Chapter Fourteen: Appendix
Activity Manager
The Activity Manager gives you instant access to useful information.
There are many categories of information accessible through the
Activity Manager:
Greeting Cards —
Contains 10 pre-made greeting cards that you can easily personalize and
two templates for creating your own.
Stationery & Bulletins
— Contains 10 designs for stationery and bulletins that you can
personalize and print.
Special Effects - Text
— Contains special effects composed using type. Using the powerful
Replace feature of EXPRESS’ text dialog box, you
can replace the type in
the examples with words of your own.
Illustrations
— Provides several collections, containing samples of artwork composed
using EXPRESS.
To select activities:
1. Pull down the Draw menu and click on Activity
Manager or select the Activity Manager
from the Objects/Libraries flyout
in the Toolbox.
2. When the Activity Manager dialog box appears, click on Open
from the Collections menu. Highlight and
select the
YAL files that appear in the upper window. Their names will appear in
the lower Opened Collections window. When
you have finished
selecting activities, click on Open, then
Done.
3. The Activity Manager dialog box will
reappear with the selected activity collections in the left box. Choose
the activity
collection you want from the left Collection box, and its contents will
be displayed in the right window under “ Activity.”
4. Click on the activity you want, then Add to Document
(or just double-click on the activity). The pointer will change to the
Add
Object cursor and the dialog box will disappear. Place the Add Object
cursor in the upper left hand corner of your screen and click. The
activity will
be displayed at Actual Size.
Note:
Most of the activities are designed for the Actual Size viewing level.
Those in “Tests” are designed for Current Page. Either before or after
adding
the activity to the drawing area, pull down the View menu
%!PI(`useguide.mvb',`help_viewMenupic') and choose Actual Size or
Current
Page.
Some of the activities should be ungrouped before doing the activity.
You can use the Break Apart command in the Arrange menu
%!PI(`useguide.mvb',`help_manMenupic') to ungroup activities.
Tips and Techniques for Using EXPRESS
The ability to turn ideas into pictures quickly and efficiently is the
goal of Arts & Letters EXPRESS.
These tips and techniques
will help you take full advantage of the power of EXPRESS.
And as you develop your own techniques or identify features we have
overlooked that
have a dramatic impact on productivity, please let us know.
• Accel-O-Draw: There are several methods
of speeding up screen redraw. Press the F11 key or pull down the View
menu and click on Accel-O-Draw to switch
off the interuptible redraw option. While the image is redrawing to the
screen, you will not be able to select
objects or perform other tasks which interrupt the redraw process. To
cancel Accel-o-Draw at any time during the redrawing process, press the
escape
key on the keyboard..
• Activity Manager: Don’t overlook the
wealth of templates, sample files, logo designs, calendars and even
greeting cards and
stationary you will find in the Activity Manager. Pull down the Draw
menu and click on the Activity Manager to display the list of
activities
available. If you did not install all of the optional activities, such
as greeting cards, put the EXPRESS CD in the your
CD-ROM drive, click
on Collections and then on Open.
The activities are located in the Activities
subdirectory on the EXPRESS
CD.
• Adding Text: When adding several blocks
of text, after placing the first block of text, click the right mouse
button to display the Enter/Edit Text
dialog box. Type the next block of text and click on Add.
For special effects and headline type you
can interactively change the spacing, leading, or kerning of a block of
text. Simply click on the text requiring changes, hold down the right
mouse
button and select the Point Edit menu
item. Notice that other text attribute functions are also available
using the right mouse button
feature.
• Arrowheads: Select a line or curve and
using the right mouse button click on the Line Style
button in the button
bar to display the Arrowhead dialog box. Specify the style and size of
the beginning and ending arrowheads and click on Apply. In addition to
arrowheads, there are a dozen other symbols you can select for the
beginning or end of a line. Once an arrowhead has been applied to a
line style, it
will appear in the Line Style button. To turn off the arrowheads,
select the first entry in the list — a line signifying no arrowhead —
and click on Apply.
• Color Filters: Color Filters are one of
the most powerful features in EXPRESS. You can
alter a single color or all of the
colors in the file in a single operation.
For screen presentations, you can automatically eliminate dithered
colors by selecting “Convert to Display Colors” one of 20 automatic
operations.
For printing to black and white laser printers, “Convert to Gray”
converts colored images to grayscale for optimum printing quality.
Brightness and
Contrast controls give you the ability to lighten or darken an image or
a particular shade of gray.
For printing to color printers, Brightness, Contrast, Hue and
Saturation slider bars give you complete control of the appearance of
your work on any
color device. From the Color Filters palette, you can preview changes
to a single color, selected colors or the entire palette.
• Color Palettes: Click on the Color
Style button in the left hand corner of the button bar
to display the color
dialog box. A set of basic colors are followed by shades of gray and a
spectrum from red to violet. Select an object and then click on a color
to
assign the color to the object. Following the spectrum are colors for
commonplace subjects, food, plants, jewels, metals, etc. Click on the
down arrow
to reveal a scrolling list of colors with a description of each color.
