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Pages Preview Panel

Overview

The Pages Preview panel is used to organize pages and master pages in your document.
To control pages preview, use the Show/Hide Pages Preview command from the View menu or click on the corresponding toolbar button.

The panel has a preview area that displays thumbnails of pages or master pages. The thumbnail box has own context menu.

Right below thumbnails are buttons that allow adding, removing and rotating pages.

Pages can have a textual comment - text that is stored inside Swift Publisher document but is not printed or exported. To edit the comment, click the "..." button or choose the Window > Show Comment Panel menu item.

The master page drop-down menu at the bottom displays the list of master pages. It has commands for applying a master page to the selected page or group of pages, adding and editing master pages.

Pages Preview Panel

1. Pages Preview panel
2. The current page is highlighted
3. Add and Remove page
4. Rotate page
5. Page comment
6. Master page drop-down menu (applying, editing and removing)

Managing Pages

Previewing and Selecting Pages

Page thumbnails are shown on the panel. Clicking on a page thumbnail selects it. The selected page is shown on the editing canvas. For multiple selection, click on pages with the Shift key pressed.

Adding and Removing

To add a new page after the selected one, click the "+" button.

To remove the selected page(s), click the "-" button.

Duplicating Pages

To duplicate a page, make Ctrl-click (right-click) on its thumbnail and choose the Duplicate command in the context menu. A new page will be added after the selected one.

Changing Page Order

To change position of the page relatively to other pages, drag its thumbnail to the desired location. Moving multiple pages is possible.

Copying Pages to another Document

To copy one or several pages to another document, select their thumbnails and drag onto the Page Preview panel of that document to the desired location.

Changing a Master Page

To set another master page, select one or several pages, then click on the drop-down menu and select a new master page.


Managing Master Pages

Click on the drop-down menu and choose Edit Master Page. This command turns the Page Preview panel to showing master page thumbnails.
To open the master page on the editing canvas, select its thumbnail.

To add a new master page, click the "+" button.

To remove the selected master page, click the "-" button.

To set up page margins, select a master page in the Page Preview panel and click the Setup Margins button.