ADOBE PAGEMAKER NOTES

INTRODUCTION
PageMaker 7.0 is one of the best and popular Desktop Publishing Designing
Program developed by Adobe Corporation in USA. It is specially used in page
designing. Today is popular in press and printing jobs with the help of this program,
we can create any kinds of Designing like Visiting cards, Identity card,
advertisement, Logo, Brochures, News papers and different articles etc. It is quite
easy with its leading, tracking, set with features to adjust the text and to make
publication
designing.
OR
Adobe PageMaker is page laying or page composition (Desktop publishing) software
that automates all the steps developing a printed document. Composition is the
process of laying out text and graphics typography, line boxes pictures, drawing
and colors on a page. PageMaker is considered by many industries experts and by
many users to be one of most functional, experts system available for the design
and composition of document.
The PageMaker demonstrated in 1985. The latest generation of PageMaker is
6.5 improvements In 1996. It is now an extremely powerful desktop publishing and
graphics tool, made even more significant by graphics designers and artists,
technical writers and illustrators, corporate communications departments,
marketing groups, newspapers, magazines, and book publishers.
PageMaker includes such features as multiple master pages, automatic layout
adjustment and text graphic frame to help you achieve the look you want quickly.
Multiple master pages allow you to specify and apply different page designs, such
as margins and columns within a single publication. Use it to create a variety of
documents, from a several page brochure to a complex report of up to 999 pages.
PageMaker automatically repositions resizes and re-flows text blocks, frames and
graphics when you alter columns orientation or master pages and you can quickly
lay out your publication by creating frames to hold text and graphics.

How to open PageMaker 70?

Steps:
1. Click on start button.
2. Choose programs.
3. Choose Adobe then click on Adobe PageMaker 70.
Or,
1. Click on start button.
2. Click on run command.
3. Type “PM70”.
4. Click on ok button.
How to create new document?
CREATING A NEW DOCUMENT:
Creating a new document is similar to taping a clean shut of page paper to your
drawing board, before you begin towards you must tell page maker something
about the paper such as the margins specifications, paper size.
Follow these steps to create a new document.
1. Click on file menu.
2. Click on new command.
3. Then document set up dialog box will appear.

1. Page size:
Indicates the size of paper for the document based on the printer you have
selected.

2. Dimensions:
This option indicates the width and height of the paper specified in the page list
box. Enter your own dimension here to define a custom page size.

3. Orientation:
The default orientation is tall (also called portrait), wide orientation turns the page
900 (also called Landscape)

4. Start page:
This option indicates which page number from you want to start. If you want to
your first number to be 10 and second page will be 11 and so on enter in the text
box.

5. Options
Remove the tick mark from double sided, if you want to create one sided design.

6. Margin:
The default margins for a new document will display if you want to change as your
wish you can change margin in the left, right, top and bottom box.

7. Number of page:
When you create a new document PageMaker’s set the number of pages. You can
enter any number of pages up to 999 in the box.
About the tool bars:
In PageMaker there are 14 types of toolbars found in the toolbar which are use to
create, edit, move, view, found etc of your document.
How to Display or Hide the toolbox?
From the Window menu and choose Show Tools or Hide Tools to display or hide the
toolbox.
1. Pointer tool:
This tool is use to move the selected items one location to another location, delete
the selected items and Resize the size of the text blocks, graphics and selected
items. Pick the pointer tool and click over the text, object, picture etc then drag
inside or outside to resize (to increase or decrease) the size of the object or picture.

Note:
Double click on the arrow tool or pointer tool to set the different types of
PageMaker prefer menu setting like measurement, Nepali typing, Graphic display,
Guide options etc.

2. Text tool:
This tool is used for to make the text area by dragging our mouse in the document
for type the text. Use text tool to type, select, and edit text. Pick up the text tool
and drag in the text area of the PageMaker then start type. To change the font and
any font effects choose this tool and select the text.

Note:
Double click on the text tool to set the different types of font setting like color, bold,
underline font size

3. Rotate tool:
This tool is use to rotate the selected items in any direction or angle, as your wish.
Pick up the rotate tool and click over the any point of the object and rotate it in any
angle as you need.

4. Crop tool:
This tool is use to crop or hide and show the unnecessary part of the pictures or
graphics. Select crop tool then drag the mouse inside the graphics area to hide the
unnecessary part of graphic and if you want to show the cropping sides then click
over the part with crop tool and drag out side of the graphic.
How to crop the picture?
Steps:
1. First of all press ctrl + D (Place)
2. Chose the any one picture or image from the computer folder
3. Click on the open button.
4. Now drag your mouse to place or insert the picture.
5. Select the crop tool.
6. Now drag your mouse on the picture from the selection point to cut the
unwanted part of the picture.
5. Diagonal Line:
This tool is use to draw a diagonal or straight line. Use diagonal line tool to draw
straight lines or diagonal lines in any direction. Click over the diagonal line tool and
drag on the page where you want to draw.

6. Perpendicular line tool:

This tool is use to draw a straight horizontal and perpendicular or vertical straight
line. Click over the perpendicular line tool and drag on the page, where you want to
draw line.

7. Ellipse tool:
This tool is use to draw an ellipse or oval shape and circle. Pick up the ellipse tool
and drag it in the page where you need. If you want to create full circle then press
shift key and drag it on the page.

8. Frame Ellipse tool:

This tool is use to draw a circle frame, ellipse frame or oval frame.Use ellipse frame
tool to create a circular or oval placeholder for text and graphics. Pick up the ellipse
frame tool and drag it in the page, where you need. If you want to create full circle
then press the shift key and drag it.

