Urdu Inpage Complete Training Class 2

The Tool Strip

IBeam Tool

 You can enter text in page or in textbox with this tool. You can also edit pictures in picture boxes using Ibeam tool.

• Select the IBEAM tool.
• If you now move the mouse on top of a text box, then the cursor changes to DOTTED IBEAM cursor.
• On clicking the text box with this cursor, the cursor changes to SOLID IBEAM.
• Also the boundary of the text box will become black indicating the currently selected text chain.

• English/Urdu Toggle (Press Spacebar to work between Urdu/English)
• Choosing Urdu Font
• Typographic Preferences
• Keyboards Preferences

After entering text you can apply different formatting using ribbon in IBEAM mode. There are two modes available in Inpage. You can edit and apply text or picture formatting using ribbon in Text or Picture Edit mode by selecting IBEAM tool. You can also use ribbon for working with objects by using Arrow tool.

Ribbon

Ribbon is bar which shows the property of selected object. It shows the options relevant to the selected tool and objects. If you are working with Ibeam tool it will show you paragraph formatting tools. When you select Arrow tool it will also show options regarding selected objects.

Ribbon with IBEAM Tool.

Text Edit Mode

Text BoxThe Text Box defines the bounds within which the text can be entered.

Textbox Creation

To create a Textbox first select Text Box Tool. Now you can create a textbox in the following two ways–

With Mouse

Click in the Document Area, drag the mouse with mouse button pressed.

If you want to create square Textbox keep the SHIFT pressed while dragging the mouse.

Leave the mouse button when the requisite dimensions of the Text Box have been achieved.

With Textbox object Ribbon

A textbox object ribbon appears with its dimensions appearing as blank.

Enter the left-top (or right top for right to left documents) and width and height dimensions of the required textbox. Press Enter.

Textbox Creation

To create a Textbox first select Text Box Tool. Now you can create a textbox

To Select a Text Box Move the mouse so that the arrow cursor gets displayed over the textbox. Click the mouse button on top of the textbox.

To move an object, you should first select the Arrow Tool. Now select the object that you want to move. You can move a selected object by pressing the mouse button on top of the object. While keeping the mouse pressed, move the mouse.

Resizing an Object from Ribbon or Dialog Box In the ribbon (or in the Format Object dialog) corresponding to selected object, enter the new dimensions. Press Enter.

Title Text Box is a Text Box with text bounds only on three sides. The fourth side is floating and is actually decided by the amount of text inside the Title Text Box. the bottom is flexible. As you enter text into Title Text Box, the flexible side gets recalculated.

Title Text Box

You can use the text box in the InPage window for separating the document. You can get print in Urdu & English with different formats & styles. You can also use Title Text box in Master page for inserting page number or any text / title (like header & footer?).

A Title Text Box is used for headlines, page numbers etc. Following are some features of Title Text Box.

v Creating

v Selecting

v Moving

v Resizing

v Border

v Columns

v Title Textbox Creation

To create a Title Textbox first select Title Text Box Tool.

·        Click in the Document Area, drag the mouse to create the title textbox size.          

• A title textbox ribbon appears with its dimensions width or the height of the title textbox will appear.
• Enter the left-top (or right top for right to left documents) and width or height dimensions of the required title textbox. Press Enter.

To select a title textbox you need to carry out following steps

• Select the Arrow Tool.
• Move the mouse so that the arrow cursor gets displayed over the title textbox.
• Click the mouse button on top of the title textbox.
• The title textbox gets selected with two handles appearing in black.
• If the title textbox is locked then the two handles appear in gray color.

Object Moving

To move an object, you should first select the Arrow Tool. Now select the object that you want to move. You can move a selected object in one of the following ways

• With Arrow Keys
• With Ribbon/Format Object Dialog

Object Resizing

A selected object can be resized in one of the following two ways

·         With Mouse click & drag the Object with resize arrow cursor

·         From Ribbon or Dialog Box

Picture Boxes

Click on the Picture Box icon and drag to draw a Picture Box.

The picture box defines the bounds within which the picture can be pasted.

Picture box Creation

To create a Picture box first select one of the three Picture box Tools. Now you can create a picture box in the following two ways

With Mouse

• Click in the Document Area, drag the mouse with mouse button pressed.
• If you want to create square picture box keep the SHIFT pressed while dragging the mouse.
• Release the mouse button when the requisite dimensions of the picture box have been achieved.

With Picture box object Ribbon    

• A picture box object ribbon appears with its dimensions appearing as blank.
• Enter the left-top (or right top for right to left documents) and width and height dimensions of the required picture box.
• Press Enter.

Picture Edit Mode

Horizontal position of Start Point

Picture box enables two different modes one for object modification and second for its content modification. Picture can be modify or format by picture ribbon with IBEAM tool and picture box can be modify by object ribbon with Arrow Tool.You can modify picture using:

• Changing Position
• Resizing
• Changing Brightness & Contrast
• Rotating
• Mirror

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