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Poster Designer Pro QuickStart Guide

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Welcome to Serif Poster Designer Pro for HP, the
software program that provides all the tools and
features you’ll need to create and print your own
custom posters.

Poster Designer Pro has been developed with ease
of use in mind, and you’ll be surprised by how
simple it is to produce superb results.

Whether you want to create a simple sales flyer or
a stylish full-color poster to advertise your business
or promote an event, Poster Designer Pro makes it
all possible.

To get started quickly, follow the steps outlined in
this

QuickStart Guide

. For more detailed

information, see the online Help,

How To

 tab, and

tutorials (see page 16).

QuickStart Guide

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Страница 1: ... with ease of use in mind and you ll be surprised by how simple it is to produce superb results Whether you want to create a simple sales flyer or a stylish full color poster to advertise your business or promote an event Poster Designer Pro makes it all possible To get started quickly follow the steps outlined in this QuickStart Guide For more detailed information see the online Help How To tab a...

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Страница 3: ...Designer Pro DVD is located and double click the DVD drive 2 Double click the setup exe file in the displayed folder 3 Follow the on screen installation instructions To modify or repair the installation Microsoft Windows XP 1 From the Windows Start menu select Control Panel and then double click on the Add Remove Programs icon 2 In the list of installed programs select Poster Designer Pro 3 To mod...

Страница 4: ...ams and Features 3 In the list of installed programs select Poster Designer Pro 4 To modify the installation Click Change In the Setup Wizard click Next click Modify and then follow the on screen instructions To repair the installation Click Repair In the Setup Wizard click Next click Repair and then follow the on screen instructions ...

Страница 5: ... Files Serif Poster Designer Pro 1 0 Images You can use your own images if you prefer Starting with a design template Each design template is offered in a poster choose from portrait or landscape orientation and a banner style and comes complete with pictures and text Design template categories include Education Retail Business Sports Travel Celebrations and more you re sure to find something you ...

Страница 6: ...tegory from the Templates list on the left The center pane updates to show thumbnails of the templates available in the category 4 Select a thumbnail to view its associated designs in the Designs pane on the right 5 Select the design you want to use 6 In the upper right corner of the dialog in the Scheme drop down list choose a color scheme on which to base your poster The first three schemes are ...

Страница 7: ...king with images see page 9 9 To edit text click and drag to select the text you want to work with or triple click to select all of the text and then type your own text 10 To format text select it and then use the settings on the Text context toolbar to change font style size and formatting options For more on working with text see page 10 11 When you have finished adjusting your pictures and text...

Страница 8: ...New Poster From Themed Layout dialog scroll the left Themed Layouts pane and select a theme thumbnail The adjacent Layouts pane updates to show variations of the selected layout 4 In the upper right corner of the dialog in the Scheme drop down list choose a color scheme on which to base your poster The first three schemes are designed specifically to complement the selected themed layout As you se...

Страница 9: ...n the lower right corner 2 In the Import Picture dialog browse to locate the image you want to use select it and click Open The picture is added to the frame and scaled to fit 3 When the picture is selected note that the Picture Frame toolbar displays in the lower right corner You can use these tools to adjust your picture inside the frame To reposition the picture inside the frame click Pan and t...

Страница 10: ...or squashed to fit inside the text frame This is unique to artistic text Our next task is to apply formatting to the text and change its color 4 Triple click or click and drag to select the poster title text At the top of the workspace below the Standard toolbar the Text context toolbar displays Adding text Frame text and artistic text share many attributes and you can use the same methods to perf...

Страница 11: ...f the workspace on the Swatches tab Make sure that the Text button is selected Click to expand the Palettes drop down list and select the palette of your choice Click a color swatch to apply it to the text 9 Repeat the previous steps to edit and format the Poster subtitle and Type your text here placeholders Note The Type your text here placeholder is frame text and behaves differently when its co...

Страница 12: ...drag the object into its new position or Click on an object s border to select it the border color changes to dark gray to show that the entire object is selected Click and drag the object with the Move cursor To rotate an object 1 Select an object with the Pointer Tool 2 To rotate in 90 increments On the Arrange menu click Rotate Left or Rotate Right or To rotate freely Hover the mouse cursor jus...

Страница 13: ...jects would be centered relative to the page edges 3 When you have finished adjusting your pictures and text you re ready to preview and print your poster Alignment options To align the selected objects with the edges of the page select the Include margins check box To evenly space objects click Space Evenly Across or Space Evenly Down To space by a specific amount select the Spaced check box and ...

Страница 14: ...ol and then click and drag on the area you want to zoom into Actual Size Click to view your poster at its actual size you can then use the Pan tool to pan around the image Fit Page Click to view the entire poster in the Preview window Pan Click the tool and then click and drag on your poster to view a different area only applicable when you have zoomed into the poster or have chosen to view it at ...

Страница 15: ...ur print quality from the Print Quality drop down list 5 Select a scale option from the Scale drop down list These options will differ depending on the paper size you selected 6 Set the number of copies to print Choosing print quality The default print quality setting is Normal For faster printing choose Fast This option reduces the number of print passes subsequently reducing the quality of the p...

Страница 16: ...and techniques required to create a poster from a layout and a template While the topics we ve covered here should be sufficient for many of your projects Poster Designer Pro provides numerous other features For more details see the following documentation How To tab located at the left of the workspace Online Help accessed from the upper menu bar click Help Poster Designer Pro Help Tutorials acce...

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