DTP: Adobe PageMaker7.

MIDAS COMPUTER EDUCATION, KARANJI

2010

What is PageMaker?
PageMaker is a desktop publishing (DTP) application that allows you to create publications such as brochures, newsletters, letterhead and more. Its specialty is combining text (created in a word processing program such as Word or WordPerfect), and images (created in an image program such as Photoshop or Illustrator) together in a professional-looking document. In addition, you can easily convert the completed project into Portable Document Format (PDF) so you can use it electronically.

Getting started in PageMaker

To open PageMaker on the STAR*T computers, select: On the PC computers: START > PROGRAMS > ADOBE > ADOBE PAGEMAKER 7.0 > ADOBE PAGEMAKER 7.0 On the Macintosh computers: APPLE > APPLICATIONS > ADOBE PAGEMAKER 7.0

Creating a new document

There are two ways to create a new document in PageMaker. You can base the document on one of the built-in templates or create the document from scratch. 1. The most prominent feature when PageMaker opens is the Templates window. This is the easiest way to browse the built-in PageMaker templates and select a ready-made layout for your document. Click on the Category drop-down menu to select the type of document, then scroll through the thumbnail previews of the available templates. You can click on a template you like and click the Create Publication button to begin working. For the sake of practice, we'll simply close this window by clicking on the in the upper right corner of the Templates window so that we can create our document from scratch.

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2. To create a document from scratch, click on the File menu and select New to create a new blank document.

3. The Document Setup window will open. It is important to make sure that these settings are correct before you begin building your document because some settings are difficult hange later.

4. Select the page size, dimensions, and orientation for your document. You can change these Settings later, but it will involve manually rearranging the layout of your document.

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5. The options section determines how PageMaker will handle documents that have multiple pages. By default, PageMaker will layout the document to be printed like a booklet - with double sided pages and different right and left margins to allow for binding in the middle. Adjust layout is used if you change a document's properties after it is created. This option will force PageMaker to try to rearrange the document to fit the new settings. By default, when you tell PageMaker to automatically number the pages in a document, the first page is page 1. To start with a different page number, select Restart page numbering and type the starting number in the Start page # text box. Enter the number of pages for your document in the Number of pages textbox. To add or delete pages later, click on the File menu and choose Document Setup.

6. Set the margins for your document. When a document is set up for double-sided printing, margins are defined as Inside and Outside (the Inside margin is on the side of the page where the binding would be). If double-sided printing is turned off, margins are defined as right and left.

7. Set the target output resolution for your document. For documents that are going to be printed, 300dpi is usually best. Select the printer you plan to use to print your document. You can change this later, but PageMaker will use this printer to determine the printable area of the page, available fonts, and other settings.

8. Click the Numbers button to choose the style of the page numbers. Click OK to save your settings and start building the document.

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Creating a new file

File > New

Once PageMaker is open you will create a new file. Select: The Document Setup dialog box opens up. This is where you will select the type of setup for your document. Since our first document is going to be a brochure, select the following: Paper size: Letter (We will be creating a tri-fold brochure) Dimension: 8 x 11 (Default) Orientation: Wide (Note the change that occurs in Dimensions) Options: Select Double-sided, unselect Facing pages Number of pages: Type in 2 Margins: Type .50 inches in each of the choices
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Target output resolution: Allow the default Compose to Printer: Make sure the lab printer is selected. (If you have multiple printers, you would want to select the printer you will use.) Finally, you will need to set the column guides. First select the Master pages Go to Layout > Column Guides Choose 3 columns Change the default (.167) to .20 Anytime anything is placed on the Master copy, it can only be changed on those copies. If you were creating a document that will not have guides on certain pages, you should put the column guides directly on those pages. You will use this document to become familiar with some of the functions of PageMaker. Later you will open the exercise materials.

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