A matrix of these colors are saved in the Activity Manager as test
files so you
can print the palettes to evaluate how the colors reproduce on your
printer. You can also load additional color palettes, as explained in
the Activity
Manager.
• File Management: The Open
File dialog box allows you to preview thumbnails of EXPRESS
files, thus
eliminating unnecessary time spent loading files to determine their
content. There is also a description field that accommodates 255
characters of
information about the file as an alternative to the additional storage
required by the thumbnails. To merge files, click on the As New button
to turn
it off prior to opening any additional files to be added to the drawing
area. The Rename File button allows you
to rename the current
file from within EXPRESS. For your convenience,
there is a Delete File option that allows
you to preview and delete unwanted
files to conserve space on your hard drive.
• Help for Items: On-line Help is always
instantly available. Press the F1 key and
point the Help cursor at any of
the tools or icons in the button bar. Click the left mouse button to
display a Help screen for that item. For help on any of the items
listed in the
drop down menus, press F1 and use the
Help cursor to pull down the menu and select an item to display Help
for the item.
• Make Proportional: Each typeface and
clip art image has a unique aspect ratio of height to width. If you
accidently distort the
appearance of text or a clip art image by pulling the side handles
instead of the corner handles, you can restore the object’s original
proportions by
pulling down the Arrange menu and
clicking on Make Proportional. Except for
special effects, distorting typefaces and
clip-art images is discouraged by artists and graphic designers.
• Naming Objects: When working on complex
drawings, naming objects can save time and simplify the process of
selecting objects in a
group. To name an object or change its name, select the object and
click in the Object Viewer at the top of the drawing area to highlight
the current
description. Type the name and the object list will be automatically
updated. For named objects, the first letter in the description
indicates the type
of object — C for Closed Shape, O for open shape, G for group, W for
Warped Shapes and so on.
• Object Management: The Object Browser
is a powerful tool for managing all of the objects in a document. Press
Ctrl+H or Backspace
to display a list of objects beginning with the object that draws
first. Unlike the Stacking
Order dialog box, you can double click on a group and a tree structure
for the group unfolds revealing all of the components of the group by
type and
name. You can select an object or multiple objects by clicking on the
entries in the list and change their attributes by holding down the
right mouse
button. You can ungroup an object or select multiple objects by name
and group rather hunting for the objects in a complex drawing.
• Nudge or Precise
Adjustments: To make precise vertical and horizontal
adjustments in the position or size of an
object, or a point handle, place the cursor inside the bounding box of
the object or on a point handle and hold down the Space Bar while using
the
arrow keys on the keyboard to make fine adjustments. For extremely fine
adjustments, zoom in on an area to further decrease the distance moved
each
time you press an arrow key.
• Pushpins: Use pushpins to tack Toolbox
flyouts and dialog boxes to the drawing area. Doing so prevents the
flyout or dialog box from
disappearing each time a command is executed. For example, when
freeform drawing, pushpin in the Contruct flyout of tools to make then
instantly
available. When rearranging the layers of a drawing, pushpin the
Stacking Order dialog box.
• Quick Display Options: There are many
factors which affect the speed at which your computer redraws an image
on screen. The type of
video board and the speed of the processor chip are major factors but
there are techniques you can use to increase productivity regardless of
your
hardware. Wide lines — particularly if you are zoomed in — and gradient
fills — especially radial fills — slow down the display of an image. If
you
don’t need to see the fills or the width of the lines, work in Outlines
Only or turn the gradient fills display option to Faster
instead of Better. To access these and
other options, point on the Accelerator button in the right hand corner
of the button bar and
hold down the right mouse button to select the Quick
Display options menu. (See also “Enhancing Performance,”
below.)
• Resizing Objects: There are three ways
to size an object depending on your preference and the shape of the
object. Click on a corner
handle and push or pull the handle to resize, the object
proportionately. To anchor the center of the object and size it
proportionately, hold down the
shift key as you resize the object. To size an object
non-proportionately, hold down the control key to change both the
height and width of the object.
• Right Mouse Button: To quickly change
the characteristics of an object, select the object and hold down the
right mouse button to
display a popup content menu or select any of the icons in the button
bar just above the drawing area and hold down the right button to
display a menu
for the button. When using any of the tools in the toolbox to add or
alter an object, use the right mouse button to cancel the operation.
Note that the
last entry in the menu displays the HELP topic for the tool or
operation.
• Save, Save, Save: Saving your work at
regular intervals can save lots of heartache. Just press F9
to save your
work. Another precaution is to use the automatic backup feature which
saves the preceding version of your file with a .BAK suffix. Click on
the Make
Backup button in the Save As dialog box when saving your file. If you
save always using the same filename, you only have the .BAK version as
backup.
