Adobe Pagemaker
Total Duration: Each Module 1 day
Please note: our 2-day public course covers
introductory and intermediate topics. It assumes that delegates have a
good working knowledge of character and paragraph formatting in packages
such as Word.
If you prefer a more focussed approach to your training needs, please
ask about our customised courses.
Introductory course code PM01
Document Creation
A tour of the work area; Creating a new publication; Setting up horizontal
and vertical rulers; Working with guides; Specifying columns; Importing,
formatting and positioning text and graphic elements; Working with colour
and colour tints; Using the drawing tools; Printing as a PDF
Working with Type
Paragraph specifications; Column breaks; Attaching rules to text; Using
the control palette; Using Tracking and Kerning; Creating and importing
style sheets; Resizing, reflecting and rotating a text block
Images
Types of images; Positioning images in publications; Cropping and distorting
images; Image control; Lines, rectangles, circles and polygons; Images
and text; Text flow options
Templates
Setting a default measurement system; Setting template column and guides;
Creating, saving and opening a template; Selecting and applying spot colours;
Creating a tint of a spot colour; Creating a custom colour palette; Grouping
and ungrouping objects; Looking at printing options
Layout and Master Pages
Creating a master page; Adding tints and colours to the Colour palette;
Using the Control palette to manipulate objects; Specifying automatic
page numbering; Autoflowing text; Kerning and tracking text; Creating
and editing custom styles
Intermediate Level Course Code: PM02
Text and Graphics
Shape Fills; Reshaping shapes; Align and distribute shapes; Grouping objects;
Image lightness and contrast controls; Handling text flow; Flowing text
around graphics; Graphic libraries; Creating special effects
Layers and Frames
Working with and creating layers; Adding, moving and naming layers; Reversing
text out of a frame; Creating a polygon frame; Placing text and graphics
within frames; Converting shapes to frames; Threading frames; Placing
an in-line graphic; Custom text wrap around frames
Advanced Layout
Working with different publication sizes; Creating columns of unequal
width; Controlling column breaks; Creating custom justification and hyphenation;
Setting a grid and creating custom rules; Using the Add Cont'd Line plug-in;
Using the Bullets and Numbers plug-in; Using Adjust Layout options to
change a master page; Using the Story Editor to find and replace; Using
the library palette; Preparing files for a pre-press service provider
Advanced Level Course Code: PM03
Book Compilation; Setting up a multi-chapter book; Working with headers
and footers; Creating a book list; Inserting index markers; Indexing with
Find and Change; Adding a cross-reference; Creating and formatting an
index; Creating a table of contents
Web Publication
Add and edit hyperlinks; Export to a PDF ; Prepare text for HTML export;
Associating PageMaker formats with HTML formats; Prepare graphics for
HTML export; Export the publication to HTML; Preview the publication in
a Web browser; Upload the publication to a web server
PDF Web Publication
Create and use hyperlinks for a PDF publication; Generate an automatic
hyperlinked table of contents; Add hyperlinks to a master page; Create
a hyperlink between two PDF files; Create invisible hyperlinks; Create
an image map; Link to a movie; Link to a URL on the Web; Export as a web
optimised PDF
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