may be very significant with large images on old hardware. Groups of objects can be saved in My Designs from where they can be dragged onto the page for reuse.
Customised borders can be added to the Picture Frames category, but can no longer be saved for quick access from the Line and Border dialog.
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