9. Rectangle box:
This tool is use to draw a rectangle box or a square shape. Use rectangle tool to
draw rectangles and squares boxes. Pick up the rectangle box tool and drag the
mouse where you want to draw the rectangles if you press the shift key at the
drawing time the rectangle become square.

10. Polygon tool:

This tool is use to draw a polygon (a figure of more than four lines) shape. Use
polygon tool to draw basic polygons. Pick up the polygon tool and drag on the page.
If you want to change the polygon shape then double click on the tool. Polygon
setting dialog box will appear from this dialog box set the polygon shape and click
over the ok button.

11. Polygon frame:

This tool is use to draw a polygon frame. Use polygon frame tool to create a
polygonal placeholder for text and graphics. Click on the polygon frame and drag on
the page if you want to change the polygon shape then double click on the tool.
Then frame option dialog box will appear. In this dialog box set the polygon, where
you want to position the text finally click over the ok button.
12. Found tool (Hand tool)
This tool is use to found or move page or document. Use hand tool to scroll the
page or to preview and test hyperlinks. Pick up the hand tool and drag the page, as
you want to move or press the alt key and drag mouse.

13. Zoom tool:

This tool is use to increase and decrease our document view size. Pick the zoom
tool and click over the any items, which you want to magnify or reduce. To
decrease document view size click your mouse with holding “Ctrl” key.

14. Rectangle frame:

Use rectangle frame tool to create a rectangular placeholder for text and graphics.
Pick up the rectangle frame tool and drag anywhere of the page and type text in
side the rectangle box. If you press the shift key at the drawing time the rectangle
become square.

How to create a border?

Steps:
1. Make rectangle box with boundary.
2. Press ctrl + J from keyboard.
3. Fill the color and line color.
4. Make an auto shape from WinWord.
5. Copy that shape and paste it in the PageMaker.
6. Now set that auto shape in the boundary.
7. Press ctrl + c from keyboard.
8. Click on the edit menu.
9. Click on “paste multiple” command.
10. Now set the paste properties.
11. Click on ok button.
12. In this way go on making border in all of the boundary.
13. After completing the border press ctrl + A from keyboard to select all
14. Finally press ctrl + G from keyboard to group your border.

About the control palette:

In the PageMaker there are 3 types of control palette. To hide and show the control
palette click on the window menu the click on the hide / show control palette option
or to show and hide the control palette of text press Ctrl +’. They are as following:
Control palette of text
 Character:
1. Font button: This button is used to change the font face click over the font
button then choose any font face as you need.

2. Font Size: This button is used to change the font size as you like Click over the
font size button and choose any size as you need.

3. Track: This option is used to change the font track as Normal, loose, very loose
tight and very tight

4. Kerning option: This button is used to increase or decrease the character

spacing horizontally in 0.01 ranges.

5. Normal (Ctrl +Shift + Space): To change the font style into normal.
a. Select the font which style you want to change into normal.
b. Click over the normal button or press Ctrl + Shift + Space.

6. Bold (Ctrl + Shift + B): This button is used to change the normal font into bold
(blackness).
a. Select the font and click over the bold button or press Ctrl + Shift + B.

7. Italic (Ctrl + Shift + I): This option is used to change the normal text into
italic.
a. Select the font and click over the italic button or press Ctrl + shift + I.

8. Reverse (Ctrl +Shift+ V): This button is used to change the font in to white
color.
a. Select the text and choose the Reverse button or press theCtrl + Shift + V.

9. Strikethrough (Ctrl + Shift + /): This tool is used to draw a horizontal line
through the middle of the selected text.
a. Select the text and click over the streak thru button or press the Ctrl + Shift+
/.

10. Small caps: This option is used to change to selected font caps as small,
capital and little grater capital.
a. Select the font and click over the small caps button.

11. Superscript / Subscript: This button is used to change the normal text in to
supper and sub script (the text appear little upper then normal text is called supper
script and the text which appear little below the normal text is called sub script).
a. Select the text, which you want to change in to supper script or sub script.
b. Then click over the supper script or sub script button, as you need.
12. Leading button: This button is used to change the text leading (leading is the
vertical space between two lines)
a. Select the text line which leading you want to change.
b. Click over the leading increase or decrease button, as you need.

13. Horizontal Scale: This option is used to change the character width size, as
you need.
a. Select the text which width you want to change.
b. Choose the width size in present, as you need.
14. Baseline shift option: This button is used to move the selected text little
below or above the normal line or specify the vertical position of text relative to the
baseline
a. Select the text and click over the up and down baseline button.

Paragraph
Align text:
A. Align Left (Ctrl + Shift + L): Change the text aligns text left edge of the text
evenly. The left alignment text is commonly used in personalized letter informal
news and body text in many books.

B. Align center (Ctrl + Shift + C): This alignment is used to position the text or
paragraph in the center of the page or between the left and right edge of the page.
This alignment is basically used to heading for newsletter and brochure and heading
of book.

C. Align Right (Ctrl + Shift + R): This alignment is used to position the text or
paragraph on the right edge of the page it is basically used for to write date and
time and so on.

D. Justify (Ctrl + Shift + J) /Force justify (Ctrl + Shift + F):

This alignment is used to justify (adjust the vertical text of both side of the
paragraph) the paragraph edge.
Steps:
a. Select the paragraph and choose the align style as you need. From the control
plate tool or from the Type menu choose alignment or press shortcut key.

E. First indent: Specify the amount of indent for the first sentence in a paragraph.

F. Space-before and space-after options: Specify the amount of space to insert

above or below the selected paragraphs.

G. Grid-size option: Specify the point size of the text grid to use when Align to
Grid option is on.
Steps:
a. Select the paragraph and from the control panel tool & click on these button as
you need.

