DesignPro Tools Graphics Editor for Xerox
U s e r G u i d e
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction |
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Graphics Editor Overview ................................................................... |
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Graphics Editor and Other Elixir Products................................................ |
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Interconnectivity Examples ....................................................................... |
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Associated DesignPro Applications..................................................... |
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About this User Guide ......................................................................... |
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Who Should Use this Guide?..................................................................... |
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Related Guides........................................................................................... |
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Conventions ......................................................................................... |
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Typographic Conventions.......................................................................... |
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Symbolic Conventions............................................................................... |
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Getting the Answers You Need ........................................................... |
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Customer Support ...................................................................................... |
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Elixir Web Site Support............................................................................. |
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Elixir Training ........................................................................................... |
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Product Help .............................................................................................. |
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Release Notes ............................................................................................ |
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Chapter 2: DesignPro Graphics Editor Environment |
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Opening Graphics Editor ..................................................................... |
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What’s in the Workspace? ................................................................... |
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Design Area ............................................................................................... |
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Toolbox...................................................................................................... |
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Messages Window..................................................................................... |
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Clearing Messages............................................................................................ |
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Copying Messages............................................................................................ |
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Logging Messages ............................................................................................ |
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Displaying Message Time and Date................................................................. |
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Color Coding Messages.................................................................................... |
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Workspace Tools ................................................................................. |
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Menus ........................................................................................................ |
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Toolbars ..................................................................................................... |
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Customizing Toolbar Display........................................................................... |
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Contents |
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Creating a New Toolbar ................................................................................... |
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Adding Buttons to Toolbars ............................................................................. |
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Status Bar................................................................................................... |
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Grid............................................................................................................ |
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Displaying and Hiding the Grid....................................................................... |
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Setting Grid Color............................................................................................ |
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Ruler .......................................................................................................... |
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Displaying and Hiding the Ruler ..................................................................... |
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Setting Ruler Units........................................................................................... |
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Basic Workspace Functions................................................................. |
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Using the Right Click Menu ............................................................................ |
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Choosing Commands ....................................................................................... |
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Undoing and Repeating Commands ................................................................ |
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Chapter 3: DesignPro Graphics Editor Basics |
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Managing Images ................................................................................ |
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Opening an Image ............................................................................................ |
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Arranging Images in the Design Area.............................................................. |
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Creating an Image ............................................................................................ |
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Changing Image Attributes .............................................................................. |
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Saving an Image............................................................................................... |
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Resetting an Image........................................................................................... |
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Setting Image Parameters................................................................................. |
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Previewing and Printing Images.......................................................... |
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Specifying Paper Properties ............................................................................. |
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Print Previewing an Image............................................................................... |
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Printing an Image............................................................................................. |
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Printing a Portion of an Image ......................................................................... |
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Chapter 4: Drawing Objects |
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Using the Drawing Tools..................................................................... |
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Drawing Objects........................................................................................ |
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Using the Pencil ............................................................................................... |
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Drawing Lines.................................................................................................. |
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Drawing Boxes................................................................................................. |
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Drawing Circles/Ellipses.................................................................................. |
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Drawing Curves ............................................................................................... |
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Drawing Polygons/Polylines............................................................................ |
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Filling Objects ........................................................................................... |
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Using the Color Picker..................................................................................... |
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Using Floodfill ................................................................................................. |
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Using Airbrush ................................................................................................. |
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Using Brush ...................................................................................................... |
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Erasing Objects.......................................................................................... |
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Using Eraser ..................................................................................................... |
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Enhancing Objects with Style Tools ......................................................... |
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Pattern and Preview Area ................................................................................. |
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Line Width and Line Style................................................................................ |
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Working with Patterns ............................................................................... |
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Selecting a Fill Pattern...................................................................................... |
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Editing a Pattern ............................................................................................... |
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Drawing Modes ......................................................................................... |
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Overwriting: Opaque Mode.............................................................................. |
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Adding: Transparent Mode............................................................................... |
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Reversing: Overlay Mode................................................................................. |
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Chapter 5: Editing Images |
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Editing Images ..................................................................................... |
