Working with VivaDesigner

Chapter 1
Working with VivaDesigner
A short introduction
1 Program start ..................................................... 1
2 Create new document ....................................... 1
3 Save document .................................................. 1
4 Objects ................................................................ 2
5 Toolbar ............................................................... 3
6 Drawing objects ................................................. 4
7 Creating and placing objects precisely ............. 5
8 Moving objects interactively ............................. 6
9 Changing object size interactively .................... 6
10 Assigning attributes .......................................... 7
10.1 Assigning colors ................................................. 7
10.2 Assign color density ........................................... 7
10.3 Assign line width ............................................... 8
10.4 Assign line type .................................................. 8
10.5 Assign line ends ................................................. 8
10.6 Assign corner radius .......................................... 8
Chapter 2
1 Drawing a multiple line .................................... 9
2 Drawing polygons ............................................. 9
3 Convert to Polygon ............................................ 9
4 Open and closed curves ................................... 10
5 Deleting points ................................................ 10
6 Adding points .................................................. 10
Chapter 3
1 Alias objects ..................................................... 12
2 Creating Alias objects ...................................... 12
3 Selecting and modifying Alias objects ........... 13
4 Duplicating objects .......................................... 14
5 Splitting objects ............................................... 15
Chapter 4
1 Working with Guide Objects ........................... 16
2 Creating Guide Objects ................................... 16
3 Magnetism ....................................................... 18
4 Selecting Guide Objects .................................. 19
5 Displaying Guide Objects ................................ 19
Contents
WE PUBLISH THE WORLD
Chapter 5
1 Creating Text objects .......................................20
2 Selecting Text Objects ......................................21
3 Activating Text Content ...................................22
4 The Module Palette (Text) ...............................22
5 Text entry and corrections ...............................24
6 The cursor .........................................................24
7 Text Entry and Text Selection ..........................25
8 Selecting Text elements ...................................25
9 Simple Text Linking ..........................................26
10 Break text chain ...............................................26
Chapter 6
1 Importing Text ..................................................27
2 Text Preferences ...............................................27
3 Automatic Line Break ......................................28
4 Text Spacing .....................................................28
4.1 Line Spacing .....................................................28
4.2 Indents ..............................................................31
5 Aesthetic Rag ...................................................32
5.1 Character Spacing ............................................32
5.2 Wortabstand ....................................................32
Chapter 7
1 Tabs ...................................................................33
2 Working with Style Sheets ..............................34
3 Simple Style Sheet definition ..........................35
4 Editing Style Sheets ..........................................36
5 Using Style Sheets ............................................36
Chapter 8
1. Creating picture objects ..................................37
2 Activate picture content ..................................38
3 Picture Palette ..................................................38
4 Importing images .............................................39
5 Move image ......................................................40
6 Fitting the image .............................................40
7 Run Around ......................................................41

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2nd Edition July 2007.
This document was produced with VivaDesigner 5.1

Working with VivaDesigner
1 Program start
1 To start the program, place the mouse pointer (ø)
on the program icon and start the program with a
double-click (single click on MacOS X if the program
icon is in the Dock).
2 Create new document
2 After the program has been started, the “Welcome”
dialog will appear. Click the mouse on “New Document”.
If this dialog is switched off, or if you have already
worked on one document and want to create a new
one, select the command New from the File menu.
3 When this command is selected, the dialog
Document Settings appears. In this dialog, you enter
the settings for the page format:
• From the popup menu Standard select one of the
predefined page formats (for simplicity’s sake A4 or
US Letter) or enter your own values in the fields
Height and Width.
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• Select in the popup menus Orientation and Page
Type the respective entries Portrait and Single
Pages, to create the page in portrait format.
• Ensure that both the options Autom. Text Object
and Grid are not selected.
(We will work first with a blank page)
• Confirm your settings by clicking the Ö button.
3 Save document
To save a new document, select the command Save as
in the File menu.
4 In this case the program opens a dialog, in which
you can now enter the document name and its destination.
Save the file in your personal folder.
Please give your file a meaningful name.
(This can be very helpful when searching for a file that
has got “lost”, by being unintentionally saved or
moved into another folder.)
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4 Objects
VivaDesigner is an object or frame-oriented layout pro-
gram.
This means: to enter text, load images or create graphics,
you must draw or create objects. The objects created
may be altered after drawing. You can change all
objects in their form, level, type, color and many other
attributes.
A further basic principle of VivaDesigner is the separation
of form and function. All forms of closed objects,
whether rectangular, ellipse, polygon or bézier objects,
can be assigned text, graphic or image attributes. Thus
a graphic object may be converted to a text object and
later for example to an image object. Thus it is irrelevant
which object tool is used. If for example you want
to work with the image object tool but are using the
text object tool by mistake, you don’t need to delete
the object and create a new one.
In the menu Object > Content > Graphic (or > Text
or > Picture) or with the appropriate shortcuts, you
can change the function.
Further, VivaDesigner has a context-sensitive interface.
This means that with VivaDesigner you never need to
change tools, as all mouse pointers, menus and palettes
adapt automatically to the current working
mode.
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This technology always shows you which mode you are
in and which commands you may currently select. Here
are a couple of examples:
1 If you put the mouse pointer on a text object, it will
change from an arrow pointer (ø) to an I-beam
pointer (∑). This means that you can switch to text
mode with a mouse-click and edit the text.
2 If you put the mouse pointer on a picture object, it
will change from an arrow pointer (ø) to a grabber
hand (©). This means that you can switch to image
mode with a mouse-click and edit the picture.
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or exactly on the object frame of a text or picture
object, it will change to a star-shaped object pointer ( ).
With a mouse-click you not only activate the object,
but also switch to graphic/object mode and immediately
have all object-editing tools available.
5 You also always change to graphic/object mode
when you click in text or image mode and hold down
the Command key (Mac) or the control key (PC).
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5 Toolbar
The Toolbar is used for creating and modifying
objects. The Toolbar can be placed horizontally at the
top of the screen (standard) or vertically on the left or
riight hand side of the document window.
1 As Standard the three tools for closed objects (Text,
Picture and Graphic Object) are displayed as rectangles,
and the Line Tool is displayed as an angled line.
2 Next to each object tool is an arrow. When you click
on the arrow, a popup menu opens with additional
object tool options.
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Additional tools in the Toolbar are for the linking and
de-linking of text objects (3) and for the rotation (4)
and mirroring (5) of all objects.
The zoom tool (6) enables you to zoom in and out on
selected areas of the document page.
To select a tool, click on one of the symbols or an
appropriate object symbol.
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6 Drawing objects
To draw an object in VivaDesigner, you select the
appropriate object symbol in the toolbar. Please note
that objects may be drawn not only on the page itself
but also on the working area next to the page.
DRAWING A RECTANGLE, ELLIPSE OR LINE
1 To draw a rectangle, an ellipse or a line please
proceed as follows:
• Select an appropriate object type and the required
object form from the Toolbar.
• Click on the page in the document window and hold
down the mouse button.
• Keeping the mouse button held down, move the
mouse in any direction.
• Let go the mouse button when the object has the
required size.
While drawing you see for control purposes an imaginary
line that shows you how the object will appear
when you let go the mouse button.