When working on a complex drawing, save the drawing in stages appending
a number or letter to the name so you have multiple copies of the
drawing as it
progresses. If you need to go back several generations because of a
design descision, you will have an appropriate file to restart the
project.
• Size & Move: To size and move
an object in one operation, select the object, point on an object
handle and hold down the left
mouse button to size the object. Without releasing the left mouse
button, hold down the right mouse button which allows you to move the
object. Release
the right mouse button to resume the sizing operation.
• Stacking Order: The Send
to Back (Shift+F) and Bring
to Front (Ctrl+F) commands
are designed for altering the stacking order of objects in simple
compositions. For complex drawings pull down the Arrange
menu and click on Stacking Order
to display a list of objects in descending order with those
that draw first at the top of the list. Click on one or more objects to
highlight the objects to be reordered. Move the cursor between any two
objects.
Click the left mouse button to insert the highlighted objects in the
order specified.
• Use Both Hands: Try to use both hands:
one hand on the mouse, one hand on the keyboard. Learning just a few of
the Accelerator Keys
will have a dramatic impact on your productivity. For example, to
display the Clip-Art Manager, just press the Enter
key on the
keyboard. Other accelerator key strokes can be found to the right of
the items in the drop down menus or print a list of accelerator keys
from the
on-line Help for easy reference.
• 4-Color Check List: Here are a few
guidelines to use when preparing film separations for four color
process printing. Observing them
will help you avoid unnecessary imaging charges.
Line Weights
— The default setting in EXPRESS for line width
is zero which produces lines that are barely visible on high-resolution
imagesetters. Increase
the line widths accordingly.
Black Objects
— Check that the black is 100% K and not 100% of C, M, Y which will
appear black but will not print as black.
Overprint Type
— apply Overprint to the line and/or fill attribute of object that
should be overprinted. For example, black type over a background should
be
overprinted and not knocked out of the background.
Color Calibration
— Consult a process color guide to accurately define colors using
percentages of C,M,Y and K. Never rely on the colors as they display on
the computer
screen.
Screen Angles
— Most high-resolution imaging devices have recommended screen angles
for specific line frequencies (to eliminate moire patterns). To find
these
settings, consult the manual for the imagesetter you will be using.
Color Proof
— Be sure to produce a color proof from the separated film to check
your work before turning the job over to your printer.
Multi-tasking
Arts & Letters
EXPRESS
has been designed to operate efficiently on a 486 computer with 8 Mb of
RAM. Some operations, however, are computationally and/or memory
intensive and
may require extra computing time.
EXPRESS
’ multi-tasking feature lets you continue with other operations while a
time-consuming task is being performed, so you don’t always have to
wait for
one operation to finish before starting another. Some operations,
however, cannot be interrupted and require that you wait until they are
fully or
partially completed before starting another operation.
The Accel-O-Draw command in the View menu
temporarily turns off multitasking in EXPRESS in
order to permit a faster screen
redraw. You cannot perform other tasks until redrawing has finished.
(You can terminate an accelerated redraw by pressing Esc.)
If you want a quicker screen redraw and it is not necessary to view the
completed drawing at once, choose Outlines Only under Quick Display in
the View
menu (or press Ctrl+6). If you need to see your work redrawn at each
stage, use Accel-O-Draw. It will cause the drawing to be completed
anywhere from
10% to 300% faster, with an average improvement of probably 50%.
Accelerator Keys
Many of EXPRESS’ accelerator keys have the same
assignments as Windows accelerator keys. They make it easy to choose
the command from the
keyboard instead of displaying a menu and highlighting the command with
the mouse.
An accelerator key can be a single key (such as the F4
function key or the Del key) or a two-key
sequence using theShift key, the Control (Ctrl)
key, or the Alternate (Alt), plus a
second key, usually shown as Key+Key. The
accelerator keys are listed in the menus after the commands to which
they apply.