Control palette of line object:

Control palette of object:

Position option: This button is used to displays the X and Y position of the ruler,
where the object is located.

Sizing option: Specifies the width and height of the selected object we can change
the size of the object by changing the number of this button.

Rotating option: This button is used to Rotates the selected object around the
reference in different degree as you specify.

Skewing option: Skews objects horizontally -85 to 85 degrees in relation to the

selected reference point.

Horizontal-reflecting button: Reflects the selected object vertically, and then

rotates the object 180 degrees so it appears reflected horizontally.

Vertical-reflecting button: Reflects the select object vertically.

About the color

To show and hide color palette click on the window menu choose hide / show color
command or press Ctrl + J from keyboard.

To apply the color on the text:

Steps:
1. Type your text.
2. Select the text (by text tool)
3. Then click on anyone color as you like.

To apply the color on the object:

Steps:
1. Draw anyone object.
2. Select that object (by pointer tool)
3. Press ctrl + J.
4. Click on the fill color icon on the color palette.
5. Click on the color which you want.
How to insert picture?
Steps:
1. Click on the file menu.
2. Click on the place command or press ctrl + D from keyboard.
3. Choose anyone picture which you like.
4. Click on ok button.
5. Finally drag your mouse.

After inserting picture:

To crop your picture:
Steps:
1. Select the picture.
2. Press ctrl + K from keyboard.
3. Click on high resolution option.
4. Click on ok button.
5. Select crop tool.
6. Now drag your mouse on the picture from the selection point.

How to insert picture in the star shape?

Steps:
1. Click on file menu.
2. Click on place command or press ctrl + D from keyboard.
3. Choose anyone picture which you like.
4. Click on open button.
5. Now drag your mouse.
6. Draw a star shape (don’t fill the color)
7. Place that star shape on over the picture.
8. Select that picture and auto shape at once.
9. Press ctrl + 6 from keyboard.

Note: If star shape is not full filled by the picture position your pointer tool on the
selection point and drag your mouse to full fill the star shape by picture.

To go first condition or unmask

Press ctrl + shift + 6 from keyboard.

File menu:
Open (Ctrl +O):
This option is used to open the exiting publication file, which we have already
saved.

Recent publications:
This command lists the last eight PageMaker publications you opened and saved
where from you can directly open publication which you want to open.

Revert:
Removes all changes to the active document or publication since you last save it or
removes the entire unsaved document from our active document.
Steps:
1. Create your document and draw any object then save it.
2. Now draw any other objects don’t save it.
3. Click on file menu.
4. Click on revert command.

Place (ctrl + D)
This option allows us to import text, graphics, and spreadsheet or database files
into the active publication, which are created in other program.
Steps:
1. Click on file menu.
2. Click on place command or press Ctrl + D from keyboard.
3. Then its dialog box will appear.
4. Choose anyone file of picture.
5. Finally click on open button.
6. Drag the mouse over the page where you want to put.

Acquire:
This acquire command allows us to select twain image (such as a scanner) and to
take image directory from the source and place them in PageMaker.
Steps:
1. Join your scanner and insert the image into the scanner.
2. From the file menu choose Acquire and Acquire image.
3. Then save dialog box will appear. Type the file name and choose directory where
you want to save.
4. Then click overt the save button.
5. After a few second scanner program will be active.
6. In that scanner's dialog box click over the preview button.
7. Then after a few second when your image will appear in full size then select it
and click on the scan button.
8. Finally when scanning finish then drag the mouse on the page.

Export: The export command is used to save the elements of your PageMaker
document is one of these formats as an adobe portable document, HTML, picture
and text format.
1. Make your file.
2. From file menu choose Export then its any items. And follow the steps, as you
need.
 Document setup (Ctrl + Shift + P): This option is used to set the document after
creating document with out affecting that document. And we can use this command
to create a document as default. For more see the steps of "creating new
documents" topic.

Preference (ctrl + K): See the "DISPLAY AND CHANGING THE RULER
MEASURMENT" topic.
DISPLAYS AND CHANGING THE RULER MEASURMENT:
If ruler is not displayed in the document window you can active them by
pressing Ctrl+ R or from the view menu select show/hide Ruler. The default
measurement system for the ruler in inches you can change the any of several
system choices.
1. From the FILE MENU choose PREFERENCE GENERAL to display the preference
dialog box or double click on the pointer tool.
2. Then choose the measurement unit and click over the ok button.
a. Inch: This is the default measurement system.

b. Decimal inch: The ruler display by 10 tick marks where the page view allows to
the inch and values are created in decimal.

c. Millimeters: 25.4 millimeters = 1 inch.(it is the best measurement to cerate any

design in PageMaker.

d. Picas: There are 12 pointes to the pica and 6 picas to the inch.

e. Cicero: A Cicero's is slightly larger then a pica there is 5.58 Cicero's in to an

inch.

Link manager:
The link manager command lets you view or modify links for single and multiple
objects through out a publication.
Steps:
1. Insert the picture.
2. Click on file menu.
3. Click on link manager command.
4. Then its dialog box will appear.
5. Click on "info" button.
6. Choose anyone picture.
7. Click on open button.
8. Click on ok button.

Document setup:
 Lets you to change the setting for a publication first defined when you choose new
such as page size, margins, number of pages page numbering and applied to the
document master page.

Print (ctrl + P)
This command Prints a publication or book on a printer or to a disk as a postscript
(letter) file. The printing options available depend on the printer you are using.

Preference
General (ctrl + K)
This command controls various setting that applies to publication wide behavior
such and viewing text and graphics.

