Tag: publishing
How to draw a simple flow diagram in Apple Pages
Create some shapes in Apple Pages. Go to ‘Arrange’ and make sure ‘Stay on Page’ is selected. (Not ‘Move with Text’). Select the shapes you want to join. (Command-click to select more than one shape). From the ‘Insert’ Menu choose ‘Insert Connection Line’ and it will join the shapes with a line. Move the shapes…
How to add ‘Booklet’ to the OS X Print menu
Please help petition Microsoft to allow multiple documents in the same Word window.
On a PC you can have 2 documents open in the same Microsoft Word window (just select ‘View Side by Side’ but you can’t do that on the Mac version of Word. I’ve just written to Microsoft to encourage them to add it to the Mac version. Feel free to join me if it’s something…
Can you get Microsoft Publisher for an Apple computer?
A lot of people ask me whether it is possible to get Microsoft publisher for the Macintosh computer, or whether there is an equivalent piece of software. Unfortunately the answer is no, there has never been a Macintosh version of publisher, and this article tries to explain why, and what the options are.
Merge pdf files in OSX 10.11 El Capitan
Apple have retained the ability to merge two PDF files with the built in ‘preview’ app in OSX El Capitan. As with previous versions of OS X, there are 3 different ways that you can do this. 1. You can merge them into 1 document in Preview as you are opening them. 2. You can open them…
How to get an image or photo out of an Apple Pages document
I was recently given a Pages document to print for someone but the picture was too dark. In this article I described how to get a photo out of keynote, so I thought I’d give it a go with Pages – it worked! I was able to extract the Photo as full resolution, edit it…
How to add a drop shadow to an image
Here’s how to use Pages to quickly add a drop-shadow to an image. This is what it looks like:
How to combine multiple pdf files with OS X Mavericks 10.9
With every release of OS X Apple seems to slightly change the way to merge two pdf documents. I’ve previously written on how to merge 2 pdf files in Mountain Lion (10.8) and how to merge two pdf files in Lion or earlier. Here’s how to do it in OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
How to change the default font style in Apple Pages
Here’s how to change the default font, size, colour etc of a new Pages document so that every new document will have the style you want.
How to match the colours on your monitor to your printer.
If you have ever designed a colour document on your computer and then printed it out on your inkjet or laser printer you may have noticed that the colours come out slightly different.