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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
So you're writing off BeLight Swift Publisher just like that, are you?
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How weird...I honestly never even noticed that. I'm getting old...
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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
Before posting I looked at the Pages overview video ("Watch Pages Overview") here. At 2:41 the video shows a method for adding photos to a document. I use Aperture rather than iPhoto, but I suppose I'll be able to drag and drop images to Pages one way or another, even if only from the Desktop.
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I don't have Aperture, but I would have to guess that the two photo applications from Apple would both "play nice" with their page layout app. I'd wager a modest sum that you'll be able to drag-and-drop from Aperture to Pages, just as you would iPhoto.
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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
But when a photo is added like this, does Pages store the full-resolution image for high-quality printing or resizing to a larger size later? I mean: if you change your mind and increase the size of the image in the document substantially, does it become pixelated? Or does Pages "remember" the original image, at full resolution, and render it accordingly at its new larger size?
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Now that is something I've yet to try, or run into. I do know I've dropped in photos and feel free to scoot them around and blow them up a tad (nothing too drastic, because I'm usually pretty tight on my final layout based on comps/mockups that have been approved earlier). Someone else - or Google? - will have to provide that answer.
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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
And do you happen to know what kind of graphics quality is preserved in a PDF exported from Pages? Are fonts included in the PDF file, so the document works on anyone's computer? Is that even needed? I know next to nothing about this stuff…
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It's a very simplified, straightforward dialog when you go to "Export..." under the File menu:
What you see is what it is: three quality setting options (good, better and best). It must embed the fonts because unlike exporting a PDF out of InDesign, there aren't a bunch of tweakable settings. But for anecdotal evidence, I've created newsletters, cards, backgrounds, frames, etc. for friends and family over the years, using Pages, and frequently use some off-the-wall font that I know they would never have (and many of them are on Windows-based machines) and I'll e-mail the PDF and eventually see it printed or at their house and everything is maintained.
EDIT: Ah, here is some info, copied directly from Pages' built-in Help file/app, that should answer your specific questions...direct from the source!
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If you want to share your Pages documents with those who aren’t using the latest version of Pages, you can export your document to file formats that they may be able to use on their computers or other devices:
PDF: You can view PDF files in iBooks, and view or print them in Preview and Safari. You can edit them with a PDF application. Fonts used in the Pages document are preserved in the PDF file. (bolding mine - Paul)
Hyperlinks in your Pages document are exported to the PDF file. Hyperlinks are also created in the PDF file for table of contents entries, footnotes and endnotes, webpages, email addresses, and bookmarks.
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And further down the page:
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To export a document to PDF, Microsoft Word, RTF, or plain text file formats:
1. Choose Share > Export.
2. Select the document format that you want from the options shown across the top of the Export window.
If you’re exporting to PDF, you must choose an image quality (a higher image quality results in a larger PDF file):
• Best: Image resolutions are not scaled down.
• Better: Images are downsampled to 150 dpi. Images without transparency (alpha channel) are JPEG-compressed by 0.7.
• Good: Images are downsampled to 72 dpi. Images without transparency (alpha channel) are JPEG-compressed by 0.9. (bolding - me again)
To learn about creating a password for your PDF document, see Password-Protecting Your Document.
3. Click Next.
4. Type a name for the document.
5. Choose where you want to save the document.
6. Click Export.
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Does some of that help?
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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray
Le 6 janvier is here already, but I see no sign of the Mac App Store going live just yet. I'll take this perfect timing as a good omen, though.
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Yeah, probably couldn't have asked for better lucky/timing on this.