You can see the exact object co-ordinates which are
displayed in the Module Palette while you are drawing.
We will look at this more closely in the next section.
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DRAWING A CIRCLE OR SQUARE:
To draw a circle or a sqare, you hold down the (Shift)
s key when drawing. Rectangles or ellipses can be
changed to a square or a circle by holding down the
(Shift) s key when resizing.
CREATE A RECTANGLE AUTOMATICALLY:
As well as the interactive creation of rectangles with
the mouse, a rectangle or square can also be created
automatically. To create a graphic, text or picture
rectangle automatically, you select the appropriate
command in the menu Object > Content or use the
appropriate shortcut displayed in the menu.
No object may be selected at this time, otherwise the
program will convert the selected object. The program
will then create a rectangle/square of the appropriate
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7 Creating and placing objects precisely
1 The program defines the position and size of
objects with co-ordinates. Thus the so-called surrounding
rectangle of the object plays an important role, as
the co-ordinates work on the basis that all objects have
a top left corner that serves as a reference point to
define their horizontal and vertical position. This is
however not the case with ellipses, polygons or angled
lines. Therefore these objects are encircled by an imaginary
rectangle for positioning and sizing purposes.
In VivaDesigner you can create and position objects
precisely using the fields in the Module Palette or the
Object Settings dialog.
2 The Module Palette in Object Mode enables a fast
definition of object co-ordinates. If the Module Palette
is not displayed, select the command Module
Palette in the View menu to display the palette. The
Module Palette accepts all absolute measurements to
an exactitude of 1/1000 pt.
If you make changes to the values shown in the Module
Palette, these take immediate effect on the
selected object, as soon as the entries are confirmed by
pressing the r key, the e key or the TAB key.
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3 You can make the same settings in the Coordinates
section of the Object Settings dialog. Select
the command General in the Object menu, double
click the object frame or use the shortcut keys shown
in the menu.
To define the exact position of an object, select it and
enter the desired values in the first two entry fields of
the Module Palette or the Object Settings dialog
and complete your entry by pressing the e key. Negative
values are allowed and have the effect that the
object will be placed outside the page area on the
working surface.
To define the exact size of an object, select it and enter
the desired values in the last two entry fields of the
Module Palette or the Object Settings dialog and
complete your entry by pressing the e key.
The measurement unit for the entry fields will be displayed
according to the settings in the Measurements
tab of the Preferences dialog.
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8 Moving objects interactively
To move objects with the mouse:
• Select an object or several objects.
• Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse
in any direction.
1 When objects are moved, their virtual frame is displayed
and you can now place the object on the current
page or on other pages.
If the Module Palette is visible, the exact position will
be displayed in it.
If selected objects are only to be moved horizontally or
vertically, hold down the s key when moving.
As well as the possibility of positioning objects with
the mouse, the object position may be changed using
the arrow keys. Select an object and press one of the
arrow keys (f, h, f, i). Each time you press the key
the object will be moved one monitor pixel in the
appropriate direction.
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9 Changing object size interactively
Selected objects can not only be moved, but also their
size may be changed. If an object is selected, its sizing
points are displayed. These indicate that an object may
be edited graphically.
2 To change the size of an object, position the mouse
pointer (ø) exactly over a selection or sizing point. You
will see that the mouse pointer (ø) changes to a sizing
pointer ( ) and that the tool tips for resizing objects
are displayed. The mouse pointer, now called the sizing
pointer, shows you that you can now change the
dimensions of the object. If you hold the mouse button
down and move the mouse in any direction, the size of
the object will change.
For checking purposes you see the same imaginary
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10 Assigning attributes
The object attributes described below may be assigned
both with the Module Palette in Object mode and
also with the command General in the Object menu.
10.1 Assigning colors
1 With the Module Palette in Object mode, the
program provides a selection of predefined colors.
2 If you select the command Colors & Blends in the
Edit menu, you can define your own colors, which you
can then edit or extend.
The Process colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and
Black) as well as the program-specific colors White
and Guide Objects are protected and may not be
modified.
Blends are also defined in this dialog. They are applied
to closed objects as fill colors in the same way as normal
colors.
You can also enter a blend angle in the Object Settings
dialog.
(Please try defining colors and blends!)
The Color in the Module Palette (Object/Graphic
Mode) shows which fill color has been assigned to the
object with a tick or checkmark in front of the color
name.
There is a difference between colors for filling closed
objects (upper popup menu) and colors for lines and
object frames (lower popup menu).
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ASSIGN FILL COLOR:
• Select an object and click on the upper popup menu
Color in the Module Palette in Object mode.
Hold down the mouse button, select an entry and let
go the mouse button.
ASSIGN A FRAME OR LINE COLOR:
• Select an object and click on the lower popup menu
Color in the Module Palette in Object mode.
Hold down the mouse button, select an entry and let
go the mouse button.
10.2 Assign color density
As well as the actual color, you can also define the
color density of a selected object. The color density
may be set in the Module Palette in Object Mode
and in the Object Settings dialog, ranging from
transparent to 100 % in 1%-steps. You can change the
color density of an object in different ways.
3 Firstly you can select the density in the Module Palette
in predefined 10% steps from the popup menu
Density, or alternatively you can enter the desired
value manually. Individual densities for the object fill
color (upper entry field) and for lines and object
frames (lower entry field) are applied.
If you enter your values directly, confirm your entry
with the e key.
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APPLYING TRANSPARENCY:
To create an object whose fill color or frame color is
transparent, you must select the option Transparent
from the popup menu, or enter the letter t in the
entry field.
10.3 Assign line width
The line width for an object frame or a line may be
defined in the Module Palette in Object Mode.
1 Firstly you can define the line width in predefined
steps from the popup menu Line width, or alternatively
you can make your own individual definitions.
Individual values are only assigned when you confirm
your entry with the e key.
10.4 Assign line type
A line or frame type may be defined for every object.
The program provides predefined line types in the
Module Palette in Object Mode.
• Select an object and click on the Line type symbol
in the Object Palette (2).
• Select an entry and confirm with a mouseclick.
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10.5 Assign line ends
Individual line ends may be defined for every line
object. The program provides predefined forms in the
Module Palette.
• Select a line object and click the left line end symbol
(3) or the right line end symbol (4) in the
Module Palette.
• Select an entry and confirm with a mouseclick.
10.6 Assign corner radius
The Corner radius is only applied to rectangles (or
squares). It has no effect on other objects.
Normally the corners of rectangles, as the name suggests,
form a right angle.
With the Module Palette or the Object Settings dialog,
you can round off these corners (5).
You can select the Corner radius in predefined steps
from the Corner radius (6) popup menu, or alternatively
make your own personal definitions (7). Individual
values are only assigned when you confirm your
entry with the e key.
Please note:
With closed objects, frame widths work inwards, i.e.
the object dimensions do not change. The corner
radius does however – depending on the frame width
– have an effect on the remaining inside surface.
(Please try it out!!)
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1 Drawing a multiple line
1 To draw a multiple line, select the Multiple Line tool
from the toolbar.
After you have set the first point of the line with a single
click, place the object pointer (…) on the position
of the next line point and click once again. Repeat this
until you have reached the final point of your line and
complete the drawing with a double click.