Layout menu:
Sort pages:
Lets you move pages from one position to another in the active publication by
arranging thumbnail representation of your pages and PageMaker reorder and
renumbers your pages based on the changes you make.
Steps:
1. Click on layout menu.
2. Click on sort command.
3. Select the page which you want to arrange.
4. Drag the selection page or publication to the another location where you want
5. Click on ok button to change the page order.

Go back (Ctrl + Page up) and Go Forward (ctrl + page down):

Lets you go to the next page in the sequence (step by step) of pages you have
viewed since you opened a publication and lets you return to the previous page.
This option is used to go back and forward of the page.

Column guides:
This command is display the column guides dialog box that lets you inter the
number of column for a page. The column guides command automatically creates
equal width between the column you can change this width by clicking the column
guided and drag them. Specify the number of columns and the amount of space
between the columns on the page.
Steps:
1. Click on layout menu.
2. Click on column guides option.
3. Then its dialog box will appear.
4. Enter the number of columns how many columns you want to insert columns on
the pages and the space you want to insert between columns.
5. Click on ok button.
Copy Master Guide:
Removes your column’s guide lines and makes like master page.
Steps:
1. Click on the layout menu.
2. Click on the copy master guide command.

Auto flow:
When checked text flows into available columns until there’s no more text to place
page are added to the end to the publication it necessary or This command is used
to set the auto flow the text in the page when you click on the page. If you tick in
this command you need not to drag the mouse in each page although you have
massage more then on page.
Steps:
1. Type some text.
2. Click on layout menu.
3. “On” the tick mark on the auto flow option.
4. Click on the over flow text button by pointer tool
5. Now drag your mouse on the next page.

Go to page (Ctrl + Alt + G):

This command lets you to turn in another page or master page in the active
publication. This option is an easy way to go the specify page by jumping at once
from any page.
Steps:
1. Click on layout menu.
2. Click on go to page command or Ctrl + Alt + G from keyboard
3. Then go to page dialog box will appear.
4. In this dialog box type the number of page where you want to go.
5. Click on ok button or press enter key from keyboard.

Insert page:
This option is allows us to insert the pages in your active file after or before the
current page as you specify. Let you add the page to a publication before or after
the current page.
Steps:
1. From the layout menu choose insert pages option.
2. Then its dialog box will appear in this dialog box type the number of page how
much you want to insert.
3. Then choose after or before option finally click over the insert button.

Remove page:
This command lets you to delete the designed range of page numbers in a
publication including the text and graphics on those pages.
Steps:
 1. Click on layout menu.
2. Click on remove page option.
3. Type the range of pages how many pages you want to remove.
4. Click on ok button.

Edit menu:
Paste multiple:
This command lets you to make duplicate an object within a publication either by
coping and pasting it using drag and drop or by using the more powerful multiple
paste features.

TIPS: Use edit > paste multiple to paste an object copied from one page on the
page to which it is pasted. Make sure the vertical and horizontal offsets are set to
zero when you click on ok in the paste multiple dialog box.
Steps:
1. Draw any object (like line or anyone)
2. Copy that line or object.
3. Click on edit menu.
4. Click on “paste multiple” command.
5. Now set the pasting properties (how many object you want to paste and ser the
space between tow object in this dialog box)
6. Click on ok button.

Insert object:
This option is use to insert an object from another application into the current
publication or PageMaker which is not available in PageMaker. Lets you insert an
OLE object server application in which you create an object which you create an
object which is then pasted as an ole-embed object into the current publication.
Steps:
1. Click on edit menu.
2. Click on insert object command.
3. Choose anyone application such as bitmap.
4. Click on ok button.
5. Now draw any picture.
6. Finally close the Ms-paint.
7. Click on the save button.

Edit story
Opens the story editors to show the story currently selected or opens a new story
window if no text is selected it is on / off command or this command is used to edit
the mistake spelling and give the suggestion as possible spelling. When you choose
this command you switch to the story view and you can see only on story at a time.
Steps:
1. Click on edit menu.
 2. Click on edit story command or press ctrl + E from keyboard.
3. Type some text.
4. Press Ctrl + E.
5. Now drag your mouse.

How to check spelling and grammar?

a. Type the document and from the edit menu choose story.
b. Then edit story page will appear
c. From this page choose utility menu then choose spelling or press Ctrl + L then
its dialog box will appear.
d. In this dialog box click over the start button then it will show the possible correct
spelling.
e. From this list of possible spelling list choose correct spelling and click over the
replace button.
f. Finally close the dialog box and from the edit menu choose edit layout option or
press Ctrl + E.

TYPE MENU
Font
Size

Leading
Sets the space measured in points between consecutive (coming one after another)
type, leading can be selected for a range of text. Use other command to set leading
values ranging from zero to thirteen hundred (1-1300) points.
Steps:
1. Type long text.
2. Select that text.
3. Click on type menu.
4. Click on leading command.
5. Now set the leading properties.

Expert tracking:
This option allows you to apply size, dependent letter spacing over a range of text
instead of adjusting the spacing between pairs of letters by using the sub command
like loose, very loose, tight, normal etc
Steps:
1. Type some text.
2. Select that text.
3. Click on type menu.
4. Click n expert tracking command.
5. Choose anyone sub command.

Horizontal scale:
 Lets you control the proportional width of characters for a selected range of text.
Use the other commands to specify a custom width (from 5% to 250%) for the
selected text or the next the typed
Steps:
1. Type the text.
2. Select the text.
3. Click on type menu.
4. Click on horizontal scale command.
5. Now set the properties.

Character (Ctrl + T):

Lets you control the font name, size and other attributes for the selected range of
text, part of a default or part of a style or This option is used to change the
character style as font, Size, Leading, Position, Track, Font color, tint, Track, case
etc.
Steps:
1. Type some text.
2. Select the text.
3. Click on type menu.
4. Click on character command or press Ctrl + T.
5. Now set the different types of font setting like color, bold, italic, underline,
horizontal scale, leading etc.
6. Finally click on ok button.

