PageMaker, Level 1

This course introduces the novice PageMaker publisher to the precise features of this powerful Windows-based desktop publishing software. Learn to create brochures, flyers, business advertisements, and many other functional documents. Also learn to manage long publications and manuscripts. This course emphasizes an overview of the software product's capabilities and functions. Hands-on exercises will be required, and each user will have much practice under the guidance of a professional desktop publisher.

Prerequisite: Windows, Level 1

Outline:

Desktop Publishing

• System requirements
  

  Starting PageMaker

• Starting a new document
  
• Columns
  

  Document Management

• Saving a named document
  
• Printing a document
  

  Placing Text And Graphics

• Placing text
  
• Placing graphic images
  

  Using The Toolbox

• Pointer
  
• Square box
  
• Moving a box
  
• Sizing a box
  
• Round edged box
  
• Circle
  
• Oval
  
• Cropping
  
• Text tool
  
• Blocking text
  
• Deleting text
  
• Cut and past
  
• Copying text
  
• Perpendicular lines
  
• Diagonal lines
  

  Page Menu

• Viewing a document
  
• Fit in window
  
• Actual to 200%
  
• Fit in window to 200%
  
• Finding a page
  
• Inserting a page
  
• Deleting a page
  

  Text Attributes

• Fonts
  
• Selecting a font
  
• Font size
  
• Leading
  
• Type width
  
• Track
  
• Type style
  
• Type specifications
  
• Super/subscript
  
• Hyphenation
  
• Adding words to the dictionary
  

  Paragraph Attributes

• Justification
  

  Align Left

• Align right
  
• Align center
  
• Justify
  
• Force justify
  
• Tab
  
• Indent
  
• Hanging indent
  

  Styles

• Defining
  
• Editing
  
• Removing
  
• Tagging
  

  Master Pages

• Header
  
• Footer
  
• Page numbering
  

  Creating A Brochure

  Creating A Newsletter

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