Page Editor Overview

Created by Lynne Darroch, Modified on Mon, 13 Oct at 8:32 AM by Lynne Darroch

The page editor is where you will design your layouts, using a range of tools and features: templates, candid images, text frames, shapes, elements, and backgrounds.

Opening a page in the editor	Access content and book settings	Interior page guidelines
Navigating the page editor	Menus and canvas features	Cover guidelines

Opening a page in the editor

In the book manager, hover over a page to click on the Edit button. The page editor will launch.
Note: users with a role of Staffer may only open pages assigned to them in the editor. You can choose to highlight page owner status in the book manager tab to see what pages are available to edit under your login. Pages may not be available for editing if they have been submitted for review or approved by an Editor-in-Chief.

Navigating the page editor

The page editor is organized into four areas:

A- Left-side tabs to access content and book settings	B- Top menu for project status and view
C- Editor features to add empty frames and attributes	D- The canvas where your page is built

Left-side tabs: Access content and book settings

A- Photos tab: Access candid images in the yearbook photo albums.

B-Search bar: All content tabs will enable search by filename (used as a keyword for elements and backgrounds.)

C- Elements: Access clip-art decorations and word art provided by Memento (and possibly your publisher)

D- Backgrounds: Access background textures provided by Memento (and possibly your publisher). Use backgrounds to fill your canvas or as color-blocking elements on your page.

E- Layouts: Find premade templates to apply to your candid pages.

F- Portraits: Once portraits have been flown into the book, customize the portrait layouts in this area. (Book checkout required.)

G- Page Number: Turn on and position page numbering.

H- Settings: Customize arrow-key nudge behavior and grid settings.

I- Pages: Toggle a preview of all the pages in the book, and click on any page to open it in the editor.

Menus and Canvas Features

In the editor, your active page on the canvas is highlighted and the adjacent page is greyed out.

A. Check In/Out Button When structural changes are being made (portrait flow, page numbering, etc.), check the book in/out.	B. Undo/Redo Buttons Undo last changes made to the page or revert to a previous change. Available within the current editing session.	C. Zoom Slider: Drag to zoom in/out of the canvas. Hold the space bar to pan the canvas.
D. Save Status Notifies you when changes are auto-saved.	E. Close Editor End your editing session and return you to the book ladder	F. Add Empty Text Frame Addd an empty text frame to the canvas.
G. Shape Button Add a shape to the canvas.	H. Image Frame Button Add an empty image frame to the canvas	I. Editor Options When an item is selected on the canvas, available editing tools show in this area.
J. Ruler Displays measurements, and when one or more items are selected, shows their position and dimensions.	L. Page Edit Button Click to work on the inactive page.	M. Page Arrows Click to move to the next set of spreads.

Interior Page Guidelines

Interior page dimensions (length, width) are automatically preset based on the book type assigned by your studio. Pages are surrounded by guidelines in the editor. These lines are used to assist you in placing your page content to achieve best possible results when your book is printed.

A- Red trim guidelines indicate the area of the canvas that will be cut off after the book is printed and bound. This is called the bleed area. Be sure that all backgrounds, banners or images that deliberately spill off the page edge extend over this area to the edge of the page. This ensures a clean finish to your book.

B- Gray shading defines the page margins, also known as the safe margins. Keep all text and people's faces out of this area to ensure that nothing important gets too close to your page edges.
C- The gutter is the area between facing pages. Content too close to the gutter may be caught in the folds of the pages.

Cover Guidelines

Covers dimensions are also preset by the book type assigned by your studio. Your book may be set up with a hard cover, a perfect bound soft cover and/or a saddle stitch cover, depending on the options offered by your studio..

Red spine guidelines are in the middle of the cover page. The more pages in your book, the larger the spine. Should you wish to add spine text, keep it small and positioned within the middle of the spine guidelines. Ask your publisher if there are any limitations for spine text (eg. not available on saddle stitch books or under a particular page count
Grey safe margins are displayed around the edge of the cover page. An additional green margin flanks the spine guidelines. Keep all text, photos of faces and important feature images within the safe margins.

A red trim area surrounds the cover page. Soft cover books will show a thin red trim line, since these are simply trimmed like an interior page. Hard cover books may show a much wider red area, representing the part of the cover that wraps behind the hardback board of the cover. Be sure to extend backgrounds and banners into this area to achieve a clean continuous look to your book.

Soft Cover (small trim area)

Hard Cover (large wrap area)