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Manipulating Documents |
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To Open Sahafi |
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Double-click the Sahafi application icon, or a Sahafi document icon.This starts Sahafi. If you open the application, you see the Sahafi desktop with a new, untitled document in a document window. If you open a document, it appears as you last saved it.
NOTE: In this guide, "Sahafi preset option" or "Sahafi settings" refers to the original settings that come with your application. In many cases you can change the settings to suit your own preferences.
To use the settings that came with Sahafi, first quit the application. Then go to the folder (home folder)/Libraty/Application Support/al-Nashir al-Sahafi and drag the Sahafi Defaults file to the Trash. Then re-open Sahafi.
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To Open a New Document within Sahafi |
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You can create a new document in Sahafi.
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Choose New from the File menu. A new, untitled document opens in a document window. The untitled document has a number in the title bar that helps you identify it. (The first new document you create is numbered "1," the second is numbered "2," and so on.)
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To Open an Existing Document Within Sahafi |
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While working in Sahafi, you can open a Sahafi document you previously created and saved.
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Choose Open from the File menu. A dialog box displays a directory of folders and documents.
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Open as many folders as necessary until you find the document you want.
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Double-click the document you want to open. Or select the document name and click Open. The document opens to the page where you were last working. If you select a document that is already open, you're asked if you want to make a copy. If you selected a document that was saved as Sahafi Stationery, you open a copy of that document.
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To open a Sahafi version 4.0, 4.5 or 5.0 document as a Sahafi version 7.2 document, follow steps 1 through 4 in the above procedure, and open the Sahafi document you want.
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Click OK to confirm that you want to create a copy of the document as a Sahafi document. The document appears in an untitled document window.
You must give this document a new name when you save it as a new Sahafi document. The original Sahafi document stays unchanged on the disk.
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When you open a Sahafi version 6.0 or 7.0 document Sahafi will ask if it should be converted to version 7.7. If it is not, the file will remain compatible with version 6.0 or 7.0 even after saving.
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To Create a Copy of a Document Within Sahafi |
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The document you want to copy must already be open.
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Choose Open from the File menu, and open the document a second time. A dialog box asks if you want to make a copy of the original.
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Click OK.
A copy of the original appears on the desktop.
Any changes you make in the original do not become part of the copy. Any changes you save in one document are not saved in the other.
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To Close a Document |
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Make sure the window of the document you want to close is the active window.
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Click the close box, or choose Close from the File menu. If you haven't saved changes you've made to the document, a dialog box asks if you want to save them.
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Click Yes to save your changes (if you want to). If you have not already named the document, a dialog box prompts you for a name before it saves it. If you click No, any changes you've made in a named document are not saved. If you click No and the document is untitled, it's discarded.
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To Close Sahafi |
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Choose Quit from the File menu. If you haven't saved changes you've made to a document on your desktop, a dialog box asks if you want to save them.
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Click Yes to save your changes (if you want to). If you have not already named the document, a dialog box prompts you for a name. If you click No, any changes you've made in a named document are not saved. If you click No and the document is untitled, it's discarded. Then you return to the Finder. If you click Cancel, you retract the Quit command, and the document window stays on your desktop, with everything as before.
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Saving Documents and Their Settings |
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As you work, you should save the changes you make, updating the version of the document that is on your disk. Or you can throw out the changes you've made since you last saved and revert to the previous saved version. You can use the Save As command to save a copy of a document with a different name. Sahafi saves your preferences and settings so you can re-open the document later and resume working where you left off.
Sahafi has the ability to customize new documents so that when they first open, they have the settings, such as page size and typographic choices, that you use most frequently.
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To Save a Document for the First Time |
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Choose Save from the File menu. A dialog box prompts you for the name of the document.
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Type the name of the document. A document name may be up to 31 characters long, including spaces. You can use any character or symbol except a colon (:) or slash (/). You can use this dialog box to save your document in any folder on your disk.
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To Save Changes in a Document As You Work |
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As a precaution, save your changes often so you'll always have a recent version of your document on your disk.
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Choose Save from the File menu. Sahafi saves any changes you've made since the last time you saved. If your document is untitled or is an unsaved copy, a dialog box prompts you for a name.
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To Revert to the Last Saved Version of a Document |
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It's a good idea to save your document after each major design step you take and want to keep. Later, if you don't like the direction your design has started to take, you can easily throw out the changes you've made since you last saved.
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Choose Revert from the File menu. A dialog box asks you if you really want to discard your changes.
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Click OK to return to the previous version. Your document appears as it was when you last saved it.
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To Create a New Version of a Document by Saving |
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You can create a new version of your document to work on and save the old one by using the Save As command.
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Choose Save As from the File menu. A dialog box appears so you can give the document another name.
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Type a new name for the document to save the old and new versions in the same folder.
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Click Save. You are now working with the new version. You can always return to the old version by opening it.
If you try to save a document in a folder that has another document with the same name, a dialog box asks you if it's okay to replace the other document. To avoid this, click No, and either give the document you're saving a new name or save it in a different folder.
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To Customize the Settings for New Documents |
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You can use the Save Defaults command to create a new Sahafi Defaults file in the Sahafi folder. Then any time you open a new, untitled document, it has the settings you most commonly use. The document that has the settings you want to save must be in the active document window.