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Using the Select Tool........................................................................................ |
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Selecting an Image ........................................................................................... |
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Selecting an Image Area................................................................................... |
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Copying an Image............................................................................................. |
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Cutting an Image .............................................................................................. |
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Pasting an Image............................................................................................... |
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Moving an Image Area..................................................................................... |
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Copying and Pasting Screen Area .................................................................... |
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Using the Save Selection Option...................................................................... |
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Image Change Commands......................................................................... |
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Merging an Image with another Image............................................................. |
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Changing Canvas Size ..................................................................................... |
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Breaking up an Image..................................................................................... |
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Converting an Image to a Form Template ...................................................... |
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Zooming In and Out ................................................................................ |
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Using the Zoom Tool...................................................................................... |
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Using Colors............................................................................................ |
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Setting Image Color Properties ...................................................................... |
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Setting a Foreground Color ............................................................................ |
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Setting a Background Color ........................................................................... |
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Setting Canvas Color...................................................................................... |
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Adding a Color to the Color Palette ............................................................... |
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Opening a Color Palette.................................................................................. |
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Setting Image Color Model ............................................................................ |
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Selecting a Color Catalog .............................................................................. |
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Setting Image Format..................................................................................... |
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About User Profiles ................................................................................. |
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Default User Profile ....................................................................................... |
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Selecting a User Profile.................................................................................. |
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Custom User Profile....................................................................................... |
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Image Format Properties ......................................................................... |
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Changing Output Format Properties .............................................................. |
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Viewing Parser and Converter Properties ...................................................... |
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Setting Symbol Properties.............................................................................. |
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Changing the Default Directory Structure (System Data.INI File Options).. |
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Elixir Parameter File (EPM).................................................................... |
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Saving an EPM File ....................................................................................... |
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Clearing an EPM File .................................................................................... |
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Opening an EPM File..................................................................................... |
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Chapter 6: Using Text and Transform Tools |
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Entering Image Text ................................................................................ |
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Adding Boxed Text ........................................................................................ |
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Adding Free Text ........................................................................................... |
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Choosing a Font....................................................................................... |
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Selecting TrueType or ATM Fonts................................................................. |
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Selecting Elixir Fonts..................................................................................... |
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Displaying Elixir Fonts .................................................................................. |
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Converting Images to Elixir Fonts .......................................................... |
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Exporting an Image as a Character Font........................................................ |
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Exporting an Image as a Tile Font ................................................................. |
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Using Font Characters ............................................................................. |
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Importing Elixir Font Character into an Image.............................................. |
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Editing Text ............................................................................................. |
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Copying and Pasting Text .............................................................................. |
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Changing the Appearance of Text........................................................... |
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Changing Text Rotation, Alignment, and Positioning ................................... |
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Using the Transform Tools...................................................................... |
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Clearing an Image .......................................................................................... |
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Inverting Colors ............................................................................................. |
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Resizing an Image.......................................................................................... |
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Rotating an Image .......................................................................................... |
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Flipping an Image .......................................................................................... |
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Positioning an Image Area............................................................................. |
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Distorting an Image........................................................................................ |
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Filtering “Noise” or “Dust” ............................................................................ |
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Halftoning an Image ....................................................................................... |
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Darkening an Image ....................................................................................... |
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Lightening an Image....................................................................................... |
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Outlining an Image ......................................................................................... |
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Slimming an Image......................................................................................... |
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Appendix A: Workspace Quick Reference |
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Menu bar ............................................................................................ |
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File Menu................................................................................................. |
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Edit Menu ................................................................................................ |
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View Menu .............................................................................................. |
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Image Menu............................................................................................. |
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Transformations Menu ............................................................................ |
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Tools Menu.............................................................................................. |
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Window Menu ......................................................................................... |
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Help Menu ............................................................................................... |
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Toolbars ............................................................................................. |
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Standard Toolbar ..................................................................................... |
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Drawing Toolbar...................................................................................... |
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View Toolbar........................................................................................... |
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Drawing Modes Toolbar.......................................................................... |
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Transform Toolbar................................................................................... |
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Appendix B: Glossary |
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Index |
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Chapter 1:
Introduction
In this chapter...