List of EXPRESS Accelerator Keys
EXPRESS
accelerator keys conform with Windows conventions,
|
Action Desired
|
EXPRESS
Accelerator Key
|
|
Accel-O-Draw
|
F11
|
|
Actual Size view
|
Ctrl+1
|
|
Add (drawing) Handle
|
F5
|
|
Align objects
|
Ctrl+N
|
|
All Pages view
|
Ctrl+3
|
|
Block Select
|
Ctrl+B
|
|
Break group apart
|
Shift+G
|
|
Bring to Front
|
Ctrl+F
|
|
Browser
|
Ctrl+H or Backspace
|
|
Clear (Delete)
|
Del
|
|
Clip-Art Manager
|
Ctrl+M or Return
|
|
Close/Exit
|
Alt+F4
|
|
Control Points
|
Ctrl+4
|
|
Convert Line <-> Curve
|
F4
|
|
Convert to Freeform
|
F8
|
|
Copy the object
|
Ctrl+C
|
|
Current Page view
|
Ctrl+2
|
|
Curve (add handle)
|
F5
|
|
Curve (control points)
|
Ctrl+4
|
|
Curve (draw one)
|
F3
|
|
Curve (edit one)
|
Ctrl+P
|
|
Curve (its styles)
|
Ctrl+L
|
|
Cut
|
Ctrl+X
|
|
Deselect All
|
Shift+A
|
|
Duplicate
|
Ctrl+D
|
|
Edit Freeform (drawing)
|
Ctrl+P
|
|
Erase
|
Del
|
|
Fill an object’s interior
|
Ctrl+I or Tab
|
|
Full Screen view
|
Ctrl+7
|
|
Group
|
Ctrl+G
|
|
Help for Items
|
F1
|
|
Join Open Shapes
|
F7
|
|
Line (add handle)
|
F5
|
|
Line (draw one)
|
F2
|
|
Line (edit one)
|
Ctrl+P
|
|
Line (its styles)
|
Ctrl+L
|
|
Lock/Hide/Name
|
Ctrl+H
|
|
Outlines Only view
|
Ctrl+6
|
|
Paste
|
Ctrl+V
|
|
Points (show)
|
Ctrl+5
|
|
Previous `
|
Shift+O
|
|
Recall styles
|
Shift+R
|
|
Redisplay (redraw)
|
F12
|
|
Save (the document)
|
F9
|
|
Save object’s styles
|
Ctrl+R
|
|
Select All
|
Ctrl+A
|
|
Send to Back
|
Shift+F
|
|
Show Control Points
|
Ctrl+4
|
|
Split
|
F6
|
|
Switch To
|
Ctrl+Esc
|
|
Symbols (65 basic ones)
|
Ctrl+S
|
|
Text (entering)
|
Ctrl+T
|
|
Transform
|
Ctrl+W
|
|
Transform Again
|
Shift+W
|
|
Type (styles)
|
Ctrl+Y
|
|
Undelete/Undo
|
Ctrl+Z
|
|
UnGroup
|
Shift+G
|
|
Zoom In
|
Ctrl+O [the letter]
|
The Arts & Letters ALLETTER.INI File
The following section describes the purpose of each line in the Arts
& Letters ALLETTER.INI file. The ALLETTER.INI file
is located in your
Windows directory with a backup copy in your EXPRESS
directory. EXPRESS does not
use your WIN.INI to store this information.
[EXPRESS OFFICE]
This line is the heading. It identifies which product the following
lines are used for.
Each new product will have its own heading in the ALLETTER.INI file.
FirstTimeFile=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\FIRST_TIME.GED
During the installation process, if you specify you are a first time
user, when
the drawing program is loaded for the first time, the First_Time.ged is
displayed.
URLpath=www.expressusers.com
When you pull down the Help menu and click on EXPRESS Connection to the
Web,
the program will invoke your Internet browser and load the URL
specified above.
URLpage=/cgi-bin/exphelp.asp
When you pull down the Help menu and click on EXPRESS Connection to the
Web,
the program will invoke your Internet browser and load the page
specified above.
Express=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE
This line is used by the installation program to identify where the
main program files
are to be located. When updating or reinstalling EXPRESS, this entry
identifies the
default path and directory.
BackupPath=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE
If ‘Make Backup’ is selected in the SAVE, or SAVE AS dialog boxes, the
directory
specified above is where the backup files are saved. The file
extensions are automatically
renamed to .BAK instead of .GED so that they may be placed in the same
directory as
the .GED files.
Symbols=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\SYMBOLS
This line points to the directory in which INDEX.ALL and any available
DLIBxx.ALL
files are located.
Typefaces=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\TYPEFACES
This line points to the directory where Arts & Letters
typefaces (DFONTxx.ALL)
are installed.
Config=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\STARTUP.DEF
This line defines which file EXPRESS is to load as the default. The
file name and even
the suffix (.def) are arbitrary and can be changed as long as the file
is specified in the
above line. The directory can be anywhere on your system. The file that
is loaded
determines internal paths and settings. See the on-line User’s Guide
for details for
how to save default settings.
Libraries=3
Library1=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\CLIPART\*.yal
Library2=D:\EXPRESS\CUSTOM\*.yal
Library3=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\CLIPART\landmark.yal
This section relates to the Clip-Art Manager. The first line specifies
how many of the
library entries (described on successive lines) should be loaded into
the Clip-Art
Manager. Each line that follows can point to any location and load a
specific file or all
files in a directory by using standard wildcard conventions. The last
line in this list tells
the Clip-Art Manager which library to highlight as the default library
when the Clip-Art
Manager is displayed for the first time.
Activities=3
Activity1=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\ACTIVITY\*.yal
Activity2=D:\EXPRESS\ACTIVITY\*.yal
Activity3=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\ACTIVITY\cards.yal
This section is identical in purpose and operation to the previous
section except that it
refers to the Activity Manager.
