- How do I add text to the PDF or TIFF?
In order to add text to a page simply select the "Text" tool as pictured below then click anywhere on the image area. A menu box will appear that allows you to type the text you wish to insert, as well as setting the font settings of the text. A plus to mention is that when this tool is used editing a PDF, searchable text is added to the document.
Text
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- How do I draw on a page using Page Editor tools?
There are four main drawing untensils that are used in Collate Page Editor. The "Flood fill", "Pencil", "Paint brush", and the "Line tool". Each can be used for a variety of purposes from correcting edges, adding personal touches, changing the color of objects, and anything inbetween. The "Flood fill" tool when used will replace whatever color that you select with the color that is currently selected within the color picker. The "Pencil" tool's drawing size can not be adjusted, it draws a very thin line on the image. Both the "Paint brush" and "Line tool" have an adjustment setting that allows their density to be increased. While the paint brush is much like the pencil the difference is the ability to increase the size of the paint brush line. The "Line tool" allows you to click on an area then while holding the mouse button drag the mouse away leaving a shadow of a line connecting the mouse pointer to the previouslly clicked area, and once the mouse button is released draws a straight line connecting the two areas.
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- How can I pick a color to use with the drawing tools?
The color picker is one of the easiest tools that Collate Page Editor has. Simply click anywhere within the color pallete, each click changes the color selected. The current color is displayed in the first of the two small squares next to the "Color picker". The currently active color is the color that all other drawing tools use when they draw on the image area.
Color picker
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- How do I make the flood fill tool cover more area?
When using the "Flood fill" tool at times the color may not spread as strongly as you might wish. To change this double click on the "Flood fill" tool, which will bring up the menu box pictured below. Type in a higher degree of tolerance to increase the spread of color, or to decrease how much color is spread simply decrease the tolerance then hit OK.
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- How do I erase text or parts of an image?
An easy way to erase bits and peices of a document/image is to use the "Eraser" tool. Simply click on the tool then like the "Paint brush" or "Line tool" adjust the size of the eraser tools area, and click on the image to begin erasing. Click and hold the eraser and use the mouse pointer to move back and forth over the area you wish to be erased and the eraser tool will do the rest.
Eraser
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- How do I take a sample of color from a page to use with my drawing tools?
When editing an image or document there may come a time when you need to perfectly match the color of the object you are trying to change. This makes it a bit difficult trying to select an exact match from the color picker, which is where the "Dropper" comes into play. Simply click this tool, notice that your mouse pointer becomes a dropper. Put the dropper over the color you wish to copy then click on the color to take the sample. All that's left is selecting the drawing tool that you wish to use and continue on.
Dropper
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- How do I select an area of the page?
In order to select any area of the image you need to select the "Arrow" tool. This tool allows you to click on the image area and while holding the mouse button draw a rectangular selection box around any area of the image after the mouse button is released.
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- How do I fix red eye on an image?
There may come a time when you are editing an image of a person for a PDF or TIFF document that needs a little help. Say for example, that the person in the image has a lot of red in the eyes from the flash of the camera. Easy enough to fix simply draw a selection box as best as you can around the eyes of the person in the image. Once the selection box has been drawn the "Red eye" tool will become active. All you need to do is click the Red eye tool to remove the red rings around the eyes and blend them back more naturally with what the eyes should look like.
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- How do I crop a section of the page?
To crop a section of image you will first need to select the "Arrow" tool then draw a selection box around the area of the image you wish to crop. Then you will need to select the "Crop image" button from the tool bar. This will take the section of image that is within the selection box and clear all the rest of the image leaving only the selection area as the main image.
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- How do I copy a section of the page?
To copy a section of the image you must first use the "Arrow" tool to draw a selection box around the area that you wish to copy. Then after the selection box is drawn go to the EDIT→Copy... option this will add the contents of the selection box into clipboard for later use.
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- How do I cut a section of the page?
Cutting a section of the image requires that you draw a selection box around the area to be cut. Then once the selection box is drawn hit the delete button or go to EDIT→Cut... This will clear everything within the contents of the selection box.
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- After copying a section of an page how do I paste it back?
After something has been copied into the clipboard you can then use the EDIT→Paste... option, which will paste the contents back onto the image area. Usually this will be done after you've already copied something, so the selection box will still be on the image area. Simply click on the selection box and drag it to the area of the image you wish to paste the contents of the clipboard. If the selection box is gone do your best to redraw one in the area where you wish to have the copied section pasted. Once the selection box is in place use the paste option.
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- How can I undo an unwanted change to the page or bring back a change?
Unwanted changes happen, be it accidently deleting a section of image to accidently drawing a line too far past where it should have ended. To undo these changes simply click on the "Undo" button, or if there was a string of unwanted changes right click on the undo button to display a history of changes. Then select the last change you want to return too. Likewise if you've accidently gone too far back, or change your mind on getting rid of a change you can click the redo button. Again if the change was several changes previous then right click on the redo button to display a history of changes then click the change you wish to return too.
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- How can I zoom in farther on a page or out from it?
There are two ways of zooming in on the image area. Go to ZOOM→Zoom In/Zoom Out, or select what percentage to zoom into from the listing. See below for an illustration of the choices given within the Zoom menu. Another way to zoom in would be to simply use the "Zoom in/ Zoom out" buttons on the Page Editor tool bar.