Graphics Editor Overview
Associated DesignPro Applications
About this User Guide
Conventions
Getting the Answers You Need
This guide provides both background and procedural information for using DesignPro Graphics Editor for Xerox. Because business requirements and user preferences can vary for each company, the material contained herein should be viewed as a general guide only.
As you step through the material, please remember that your specific business needs will govern selection of the options and preferences described. Similarly, certain selections will require that some tasks be repeated, while other selections will allow you to omit tasks entirely.
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DesignPro Graphics Editor provides drawing tools and associated functions for creating and editing black-and-white or full-color images. With DesignPro Graphics Editor, you can:
Create new bitmap and LP3 images. Edit and transform images.
Tile images into fonts.
Save images to supported formats.
The figure below illustrates the input and output file formats supported by DesignPro Graphics Editor. You can open and save graphic files in IMG (Xerox image), LGO (Xerox logo), LP3 (Elixir Legacy Graphic), BMP, JPEG, JPE, JPG, PCX, PNG, and TIFF formats. Besides the file formats listed above, you can also save graphic files in EFR (Elixir Form) and Elixir font format. Support for editing images, and then reconverting them to any of the supported file formats is also provided within the Graphics Editor.
Importing/Exporting Graphics Editor images in supported formats.
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DesignPro Tools for Xerox enables you to interconnect with other publishing products and components. The figure below illustrates how DesignPro Graphics Editor can be integrated into an overall publishing process.
Graphics Editor for Xerox and Other Elixir Products.
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The Converters application in DesignPro Manager converts image file formats such as IMG (Xerox image), LGO (Xerox logo), LP3 (Elixir Legacy Graphic), BMP, JPEG, JPE, JPG, PCX, and TIFF to Elixir format for use in DesignPro Graphics Editor.
The Converters application also converts a Xerox font to Elixir format, which you can import for placement in an image using Graphics Editor.
Using DesignPro Graphics Editor, you can create and edit fonts, and load them directly by tiling graphics into equal rectangles, each corresponding to a font character. Fonts created in Graphics Editor can also be imported and edited in the DesignPro Font Editor, and then converted to the Xerox format and printed on any Xerox printer.
Images created in Graphics Editor can then be used with DesignPro Form Editor to enhance form appearance.
DesignPro Tools for Xerox employs integrated applications to provide advanced functionality for creating resources such as documents, overlays, fonts and images for Xerox jobs. Each application helps you create or modify one or more of these necessary resources in a simple environment.
Following are the DesignPro Tools for Xerox applications:
DesignPro Manager: a Windows-based desktop program for managing and converting resources to multiple supported formats. You can also open other DesignPro Tools applications using the DesignPro Manager.
DesignPro Form Editor: an advanced overlay design tool used to create and edit forms for Xerox printers.
DesignPro Font Editor: a complete font design application used for creating and editing Xerox fonts as well as Elixir and PCL fonts. You can also open True Type fonts in this editor.
DesignPro Graphics Editor: a full service bitmap editor providing various transformations and commands for tiling images into raster fonts and image modifications, such as resizing and cleaning up scanned images.
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The DesignPro Graphics Editor User Guide provides definitions and step-by-step instructions to help you use this bitmap editor for tiling images into raster fonts and creating or modifying images using various transformations and commands.
The guide is organized to mimic the image creation process. From the basic image creation to editing and transforming and tiling the images, each chapter describes tasks in the same order you can use when designing your images:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Introduces DesignPro Graphics Editor and basic image formats. Also introduces this manual and identifies resources for finding answers and contacting Customer Support.