Alternate symbols=D:\EXPRESS\SYMBOLS
This line points to the alternate location where DLIBxx.ALL files may
be found to
supplement the original SYMBOLS= line. Unless all of the symbol data is
installed
on your local hard drive, EXPRESS will also look for symbol data in the
alternate
location specified, generally a CD-ROM drive or a network drive.
Alternate typefaces=D:\EXPRESS\TYPEFACES
This line points to the alternate location where DFONTxx.ALL.files may
be found to
supplement the original TYPEFACES= line. Unless all of the typefaces
are installed
on your local hard drive, EXPRESS will also look for typeface data in
the alternate
location specified, generally a CD-ROM drive or a network drive.
NoPreactivateYALS=1
This line controls whether the clip art and activity libraries are load
when EXPRESS
is launched or when the Clip-Art or Activity Managers is first
selected. The switch is
set initially during installation.
AllowOldYALUpdates=0
This line affects the default restriction for updating YAL files from
3.12 versions and
earlier. If this line is omitted, the program assumes a default of ‘0’
and does not
allow the update process to affect older YAL files. If this line is
present and has a
value of ‘1’ the program turns off the security and allows you to
update older YAL files.
ShowDuplicateYALs=0
This line controls how the Clip-Art Manager and Activity Manager load
and list YAL files
with duplicate library names. If this line is omitted, a default of ‘0’
is assumed and
the program will NOT list YAL files that have duplicate library names.
If this line
is present and has a value of ‘1’ the program will list all entries.
This feature is
designed to accomodate installations where .YAL files may be stored on
your local
drive and on a CD-ROM or network disk drive. The program loads each
library and
compares it with all other libraries. If it finds a duplicate it lists
the library with the
most recent date stamp and ignores the others.
PSDriver=0
This line controls how EXPRESS handles printing to a Postscript Device.
If this line
is omitted, the program assumes a default of ‘0’ and tries to
supplement the
printer driver with Arts & Letters specific features. If this
line is present and has a value
of ‘1’ the program does not supplement the driver. This can be used as
a correction
for some PostScript printing problems but it limits the program in
several ways.
PostScript separations are turned off (which affects Screen angle
settings, UCR for
TIFFs etc.), and color output goes through Windows RGB color values
instead of our
CMYK color values which may cause color matching problems. This option
is still under development and may be enhanced in the future.
Gradient clip=0
This switch controls how EXPRESS prints images with gradient fills to
non-PostScript
printers. The program assumes a default value of "0" if this line is
not present. This should work
in most situations. If gradients are not printing properly then set the
value to "1" and reprint.
Since this is primarily a printer driver issue sometimes a newer
printer driver will also correct
the problem. Check with your printer manufacturer for driver updates.
MRUFile1=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\FLOWER.GED
MRUFile2=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\ANYFILE.GED
MRUDef1=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\STARTUP.DEF
MRUStyle1=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\STYLE1.STY
MRUPal1=C:\EXPRESSOFFICE\PALETTES\CHROMA.PAL
This section lists the Most Recently Used of several Arts &
Letters file types. It can
list as many as six files for each type (FileN=EXPRESS files,
DefN=Default files,
PalN=Palette files, StyleN=Style files).
If these lines are omitted, the program will use internal defaults.
Turning on the Opening Sound File
To turn off the wave file that plays when you start EXPRESS, delete the
line below from the .ini file. To change the wave file, use Notepad to
open the
ALLETTER.INI in your Windows directory and add the path and directory
of the wave file you want to play. Once the wave file begins playing,
you can
click anywhere to cancel the wave file and proceed with the next
operation.
"MMSplashWave=X:\EXPRESS\WAVE\express.wav"
where X is the designation of your CD-ROM drive. Do not delete or
change
any other portion of the line.
A
Accelerator Keys 213
Listed.......................................................................................................................................................................
214
Activity Manager 209
Actual Size View 17
Add Object Cursor 25
Add/Remove (Mix) Paint 92
Aligning Objects 47
Alignment
Aligning Points
Vertically.....................................................................................................................................
146
Assemble
Logically..................................................................................................................................................
50
Center.........................................................................................................................................................................
50
Horizontal (top to
bottom).....................................................................................................................................
50
Left or
Right..............................................................................................................................................................
48
Text (Using
Baselines).............................................................................................................................................
51
Top or
Bottom..........................................................................................................................................................
49
Vertical (left to
right)...............................................................................................................................................
49
All Pages View 18
ALLETTER.INI File 215
Appending Files to EXPRESS Using Drag and
Drop.............................................................................................
208
Application 11
Auto Perspective 68
B
Basic Terms 10
Binding Text to a Shape 111
Bitmaps
Tracing
Options......................................................................................................................................................
138
Blending
Logarithmic
Distribution.........................................................................................................................................
63
Objects.......................................................................................................................................................................
59
Replacing...................................................................................................................................................................
63
Text, Symbol, or Freeform
Objects......................................................................................................................