If you want all or some lines of the multiple line to be
at right angles to one another, hold down the s key
when drawing the appropriate lines.
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2 Drawing polygons
2 To draw a polygon, select the polygon tool for the
required object type from the toolbar.
Draw the object in the same way that you would draw
a multiple line. After you have set the first point of the
object with a single click, place the object pointer (…)
on the position of the next point and click once again.
Repeat until you reach the last point of your object. At
this last point (don’t click back to the first point!!!)
complete the drawing of your polygon with a double
click.
The program will then automatically connect the start
and finish point of the polygon together and the polygon
may be filled with a fill color.
If you want all or some lines of the polygon to be at
right angles to one another, hold down the s key
when drawing the appropriate lines.
3 Convert to Polygon
3 Using the command Convert to Polygon in the
Object/Form menu, you can convert every rectangle
or ellipse into a polygon. Here it is unimportant which
Corner radius has been applied to the rectangle.
4 As you can see from the pictures, the quantity and
order of the sizing points is changed when the object
is converted to a polygon.
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4 Open and closed curves
To draw an open or closed curve, first a multiple line or
a polygon must be created. Then all the lines of the
object are converted to curves. The bend of the curves
can be defined through the length of the tangent that
is created interactively with the mouse.
1 DRAW AN OPEN CURVE:
• Select or create a multiple line.
• Move the mouse pointer over a sizing point.
• Hold down the mouse button and the œ key
together and move the mouse in any direction. Now
you will see how a curve is created. Near the curve,
the program also draws a tangent with arms of
equal length, at whose ends you will find what are
known as control points.
• Let go the mouse button, when the object has
received its required size.
DRAWING A CLOSED CURVE:
• Select or create a polygon.
• Move the mouse pointer over a sizing point.
• Hold down the mouse button and the œ key
together and move the mouse in any direction. Now
you will see how a curve is created. Near the curve,
the program also draws a tangent with arms of
equal length, at whose ends you will find what are
known as control points.
• Let go the mouse button, when the object has
received its required form and size.
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5 Deleting points
With multiple lines, open curves, polygons and closed
curves, the program offers you the possibility of deleting
single points of the object.
Move the mouse pointer (ø) over the sizing or control
point that is to be deleted. The pointer converts to a
sizing pointer.
Now press the shortcut keys os (Alt+Shift). You
delete the point selected with a single mouse click. If
the sizing point of a curve is deleted, then its control
points will be deleted too.
6 Adding points
As well as deleting points, the program offers the pos-
sibility of adding single sizing points. The new sizing
point appears over the original sizing point and must
then be repositioned.
Position the mouse pointer on a sizing point, hold
down the o (Alt) key and click with the mouse.
Let go the o (Alt) key without moving the mouse.
Now click with the mouse exactly over the newly created
sizing point and move the mouse in any direction
to position it.
On the next page you will find some examples – see if
you can create these objects for yourself!

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1 Alias objects
By contrast to other layout and illustration programs,
VivaDesigner has both original objects and Alias
objects. This feature is one of the basic strengths of
VivaDesigner. It is very important that you understand
the difference between original objects and Alias
objects, so that you can work with VivaDesigner more
effectively.
Alias objects are complete copies of the original object.
With few exceptions, which will be described later,
Alias objects always show the same content and the
same attributes as original objects.
If the frame width, frame color, fill color or density of
the original object are changed, then all Alias objects
will be changed accordingly, wherever they appear in
the documents.
The enormous possibilities that the Alias technology in
VivaDesigner provides will be easier to understand
with the following descriptions.
With the Alias technology you can save a lot of time
and solve problems, which are impossible or at least
very difficult to deal with in other layout programs.
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2 Creating Alias objects
At the beginning of the chapter, we described the rela-
tionship between the original and and the Alias
object. Since an Alias object is always a copy of the
original, there can be no Alias without an original
object.
1 To create an Alias object, select an object and then
the command Create Alias in the Object/Alias menu.
The selected object does not have to be an original
object. An Alias object can also be created when
another Alias object is selected. This saves you searching
for the original object, which could be on another
page.
After the command is selected, the program deselects
the original object, creates an Alias object with the offset
that has been predefined in the Preferences, and
selects the newly created Alias object.
You can recognise Alias objects by their selection
points. If an Alias object is selected, its selection points
are shown as being lighter than the selection or sizing
points of the original.
These Alias selection points show that the object may
not be resized, nor may any of its other graphic attributes
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3 Selecting and modifying Alias objects
1 As you already know, the mouse pointer changes its
form when it is placed over a picture or text object.
With an Alias object the Object pointer (…) is always
activated, as you can normally only change the position
of Alias objects. The size and the attributes of the
Alias object are always defined in the original
object.This is also the case with the content, unless it is
a variable Alias object, which we will deal with later.
This has the effect that you select the Alias object in
the same way as you do a normal graphic object, but
that you can only change the position.
2 For this reason, in the Module Palette and in the
Object Settings dialog, only the positioning options
are available. All other options are grayed out and
thus not selectable.
A further possibility for creating Alias objects is presented
with the options Duplicate and Split.
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4 Duplicating objects
The command Duplicate is similar to the Copy command.
The biggest difference between the two commands
is that in copying, just a copy will be created
that will be placed with a predefined offset in the document
using the command Paste. The command Duplicate
enables the creation of several copies of
objects, and allows the creation of copies or Alias
objects both on the current page and also on eventual
following pages.
1 to duplicate an object as an Alias on the current
page, select the command Duplicate in the Object
menu.
In the dialog that now opens, enter the number of
duplicates required.
Then enter the horizontal and vertical offset that will
be calculated for each duplicate.
If no other entries are made, alll the duplicates will be
placed on top of one another, since no offset is available.
Ensure that the Alias option is selected, so that the
duplicates will be Alias objects.
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Ensure that the option Duplicate on Following
Pages is deactivated, otherwise the duplicates will be
created on the following pages of the document.
Confirm your settings with the e key.
The program will deselect the object and create the
appropriate duplicates, in this case Alias objects, with
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5 Splitting objects
A further elegant possibility of creating new objects or
Alias objects is offered by the command Split. All
object types may be split, whether they are graphic,
picture or text objects. Objects that are linked, locked
or protected, Alias objects and original objects possessing
Aliases may not be split.
1 After you have selected an object, select the command
Split in the Object menu.
A dialog will open in which you can enter the quantity
of horizontal and vertical objects to be created by the
splitting function. The options Copy and Alias define
whether the objects created should be copies or Alias
objects.
2 In the second case, the original object will be shown
in the top left hand corner. All other objects will be
Alias objects and copies of this original.
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1 Working with Guide Objects
Guide objects are objects with magnetic character.
These objects snap other objects to them like a magnet
when these are created, resized or moved. Guide objects
simplify your work, as through their magnetism
the make an exact positioning of objects much simpler.
The following factors determine the work with guide
objects:
• The option Guide Object
in the Object Settings dialog.
• The command Guide Objects Magnetic
in the View > Document menu.
• The option Snap to Distance
in the Preferences > Pages & Objects Dialog.