Chapter 2: DesignPro Graphics Editor Environment
Describes the Graphics Editor workspace. Included are instructions for customizing Graphics Editor menus and toolbars.
Chapter 3: DesignPro Graphics Editor Basics
Explains basic DesignPro Graphics Editor operations, including creating and opening images, and previewing images for printing.
Chapter 4: Drawing Objects
Explains how to use drawing and style tools in Graphics Editor and perform associated operations.
Chapter 5: Editing Images
Provides an overview on image editing commands. Also explains using image change commands, applying colors to images, setting image format properties. Brief overview of user profiles is also given.
Chapter 6: Using Text and Transform Tools
Describes how to enter and modify text on images and tile images as fonts. Also provides steps to transform images using different transform tools.
Appendix A: Workspace Quick Reference
Provides information on DesignPro Graphics Editor workspace environment menus and toolbars.
Appendix B: Glossary
Alphabetical listing of product-specific or unique terms and abbreviations used in the DesignPro Graphics Editor user guide.
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This guide assumes you are already familiar with Microsoft Windows operations, printer and font management operations and PC peripherals. You should also have access to reference manuals for PC software and hardware, including any printers you are using for the resource creation and print process.
If you require further information about a specific topic or wish to obtain product background information, reference the following resources, all of which are part of the DesignPro Tools for Xerox documentation package:
DesignPro Tools for Xerox Getting Started Guide. DesignPro Tools Manager for Xerox User Guide. DesignPro Tools Form Editor for Xerox User Guide. DesignPro Tools Font Editor for Xerox User Guide. DesignPro Tools for Xerox Migration Guide.
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Elixir products adhere to Microsoft Windows conventions for using menus, menu commands, dialogs, command buttons, icons and mouse. See your Windows manual for more information.
This guide uses the following typographic and symbolic conventions to identify special information.
This guide uses the following typographic conventions to identify special information.
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Width and Height entry boxes. |
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Look for the following symbols as you read through this guide to identify special information.
The Note symbol calls your attention to additional information.
The Tip symbol highlights a helpful tip.
The Shortcut symbol calls your attention to an easier way of accomplishing a task.
The Warning symbol warns you of problems you might encounter.
The Question symbol refers you to the online help for more information. To open online help:
From the Help menu, select Contents, or
Click in an open dialog.
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Elixir Technologies provides you with multiple ways to learn and use DesignPro Graphics
Editor:
Customer Support (page 17)
Elixir Web Site Support (page 18)
Elixir Training (page 18)
Product Help (page 18)
Release Notes (page 19)
If you purchased this product directly from Elixir Technologies, you can contact the Customer Support Center for your region at the number listed below.
If you have purchased this product from some other source, please contact the authorized support representative from that source. Elixir provides customer support for products purchased directly from Elixir.
North and South America:
+1 805 641 5900 ext. 3
Monday - Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time; if closed, press 2 to reach Elixir’s extended Support coverage.
Elx_support@elixir.com
Asia Pacific:
Asia_support@elixir.com
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Europe:
+44 (0) 207 993-4811
Monday - Friday, 6:00 am to 4:00 pm Central European Time
+1 805 641 5900 ext. 3
Monday - Friday, 4:00 pm to 2:00 am Central European Time Europe_support@elixir.com
An Elixir Product Specialist will take your call and ask for the following information:
Your name, organization, telephone number and address.
Elixir product name and version number.
A complete description of the problem, including any error messages printed or displayed on your monitor.
You can obtain product support from the Elixir web page at www.elixir.com.
Select Support to:
Ask a question of Elixir Support.
Download the latest product releases and patches. View the latest product Release Notes.
Sign up for Elixir Training. Renew your product license.
Elixir Technologies offers training for its full range of Windows-based products. For more information, contact Elixir Learning at +1 805 641 5900, ext. 4.
