Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
Let's go ahead and create a layout using
these cell buttons, so hit the Clear Layout
button to start from scratch again. Click
the 3x7 button to add a long, thin cell to
your layout, but then go down and click
the Rotate Cell button to make this a tall,
thin cell. This cell is actually pretty large on
the page, but you can resize it by grabbing
any of the handles, or going down to the
Adjust Selected Cell sliders and choosing
any size you'd like (in our case, shrink your
Height to 5.00 in). Now, we need to make
two more cells just like this one, and the
quickest way to do that is just press-and-
hold the
Option (PC: Alt) key
, then click
inside the cell and drag to the right to
make a copy. Do this twice until you have
three cells, like you see here, and arrange
them side by side, as shown (as you drag
these cells, you'll feel a little snap. That's
it snapping to an invisible alignment grid
that's there to simply help you line things
up. You can see the grid by going to the
Rulers, Grid & Guides panel and turning
on the checkboxes for Show Guides and
Page Grid).
Step Four:
Next, let's add a larger photo to the bot-
tom of our layout. Click the 4x6 button
and it adds a larger cell to the layout, but
it's not quite as wide as our three thin cells
above, so just grab any point and drag
until this cell is as wide as the three at the
top of the page (as seen here). The layout's
done, but before you start dragging-and-
dropping images, there are two things you
need to change first: (1) because the cells at
the top are tall and thin, you need to turn
off the checkbox for Lock to Photo Aspect
Ratio. Otherwise, when you drag-and-drop
photos into those thin cells, they will just
expand to the full size of the photo.
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