Adobe PageMaker Introduction

Course Contents

PageMaker Basics

• Navigate the Screen
• Set Default Preferences
• Setup a New Document
• Use the Toolbox
• Work with Views
• Use Guides & Reset Zero Point

Working with Text

• Type Text
• Create & Manipulate Text Blocks
• Place (import) Text Files
• Link Text Blocks
• Create & Link Placeholders
• Cut, Copy & Paste

Typography Introduction

• Apply Typeface, Typestyle & Point Size
• Understand Baseline, Leading,
• Tracking & Kerning

Paragraph Formatting

• Change Alignment
• Apply Drop Caps
• Set Bulleted Paragraphs
• Use Indents & Tabs
• Insert & Control Paragraph Rules

File Formats

• EPS, TIFF, BMP, JPG, GIF
• Resize & Crop Images
• Use PageMaker’s Drawing Tools
• Group & Ungroup Elements
• Change Stacking Order of Elements
• Apply & Customise Text Wrap
• around Images

Colours

• Apply Colour to Frames &
• Drawing Objects
• Change Fill & Stroke Colours

Master Pages

• Work with Single & Double Sided
• publications
• Create & Apply Master Pages
• Modify & Reapply Master Pages
• Insert Automatic Page Numbering

Print Feature

• Document Setup
• Save Publications
• Print Publications

Time: The course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30.

The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.