• The command Guide Objects selectable
in the View > Document menu.
• The command Show Guide Objects
in the View > Document menu.
The functionality of guide objects reminds us strongly
of that of the Guidelines in other programs, but the
technology of Guide Objects goes way beyond this
technology.
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2 Creating Guide Objects
Every object, whatever form or type, may be a Guide
object that attracts other objects automatically. It is irrelevant
whether the object is an original or an Alias
object. To create such an object, the option Guide Object
must be activated in the Object Settings dialog.
1 To assign an object the attribute Guide Object, select
the command General in the Object menu or
double-click the object frame.
Activate the option Guide Object and confirm your
settings with the e key.
An Alias object can function as a Guide object independently
of its original. Alias objects do however receive
the attribute Guide Object automatically if the
original object already has this attribute before the Alias
object is created. If the option is switched on later
in the original, the Alias object will not be affected.
Guide objects are frequently needed to align several
objects on a common horizontal or vertical axis. To
achieve this aim, you can draw a line and then assign it
the attribute Guide Object in the Object Settings dialog.
Since this line is only to be used for positioning
the objects, it should not be printed. Therefore you
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You can carry out these steps even more simply using
the Ruler (1).
Ensure that the Ruler is visible.
If this is not the case, select the command Show Ruler
in the View > Document menu, or use the shortcut
keys as shown in the menu.
Position the mouse pointer in the vertical or horizontal
ruler to create a vertical or horizontal Guide Object.
Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse towards
the document page. at the same time an imaginary
line will be displayed.
Let go the mouse button when the desired position
has been reached.
The object remains selected and can now be positioned
exactly using the Module Palette.
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Objects created with the Ruler automatically have the
height or width of the page format. These objects are
magnetic, but will not be printed, as the option Print
(2) is switched off automatically.
To check, select the command General in the Objekt
menu. You will see that the Guide Object option has
been selected automatically. At the same time, the program
assumes that you only need the Guide objects
that you have created with the Ruler for positioning
other objects. Therefore the Print option is not selected,
but this may be changed by the user at any
time.
3 You also create non-printable Guide objects automatically
when you select the Grid option in the Document
Settings dialog.
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3 Magnetism
When objects are moved or resized towards a Guide
object, the Guide object will attract these objects like a
magnet. It is not sufficient to give an object the attribute
Guide Object. You have to define its magnetic
character separately. Further, you should define the
Snap to Distance from which objects are to be attracted.
1 Useful though Guide objects may be, sometimes in
practice it is necessary to switch off the magnetic character
of these objects. To enable you to do this, The
program provides the command Guide Objects Magnetic
in the View > Document menu.
If a tick or checkmark is displayed before this command,
all Guide objects are magnetic. Otherwise, the
magnetism is switched off.
The Snap to Distance, i.e. the distance from which
Guide objects attract other objects, is dependant on
the zoom factor.
With smaller zoom factors, the object snaps another
object being moved or resized very quickly, but with
larger zoom factors only after a certain distance. This
lies in the fact that the Snap to Distance is measured in
screen pixels. This is an absolute measurement that
bears no relation on the zoom factor.
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2 To change the Snap to Distance, you select the
Pages & Objects tab in the Preferences dialog. Here
you can enter a value from 0 to 100. Small values mean
that the magnetic power of the object only works over
a short distance, while larger values allow an object
snapping over a long distance. These settings are saved
in the document and affect all Guide objects.
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4 Selecting Guide Objects
1 Guide objects are treated as normal objects, whether
they have been created through dialogs or with the
Ruler. In practice it is often the case that guide objects
are set as magnetic, but should not be selectable.
To achive this, select the command Guide Objects selectable
in the View > Document menu.
If a tick or checkmark is displayed before the command,
then the Guide objects may be selected. Otherwise
they cannot be selected.
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5 Displaying Guide Objects
The grid of Guide objects defined in the Document
Settings is used for exact positioning. The lines themselves
are not part of the document layout. In practice
most Guide objects that are created as lines only serve
as positioning guides.
To get a complete overview of the document, it is useful
to hide all objects that are not part of the page layout.
2 For this purpose, select the command Show Guide
Objects in the View > Document menu, to hide (or
show) the Guide Objects.
Please note that Guide objects where the function
“Print” is also activated will also be hidden.
Remember that Guide objects also do not lose their
magnetic character even when they are invisible. Objects
that are switched off are still magnetic but cannot
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Text
To create, select and edit text safely and quickly, the
program offers a collection of commands that maybe
you already know from using word-processing programs.
1 Creating Text objects
VivaDesigner is an object-oriented typesetting and lay-
out program. This means that the display of text in the
program is done using text objects. For this reason you
must create a text object before you enter any text.
Within this object the text will be hyphenated, and the
object’s dimensions form the edges of the text block.
1 Any closed object can be used as a text object. The
pictures below show examples of text objects in which
texts may be displayed.
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VivaDesigner offers several possibilities for creating a
text object:
2 If no object exists, create a new text object (rectangle,
ellipse, polygon or Bézier object) from the toolbar.
If an object has already been created, irrelevant of
which type (graphic or picture object), select the
object, and then the command Text in the Objekt >
Content menu, or use the shortcut keys shown in the
menu.
If you want to create a rectangular text object, VivaDesigner
gives you the possibility of creating it with the
menu or a shortcut key command.
Ensure that no object is selected and that the program
is not in text or image mode.
Select the command Text in the Objekt > Content
menu, or use the shortcut keys shown in the menu.
The program will now create a rectangular(square)
text object automatically and place it in the top left
hand corner of the page.
3 If you should convert a text object containing text
to a picture or graphic object, VivaDesigner issues a
warning that if you go ahead the text will be lost.
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2 Selecting Text Objects
1 With text objects, the display of the mouse pointer
changes to an I-Beam (Text) pointer (∑). Only when
the mouse pointer is moved over the frame of the
object does it change into an object pointer. To select
the text object when the pointer is on the text and the
I-Beam (Text) pointer is displayed, the Ctrl key (Command
key on Mac) must be pressed.
2 For text objects there are further possibilities available
for object settings. As with graphic objects, you
can use the Module Palette or the Object Settings
dialog to define the size and position of the object, or
you can assign attributes such as color, density, corner
radius or frame width.
3 Also, under the menu Object > Special, you will
find the dialog Special Settings.
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You can define individual indents for every side of the
object and divide the object into text columns, but also
define special options for text Alias objects.
Confirm your settings by clicking the Ö button or
pressing the r key.
All settings may be applied to rectangles as well as to
ellipses, polygons and Bézier objects.
Indents that have been set in the Text > Indents
menu are additional to the object indent settings
made here.
These commands are only available for text objects.
The command can therefore only be selected when
text objects are selected.
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3 Activating Text Content
To enter or import a text, the text content must be
activated. As you know, the mouse pointer changes
according to the object type.
1 If you place the mouse pointer over a text object, it
changes into an I-Beam (Text) pointer (∑).
2 If the text content is activated by a mouse-click, a
blinking vertical bar or cursor will be displayed. This
shows where your text will be entered. At the same
time the text object will be displayed with a frame.
