Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 425)

Chapter 11 Create books 425
Work with text
Place text on the page
As you work with your book layout, you can add text and position it on the page. You can
make text changes to individual pages in your book, or you can change master pages to create
template pages with custom text styles and layouts. When you want to add text to a book page
and need another text box, you can add one and position it anywhere on the page.
Master page designs provide text boxes that you can select and enter text in. You can also copy
text and paste it into text boxes on your book pages.
Add text to a text box
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Content button, if it’s not already selected.
2 In the Pages pane, select the page you want to work on.
3 Select the text box you want to change.
4 Select any existing text and type or paste the new text.
Add a text box to a page
1 In the Pages pane of the Book Layout Editor, select the page to which you want to add text.
2 Click the Edit Layout button.
3 Choose Add Text Box from the Add Box pop-up menu.
A new text box appears on the page.
4 Drag the text box to the location where you want it to appear.
You can resize a text box by dragging its resize handles.
Arrange text on a page
You can resize and reposition text and metadata boxes on a book page. First click the Edit Layout
button; then click boxes to select them. Selected boxes display handles that you drag to resize
the boxes. You can also drag the contents of a box to move the box to a new position.
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 In the Pages pane, select the page you want to work on.
3 Select the text box on the page that you want to move or resize.
4 Drag the box to a new location, or drag a handle on the selected box to change the box’s size.
67% resize factor