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To open the Articles palette:
Choose Window > Articles.
The Articles palette opens, showing the structure of the article segments. If you have not
yet created article segments, the palette is empty.
Defining articles
You specify an article by defining a series of boxes around the content in the order in
which you want the content read. The navigational path you define for an article is known
as the
article thread
. You use the article tool to create a thread connecting the various
boxes that hold the content of the article, unifying them into a continuous text flow.
The flow of an article thread
To define an article:
1
Select the article tool
. The pointer appears as a cross-hair pointer in the document
window.
2
Drag a marquee to define the first article box, and release the mouse button when the
marquee is complete. An article box appears around the enclosed text, and the pointer
changes to the article pointer.
Each article box you create has a label. The label consists of the article number in the PDF
document, and its sequence within the article. For example, the first box for the first article
you define in a document would be labeled 1-1, the second box 1-2, and so on. The boxes
for the second article in the same document would be labeled 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, and so on.
3
Go to the next part of the document you want to include in the article, and draw a
marquee around that text. Repeat step 3 until you have defined the entire article.
To resize or move an article box, you must first end the article.
4
To end the article, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
5
In the Article Properties dialog box, enter the article title, subject, author, and any
keywords to describe the article, and click OK.
6
To hide the Articles palette after the article opens, select Hide After Use in the palette
menu.
Editing and deleting articles
You can edit an existing article thread at any time using the article tool. For example, you
can delete, insert, combine, move, or resize an article box, and edit article properties.
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