60
Two Different Freeform
Shapes............................................................................................................................
61
Bounding Box 25
Brightness/Contrast 91
Browser 25
C
Changing the View Level 16
Charts
Adding to a
Document.........................................................................................................................................
172
Changing
Defaults.................................................................................................................................................
172
Choosing a
Type....................................................................................................................................................
167
Components...........................................................................................................................................................
166
Creating...................................................................................................................................................................
166
Editing as Individual
Objects..............................................................................................................................
174
Editing by Changing
Information......................................................................................................................
173
Entering
Data.........................................................................................................................................................
167
Entering
Text..........................................................................................................................................................
169
Hiding and Displaying
Elements.........................................................................................................................
171
Importing and Exporting
Data............................................................................................................................
169
Presentation
Tips...................................................................................................................................................
165
Setting
Attributes...................................................................................................................................................
170
Specifying a Symbol for Bars and
Points.........................................................................................................
170
Specifying the Y-Axis
Scale.................................................................................................................................
170
Starting the
Window..............................................................................................................................................
167
Switching Between
Types....................................................................................................................................
173
Clip Art
Basic
Shapes.............................................................................................................................................................
74
Closing
Collections..................................................................................................................................................
79
Converting Symbols to Freeform
Objects...........................................................................................................
82
Creating a New
Collection......................................................................................................................................
78
Locating an
Image..................................................................................................................................................
75
Placing........................................................................................................................................................................
77
Reloading
Collections.............................................................................................................................................
80
Renaming a
Collection...........................................................................................................................................
78
Renaming and Deleting an
Image........................................................................................................................
78
Saving an
Image......................................................................................................................................................
79
Selecting
Collections................................................................................................................................................
76
Clip-Art Manager 74
Clipboard
Cut, Copy, and
Paste............................................................................................................................................
197
Merging
Documents..............................................................................................................................................
199
Options....................................................................................................................................................................
198
Clipping Paths in Objects 65
Closing Open Shapes 125
Color
Color and Brightness/Contrast
Filters................................................................................................................
193
Color Filters, Adjustments
Available....................................................................................................................
91
Loading
Palettes.......................................................................................................................................................
90
Mixing with
Hues.....................................................................................................................................................
87
Mixing with RGB
(Red-Green-Blue).....................................................................................................................
88
Naming......................................................................................................................................................................
89
Palettes.......................................................................................................................................................................
89
Saving
Palettes.........................................................................................................................................................
90
Using...........................................................................................................................................................................
87
Using Color
Filters....................................................................................................................................................
90
Viewing Colors
Only................................................................................................................................................
90
Color Wash 93
Colorize with Base Color 93
Command 11
Compress/Stretch 68
Content Menu Button 11
Descriptions...............................................................................................................................................................
11
Control Buttons 12
Convert
to Color
Negative.....................................................................................................................................................
92
to Display
Solids.......................................................................................................................................................
92
to Gray
Negative......................................................................................................................................................
92
to
Grays.....................................................................................................................................................................
92
to Grays (K
only)......................................................................................................................................................
92
to Opti-Pal
Colors.....................................................................................................................................................
93
to
Primaries...............................................................................................................................................................
92
to Pure
Hues..............................................................................................................................................................
92
to Pure
Shades..........................................................................................................................................................
92
to Pure
Tints..............................................................................................................................................................
92
Current Page View 17
Cut 197
Cutting Holes in Objects 63
D
Defaults
Saving and
Loading..............................................................................................................................................
178
Dialog Box 11
Displaying the Previous View 21
Documents
Document
Precision..............................................................................................................................................
125
Drawing
Curve Sketching
Options......................................................................................................................................
136
Curves......................................................................................................................................................................
129
Curves with Smooth
Joins....................................................................................................................................
131
Deleting the Last Segment
Drawn......................................................................................................................
136
Line/Curve
Combinations...................................................................................................................................
131
Multiple
Curves......................................................................................................................................................
130
Multiple
Lines.........................................................................................................................................................
128
Single
Line...............................................................................................................................................................
126
Sketching
Color......................................................................................................................................................
136
Using Snap to
Grid.................................................................................................................................................
134
Using Snap to
Points.............................................................................................................................................
132
Drawing Area 15
Duplicating
Objects.......................................................................................................................................................................
52
E
Editing
Adding Point
Handles...........................................................................................................................................
144
Aligning Points
Horizontally................................................................................................................................
146
Appending Lines and
Curves..............................................................................................................................
147
Changing the Filling
Rule.....................................................................................................................................
155
Converting Lines to/from
Curves.......................................................................................................................
148
Deleting Point
Handles.........................................................................................................................................
144
Duplicating Line and Curve
Segments..............................................................................................................
147
Freeform
Drawings................................................................................................................................................
141
Maintain Curve
Slope...........................................................................................................................................
152
Make
Horizontal/Vertical....................................................................................................................................
