Adobe PageMaker Training Courses: PageMaker Introduction

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PageMaker Introduction (2 days)

We no longer run scheduled public courses on this topic. However, we can offer on-site training wherever this is required in the UK.

This course requires no PageMaker experience, just basic computer skills.

Basics
	Creating and saving a document Working with page layout programs Overview of the PageMaker tools Creating and manipulating objects Placing text and graphics Page set-up and printing Creating templates

Text handling
	Entering and editing text Importing text Tabs and indentation Using style sheets Rotating text The story editor mode Find and replace Spell-checker Leading, Kerning and Tracking Font handling and printing Hyphenation

Style sheets
	PageMaker's built-in styles Defining your own styles Default and document styles Linking styles Applying styles Updating styles

Colours
	Defining new colours Document vs default colours RGB vs CMYK colours Spot vs process colours Applying colour to objects Applying colour to text

Page layout
	Overview of the control palette Using column guides Double-sided and facing pages Mixing text and graphics Independent and in-line graphic Baseline shift on in-line graphics Cropping and resizing a graphic Creating graphic elements Running text around an object Customising text flow

Frames
	Frames vs direct placement Adding text to a frame Setting text frame options Linking frames Adding a picture to a frame Setting options for framed pictures

Output

Importing EPS, PICT and TIFF files
Editing imported images
Updating imported files
Using master pages
Automatic page numbering
Working with longer documents