Paragraph (Ctrl + M)
Sets the paragraph level attributes for a single paragraph for text placed into
PageMaker.
Steps:
1. Type the text.
2. Select that text.
3. Click on type menu.
4. Click on paragraph command or press Ctrl + M.
5. Now set the paragraph setting like left, right, center, justify, before, after etc.
6. Click on ok button.

Indent and tab (Ctrl + I):

This command open the indents tabs dialog box to set tab stops for your document.
You can also set the first line, left and right indents and paragraph by tab setting
from this dialog box. You can use indent tabs for a selected range of text.
Steps:
1. Type the text.
2. Select the text.
3. Click on type menu.
4. Click on indent and tab command or press ctrl + I from keyboard.
5. Now set the margin and first line.
How to set tab setting:
Step:
1. Type the text with tab key.
2. Select that text.
3. Press ctrl + I.
4. Now set the tab setting icon on the ruler.
5. Click on apply button.
6. Click on ok button.

Hyphenation:
The trade of between hyphenation and spacing in justified text in that the closer
you come to ideal specify between letters and words Or This option is used to insert
the hyphenation (a short line) at the right edge of the text in the end of the line.
Steps:
1. Select the paragraph and Click on type menu.
2. Click on hyphenation command.
3. Click on "on" option.
4. Click on ok button.
5. Now start to type your text.

Style:
This command displays the style menu listing the default or custom style
established for the current document.
Steps:
1. Select the paragraph or text which style you want to change.
2. From the type menu choose style then it list will appear.
3. From this list choose any style as you like.

Define style (Ctrl + B)

This command is used to create a new style, change existing style or remove style
or Lets you create and edit paragraph style for the typed text in PageMaker.
Steps:
1. Click on the type menu.
2. Click on the define style command or press Ctrl + 3 from keyboard.
3. To create a new style click over the new button of this dialog box.
4. Then next dialog box will appear in this dialog box type the style name and click
over the Character, Tabs, paragraph, and hyphenation etc button.
5. Set the style as you like and click over the ok button.
6. If you want to edit, remove any style, choose the style then click over that
button and change as you like.
Or
1. Press Ctrl + B.
2. Click on the right arrow.
3. Click on new style option.
4. Type your name.
5. Click n character button.
6. Set the different types of font setting and click on ok button.
7. Click on ok button.
8. Again click on ok button.

Element menu:
Fill and stroke (Ctrl + U):
This option is used to set the fill and stroke attributes for a selected object.
Steps:
1. Draw any object like rectangle box.
2. Select that object.
3. From the Element menu choose fill and stroke or Press Ctrl + Ufrom keyboard
then its dialog box will appear from key board.
4. From this dialog box choose fill, stroke style and color opacity and other
properties as you need.
5. Click on ok button.

Fill:
This option lets you Fill a pattern (specially black or white color) when drawing a
rectangle, ellipse, or polygon. A fill pattern can also be applied to a selected box or
oval after drawing.
Steps:
1. From the Element menu choose fill option then choose any patterns as you need
2. Now draw anyone object
Or
1. Draw any object and select it & click on the element menu chooses fill then any
patterns.

2. Stroke:

This option is specify the line width, line style and pattern for the rectangle, ellipse,
or polygon tool. You can specify other line weights in one-tenth of point increments,
up to 800 points.
Steps:
1. From the element menu choose stroke and any width, any style of line or
pattern.
2. Then drag any style of object.
Or
1. drag the object the select it then from the element menu choose stroke then any
width of line and line style.
2. If you want to increase or decrease the line width the click over the custom
option the type the line width as you need.
Frame:
Lets you attach the text and graphics to a frame set attributes for the object.
A. Attach content (Ctrl + F):
This option is used to attach the content in to the frame.
Steps:
1. Draw anyone frame object.
2. Type some text outside from the frame object.
3. Select the text and frame object at once.
4. Click on element menu.
5. Choose frame then click on attach to content option or pressCtrl + F.

B. Separate content (Ctrl + F):

This option is used to separate the content from the selected frame.
Steps:
1. Select the frame where you type content.
2. Click on the element menu Choose frame then separate content or press the Ctrl
+ F.

C. Frame option (Alt + Ctrl + F):

This option lets you specify alignment and indents of text inside a frame.
Steps:
1. From the Element menu choose frame the frame option or pressAlt + Ctrl + F.
2. Then its dialog box will appear. From this dialog box set alignment and margins
of the text from the frame.
3. Then drag the frame the start to type the text.
4. If you have already typed the text the make active the frame then follow the
same steeps.

D. Change to Frame (Ctrl + Shift +Alt +F):

This option is used to change the any active object into the frame.
Steps;
1. Drag the object and make active it.
2. From the Element menu choose frame option the change to frame or press Ctrl
+ Shift + Alt +F.

E. Change to graphic (Ctrl + Shift +Alt +F):

This option is used to convert the fame into the object or graphic.
Steps:
1. Select the frame and from the element menu choose frame option the change to
graphic or press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F.
F. Delete content:
This option is use to remove the contents of the selected frame.
Steps:
1. First of all apply attach contents command.
2. Click on the element menu.
3. Choose frame then click on the delete content option.

Arrange
This command is use to set the selected object in front, back etc side of the
stacking order.
Bring to front (Ctrl+ Shift +])
This command is used to move the selected object to the front of all over lapping.
Steps:
1. Draw more than two objects and overlap it.
2. Select an object which you want to move front.
3. Click on the element menu Choose arrange then choose bring to front option or
press Ctrl +Shift+ ] key from keyboard.

