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Dru has the ability to set a Page Name for each page contained in a Document. Here’s how: First open and existing document or create a new document. Navigate to the view menu and then click the menu item titled Name. A new dialog window will show requesting the Name of the current Page. In […]

Page guides in Dru are really great tools to used to correctly align objects on a page. Using a Page guide Tool and the Duplicator tool together can provide interesting and exciting results. Select and existing page guide with the pointer tool. (Create a new guide by drag and a new guide from either of the horizontal […]

In Dru page objects can be snapped to “Page guides” and a “Grid” and “Other Objects”. To Activate the “Snap to” click on the “Preference” menu item under the “Dru” menu. The “Preference” window will open. Select one or all of the three checkboxes options under sub header titled “Snapping System”. These three options are “Snap […]

In Dru, there are several ways to quickly paste Text into a open document. Paste Copied Text into and open document without. First open an existing or new document. Once a document has been opened make sure no objects are selected by clicking and area of the canvas/view that does contain any objects. Leave Dru […]

Moving and image contained in a frame. When images are place onto a page they are contained in a frame. Dru will automatically move the placed/imported image to align with left and top most corner of the frame. To change this frame to image alignment please do the following: Instructions 1. Click on a previously […]

Dru has the ability to quickly add bookmarks. Once a bookmark has been added how do you edit a bookmark already created? Instructions 1. Open a Dru/XVD document that contains bookmarks. 2. Click on the “Bookmarks” tab to show the listing of bookmarks in the document. 3. Right-Click or Control-Click the bookmark you would to edit […]

Dru has the ability to show a listing of the pages contain inside a Dru document. The page browser. Instructions 1. The page browser view can be access by clicking on the page icon located at the bottom left corner of a document window. Version: 1.0.6  

When Dru is lunched/open from the finder or Launch Pad It presents the Dru logo/splash screen window. This logo window will need to be closed before Dru’s menubar’s are accessible. Instructions 1. While the logo is displayed, click on it. This will close the logo window. 2. After closing this window the menubar will become […]