Elixir software provides Online Help for all product functions and contains step-by-step procedures that you can follow as you work:
Context-Sensitive Help can be activated from within the software for certain dialogs by clicking in the upper-right corner of a dialog.
Online Help can be opened from the Help menu by selecting Contents.
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Release Notes display at the start of product installation so you can review them before beginning the installation process. Once installation completes, you can access Release Notes from the product CD at drive:\Relnotes. There are two formats of the Release Notes file, Relnotes.pdf and Relnotes.txt. The PDF file can be viewed using Adobe Reader. The TXT file can be viewed using either Notepad or WordPad.
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Chapter 2:
DesignPro Graphics
Editor Environment
In this chapter...
What’s in the Workspace?
Workspace Tools
Basic Workspace Functions
Opening Graphics Editor
To open DesignPro Graphics Editor, from the Start menu select All Programs, Elixir Applications, DesignPro Tools, DesignPro Graphics Editor.
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When you start Graphics Editor, the workspace displays where you can create and maintain images and fonts. The Graphics Editor workspace displays the following main components, depending upon which component you want to have open:
Design Area (page 23) Toolbox (page 23) Messages Window (page 23)
The image illustrates each part of the Graphics Editor workspace, when all the components are open. You can customize the position and size of the windows to meet your requirements. The workspace windows can be displayed as either floating or docked, and can also be hidden from view.
Components of the DesignPro Graphics Editor.
Menu bar
Toolbox contains options for each box tool
Ruler
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Messages Window
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The Design Area provides visual representation of the images. You can create, edit and tile images; apply colors, patterns and transforms to the image; and print preview the image within the Design Area. A Preview Area opens within the Design Area to preview the patterns and images. The Design Area is scrollable vertically and horizontally. The Design Area also magnifies the image by using the Zoom tool. For details, refer to the task “Using the Zoom Tool” on page 103 in Chapter 5: “Editing Images” on page 89. At a certain Zoom level, the Design Area also provides a Locator view to specifically locate or edit a portion of the image.
Toolbox displays at the left of the Design Area by default. The Toolbox provides different options associated with most toolbar items in the Drawing and the Transform toolbars. Click on the toolbar item to view the associated options in the Toolbox. The Toolbox updates each time you select a Drawing or Transform tool.
The Messages window is located at the bottom of the workspace by default and can be docked to any other position. This window displays processing and compilation errors, warnings and informational messages generated by the application. You can close the Messages window from the menu by selecting View, Messages to allow more space to work.
You can perform any of the following functions to view or hide the Messages window:
Check/uncheck Messages from the View menu. Press Ctrl+Shift+M on the keyboard.
However, the Messages window will automatically re-display whenever a message is generated by the application.
You can view messages in pop-up message boxes alternatively.
Select Tools, Options. The Options dialog displays. From the General category, uncheck Send All Messages To Window.
You can also click at the top of the Messages window.
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To clear the messages generated by the application, right-click in the Messages window and select Clear Messages from the pop-up menu.
You can also clear messages in this window by pressing Control + D or by selecting Clear Messages from the View menu.
To copy the messages generated by the application:
1Select the required messages in the Messages window.
2Right-click the selected messages and select Copy Messages from the pop-up menu.
The selected messages copy to the clipboard and you can paste them wherever required.
You can also copy messages from this window by selecting the required messages and pressing Control + C on the keyboard.
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Logging options enable you to save the information displayed in the Messages window in a text file.
To log the generated messages:
1From the Tools menu, select Options. The Options dialog displays.
2Select the Messages category, and check Log to File. This writes messages to the log file.
Options set at the application level apply to all projects created in the application.
3 In the entry box adjacent to Log to File, enter the destination path for the log file.
The default value of “.\” saves the log file in the same directory as the resource file.
4Enter the name of the log file in the next entry box, as shown below:
The default log file name is “MSG.LOG”, however, you can change the file name and save it.
5Check Unicode to create the log file using the Unicode character set.
