Masking tape is a special tape which can be used to conceal parts of an object. Quite Imposing allows you to stick electronic tape over your pages, to conceal parts of them. A typical use is in removing existing page numbers before applying new ones with Stick On Text and Numbers .
When you select Stick On Masking Tape a window appears. This floating window can be moved, and you can still use other menu selections and buttons.
On the window you choose which pages you are masking. In many cases it is convenient to stick masking tape on one page, and have the tape put in the same place on all pages, a range of pages, or just even or odd pages.
The Masking Tape Tool is active whenever the masking tape Window is open. The cursor changes to a tape reel (with a pointed end). Press the mouse and drag it to outline a rectangle. This will then appear as a white rectangle with a red outline. The red outline is only there while you are working; it will disappear once you apply the tape.
You can position as many pieces of tape as you like. If you make a mistake, click the Undo button on the masking tape window and the latest piece will be removed.
When you are happy with the positioning of the tape, click the Apply button. The red outlines then disappear, and the tape is applied to all selected pages.
You can then apply more tape, perhaps to a different page, or click Done to close the window. Click Last to get back the same series of rectangles you applied last time.
As with many other actions, you can use Remember Last Action to save the details of the action for later use. When remembering a Stick On Masking Tape action you can use Remember Last Action before or immediately after using Apply . The same series of masks is saved either way. However, once you start to draw new rectangles, it is too late to save the previous set.
When you use Playback Action for a Stick On Masking Tape action, you will see the rectangles, outlined in red, as if you had just drawn them. Just click Apply to stick down the tape. It does not make any difference whether the Masking Tape window was open. Any masks you had drawn, but not applied, are lost.
If you use Automation sequences to play back masking tape with a prompt, there is a problem: the masking tape dialog is normally independent ("modeless"), and allows you to drag out tape before clicking Apply . This cannot work if multiple commands are to be combined.
The solution is to show a different screen completely, which just lists the co-ordinates of the mask. This screen will also appear if creating a new automation sequence. Unless you happen to know the exact co-ordinates, it is generally easier to apply masking tape to a document as required, then import those commands to form a new sequence.
1. The Masking Tape Tool is a
tool, just like the other tools on the toolbar in Acrobat (but it has no button
of its own). If you select a different Acrobat tool, like the Zoom Tool, the
masking tape Window will close, but the tape which is waiting to be applied
will stay in place. Select Stick On Masking Tape again
to apply the tape if required (it will be lost if the document is closed).
2. Masking tape is stuck over
the page; nothing is removed. If a page is complicated and takes a while to
draw, you will see the original contents for a short while before they are
covered up. Areas covered by tape will, however, never print.
3. Once you have applied tape
(by clicking Apply ) you cannot remove it
with the Undo button, but you can use Peel Off Masking Tape to remove it.
4. You will normally position
tape on only a single page at a time, then when you click Apply
it is applied to the range you have selected. However, you can change to other
pages with the Masking Tape Tool still active, and position tape on them too.
In this case all of the choices for page range,
even/odd etc. will be greyed out. When you click Apply
, tape is applied only to the pages you actually positioned
tape upon.