Bring forward (Ctrl +]):

This command is used to move the selected object to the front of any overlapping.
Steps:
1. Draw more than two objects and overlap it.
2. Select an object which you want to move forward.
3. Click on the element menu Choose arrange then choose bring forward option or
press Ctrl +] key from keyboard.

Send Backward (Ctrl + [):

This command is used to move the selected object to the back of any object.
Steps:
1. Draw more than two objects and overlap it.
2. Select an object which you want to move backward.
3. Click on the element menu Choose arrange then choose send backward option or
press Ctrl+ [ Key from keyboard.

Send to back (Ctrl + Shift + [)

This command is used to move the selected object to the back of all objects.
Steps:
1. Draw more than two objects and overlap it.
2. Select an object which you want to move backward.
3. Click on the element menu Choose arrange then choose send to back option or
press Ctrl+ Shift + [ Key from keyboard.

Align object (Ctrl + Shift + E)

You can align objects in relation to each other and then distributes the space
between the objects evenly.
To align and distribute objects:
Steps:
1. Draw more than four objects with different color
2. Select the objects you want to align and distribute.
3. Click on element menu.
4. Click on align object option.
5. Select anyone icon for each direction (horizontal or vertical)
6. Click on ok button.

Texts wrap (Ctrl + Alt + E):

Lets you determine how text flows when it encounters (near) a graphic object or
this command let’s you determine now text flow when it in counter a graphic object
in three part. It can cover the graphic object, wrap around the sides of a rectangle
shapes or wrap around the sides of a regular shape.
Steps:
1. Type the long text.
2. Insert any one photo (Ctrl +D).
3. Click on the element menu.
4. Click on text wrap command.
5. Set the icons.
6. Click on ok button.

Group (Ctrl + G):

This option combines two or more selected object in to a group so that the objects
are treated as a unit or This command helps us to group our drawing object which
acts as a single object.
Steps:
1. Draw more than two objects.
2. Select the all object.
3. Click on element menu.
4. Click on group option or press ctrl + G.

Ungroup (Ctrl + Shift + G):

This command allows us to create separate objects from grouped object.
Steps:
1. First of all group the more than two objects.
2. Click on element menu.
3. Click on ungroup option or press ctrl + shift + G.

Lock (Ctrl + L)
You can lock individual objects in place in order to help preserve the design of your
pages through all stages of productions; you can not change the attributes of all
locked object. This command is used to lock the object or text in the same place
that the text or object can not move.
Steps:
1. Type the text or draw any object.
2. Make active your required text or object which you want to lock.
3. Go to the element menu and choose lock option or press Ctrl + L from
keyboard.

Unlock (Ctrl + Alt + L)

Provides the change of does not affect the objects' size or position or this command
is used to unlock the locked text, or object.
Steps:
1. Select the lock object.
2. Click on the element menu.
3. Click on lock position and.
4. Click on the unlock command or press Ctrl + Alt + L)

Mask (Ctrl + 6)
Masking is a way of covering of an object so that only a portion of it appears
through a shape drawn with rectangle ellipse or polygon tool.
Steps:
1. Click on file menu.
2. Click on place command or press Ctrl + D from keyboard.
3. Choose anyone picture which you like.
4. Click on open button.
5. Now drag your mouse.
6. Draw anyone shape (don’t fill the color)
7. Place that star shape on over the picture.
8. Select that picture and auto shape at once.
9. Press Ctrl + 6 from keyboard.

To do unmask (Ctrl + Shift + 6)

This command lets you undo a mask by selecting the masking object or unmask the
selected object.
Steps:
1. Select the mask object.
2. Click on the element menu.
3. Click on unmask option or press Ctrl + Shift + 6 from keyboard.

Polygon setting:
Lets you change the shape of polygon. You can change the number of sides (up to
100) and the degree to which sides are set to from a star.
Steps:
1. Draw a polygon shape like a star shape.
2. Select that shape.
3. Click on the element menu.
4. Click o polygon setting option.
5. Set polygon number in this dialog box how many polygon corners you want to
insert.
6. Click on ok button.

Round corner:
Lets you change the shape of rounded corner you can change the way of the
selected rectangle box.
Steps:
1. Draw a rectangle box.
2. Select the rectangle box.
3. Click on the element menu.
4. Click on round corner command.
5. Choose any one round corner which you want to set round corner.
6. Finally click on ok button.

Non printing:
This command helps us Designates (represent) a selected object as non-printing so
that it does not print.
Steps:
1. Select that object that you don't want to print out.
2. Click on element menu.
3. Click on the non-printing command.

Utilities Menu:
Balance columns:
Sometimes you must balance the columns on a page to be of equal size so that
their top and bottom edge align. This command is used to set the column balance
some time you want to columns on a page to be of equal size, so that their top and
bottom edge, align if you have used text blocks you contain the text PageMaker can
automatically calculate the average length of columns and their resize them to that
lunch.
Steps:
1. First of all make more than two columns from layout menu by columns
command.
2. Now type the text in each column.
3. Select that all column's text by pointer tool.
4. Click on the utilities menu.
5. Choose plug-ins then click on the balance columns command.
6. Select an alignment option.
7. Click on ok button.

Bullet and numbering:

This command is use to set the bullet and numbering to the selected text.
Steps:
1. Type your text with enter key.
2. Select the text.
3. Click on utilities menu.
4. Choose plug-ins then click on bullet and numbering command.
5. Now set the bullet and numbering if you want to change the bullet style then
click over the edit button and choose bullets.
6. Finally click on ok button.