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Choose Save Defaults from the File menu. A new Sahafi Defaults file, with the settings of the document in the active window, replaces any current Defaults file. The next time you open Sahafi from the Finder or choose the New command within Sahafi, the new, untitled document that appears will have the settings of the current document.
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To Save a Document as Sahafi Stationery |
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You can save a Sahafi document as preformatted 'stationery'-that is, as a template document which can hold text, graphic and picture objects as well as preferences, defaults, printer settings and page setup specifications. Stationery documents are useful when you're creating a number of documents which share the same format and other specifications-you can open copies of the stationery document and start work straight away without having to set up the specifications from scratch.
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Choose Save As from the File menu.The Save As dialog box appears. Click the Save As pop-up and choose Sahafi Stationery. Name the document and click on Save.
Stationery documents have an icon very similar to the standard file icon, and appear in the Open file dialog box along with standard Sahafi files. You can import colors, text and object glossaries, stylesheets, kerning and tracking information from stationery documents just as you can from normal Sahafi documents.
When you open a stationery document, Sahafi creates and opens a copy of the document, leaving the original unchanged. To modify an existing stationery document, open it, make the required changes, then use Save As with the original name of the document.
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Managing Document Windows |
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You can open several document windows, work in any of them, and copy parts of one document to another document.
Only one window is the active window. You can move the active window, change its size, and switch from it to another window. You can shrink or enlarge an active window, zoom back to its previous size, drag it to a new position, or close it when you're finished with the document .
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To Find and Activate a Document Window |
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Sahafi lets you bring a hidden window to the front.
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Choose Windows from the Document menu, and then choose the title of the window you want to find and activate. The window of the document you chose appears at the front of the desktop and is the active window.
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To Stack Document Windows |
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Stacking windows makes it easy to keep track of which documents you currently have open.
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Choose Windows from the Document menu, and then choose Stack Windows. Sahafi rearranges the windows so they overlap. The active window is still on top.
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To Arrange Windows Side by Side |
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Sahafi can place up to four windows side by side. The size of each "tiled" window is automatically adjusted so the window is completely visible.
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Choose Windows from the Document menu, and then choose Tile Windows. Sahafi resizes the windows, if necessary, and rearranges the windows so they are tiled, side by side.
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Viewing and Displaying Documents Within Windows |
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The first time you open a new document, you see the first page in the middle of the pasteboard. You can enlarge this view to work with the actual size of the page, or a larger size, or a size somewhere in between. You can also display and work with different views or spreads of facing pages. Or you can work with thumbnail sketches of all the pages in your document.
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To Change the Viewing Size of a Page |
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You can change the view of a page to make it easier to work with. Changing the view does not affect how your page will be printed.
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Choose Views from the Document menu, and then choose one of the following: Size To Fit, Half Size, 75% Size, Actual Size, Double Size, 400% Size, or 800% size. When you open a new, untitled document from within Sahafi or from the Finder, the viewing size is the Sahafi setting that's in the Sahafi Defaults file. You can change views with the magnifying glass tool. Select the magnifying glass tool from the tool palette and click on the part of the page you want to zoom in on. To zoom out, hold down the Option key, and click with the magnifying glass tool.
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To Work With a Spread of Facing Pages |
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You can view and work with facing pages so you can design and lay out a two-page spread.
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Choose Views from the Document menu, and then choose Facing Pages. Sahafi adds the left or right page that faces the page currently in the document window (unless page 1 is on display).
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To restore the view to a single page, choose Facing Pages from the Document menu to uncheck it and turn it off. The left page in the spread is the page that is displayed.
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To Display a Thumbnail View of Your Document |
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You can get an overview of how your document appears as a series of pages by using the Thumbnails command.
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Choose Views from the Document menu, and then choose Thumbnails. Sahafi opens a Thumbnails window which has thumbnail sketches of all the pages in your document, arranged as single pages or as spreads (if Facing Pages is checked). Depending on the size of the type and the setting of the Greeking Below option in the Typography Preferences dialog box, text on a page may be greeked (presented as shaded lines).
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Close the Thumbnails window to return to your document window. If you've made any changes to your document while in the Thumbnails window, you're asked if you want to save them.
To close the Thumbnails window and return to a different page or spread, double-click its corresponding thumbnail.
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To Use the Scroll Bars to Move the Page |
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The scroll arrows point toward the different parts of the page or pasteboard to which you can go. Also, the position of the scroll box in the scroll bar corresponds to where you are on the page or spread.
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To Use the Hand Tool to Move the Page |
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Click the hand tool to select it.
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Position the hand tool on the page and drag in the direction you want to move the page. As you drag, the page moves to a different place in the window.
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To Go to Another Page |
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The icons in the page scroll bar show the actual order of the pages in your document. The first page displays the page number that's set as the starting page number in the Preferences dialog box. The page scroll bar also contains two master page icons, for left and right master pages.
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Click the icon of the page you want to go to. If you don't see the page you want, press the scroll arrow at either end of the bar to find that page. Then click the icon.
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Using the Go To Page command. Sahafi displays the page or spread that corresponds to the icon you selected in the page bar.
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To use the Go To Page command to go to another page, choose Go To Page from the Page menu, type the number of the page (corresponding to the icons in the page bar), and click OK.
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