In the menu bar, the Text menu will appear. Insofar as
the Module Palette has not been switched off or hidden,
instead of the Object Palette the Text Palette
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4 The Module Palette (Text)
3 The Module Palette (Text), whose functions can
also be found in the menu, is used for fast text editing.
It can be selected when the Cursor is displayed in a
text object and when the command Module Palette is
activated in the View menu. In some fields you can
enter individual values as well as selecting predefined
ones.
In the Fonts popup menu, all the fonts loaded in the
System are displayed, even when they are not used in
the current document. The menu appears when you
click the font name.
In the popup menu below the fonts, all the font faces
are displayed.
The popup menu Font size opens with a click on the
arrow on the right and shows a set of predefined font
sizes. The font size can also be edited or entered manually
in the entry field. Confirm your individual entries
with the e or with the TAB key.
4 As well as the entry of the usual units of measurement,
based on the Ascent height, you can also enter
Cap Height as the Font size. To calculate a Cap
Height for the font, enter the font size and unit of
measurement followed by the letters CH (Cap Height).
If the default measurement unit is to be kept, then you
just need to enter the letters CH after the font size.
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The Style buttons enable you to assign the font styles:
Underlined, Superscript, Subscript, SmallCaps, All
Caps and Superior. The styles are activated by clicking
them with the mouse. They are deactivated with a second
mouse-click.
The popup menu Alignment shows a predefined list
of alignments. It appears when you click on the alignment
name.
The popup menu Colors shows all the colors that were
created in the Colors dialog or that are integrated in
imported EPS images. The popup menu appears when
you click on the color name and hold down the mouse
button.
The popup menu Density shows a selection of
predefined values. It appears when you click on the
arrow next to the percentage value.
Other settings than the predefined ones in the popup
menu may be made by overwriting the percentage
value. confirm your individual settings with the e.
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The entry field Line Spacing defines the spacing
between text lines. the field accepts both absolute values
in all units as well as the relative value AUTO,
which creates an automatic line spacing dependant on
the font size. Confirm your entries with the e-Taste.
The automatic Line Spacing is calculated from the
font size plus the percentage value entered in the
Roman Text tab of the Preferences dialog.
If the automatic Line Spacing is set at “0”, it corresponds
directly to the font size only.
Automatic Line Spacing is selected when the line spacing
is to be defined using the baseline grid. Other than this,
you should always enter your line spacing with absolute
values. It makes good sense if you are using millimetres
as your measurement to work in 1/4-mm stages
(e.g. … 4,0; 4,25; 4,75 …).
The entry field Paragraph Spacing defines the spacing
between text paragraphs. The entry field accepts only
absolute values in all units. confirm your settings with
the e key.
The entry field Character Width defines the horizontal
stretching of a character. The character width can be
set from 10 % to 400 % in 1 % steps, whereby 100 %
represents the original width. Thus values under 100 %
compress the character width, and values above 100 %
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The entry field Character Spacing defines the spacing
between characters. Character Spacing can be set from
-500 % to 500 % in 1% stages, whereby 0 % represents
the original spacing. Thus values under 0 % pull the
characters closer together, values over 0% stretch out
the character spacing, pushing the characters apart.
The entry field Paragraph Indent defines the distance
between the beginning of the first line of the paragraph
and the left hand edge of the text object.
The entry field Left Indent (hanging indent) define
the distance between the beginning of the second line
and all further lines of the paragraph and the left
hand edge of the text object.
Both fields accept only absolute values in all units.
1 The measurement units for Font Size, Line Spacing
and Paragraph Spacing as well as the Indents
are taken from the settings in the Measurements tab
in the Preferences dialog.
5 Text entry and corrections
To define the appearance of a text, there are two pos-
sibilities available. On the one hand, specifications may
be made in dialogs and palettes that take effect from
the current position of the cursor. On the other hand,
settings and modifications may be made to existing
text passages, providing these have been marked
beforehand.
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6 The cursor
To edit a certain part of an example text or to enter
text, you move the cursor with the mouse or the arrow
keys to the required text position.
If you want to position the cursor using the mouse,
you move the I-beam pointer (∑) to the required text
position and click the mouse button once. The cursor
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7 Text Entry and Text Selection
Position the cursor in the text object and enter some
text.
To select single text passages with the mouse, position
the cursor at the beginning or at the end or the
required text passage. Hold down the mouse button
and move the mouse in the required direction.
To select single text passages with the keyboard, position
the cursor at the beginning or at the end or the
required text passage. Hold down the s key und and
press the arrow keys (h, f, i, g) continually until the
required text passage is marked.
If you want to select longer text passages, set the cursor
at the point in the text where the marking should start
or finish. Hold down the s key and click where the
marking should finish or start.
This process is carried out when the beginning and end
of a marked text passage are not visible simultaneously
or lie on separate pages.
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8 Selecting Text elements
A text consists of different text elements. By elements
we mean a word, a line or a paragraph.
To mark a word very quickly, move the I-beam
pointer(∑) over the required word and double-click the
word with the mouse.
To mark a line very quickly, move the I-beam pointer(∑)
over the required line and click the line three times
with the mouse.
To mark a paragraph very quickly, move the I-beam
pointer(∑) over the required paragraph and click the
paragraph four times with the mouse.
To mark the entire text within a text chain, place the
cursor anywhere in the text and click five times with
the mouse.
To mark the entire text within a text chain, there is
another possibility. Select the command Select All in
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9 Simple Text Linking
1 In the previous sections you have learnt to create
text objects, to enter texts and to perform various
operations. For these tasks we have always assumed
that only text will be entered in a text object that actually
fits in it. As soon as you enter more text than the
text object can display an overflow symbol appears in
the bottom right hand corner of the text objekt, consisting
of a rectangle with a diagonal cross. The overflow
symbol is visible when the guides are switched on.
To make the rest of the text in a text object visible, the
text object must either be enlarged, or additional text
objects must be linked in a text chain. With a text
chain, the text runs from the bottom right hand corner
of a text object into the top left hand corner of the
next text object in the chain.
2 To create a text chain, select the link tool in the
toolbar.
3 Click in the text object that is at the beginning of
the text chain. an open arrow with a round end
appears. As soon as the tool is moved to the next text
object, this is colored blue and the arrow is
lengthened. Click in this object and move the tool on
to the next. In the final text object, the procedure is
completed with a double-click. The tool is deselected
by the program.
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4 When you click in a text object that is part of a
chain, the cursor blinks in the top left hand corner of
the first text object. Now text can be entered or
imported. As soon as the first text object is full, the
text flows automatically into the next text object and
so on.
10 Break text chain
5 To break a text chain, select the “Break text chain”
tool from the toolbar.
6 Click the tool on the text object after which the
chain should be broken.
VivaDesigner then breaks the link between the
selected object and the object following it.
7 If several text objects were linked together, the
original following object now forms the beginning of
a new text chain with all following text objects. The
relationship between all the following text objects is
retained.
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1 Importing Text
As well as the possibility of entering text or pasting
copied text, the program allows the import of text files
of different formats. These are generally files from
word-processing programs of other manufacturers,
which may also have been created on other platforms.
Texts that have been created with these programs
usually possess some styles in the form of fonts, font
sizes and other attributes.