6Specify the settings of your choice:
Overwrite: overwrites any existing log file messages.
Append: appends messages to the existing log file.
Append by date: appends messages to the log file by date.
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You can view the log file at any time by clicking View Log File. The contents of the log file (with the name and location entered in the Log to File entry boxes) display in a Notepad window.
You can create a message log file in any format.
The Log file displaying the generated messages and the system date value is appended to the name of the file due to the Append by date option.
7 Click Apply, and then click OK.
You can also display the time and date when a message was generated in the Messages window.
To display message time and date:
1From the Tools menu, select Options. The Options dialog displays.
2Select the Messages category.
3Under the Messages to View area, check Information to display informational messages in the Messages window.
4Under the Show area, check Message Time in order to display the message generation time in the Messages window.
5Under the Show area, check Message Date in order to display the message generation time in the Messages window.
6Click Apply and then click OK.
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Messages in the Messages window can also be color coded according to the nature of the message. Color coding is added using colored boxes before the messages. Error messages display red boxes, warnings display blue boxes, and informational messages display neither. With color coding, critical messages can be located quickly.
To color code messages:
1From the Tools menu, select Options. The Options dialog displays.
2Select the Messages category.
3Under the Messages to View area, make sure Information is checked to display informational messages in the Messages window.
4In the Show area, check Use Color to display colored boxes in the Messages window.
5Click Apply and then click OK.
The Messages window.
You can also set the number of maximum lines displaying in the Messages window by entering the number in the Lines Maximum entry box, provided in the Show area.
If the number of messages generated exceeds the value specified in the Lines Maximum entry box, the new messages overwrite the existing ones from the top in the Messages window. If Log to File is checked, messages are overwritten from the top of the log file.
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Graphics Editor provides toolbars for easy access to the most commonly used application commands. You can perform standard Windows operations to hide or display a toolbar, or dock a toolbar at the edge of the workspace.
A menu bar with drop-down menus displays directly below the application title bar. These drop-down menus provide both standard MS-Windows and application-specific options. Selecting a menu performs an associated action or displays a submenu or a dialog. See “Menu bar” on page 151 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151 for detailed information on all of the menus.
Directly below the menu bar are toolbars with buttons that provide access to the most commonly used commands and tools. You can hide or display toolbars from the View menu by selecting Toolbars, required toolbar. See “Toolbars” on page 158 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151 for detailed information on tools in the toolbar.
To add or remove more buttons on a toolbar, see “Adding Buttons to Toolbars” on page 32.
To view or hide a toolbar, see “Customizing Toolbar Display” on page 30.
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Standard Toolbar
The Standard toolbar provides one-click access to the basic File and Edit menu commands, such as Saving an Image (page 50) or Previewing and Printing Images (page 53). For more information, refer to “Standard Toolbar” on page 159 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151.
Drawing Toolbar
The Drawing toolbar provides one-click access to the Drawing Objects (page 60). For more information, refer to “Drawing Toolbar” on page 160 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151.
View Toolbar
The View toolbar provides one-click access to the basic View menu commands such as using the Ruler and Grid tools or Zooming In and Out (page 103) within the Design Area. For more information, refer to “View Toolbar” on page 161 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151.
Drawing Modes Toolbar
The Drawing Modes (page 60) toolbar provide options to select the required drawing mode for an image. For more information, refer to “Drawing Modes Toolbar” on page 162 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151.
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Transform Toolbar
The Transform toolbar contains transform tools to apply transformations to an image. For more information, refer to “Transform Toolbar” on page 163 in Appendix A: “Workspace Quick Reference” on page 151.
You can also specify the toolbars that display in the workspace.
To customize Graphics Editor toolbars:
1From the View menu, select Toolbars, Customize. The Customize dialog displays.
2Click the Toolbars tab.
The Toolbar Options displays.
3Check the toolbars you want to display in the workspace from the list of available toolbars.
The selected toolbar name displays in the Toolbar Name entry box.
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