While layouts are accomplished with traditional iPad gestures such as tap and pinch, you can resize and adjust document elements via handy slider bars, if you prefer.

Working with text is easy. When you tap a text box, it offers several icons that let you control attributes such as font, alignment, inset, font size, and color. A Box Attributes popover window lets you control color, opacity, and frame width. You can also enter and edit text and assign a tag to the box.

Controls for picture boxes let you place an image from your iPad or a stock photo, which you can obtain directly in the program. A Picture Attributes popover gives you control over image placement and opacity within the box, while box attributes let you edit the color, opacity, frame width, and frame color of the box.

You can change the position and crop of an image or alter the basic layout even further by inserting additional text or picture boxes via the Plus (+) control at the top of the window, or save customized layouts for reuse. You can also place a background image in the layout.