- Under the Edit menu you’ll find a Select option. Under the select menu you can choose: All. But that doesn’t mean just selecting every element on the DPS. You can also select all:ImagesText Boxes
Elements
Incomplete
Colors
Locked Elements
Locked Position Elements.
These options allow you to apply changes to multiple elements at once without having to all select individual elements.
Let’s say you have used blue accents on your page and you want to change them all to green. Choose Edit > Select > Color. From the content menu choose All. Pick the Current Color of blue and then Pick a New Color of green This will then change all your green elements from blue to green.
Or if you want to put a one point black stroke around all your photos. Choose Edit > Select > Images. Then in the Format tab apply the 1 point stroke to all the photos.
Of course you can hold down the shift key to select multiple items, but the select option allows you to select multiple items faster.
- You can click in the ruler area at the top or left side of the page to bring in guidelines. Simply click and drag your guides to where you want them. You can also apply columns and rows by clicking in the rulers at the top and left. To delete your guides, simply right click (control click on Mac) in the ruler and choose ‘clear all guides.’
- In the Format tab, if you have more than one item selected you can access additional functions such as: alignment, distribution/spacing and grouping.
- When you rotate elements using the circle at the top of any selected element, they rotate in 15% increments. To rotate in smaller increments, hold down the shift key while you rotate.
- If you copy and paste elements from one page to the next, they will paste in the identical spot on the next page.
- There is a difference between Lock and Lock Position. Elements that are locked can’t be moved, deleted, or changed. Elements that are in Lock Position mode can be edited (placing photos, changing text, etc.) and deleted, but not moved. This allows you to preserve the integrity of the layout. Students with ‘editor’ status can lock/lock position elements.
- If you want editors to stay off a certain page, but you, the adviser, still want to be able to work on it, go to the Page Ladder and mark that page as ’Top Secret.’ To mark it ’Top Secret’ click on the little circle in the corner. This hides the pages from all students, but you can still work on the page.
- Do you like to multi-task? Place a photo on a page, right click on it, and choose ’Show in Image Library.’ This will open up a second browser tab of the image library. This allows you to upload images in the image library and while they are uploading, you can go back to the other tab (your Page Designer window) and continue to work on your page.
via Tom Shields
