How can I customise the background?

6 December 2019

Question

I have a stock photo I would like to upload and use as background. Can I do this? I am also wondering if I can have a transparent background.

Answer

Yep! You can find the background settings where you set image on the right hand side inside the desktop publisher. You can also set "Background Alpha" to 0 on the right hand side in the "Styling" section in the desktop publisher if you want the publication to float on top of a background.

Is it possible to display the current page in the address bar?

6 December 2019

Question

Is it possible to display the current page in the address bar?

Answer

Yes, it is. It gets displayed as #Page=XX per default for all templates.

How to show a table of contents button?

6 December 2019

Question

Is it possible to have a button showing the pdf's TOC and how do I activate it in the viewer?

Answer

You can enable the TOC button by enabling it in the "UI Components" section on the right hand side in the desktop publisher. You can also fill in or edit existing items in the table of contents by expanding the TOC tree editor on the left hand side in the desktop publisher.

How do I disable zoom?

6 December 2019

Question

How do I disable scroll wheel zoom in the desktop publisher?

Answer

You can't disable only mouse wheel zooming but you can disable all zooming in the left hand panel under "Behaviour". Scroll down to the bottom of this settings panel and you'll find "Disable All Zooming”.

How to disable page navigation?

6 December 2019

Question

When rendered PDF on web version, is it possible to disable page navigation which is done using keyboard arrow keys? PDF is distorted when navigated like this. We are on Zine.

Answer

Yes! there's a setting for this in the settings section on the left (click on the cog).

How can I customise links in my document?

6 December 2019

Question

1. When adding in the links to the pages, is it possible to change the blue at all.... apart from changing it to none? 2. Is it possible to turn off the blue fade on links when a page first opens?

Answer

  • Scroll down in the right hand side ("style" tab)  inside the desktop publisher and you'll see "Link Color”.
  • You can set the "Link Alpha" value to 0 in the right hand side of the desktop publisher (in the "Styling" tab)
  • How can I get the controls to show at the bottom of the viewer instead of the top?

    6 December 2019

    Question

    How can I get the controls to show at the bottom of the viewer instead of the top?

    Answer

    There is a template inside the desktop publisher that allows you to do this. Select the "Rainforest" theme on the right hand side of the publisher to access this template. You also have the option to customise which buttons are visible on the toolbar.

    How can I use text animations in my publication?

    6 December 2019

    Question

    How do you animate a headline and other text?

    Answer

    It can be done in 2 ways. You either animate all headlines of the same size by editing the "Styling" section on the right hand side of the publisher and choosing an animation for the header size. The other way is to go into edit mode for a specific page and select the heading you want to animate. The animations you can choose from will appear in the left hand side of the edit window. The animation we have used for the business presentation link you referenced is the "3D rotate”

    Is it possible to add tabs?

    6 December 2019

    Question

    Is it possible to add tabs which would appear on the e.g right-hand side of the publication for easier navigation?

    Answer

    You could add tabs on the right hand side if you use the Elements viewer. All the containing elements are fully exposed when you use the elements viewer so it would be easy to modify them to include your tabs.

    Sharing FlowPaper Publications

    6 December 2019

    Question

    Can publications be downloaded and then read offline at a latter time?

    Answer

    The publications created for online use cannot be downloaded and read later offline but you can create offline publications and distribute via CD/usb if you want to. Contact us via email for more details on how this works.

    Question

    I need to be able to distribute my company newsletter via our own email and was wondering how to get the link to the flowpaper I created so I can insert it into my email.

    Answer

    You will get a link starting with https://online.flowpaper... in the desktop publisher after uploading your publication to our cloud hosting. Use this link to share your publication via email and otherwise.