Change case:
PageMaker provides different types of case attributes such as Normal, upper, lower
case, Title case, Sentence case etc.
Steps:
1. Type the text.
2. Select the text.
3. Click on the utilities menu.
4. Choose plug-ins then click on change case option.
5. Now set anyone case
6. Click on ok button.

Drop cap:
Formats a letter word or selected text with a large dropped capital letter
Steps:
1. Type the text.
2. Click on utilities menu.
3. Choose plug-ins command.
4. Click on the drop cap option.
5. Set the any one option.
6. Click on apply button.
7. Finally click on ok button.

Key line:
You can create the border automatically by drawing a box around the object.
Steps:
1. Draw a rectangle box or circle
2. Select it.
3. Click on the utilities menu.
4. Choose plug-ins command.
5. Click on key line command.
6. Type the distance you want to extend.
7. Click on the attributes to open the fill and line dialog box.
8. Then set fill and line attributes such as line, weight and fill color.
9. Select a position for the key line in front of the object.
10. Click on the ok button.
Word counter:
This command helps us to show the information of our active document such as
lines, words, paragraph, letters, sentences etc.
Steps:
1. Type the text.
2. Click on utilities menu.
3. Choose plug-ins command.
4. Click on word counter option.
5. Click on ok button.
Table of content (TOC)
How to create table of content:
Steps:
1. Make five pages.
2. Make first page and last page empty.
3. Type the text in the second, third and fourth pages.
4 Apply heading on the text which you want to insert as a table of content from
style (ctrl +B)
5. Now open first page.
6. Click on utilities menu.
7. Click on table of content (TOC) command.
8. Click on ok button.
9. Now drag your mouse on the first page.

Index entry:
How to create index entry:
Steps:
1. Make five pages.
2. Make first page and last page empty.
3. Type the document in the second, third, fourth pages.
4. Select the word in which you want to set the index entry.
5. Press ctrl + y
6. Click on add button.
7. Click on ok button.
8. Finally click on the last page.
9. Click on utilities menu.
10. Click on the create index entry command.
11. Click on ok button.
12. Now drag your mouse on the document.

3. CHANGING THE PAGE SIZE VIEW

You can change the page size view at any time. To increase / decrease
the size of your page select the view menu to display the view submenu. Then
choose on of the following page view option.
a. Fit in the window (Ctrl+0): - Show the full size of the page.
b. 25% Size: - Display the quarter size view of the page.
c. 50% Size (Ctrl+5): - Display a half size.
d. 75% Size (Ctrl+7): - Display the body copy clearly the full width of 8
inch is visible.
e. Actual Size (Ctrl+1): - show an exact one to one representation of the gage.
Use this perspective when adjusting lines, text to graphics or
when typing text on the page.
f. 200% Size (Ctrl+2): - Double the actual view size.
g. 400% Size (Ctrl+4): - Again double the size of the page at this
prospective, you are seeing less a 2-inch area of the page.
h. Zoom in /Out (Ctrl+ +/-): - Increase or decrease the entire shown
screen.
i. Ctrl + mouse + space: - Growth/Shrinks the part of the screen, which you
define by mouse pointer.
5. USING RULERS AND GUIDELINES

1. RULER:
The ruler gives accuracy in laying out a page as you over the junction of the two
rulers (upper- left corner of the document screen) hold down the mouse then drag
it in your work area.

a. If you want to pull down the vertical or horizontal ruler on the work
area then drag any vertical or horizontal ruler on the ruler junction.
b. If you want to lock the ruler zero point, from the view menu choose
zero lock option at through you can change the zero unlock the zero
point from the view menu.
USING GUIDE LINES:
Guidelines are a basic building block of page maker's design and layout. You
can use as many of them as you need and each page can contain a unique
arrangement of guideline.
a. From vertical or horizontal any ruler boundary, hold down the mouse pointer and
drag on the page (you see the blue line on the color monitor) and fix the guideline
position.

b. If you want to fix guidelines on the entire page, then first select the master page
button left of the screen (Rl) & set Guidelines.
*DISPLAY AND LOCKING GUIDELINE:
a. Some time you may want to see guidelines, other time you might
want to hide them, the view menu control the display of guidelines.
b. Once the guidelines are positioned correctly, you want to lock them in place,
select the view menu and choose lock guides. A check mark means the guide are
locked. Select the optional again to remove the check mark and unlock the guide.
Setting indents and tabs in PageMaker

Setting indents and tabs:
Indents  and  tabs  are  powerful  tools  for  positioning  text.  Indents  move  text  inward  from  the  right  and  left
edges  of  a  text  object,  and  tabs  position  text  at  specific  locations  in  a  text  object.  You  can  create  left  and
right aligned tabs; center tabs, which center text around the tab; and decimal tabs, which align characters at
a decimal point. You can also apply a leader of any style to any tab. A leader is a repeated pattern, such as
a series of dots or dashes, between the tab and the preceding text.

Setting Indents:
Following are the ways in which indents can be set:
1.Move indent markers in the Indents or Tabs dialog box.
2.Type indent values in the Paragraph Specifications dialog box.
3.Type indent values on the Control palette in paragraph view.

1. To set indent using the Indents or Tab ruler:
(a) In layout view, click an insertion point in a paragraph or group of paragraphs.
(b) Choose Type > Indents / Tabs

(c) Drag the indent markers on the ruler to where you want left, right and first line indents to be. When you
release a marker, the indentation is displayed in the Position box.
(d) Click OK to set the indents.

2. To set indent using the Paragraph command:
(a) Click an insertion point in a paragraph or select a group of paragraphs.
(b) Choose Type > Paragraph
(c) Type values for the Indents options and then click OK.

3. To set indent using the Control Palette:
(a) Click an insertion point in a paragraph or select a group of paragraphs.
(b)  Choose  Window  >  Show  Control  Palette,  or  click  the  Control  palette  to  activate  it.  If  the  palette  is  in
character view, click the paragraph – view button to display the paragraph options.

