Adobe PageMaker 6.

5
Intermediate Level Course

Master Pages Palette

The Master Pages palette allows you to create and apply Master Pages to Publication Pages.

Creating Master Pages

The New Master Page dialog box allows you to create your own new Master Page.

Applying Master Pages

To apply a master page to several pages at once, you need to use the Apply Master dialog box.

Editing Master Pages

The Master Page Options dialog box allows you to edit the Name, Margins, and Column Guides of an existing master page.

Master Page Numbers

The Page-Number Marker allows you to place a marker on a Master Page. The marker will automatically be update to reflect the page number of your Publication Page.

Document Pages

There are several ways to Insert Pages in PageMaker, the two most common ways are:

1. To use the Insert Pages command from the Layout menu. 2. To right-click on the page icon at the bottom of the Publication Window.

Rearranging Pages

The Sort Pages dialog box allows you to rearrange publication pages in a way that does not alter the text in a story.

Page Numbers

PageMaker allows you to change the way in which the pages are numbered in the publication.

Go to Page

There are several ways to navigate through the pages in PageMaker 6.5. The best way to use all depends on how far into you publication you need to go. To go to publication page in a large publications (30 or more pages), use the Go to Page dialog box.

Remove Page

To remove publication pages using the Remove Pages dialog box.

Control Palette Text Formatting

The Control palette allows you to change several formatting options in one place rather than making repeat trips to the Type menu.
Use the character Icon button to display the character View.

Use the paragraph Icon to display the Paragraph View.

Use the Apply Icon button to apply the changes you have made in the control palette.

Text Threads

Text in PageMaker is part of a story and each story has to be placed into a text block or text frame. When you have a story that cannot fit onto one page, you will have to Thread the story over several pages, or break it up into smaller stories.

Working With Paragraphs

The Paragraph Specifications dialog box allows you to apply many formatting commands that are not available on the Control palette.

Style Sheets

The Style Sheets contain character and paragraph formatting attributes, if used properly, style sheets can save you a lot of time when it come to making changes to a publication.

Indents and Tabs

The Indents/Tabs dialog box allows you to set tabs and indents to style sheets, text blocks and text frames.

Bullets and Numbering

When creating a numbered or bulleted list, you can do it manually by adjusting the tabs and indents to create the effect, but that is too time consuming, PageMaker had given you a plug-in that make creating numbered and bulleted list easy.

Story Editor

You can edit the text or Story in your publication, in the PageMaker Layout view, or with the built in PageMaker word processor, when you use the Story Editor.

Spell Checking

Before you print your publication, it is a good idea to check your spelling. You can only check the spelling in the Story Editor. You can check for basic grammatical error or correct the spelling of a selected story or an entire publication.

Finding and Changing Words

If you are trying to find a specific word or set of characters in a story, the best way to do this is to use the Find option.

Adding Words

There are two ways to add words to the User Dictionary in PageMaker:
1. When you are checking the spelling in your publication, you can Add the unrecognized words to the User Dictionary. 2. When you are examining hyphenation of words in your publication, you can Add the words to the User Dictionary.

Importing Colors

You can choose which colors are imported when you place EPS graphics containing color information.

Working With Pantones

If used properly Pantone colors can save you money, while allowing you to add color to your publication.

Importing EPS Images

When it comes to importing images into PageMaker, EPS files are the most flexible graphic file type to use. They can be used for Vector artwork such as 2D logos, or Bitmaps. They can also contain Clipping paths extra colors that be used in PageMaker.

Photo Effects

You can use Photoshop plug-ins to enhance CMYK or RGB TIFF images in PageMaker.

Keylines

Adding borders or Keylines has been made easy. To do this manually requires too many precise steps, and you would have to group the Keyline with the graphic to move it around.

Links

When you update a link, the current internal version of the linked object is replaced.

Masks
Masked

If you want to cover a part of an object or create nonrectangular keylines, you can use the Mask command to create the effect.
Unmasked

Text and Graphics

You can add graphics into a paragraph, by placing the graphic into the text frame or text block.

Text Wrap

There are several controls you have available to control the way text is affected by a placed graphic.

Layers

The advantage of using layers is the ability to work on a publication and only focus on the content that pertains to the layer you are working on. You can hide or lock layers so that you do not accidentally make changes or get distracted by elements of other layers.

Locking

You can Lock objects into place in order to prevent them from being resized, or moved. When an object is locked, you will see a little lock icon appear if you try to move the object.

Printing Spreads

The Readers Spreads command allows you to print the left and right pages of a document at the same time, on the same page.

Tiling and Scaling

When you print your publication, your printer may not be able to print the page size you have specified in your document setup. To print these type of publications PageMaker provides you with the Tiling and Scaling options.

Page Bleeds

A Page Bleed is the area outside the publication page. It is used when you have an object or fill that extends to the size of the page.

Printing What You Cannot See

Non-Printing objects are objects that are set to be hidden from the final output. Setting objects as NonPrinting allows you to attach notes or comments to the publication without having them appear on the printed page.