145
Manipulating Curve Control
Points...................................................................................................................
143
Moving Handles
Horizontally/Vertically..........................................................................................................
145
Moving Line and Curve Points and
Segments.................................................................................................
142
Recall
Angle............................................................................................................................................................
157
Recall
Length.........................................................................................................................................................
160
Recall
Perpendicular.............................................................................................................................................
158
Recall X or
Y..........................................................................................................................................................
161
Save
Angle..............................................................................................................................................................
156
Save
Length............................................................................................................................................................
159
Save X or
Y.............................................................................................................................................................
160
Selecting and Deselecting Point
Handles...........................................................................................................
141
Setting the Snap
Options......................................................................................................................................
154
Snap to
Line/Curve...............................................................................................................................................
154
Specify
Values.......................................................................................................................................................
161
Using Snap to
Grid.................................................................................................................................................
153
Effects
Extrude......................................................................................................................................................................
71
Warp...........................................................................................................................................................................
65
Embedding 205
Export
Exporting
Files........................................................................................................................................................
203
Supported File
Types............................................................................................................................................
199
Extrude
Previewing.................................................................................................................................................................
73
Specifying Options and
Values.............................................................................................................................
72
Eyedropper 107
F
File 11
Filing
Changing the Open Filename
List......................................................................................................................
177
Deleting
Documents..............................................................................................................................................
179
Merging
Documents..............................................................................................................................................
177
Opening an Existing
Document..........................................................................................................................
175
Saving a
Document...............................................................................................................................................
177
Starting a New
Document....................................................................................................................................
175
Flipping an Object 54
Font 115
Full Screen 22
G
Grid 23
Grouping Objects 32
H
Hide 26
Hint Line 15
I
Import
Importing
Files.......................................................................................................................................................
202
Interface 12
J
Joining Open Shapes 149
L
Line/Curve Segment 147
Linking 205
Lock 26
M
Making an Object Proportional 46
Menus 13
Mixing Colors
CMYK........................................................................................................................................................................
88
RGB............................................................................................................................................................................
88
Mouse
Button........................................................................................................................................................................
11
Content Menu
Button.............................................................................................................................................
11
Setting Mouse
Acceleration.................................................................................................................................
125
Move Again 39
Moving an Object 36
Moving an Object Numerically 38
Moving an Object Plus Duplicating 39
Moving Around the Document 23
Moving the Center Point 57
N
Name 26
Naming Objects 35
Numeric
Sizing..........................................................................................................................................................................
44
Numeric Bar 14
O
Object 11
Object Limit 25
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 205
Selecting Objects and
Areas................................................................................................................................
205
Object Management 25
Object Viewer 25
Objects
Deleting......................................................................................................................................................................
34
Deselecting................................................................................................................................................................
33
Management............................................................................................................................................................
25
Name
Types..............................................................................................................................................................
36
Undeleting.................................................................................................................................................................
34
UnGrouping...............................................................................................................................................................
33
On-Line EXPRESS User’s Guide 10
Opening Sound File 218
P
Performance, Enhancing 213
Point Handles 27
Presentation Charting 165
Printer Fonts 118
Printing
Banners...................................................................................................................................................................
186
Changing Printer and Print
Options....................................................................................................................
180
Changing the
Margins...........................................................................................................................................
181
Changing the Page
Size........................................................................................................................................
182
Changing the Page Size and
Orientation...........................................................................................................
181
Color
Separations..................................................................................................................................................
187
Documents..............................................................................................................................................................
183
Interrupting or Canceling a Print
Job.................................................................................................................
184
Operations...............................................................................................................................................................
180
Output Devices for
Separations..........................................................................................................................
188
Process
Color..........................................................................................................................................................
189
Screen Frequency and
Angle...............................................................................................................................
187
Specifying Undercolor
Removal.........................................................................................................................
192
Spot
Color...............................................................................................................................................................
188
Spot Color vs. Process
Color................................................................................................................................
187
To
File......................................................................................................................................................................
185
Proportional Sizing Plus Flipping 42
Q
Quick Display
Gradients...................................................................................................................................................................
22
Object
Cache............................................................................................................................................................
22
Outlines
Only............................................................................................................................................................
22
Show
Bitmaps..........................................................................................................................................................
22
Show Colors as
Gray...............................................................................................................................................
22
Show
Fills...................................................................................................................................................................
22
Show Wide
Lines......................................................................................................................................................
22
R
Redisplaying the Current View 21
Replace Hue 92
Rotating
Plus
Duplicating........................................................................................................................................................
57
Rotate
Again.............................................................................................................................................................
57
Rotating an Object 54
Rulers 23
S
Saturation/Shade 92
Save 178
Save As 178
Saving and Recalling Views 21
Scrolling 23
Selecting
Block
Selecting.........................................................................................................................................................
30
Intuitive.....................................................................................................................................................................
28
Multiple
Objects.......................................................................................................................................................