(c) Type values for the Indents options and then click Apply.
 Set Text to Auto Flow in PageMaker?
 Open a new document in PageMaker.

 Enter the required no of pages in document set up.

 Select the "Layout" menu and click "Autoflow" to set the text to flow automatically.

 Click the "Pointer" tool in the "Toolbox" palette.

 Select the "File" menu, and then click "Place (Import text and graphics)." A dialog box appears.

 Find and double-click the document with the text you want to import. Your mouse head changes
into a curved arrow.

 Move your cursor where you want the text inserted, and click to add it.

 The text imported will get automatically flowed in the pages.

How to Add Page Numbers in PageMaker 7

STEP 1

Open a project in PageMaker 7.

STEP 2

Select the text function from the toolbox. It looks like a capital T.

STEP 3

Click on the L/R function in the lower-left corner of the screen. It is located underneath
the ruler.

STEP 4

Click on the master page where the page numbers will be placed and press
"Ctrl+Alt+P." The page number should appear.
STEP 5

Click on the opposite master page where the page numbers will be placed and press
"Ctrl+Alt+P." The page number should appear.

STEP 6

Click on the page number next to the L/R function, and the page numbers should all
show. As more pages are added to the project, the page numbers will automatically
appear.

Template
A template is a form, mold, or pattern used as a guide to making something.

It serves as a model for others to copy.

In layout applications A template is a tool for enforcing a standard layout and look and
feel across multiple pages or within content regions. When you change a template, any
pages or regions that are based on that template are automatically changed as well.
Templates provide additional standardization controls, depending on the type you use.
 PAGEMAKER MASTER PAGES
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
Section 01

U S I N G M A S T E R P AG E S

A master page contains basic design elements such as headers, footers, page numbers,
nonprinting guides, column, ruler and margin guides.
An icon representing master pages appears lower left. Click on it to show the current
master page of the page your on. Click and hold down to choose a different master page

C R E AT I N G M A S T E R P AG E S
Master Pages can be created from scratch, based on existing master pages or from the
guides and specification set on individual pages.
To make from scratch:
1. Window--Master Pages
2. New Master from the master page palette menu
3. Type in name
4. Set the margins, columns and space between
5. Create
From an existing master page
1. Window--Master Pages
2. Duplicate master from the master page palette menu
3. Select master page to be dulpicated and Type in name
4. click Duplicate copy
5. Set the margins, columns and space between
6. create
From an existing page
1. Turn to the publication page you want to make a new master page
2. Window--Master Pages
3. Save Page As from the master page palette menu
4. Type in name
6. Create

A P P LY I N G M A S T E R PAG E S

A new master page has no effect until it is applied to the specific pages. The Document
Master is applied to all pages in your initial publication.
To apply master pages
1. Turn to the page you want to apply the master page
2. Window--Master Pages
3. Click on the master page name or icon and it is applied
To apply one side of a 2-page spread
1. Turn to the page
2. Window--Master Pages
3. Hold down option and click on the master page name or icon, for the left hand side
click on the left hand side of master page
To delete
1. Select the master page
2. Window--Master Pages
3. Delete...
 When inserting new pages (Layout--Insert Pages) you can specify the master page.

When you make a change to a master page it changes on all the pages that have that
master page assigned to them.

If you make a change on an individual page it will override any master page specifications.
To reapply the Master Page settings go to Layout--Master Guides. You can change the
column guides on individual pages. Any changes made in the Document Setup box (for the
margins) from a page affect the Document Master. In order to change the margins you
must use the palette for the master pages.

N U M B E R I N G PAG E S
It is best to add page number to the Master Pages. This saves time and ensures they will
all be in the same place on every page.
Adding page numbers
1. Turn to a master page or to a publication page
2. Use the text tool to click an insertion point where you want the page number
3. Press Command+Option+P (on the master pages the page number markers are
LM for left master page RM for right master page or single page)
4. Use the text tool to select the format of the text
To specify the starting page number or numbering system:
1. Choose File--Document Setup
2. To start pagination at a certain number type the starting page in Start Page #.
To specify the numbering system
1. Click numbers.
2. Select the numbering system you want to use, and then click OK.
 Very Important

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Creating Table In PageMaker

There is no concept of tables native in PageMaker, except for the buggy Adobe Table that is included with
PageMaker. You can make tables with the line drawing tools and rule above and below paragraph settings,
but you must be patient to do this. You will also need to get familiar with Indents and Tabs (CTRL+I) to make
PageMaker native tables. Combined with the line tool and rule above and below paragraphs, you can make
some good tables.

Having said all that, about the best practices with PageMaker, there is another way if you are on Windows.
You can copy and paste tables you make in Microsoft Word to PageMaker. 

Here is the secret:
1.) Make a table of your choice in Word, Select or Copy the whole table, and nothing but the table.

2.) Switch to your PageMaker document. Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu. Choose Enhanced
Metafile. 

You should now have a nice table.
It usually works, but some service bureaus and printers have trouble with it. I have never had any problems,
but I have pretty good luck in these matters.
But there is another and much easier way of making a table with all its contents, that is just by using Edit >
Insert Object command.

Follow these steps:
1.Go to ‘Edit’ Menu option in PageMaker and click ‘Insert object’.

2. This will open the ‘Insert Object’ dialog box.

3. Choose ‘Microsoft Word’ from the Object Type option.
4. This will open Microsoft Word­here you create your table along with its content.

5. Simply select the File > Update command or ‘Ctr + S’ key from Microsoft Word.

6. This will automatically import your Word table to PageMaker document.