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- How can I convert my page from Color to Black & White or Grayscale?
When editing a document containing images at times it may be useful to change the images from color to either black & white or grayscale. To do this go to IMAGE→Mode→Black/White, Grayscale, or True Color.
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- How do I adjust the intensity of light on the page?
Images that appear too dark or too light can be adjusted. To adjust a very dark image so that its brighter or a darken an image thats too light go to IMAGE→Adjust→Brightness...
The menu above comes up which has a slider and a small preview window of the document being edited. To increase the light simply drag the scroll bar farther to the right, or if adjusting the image darker drag the scroll bar farther to the left.
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- How do I adjust the difference between highlights and shadows in a page?
The highlights and shadows of an image can be adjusted with the contrast option of Page Editor. To use the contrast option go to IMAGE→Adjust→Contrast...
This will bring up the contrast menu with a small preview window so you may see the effects of the adjustment on the page. Simply drag the scroll bar to the right to increase the contrast of highlights & shadows, or decrease the bar and lower the contrast between the two.
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- How do adjust the brightness of mid-level tones in an image?
If an image on the page appears to be too red, maybe even too green. There is a simple and easy tool for this adjustment. Go to IMAGE→Adjust→Change Gamma...
On the gamma menu you are given the individual settings of each level in an image, and one for the adjustment of each level as one referred to as the Master level. To adjust the settings drag the individual scroll bars to the right to increase their levels or to the left to decrease their levels within an image.
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- How can I change the color depth?
Color images at times can have a dull appearance where it seems that the color seems faded. To adjust the color and bring out a pure image it may be necessary to adjust the Hue/Saturation of the page. To do this go to IMAGE→Adjust→Hue/Saturation...
This will bring up the window seen above where you may adjust the hue and satuaration of the page. This allows you to adjust the levels of gray in the page so by increaseing the saturation lowers the level of gray bringing out the color of an image, while decreasing the bar increases the level of gray in the image dulling the image.
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- How do I flip the page either horizontally or vertically?
To flip the image either horizontally or vertically go to IMAGE→Flip→Flip Horizontal, or Flip Vertical.
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- How do I rotate the image in different directions?
If the page needs to be rotated go to IMAGE→Rotate→180°, 90° CW, 90° CCW, or Arbitrary. The first three options have a direct affect on the image, but Arbitrary allows you to select the exact rotation degree that you specify.
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- How do I clear up the spotty look of the page?
When adding images that were scanned in from a high resolution scanner using a source that was either a magazine, newspaper, or just a bad document scan. These scans sometimes result in creating images that have a spots spread spuratically throughout the document. Descreen adds a slight blur to the page so that the dots no longer appear, or at least they blend more naturally into the document. To do this go IMAGE→Descreen...
This will bring up a menu that allows you to chose what type of document you want to descreen be it lithograph, magazine, or newsprint. Make the selection you think best fits the page you are working with and then set the sharpening effect after the image has been descreened. Adjust to the right for crisper appearance or adjust to the left for a more blurred effect.
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- How do I make the page look clearer?
If the PDF or TIFF you are working with appears fuzzy or somewhat distorted you can shapren the page to produce a more visually clear image. To do this go to IMAGE→Sharpen...
This will bring up a menu with a scroll bar and small preview window. Simply drag the scroll bar to the right to sharpen the quality of the page, or drag the scroll bar to the left to blur the page depending on what the situation calls for.
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- How do I change the size of the page?
To adjust the size of the page go to Image→Image Size...
A menu will come up with several settings. You can adjust the height, width, and resolution of the page by simply clicking into the text box and entering a new value. You can also see the values displayed under several different units of measurement so that you can better fit the page to your needs.
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- How do I save the changes I've made to the page?
To save the changes go to FILE→Save... this will prompt for you to select the quality to save with. You can either "Save" the changes, "Save as" to save as a new file, or "Revert to saved" where the untouched page is loaded without any changes you've madee.
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- How can I see what my page will look like when printed?
Go to FILE→Print Preview... this will bring up the menu shown below.
At the bottom of the print preview window is a setting to adjust what percentage of the page the image will be printed at, as well as where on the paper that the image should be position. Once finished setting how the image will be displayed, just click the print button and return back to Collate Page Editor.
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- How do I adjust my printer settings?
By going to FILE→Print Setup... the printer setup menu allows you to specify which printer you want to print from.
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- How do I print the page i've been working on?
To print the page you're currently working on go to FILE→Print...
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- How do I work on additional pages within Page Editor?
After selecting a page from Collate and selecting the "Edit Pages" button. Each page that was within the target file area was uploaded to Collate Page Editor, and are now displayed in order in the "Target Pages:" area. To switch between each page simply double click on a page, this will close the current page being edited, and open the page selected within the image editing area.
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- How do I adjust Page Editor's settings?
By going to FILE→Settings... You can access Collate Page Editor's settings.
The first setting is the printing size of the current page being edited. There is an adjustment for the percentage of the page the image will be printed on, as well as the position on the paper that the image will occupy. Also there is a setting for the quality at which the page will be saved at. The setting for undo/redo sets alimit on the number of undo/redo's that will be allowed.
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