Naturally enough, you want to take over these attributes
in VivaDesigner. For this the program provides
special filters.
You import text files into the current text chain, in
which you set the cursor at the appropriate place and
select the command Import in the File menu.
1 In the dialog all files will be displayed that are available
for the appropriate filter. Select a file format from
the popup menu that corresponds to the format of the
text file you want to import. If you don’t know exactly
which format the file has, select the entry All readable.
Confirm your selection by clicking Open.
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2 Text Preferences
The Roman Text tab in the Preferences dialog determines
how the program should react in the text area
while working.
2 The commands for Superscript define the offset
and character modification for Superscript characters
when the style attribute is selected in the Style menu
or the Module Palette.
3 The commands for Subscript define the offset and
character modification for Subscript characters when
the style attribute is selected in the Style menu or the
Module Palette.
4 The commands for Superior define the offset and
character modification for Superior characters when
the style attribute is selected in the Style menu or the
Module Palette.
5 The commands for SmallCaps define the character
modification for characters that are converted to Small
Caps when the style attribute is selected in the Style
menu or the Module Palette.
6 The commands for Underlining define the offset of
the line from the text line when the style attribute is
selected in the Style menu or the Module Palette.
7 The commands for Baseline Grid define the position
and display of the baselines.
8 The commands for Styles define an initial Style
Sheet and from which font size the text should be displayed
in blocks.
9 The commands under Options define the automatic
line spacing, a forced line break and the default
language for text objects (this is usually set when you
start the program for the first time).
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3 Automatic Line Break
When you enter text in a text object, the line break is
made at the right hand edge of the line. You can influence
the type of line break manually, and also automate
it and apply specific rules to it.
The automatic line break is mainly influenced by the
hyphenation of the appropriate language.
To switch the hyphenation on or off, Select the command
Settings in the Text > Hyphenation menu. The
commands determine whether and how a text will be
broken at the end of a line. The command can be
selected when the cursor is placed in the text or when
a text passage has been marked.
1 To set the hyphenation, activate the Hyphenation
Settings checkbox. If the checkbox is active, you can
make entries in the fields Smallest Word, Hyphens
in a Row, Minimum Before and Minimum After.
2 The field Smallest Word defines the minimum
number of characters in a hyphenated word.
3 The field Hyphens in a Row defines the number of
hyphenations allowed in a row.
4 The field Minimum Before defines the minimum
size of a syllable at the beginning of a hyphenated
word.
5 The field Minimum After defines the minimum
size of a syllable at the end of a hyphenated word.
All fields accept whole values between 0 and 256.
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4 Text Spacing
4.1 Line Spacing
You can define Line Spacing with the Module Palette
or in the Line Spacing dialog.
Select the command Line Spacing in the Text menu.
The command defines the spacing between lines and
paragraphs. The command can be selected when a text
object is activated and the cursor is placed in the text.
6 The field Line Spacing defines the absolute or relative
spacing between individual lines.
Absolute Line Spacing is defined with the entry of a
numeric size, which can be entered in all known measurement
units (it is useful to make entries in mm
with 0.25-mm stages). With Absolute Line Spacing
the text line is always displayed with the spacing
entered.
7 The measurement unit for Line Spacing is defined
in the Measurements tab in the Preferences dialog.
8 If a relative Line Spacing is entered, the spacing
between the text lines will be determined by the font
size of the largest character on the line. Relative Line
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1 Relative Line Spacing can be increased by the entry
of a specific factor for the whole document in the
Roman Text tab in the Preferences dialog.
2 The command Space Before adds extra space
between the first line of a paragraph and the last line
of the previous paragraph. The setting has no effect
when the first line of the paragraph is the first line of a
text object or a new column.
3 The command Space After adds extra space
between the last line of a paragraph and the first line
of the next paragraph. The setting has no effect when
the last line of the paragraph is the last line of a text
object or a new column.
4 The command Paragraph Spacing adds extra
space between two paragraphs.
A paragraph has been created when after a text line a
Return (New Line) has been entered. The setting has
no effect when the first line of the following paragraph
is the first line of a text object or a new column.
If no special spacing is required, enter 0 (zero).
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5 The command Baseline Offset defines the offset or
spacing between the baseline of the line and the text
baseline. With this command any quantity of characters
or words can be offset upwards or downwards, without
the Line Spacing bein changed.
6 Positive values have the effect that the baseline is
offset upwards.
7 Negative values have the effect that the baseline is
offset downwards.
8 With the command Vert. Alignment the text in an
object can be aligned vertically according to certain
rules.
9 If the checkbox is activated, you can select the vertical
alignment from the popup menu on the right.
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1 The option Center centers the text exactly between
the top and bottom edges of the frame.
2 The option Bottom causes the text to be aligned
on the bottom edge of the frame.
3 The option Line causes the left-over space between
the top and bottom edges of the frame to be spread
evenly between the lines.
4 The option Paragraph causes the left-over space
between the top and bottom edges of the frame to be
spread evenly between the paragraphs. If there is only
one paragraph in the text object, there will be no
change.
5 The command Maximum allows the entry of a size
beyond which the Vertical Alignment between Lines
and Paragraphs may not go. If no entry is made here,
no maximum will be registered. The command may be
selected when the Vertical Alignment between
Lines and Paragraphs is selected.
6 The command Set Lines to Grid causes the lines of
text to be aligned on the baseline grid. If the Line
Spacing has been set larger than the grid line spacing,
the program will position the text lines on the next
possible grid line. Here the program recognises all the
settings in the fields Line Spacing, Space Before and
Space After.
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7 The settings for the spacing and display of the baseline
grid are made in the Roman Text tab of the Preferences
dialog.
To display or hide the baseline grid while working,
Select the command Show Baseline Grid in the View
> Text menu.
8 The command Widows & Orphans defines the way
in which lines at the end of a text object or a column
will be broken.
If the checkbox Widows & Orphans is activated, the
commands All Lines in Paragraph or Start/End can
be selected.
All Lines in Paragraph means that the whole paragraph
will automatically be pushed into the next column or
text object if it cannot be displayed completely in the
current text object or column.
The commands Start and End define that the paragraph
may be partly broken into the next column or text
object if the line values are not exceeded. The paragraph
will be pushed completely into the next column
or text object if the sum of the Start and End values is
greater than the number of lines in the paragraph.
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4.2 Indents
You can define indents with the Module Palette, or
you can define them in the Indents dialog.
Select the command Indents from the Text menu.
1 The commands in the Indents dialog determine the
spacing between the edges of the text object and the
text. The command is available when a text object has
been selected and activated by placing the cursor in
the text.
2 All values entered are additional to those you have
entered in the Object > Special Settings dialog.
The program does not check whether the values
entered are greater than the width of the text object
or the corresponding column. If this is the case the text
will automatically be broken to the next text object in
which it can be displayed with the indents set. If there
is no appropriately wide object in the text chain, the
overflow symbol will be displayed.
3 The measurement unit for these fields is determined
by the Measurements tab in the Preferences
dialog.
4 The command Left defines the space on the left
between the text within the frame effective from the
second line of a paragraph. The command has no
effect on the first line of the paragraph.
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The command Right defines the space on the right
hand side between the text object and the text within
the frame.
