Using the toolbar

At the top of a document’s main window, the toolbar provides buttons for a lot of actions that you commonly need to use frequently. If you have used other Mac applications before, you will be familiar with the concept.

main window toolbar The toolbar

By using the mode control, you can switch between the “layout” mode — a representation of your publication in which you have full control over layouting and formatting of your content — and “flow” mode — a representation suitable for smartphone screens, which is automatically derived from your layout.

The toolbar also sports buttons to create new content elements on the currently selected page. By clicking them, a new element will be placed on the stage, which you can then proceed to customize.

There are also buttons to open the current document’s Asset Manager and your Template Manager. Additionally, you can also create a new, personal template from the contents of the current page by clicking the “Make Template” button.

The most important button is probably the the “Publish” button :-) It will open a dialog with which you can upload your current document to pagestrip.com. If you haven’t done so already, give it a try! Your stories will look stellar in your kiosk!

The final set of buttons lets you open the Styles Manager, hide or show the inspector and switch the inspector into “Setup” mode, where you can change settings (such as grid behavior) that affect your entire document.

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