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Add PMK1 to my courses Adobe PageMaker 7 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