5 The command Paragraph Indent defines the space
on the left between the text within the frame for the
first line of a paragraph.
6 The checkbox Drop Caps defines that the beginning
of a paragraph will include Drop Caps. These are
the first few characters of a paragraph, and are larger
than the main body text. If the checkbox is activated,
the fields Characters, Lines and Drop Cap Indent
may be selected.
7 Characters defines the number of characters that
are to appear as Drop Caps at the beginning of a paragraph.
The field accepts round figures between 1 and 8.
8 Lines defines the height of the Drop Cap characters,
expressed in the number of lines. The field accepts
round figures between 2 and 16 lines.
9 Drop Cap Indent defines the spacing between the
main body text and the Drop Cap. The indent is
defined as the space between the last Drop Cap character
and the first character of the main body text.
The Drop Cap height can only be calculated correctly
when the font size and line spacing of the main body
text are the same for all lines.
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5 Aesthetic Rag
5.1Character Spacing
You can define Character Spacing with the Module
Palette, or in the Character Spacing dialog.
1 Select the command Character Spacing in the
Text menu.
The field Character Spacing defines the distance
between two characters.
0 % stands for the standard character spacing, which is
predetermined by the font size. If the character spacing
is increased, a value greater than 0 % must be
entered, if it is decreased then a value less than 0 % (e.
g. – 5%) must be entered.
The field Character Height defines the height of a
character. 100% is the default value. Increasing the
Character Height automatically influences the automatic
line spacing.
The field Character Width defines the width of a
character. 100% is the default value.
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5.2 Word Spacing
The option Word Spacing determines the horizontal
spacing between words on a line. As words the program
recognises sets of characters that have been separated
from one another by a space. The command may be
selected when a text object is activated and the cursor
has been placed in the text.
2 To set the word spacing, select the command Word
Spacing in the Text menu.
Minimum determines the minimum word spacing
when the styles Justified or Forced Justified are
applied.
Optimum determines the word spacing for all alignments.
Maximum determines the maximum word spacing
when the styles Justified or Forced Justified are
applied.
All fields accept values between 0% and 10000 % in
1% stages.

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1 Tabs
Tabserve to place a text at a certain horizontal posi-
tion. Therefore tabs are frequently used for the creation
of tables. The tab stop has the effect that following
characters are placed exactly at a numerically
determined position in the text. The tab options are
left, right, centered and decimal. These options define
the alignment of the tab and the following text.
1 To define the position and behavior of a tab, place
the cursor in the text. Then select the command Tab in
the Text menu.
In the dialog that opens you can define your tabs after
you have activated the checkbox “Use Tabs”.
2 To set a tab, click New.
3 A line is formed with the tab position “0” and the
alignment “left”. You can overwrite the value in the
position field.
4 You have four alignment possibilities: “Left”,
“Right”, “Center” and “Decimal”.
With left tabs, the text will continue to be written
from left to right according to the tab stop.
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With a right tab it is exactly the other way around. The
following text is pushed to the left until it meets the
text before the tab.
A special form of the right tab is presented by the decimal
tab. Here too, the text after the tab stop is pushed
to the left, but only until a decimal point is entered.
For this reason, such tabs are used mostly in the creation
of price lists.
The Center tab has the effect that the text entered is
spread equally to the left and right of the tab stop on
a central axis.
5 In the entry field for the tab fill character, you enter
the character that should fill up the empty space to the
left of the tab stop. In principle any character may be
used, but only one single character may be entered.
Generally this is a full stop or point, and is used for
example is tables of content.
In this way, you can define all the tabs you require. To
confirm your settings, you click the Ö button. If you
click Cancel, any settings you made will be lost.

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2 Working with Style Sheets
To apply frequently repeated attributes automatically,
VivaDesigner provides very comfortable Style Sheets.
You may already know these from other layout programs
or word processing applications. There Style
Sheets are often known as paragraph templates or
Macros. Style Sheets enable the user to apply a series
of commands simultaneously and automatically.
The advantage in this way of working lies not only in
the speedy application of different commands, but also
in flexible editing.
To clarify this, let us assume that several text passages
in the document are to be assigned the font Times, size
14 pt and the color Magenta. Create a Style Sheet for
these atributes. Instead of applying the commands to
the marked passage individually, you just make a simple
click on the Style Sheet in the Style Sheets Palette.
For this reason it is an advantage to work with a number
of Style Sheets, so as to complete your tasks quickly
in a structured way.
1 To show or hide the Style Sheets Palette, Select the
command Style Sheets Palette in the View menu.
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3 Simple Style Sheet definition
1 To edit or define new Style Sheets, select the command
Style Sheets in the Edit menu. In the Style
Sheets dialog, all Style Sheets previously defined in
the document are listed for selection. In front of the
Style Sheet name is a symbol indicating the type of
Style Sheet. VivaDesigner provides Style Sheets for
text, images and objects.
To create a new Style Sheet, click the New.
2 A dialog opens in which you must enter a name for
the new Style Sheet.
With the popup menu Type you define whether the
Style Sheet relates to text objects, picture objects
or or graphic objects. For this exercise, please select
Text.
Confirm with Ö.
The new Style Sheet will appear in the left hand field,
and you can now make your entries.
3 Under Info and for Template, select None.
For Key you can select shortcut key(s) for the new
Style Sheet. The Function keys ∞ - », the numeric
key on the numeric block and corresponding combinations
with the o-, s- and œ keys are possible,
depending on your system.
Do not define a Following Style Sheet.
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4 The additional tabs are menus with whose help all
attributes that the program allows for different areas
may be made.
If you click the individual tabs, dialogs open to allow
you to make your definitions.
Most of the dialogs correspond to those that you can
also open with the menu. Therefore we will not
describe them more closely here.
By contrast to the well-known dialogs, the entry fields
can remain empty. This has the effect that attributes
that have been directly assigned in the user area are
not overwritten.
If you want for example to define a Style Sheet that
just sets the text color while the font and font size
remain unchanged, you must leave the popup menu
Font empty and if necessary delete any entries in Size.
When you have made all your settings, close all the
dialogs with a click on Ö.
Now your new Style Sheet is available for selection in
the Style Sheets Palette.
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4 Editing Style Sheets
To edit a Style Sheet, select the command Style
Sheets in the Edit menu.
Select a Style sheet from the list and change the values
in the appropriate fields.
To edit a Style Sheet directly from the document, click
on the Style Sheet in the Style Sheets Palette while
holding down the s (Shift) key. In the dialog that
opens, the Style Sheet is already selected and you can
make your changes.
5 Using Style Sheets
To use a Style Sheet, select the command Style Sheets
Palette in the View menu to see the available Style
Sheets.
To assign a text Style Sheet to a certain passage, mark
the passage in the text object and then click the mouse
on the appropriate text Style Sheet in the Style Sheets
Palette, or alternatively press the relevant shortcut
key(s).
To apply a text Style Sheet automatically to a whole
paragraph, position the cursor in the paragraph, hold
down the o (Alt) key, and then click the mouse on the
appropriate text Style Sheet in the Style Sheets Palette,
or alternatively press the relevant shortcut key(s).
