Text and pictures in a a document 
are always placed in frames. You can 
have up to 100 frames per page, and 
up to 8,192 in one document.

DISPLAYING THE RULERS

Use the rulers to help you draw and 
position frames accurately on the 
page. To display the rulers, click 
on Show rulers in the Options menu. 
If the rulers are displayed, this 
command has a  by it.
CHANGING THE RULER SPACING

Click on Ruler spacing... in the 
Options menu to choose the unit of 
measurement used on the rulers:

*    Picas and points

*    Centimetres

*    Inches and tenths

*    Inches and quarters 
SETTING THE COLUMN GUIDES

You can also use the column guides 
to help you draw and position frames 
accurately. To set the column 
guides, click on Set column 
guides... in the Options menu.

When the form appears, select up to 
9 columns, and specify the amount of 
space to be left around and between 
them.

SNAPPING TO THE COLUMN GUIDES

Frames automatically "jump" into 
position (snap) when drawn, moved, 
or sized. The left and right edges 
of a frame will snap to the column 
guides, and the top and bottom edges 
will snap to the nearest ruler unit.

Click on Snap to guides in the 
Options menu to turn snapping off. 
This command has a  by it when 
snapping is turned on.
DRAWING FRAMES                     

Draw frames by switching to Text 
mode and dragging the mouse to the 
right and down.

SIZING FRAMES

To size a frame, click inside it to 
select it. Drag a corner handle to 
size the frame in any direction, and 
a centre handle to size it 
vertically or horizontally.
MOVING FRAMES

To move a frame, click inside it to 
select it, then drag it to the place 
you want.

STACKING FRAMES

After moving frames, use Bring to 
front and Send to back in the Page 
menu to stack them properly.


REPELLING TEXT

When you put a frame over another 
one which has text in it, the text 
is pushed aside by the top frame. To 
allow text to flow under a frame, 
select the frame and click on Repel 
text... in the Options menu. You can 
also specify an area of "padding" 
around the frame. This command has a 
 by it when repelling is turned on 
for the selected frame.

FRAME BORDERS

Click on Frame border... in the 
Options menu to select a border for 
the selected frame. You can have 
lines on any or none of the frame 
sides in 4 different styles.

FRAME TINTS

Select a frame and click on Frame 
tint... in the Options menu to 
choose from 8 opaque or clear tints. 
CUTTING FRAMES

To cut a frame out of the document 
and onto the "clipboard", either 
click on Cut in the Edit menu, or 
press [Alt][X] or [Delete].

COPYING FRAMES

To copy a frame to the "clipboard", 
click on Copy in the Edit menu or 
press [Alt][C].

PASTING FRAMES

To paste a frame into a document 
(which need not be the one it was 
cut from), either click on Paste in 
the Edit menu, or press [Alt][V] or 
[Insert].
