Aperture 2 and printing photos top & bottom margins

Hello,
Is it me or does Aperture 2 (Trial) missing the top & margin settings when printing a photo ?
What I mean is if it's possible to move the photo around vertically (top or bottom) and by seeing
the dimension...like in Lightroom.
Ok, there are possibilites to decenter photos in 'Books' mode but I didn't find a ruler (neither for the dimensions of the photos and neither for the whole page) and that's not very practical.
Thanks,
gilles

I don't know specifically about any improvements regarding keywords from Aperture 1.5 to 2.0 but in Aperture 2.1 you are able to add and search hierarchical keywords structures.
One very important thing to know is that you ALWAYS have to add keywords to the hierarchical keyword structure in the keyword HUD BEFORE you apply them to your specific images.
Aperture is actually smart enough to distinguish between the same word used in different places in your keyword hierarchy. Here is an example. Let us say that you have created the following keyword hierarchy in your keyword HUD:
/Wildlife/Bird/Duck/Male
/Wildlife/Bird/Duck/Female
/Wildlife/Kangaroo/Male
/Wildlife/Kangaroo/Female
If you do a simple text search by typing the search word into the search field then:
If you search for "Wildlife" all your male and female ducks and kangaroos will show up.
If you search for "Bird" your male and female ducks will show up.
If you search for "Male" your male ducks and male kangaroos will show up.
But if you are looking for only your male ducks then you just open the keyword brick in the search HUD and here you will see that there are actually two different "Male" keywords. Just next to those two keywords the upper hierarchy keyword is listed in parentheses. You just check the one you want.
Again in order for this hierarchy structure to work then you must add new keywords in the keyword HUD before you add them to your images. All keywords you add to your images by typing directly into the keyword field in the metadata viewer will appear at the top level of your keyword hierarchy.
Karsten

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