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To apply a text Style Sheet as from a certain Text position,
position the cursor at the appropriate place in the
text and click the mouse on the appropriate text Style
Sheet in the Style Sheets Palette, or alternatively press
the relevant shortcut key(s). If you now enter more
text, it will be assigned the Style Sheet you have
selected.
The program always remembers with which Style Sheet
the text was edited. If the cursor is placed in a text passage
that has been assigned a Style Sheet, then this
will be displayed as selected in the Style Sheets Palette.
If several text Style Sheets are assigned to the same
text, the program remebers the last Style Sheet that
was assigned. Only this one will be shown in the palette.
Thus a new assignment of a text Style Sheet
therefore overwrites all previous Style Sheets. The
appearance of the text changes only in the attributes,
which differ from the previous text Style Sheet.

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1. Creating picture objects
VivaDesigner is an object-oriented layout program.
This means that, the display of images in the program
is achieved using picture objects. For this reason a picture
object must be created before importing images.
The imported image is displayed in the object, the
edges of the object form the frame of the image.
1 Every closed form can be used as a picture object.
The images below show examples of closed object
forms containing images.
VivaDesigner offers several possibilities for creating
picture objects:
If no object is already available, create a new closed
picture object (rectangle, ellipse, polygon or Bézier
object) using the toolbar.
If an object has already been created, whichever type
(graphic or text), select the object and then the command
Picture in the Object > Content auf.
2 If you convert a text object to a picture object
VivaDesigner issues a warning that the content will be
lost.
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If you want to create a rectangular picture object,
VivaDesigner offers you the possibility of doing this via
the menu or shortcut keys.
Ensure that no object is selected and that the program
is not in text or image mode.
Select the comand Picture in the Object > Content
menu. The program will create a rectangular(square)
image in the top left hand corner of the page.
3 After a picture object has been created it will be
displayed with a diagonal cross to show that it is a picture
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2 Activate picture content
To import an image or position imported images, the
picture content must be activated. As you know, the
mouse pointer changes its appearance depending on
the object type.
1 If you move the mouse pointer over a picture
object, it changes to a grabber hand (©).
If the picture content is activated with a mouse-click, a
virtual frame is displayed.
Picture appears in the menu und, if the Module Palette
has not been hidden, the Picture Palette will be
displayed.
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3 Picture Palette
2 The Picture Palette also serves for quick positioning
and manipulation of imported images and can be
selected when an image has been activated with the
grabber hand, and the command Module Palette is
displayed with a checkmark in the View menu. If this
is not the case, click the command Module Palette in
the View menu to display the palette.
Both the popup menus for horizontal scaling and vertical
scaling display a series of predefined scaling factors.
Also, the scaling factor may be entered manually in
the two fields provided. The fields accept scaling
entries between 1% and 2000% in 0.001% stages.
However, it is essential to keep picture scaling within
the framework of the image resolution so that your
output will not appear "pixelly".
Both the entry fields for horizontal position and vertical
position determine the position (and possibly
the crop) of the image in the object. Entries may be
made in the known measurement units; the fields
accept positive values for offset to the right and downwards,
and negative values for offset to the left and
upwards.
The entry field Screen Angle defines the angle of the
dots in the output.
The entry field Screen Frequency specifies the number
of lines per inch.
Both fields can be selected when the image is black
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The Information field shows you the file type of the
image (JPEG, TIFF, etc.), the Color Model (e.g. CMYK),
the image size in Pixels, and the resolution in dpi.
In the angle field, you define the rotation of the
image within the object. Values between 0 and 360°
may be entered.
In the skew field, you define the skew of the image
within the object. Values between 0 and 75° may be
entered.
4 Importing images
To import the image, first activate the object with a
click on the object surface. Then select the command
Import in the File menu, or use the appropriate shortcut
keys shown.
1 After the command has been selected, you will see
the VIVA dialog, in which all folders and image files
are displayed that are recognised by the program.
2 The types of image available are shown in the
popup menu File Type.
If you do not know in which format the image you
want to import has been saved, select the entry All
readable.
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When images are imported, they are not embedded in
the document, but the program saves an image preview,
the image name its Path. Thus the document
size is reduced considerably.
Select an image file and confirm your selection with a
double click on the file name, or simply click Open.
If an image is imported into a picture object, the existing
image will be deleted, but all settings such as scaling,
offset, etc. will be applied to the newly imported
image.
If you want to import an image into a picture object
with special settings, you can make these settings in
the Picture Palette before importing the image.
As an alternative you can import your images with
»Drag & Drop«, by simply dragging the image over the
picture object with the mouse and then releasing the
mouse button.
If you want to import a page of a PDF file containing
more than one page, you do this in exactly the same
way as described above. The program will analyse the
PDF file and open a dialog for you to choose the page
you want.
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5 Move image
You move the image within the object using the
Mouse or nudge it with the arrow keys. If the image
is moved outside the object frame, it will still be displayed
as long as you hold down the mouse button
or the arrow key.
If when moving the image interactively with the
grabber hand you hold down the s (Shift) key, the
image can only be moved horizontally or vertically in a
straight line.
6 Fitting the image
The command Fit Picture to Frame causes the program
to calculate the horizontal and vertical scaling
factors in such a way that the image is fitted exactly to
the object frame.
Activate the image and select the command Fit Picture
to Frame to see the effect.
The command Fit Picture Proportionally to Frame
causes the image to be reduced or enlarged in such a
way that it is fitted to the object frame horizontally
and/or vertically and is centered at the same time.
Activate the image and select the command Fit Picture
Proportionally to Frame to see the effect.
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The command Fit Frame to Picture causes the object
frame to be enlarged or reduced so that it fits the size
of the image exactly. The image is centered in the
object at the same time.
Activate the image and select the command Fit Frame
to Picture to see the effect.
To center the image manually, activate the image and
select the command Center in the Picture > Alignment
menu. This command helps you to find pictures
quickly that have been placed outside their objects in
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7 Run Around
The command Run Around in the Object menu
defines the way in which text behaves in relation to
images and lines that are in the level(s) above the text
object.
To use this command, an appropriate object must be
selected.
Then you select the command Run Around in the
Object menu.
1 The program opens the dialog Run Around.
2 In the popup menu Method you define whether
and in which form the text should run around the
object.
The option No means that objects lying in levels above
the text object and cutting into it will not be run
around.
The option Object contours means that objects lying
in levels above the text object and cutting into it will
be run around. With this setting, the text runs exactly
around the contours of the object.
3 When the option Object contours is selected, the
entry field Total appears in the Distance section. All
other fields are not selectable.
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4 The option Block means that objects lying in levels
above the text object and cutting into it will be run
around. Here the text flows around the virtual rectangle
of the object irrelevant of the form. With rectangular
objects, there is therefore no difference as against
the setting Object contours, providing that in all four
fields Top, Left, Right and Bottom the same value is
entered as in the Total field for the setting Object
contours.
5 The option Picture boundaries means that the
IMAGE will be run around. In this case it is not necessary
to fit the frame to the picture. The frame must of
course be transparent, so that the effect is visible.
6 The option Embedded path means that images
possessing an embedded path will be run around at
the path. For this function you do of course need a
suitable image.
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