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Get help and report problems
If JeffPub does something odd, or you have an idea to make it better, tell the people who build it. You do this on GitHub, a website where they keep track of problems and ideas.
- Press F1, or click Help > Help > Help, and type a few words in the search box. See Welcome to JeffPub.
- Click Help > Help > Keyboard Shortcuts for the keys. See Use JeffPub with the keyboard.
- Click Help > Help > What's New to read the notes for your version.
- If you lost work after JeffPub closed, see Get back unsaved work.
- Check that you have the newest version. Click File > About, then Check for Updates. A problem may already be fixed.
- Click Help > Help > Feedback. A page on GitHub opens in your web browser. You need a free GitHub account to post there.
- Give it a short title, such as "Text disappears when I print" or "Idea: more border styles".
- Under What would you like to tell us?, say what went wrong or what you would like. Write down any message you saw.
- For a problem, under What did you do just before it happened?, list your steps in order, so someone else can try them.
- Leave the last line in place. It names your JeffPub version and your operating system. If it is missing, add the version number from File > About.
- Use the button on the GitHub page to submit it.
A picture of the problem helps. Do not post a publication that has private information in it.
Click File > About to see your version number, check for updates, and read the license and credits. The page also has links to the source code, to downloads, and to Report a problem. For the update and statistics choices, see Change JeffPub's settings.
These pages are generated from JeffPub's built-in Help (resources/help/en in the repository) and are replaced on each update, so edits belong in the repository.
Getting started
- Welcome to JeffPub
- Find your way around the window
- Start a new publication
- Open and save publications
- Work with .pub files
- Get back unsaved work
Text
- Add and format text boxes
- Flow text between text boxes
- Format text
- Bullets, numbering, and tabs
- Use styles
- Add Text Art
- Add an equation
- Make and edit tables
- Contents, footnotes, and endnotes
- Spelling, thesaurus, research, and hyphenation
- Translate text
- Find and replace text
Pictures and objects
- Add and adjust pictures
- Graphics Manager
- Draw shapes and lines
- Add charts
- Icons, barcodes, and other objects
- Move, align, group, and layer objects
- Wrap text around objects
Pages
- Page size, margins, and layout
- Color and font schemes
- Change a publication's template
- Master pages, headers, and page numbers
- Add, move, and delete pages
- Rulers, guides, and snapping
Mailings
Print and share
Help and settings
- Use JeffPub with the keyboard
- Screen readers, high contrast, and alt text
- Check your design
- Comments
- Change JeffPub's settings
- Choose a language
- Get help and report problems
The ribbon's tabs
- File, Home, Insert, Page Design, Mailings, Review, View, and Help
- Tabs that appear when you select something: Text Box, Shape Format, Picture Format, Table Design and Table Layout, Text Art Format, and Master Page