The Flat Plan Workspace is the visual representation of your publication. Using this view, you can move line items, ads, and editorials directly onto the pages of your plan.
Click on a page to see the details for that page.
- Status Bar - Use the status bar
to reflect the status for this page. This will be reflected in the band under the page. - Page Number Name - Use the Page Number Name field to rename this page. This will be reflected in the bottom band under the page.
- Assigned To: - Use the Assigned To: drop-down menu to choose whom this page is assigned to.
- Section - Use the section drop-down menu to choose which section of the publication this page is designated for.
- Has Insert or Blow-in - Use the Has Insert or Blow-in check box to indicate if this page can wrap between connected pages.
- Page Notes - You can enter any page notes for your delivery team here.
- Assigned Assets Tab - Here, you will see all of the assets that are assigned to this page.
- You can click on the picture of the asset to display the ad library.
- If the asset is content, you can click the content name to display the Content Details Panel for this asset.
- You can un-assign ads here as well. Clicking un-assign will move this asset off of this page and into Area 2 where you can re-place it.
- Page Files Tab - Use this tab to upload and view any files that are associated with this page.
Along the bottom of the page details view, you will see several buttons for this page:
- Click the Close button to close the page details view.
- Click the Upload Finished Design button to upload a print-ready design for this page.
- Click the Clear Finished Design button to learn the print-ready design for this page.
- Click the Cut button to cut this page. Doing this will enable you to move the page elsewhere in your plan.
- Click the Delete Page button to remove this page from the flat plan. This will also remove any assets that have been assigned, so please ensure that you do not have anything placed on the page before you delete a page.
General Navigation
In addition to the placement options as described in this article, there are a few navigation and quality of life features in this flat plan release:
- Multi-Select - Hold the SHIFT key and click on pages to select multiple pages at once. You can then cut and paste these pages using the cut button found in the top navigation.
- Swapping Pages - Hold the SHIFT key and select two pages. You will see a Swap button enable. Click this to swap the selected pages with all assigned assets.
- Adding Pages - Hover your mouse at the beginning or end of a page to display the Add Pages button. Click this button to add a place at the indicated marker.
- Drawing Placeholders - You can draw placeholders on a blank page of your flat plan by clicking on the mouse and drawing a box to the appropriate size.
