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In iCalamus, you can combine and layout various content in a document: text, images, vector graphics, shapes, lines, but even complete PDF contents or internet pages (URLs).
One of the most simple methods of importing a content into an iCalamus document is Drag&Drop. Just drag a file from a Finder window or from the Desktop with the mouse into an iCalamus document and drop it there. At the same time, the document page on which you drop the content, shows a blue outline. A 4x4 cm size new frame will be created at the mouse position immediately and the content of the dragged file will be shown in this frame – provided the format of the dragged file is supported.
If the format is not supported, you will get an empty frame instead.
If you drag the content on an already existing frame, the relevant frame will show the blue outline, visualizing that you are going to replace its previous content with the content of the dragged file.
Some formats cause a conversion before their content is shown, e.g. PS and EPS files are converted into PDF format directly.
You will surely have to resize the frame afterwards and edit its content. This will be discussed in the next chapter.
But of course you can import content in another way. iCalamus
offers two different ways in its File menu: Paste in Place
and
Import
. Paste in Place
signifies that you choose an
existing file in the file selector and load its content into an
existing frame. If no frame was created before, iCalamus asks you to
create a new frame afterwards. (You know already how to do this.) Thus
we call this method of importing data Paste in Place
.
The menu item Import
offers further sub menu items which
all refer to data delivering devices. If you have plugged in your
digital camera to your computer, you can directly import photographs
from the camera. Or from iPhoto, Apple's photo management application.
Or get data from your scanner provided it supports the TWAIN
interface.
There is one more special feature: You can Paste URI/URL in
Place
(URL = Uniform Resource Locator). Use this menu item to
place the content of a web page directly in your document. The content
of the web page will automatically converted into PDF, offering
highest possible output quality in your document. Isn't it great? ...
You can even place other sources (URI = Uniform Resource Identifier) easily in your document this way.
Name it Import, Paste in Place or Drag&Drop – it's your choice. Let's keep in mind that you have got to know three methods how to import content into iCalamus documents. In the next chapter you will learn how to get the gribs with these contents.