30
Object from a
Stack................................................................................................................................................
28
Objects
One-by-One................................................................................................................................................
31
Objects within a
Group...........................................................................................................................................
29
Select All
Objects.....................................................................................................................................................
32
Single Object
............................................................................................................................................................
27
Show Freeform Points 27
Size Again 46
Sizing
from the
Center........................................................................................................................................................
41
Non-Proportional.....................................................................................................................................................
43
Non-Proportional Plus
Flipping..............................................................................................................................
44
Numeric Plus
Duplicating.......................................................................................................................................
46
Plus
Duplicating........................................................................................................................................................
44
Plus
Moving..............................................................................................................................................................
44
Proportional..............................................................................................................................................................
41
Sizing an Object 40
Slanting
Plus
Duplicating........................................................................................................................................................
59
Slant
Again................................................................................................................................................................
59
Slanting an
Object...................................................................................................................................................
57
Smooth Joins
Maintaining............................................................................................................................................................
150
Making....................................................................................................................................................................
150
Snap
to
Points...................................................................................................................................................................
152
Split
Freeform
Objects...................................................................................................................................................
148
Stacking Order 29
Changing...................................................................................................................................................................
39
Style Bar 13
Styles
Changing Fill
Color................................................................................................................................................
101
Changing Fill
Pattern.............................................................................................................................................
101
Changing Graphic
Styles........................................................................................................................................
94
Changing Line
Color...............................................................................................................................................
96
Changing Line
Pattern............................................................................................................................................
97
Changing Line
Style................................................................................................................................................
98
Changing Line
Width..............................................................................................................................................
96
Defaults.....................................................................................................................................................................
94
Fill
Options..............................................................................................................................................................
102
Naming a Fill
Pattern............................................................................................................................................
105
Naming Line
Styles..................................................................................................................................................
99
Naming Text
Styles...............................................................................................................................................
123
Save and Recall
Styles.........................................................................................................................................
106
Save and Recall Text
Styles................................................................................................................................
124
Using...........................................................................................................................................................................
94
Symbols
Accent........................................................................................................................................................................
85
Composite.................................................................................................................................................................
84
Placing........................................................................................................................................................................
82
Replacing...................................................................................................................................................................
84
T
Text 108
Alignment................................................................................................................................................................
117
Bullets......................................................................................................................................................................
114
Changing
Alignment.............................................................................................................................................
122
Converting to Freeform
Objects.........................................................................................................................
114
Editing an Existing Text
Object..........................................................................................................................
111
Editing Bound Text and
Shapes.........................................................................................................................
113
Importing a Text
Object.......................................................................................................................................
109
Placing a New Text
Object...................................................................................................................................
108
Unbinding
Text......................................................................................................................................................
113
Thumbnails 81
Tips and Techniques for Using EXPRESS 209
Toolbox 14
Tracing Bitmaps 138
TV Controls 92
Type
Aspect.............................................................................................................................................................
117, 120
Changes to Stretched
Text...................................................................................................................................
120
Changing
Style..............................................................................................................................................
117, 122
Choosing Arts & Letters
Typefaces...................................................................................................................
117
Fixed
spacing..........................................................................................................................................................
117
Kerning
...................................................................................................................................................................
117
Leading....................................................................................................................................................................
116
Letterspacing
.........................................................................................................................................................
116
Point
........................................................................................................................................................................
116
Size
..........................................................................................................................................................................
116
Style.........................................................................................................................................................................
117
Styles........................................................................................................................................................................
115
Text Point Editing
(Ctrl+P)...................................................................................................................................
119
Viewing and Changing
Settings...........................................................................................................................
121
Word
Spacing.........................................................................................................................................................
117
Typeface 115
U
Undercolor Removal 191
Practicalities............................................................................................................................................................
192
Theory.....................................................................................................................................................................
191
Undo
Alignment..................................................................................................................................................................
48
Line or
Curve..........................................................................................................................................................
126
Move..........................................................................................................................................................................
39
Rotate........................................................................................................................................................................
57
Setting Freeform Undo
Levels.............................................................................................................................
156
Sizing..........................................................................................................................................................................
46
Slant...........................................................................................................................................................................
59
Style
Changes.........................................................................................................................................................
107
Warp...........................................................................................................................................................................
71
V
View
Quick
Display...........................................................................................................................................................
22
Using the
Keyboard.................................................................................................................................................
23
View Level Options 16
W
Warp
Copying
Effects.......................................................................................................................................................
71
Editing a Warp
Object.............................................................................................................................................
70
Options.......................................................................................................................................................................
69
Orientation................................................................................................................................................................
68
Re-Warping an
Object............................................................................................................................................
70
Rotated and Slanted
Objects.................................................................................................................................
71
Shapes........................................................................................................................................................................
67
Symmetry..................................................................................................................................................................
67
Z
Zooming In 18
Zooming In to a New Page 23