| If you are looking for employment
within corporate desktop publishing departments, learning Adobe PageMaker
or Indesign is a must!, these programs are high-end professional publishing
programs, and is heavily used in many corporate production environments,
printshops, as well as some studios and magazines. These tutorials will
have you using this page layout application with ease in no time. It starts
with the basics, which includes the toolbox and pointer tool, various
views, and moving and resizing objects. It then explains the use of guides
and rulers, and drawing tools, and also goes in to detail on fills and
outlines, including setting a tint and how to create and edit colors.
Learn how to work with frames and blocks, how to format and work with
text, and how to add graphics and tables. You will also learn how to take
advantage of PageMakers newest feature, date merging. support for Illustrator
9’s AI files is rather more complicated. To begin with the dialog
is actually the same dialog as for importing Acrobat PDF files as Illustrator
9’s native format is now PDF-based. However PageMaker doesn’t
have Illustrator 9’s flattening technology so is unable to display
or print transparency effects. Generally it looks as if it’s better
to stick to the tried and tested EPS route especially as the EPS filter
has been updated to support PostScript Level 3 which is essential if you’re
intending to produce in-RIP separations. find out more in our Adobe Pagemaker
tutorials and online training
This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the
fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and
no application is needed.
The links below are free
PageMaker 7 tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on
CD or watched via the Online University
Basics
Intro
to Adobe PageMaker 7
The
Page Maker Window
The
Toolbox and Pointer Tool
Views
- Fixed Views
Views
- Zoom In/out
Views
- Zoom Tool
Moving
Objects
Resizing
Objects
Cut
Copy and Paste
Paste
Multiple
Adding
and Deleting Pages
Selecting
Multiple Objects
Hand
Tool
Undo
and Revert
Guides and Rulers
Setting
Margins
Setting
Column Guides
Ruler
Guides
Viewing
and Locking Guides
Clearing
the Guides
Drawing Tools
Drawing
Lines
Rectangles
and Ovals
Rounded
Corners
Polygons
Modifying
Polygons
Fills and Outlines
Outline and Stroke
Transparent Stroke
Basic Fills
Color Fills
Types of Color
Creating Spot Color
Creating CMYK colors
Creating RGB Colors
Setting a Tint
Using the Color Pallet
Creating Deleting and Editing Colors
Creating Default Colors
Importing Colors
Importing Colors with EPS files
Frames and Blocks
Frames vs. Blocks
Text Blocks
Threading Text
Threading Text Automatically
Deleting Blocks
Cutting and Pasting Blocks
Text Frames
Linking Text Frames
Frame Options
Frame Shapes
Separating Frames
Control Pallet I
Intro to Control Pallet
Control Pallet Basics I
Control Pallet Basics II
Control Pallet Basics III
Control Pallet Basics IV
Working with Text
Selecting Text
Changing Fonts I
Changing Fonts II
Managing Fonts
True Type vs. Type 1 Fonts
Font Size
Type Styles
Warning - Type Styles
Sub/Super Script
Caps and Small Caps
Changing Case
Tracking
Expert Tracking
Breaking Text
Kerning
Baseline Shift
Character Scaling
Leading
Working with Paragraphs
Intro to Paragraph Formatting
Justification
Indents
Space Above and Below
Orphan and Widow Control
Keeping Lines Together
Column and Rule Breaks
Rules Above and Below
Advanced Rules
Balancing Columns
Align Paragraph to Grid
Tabs and Indents
Setting Indents
Creating Hanging Indents
Setting Tabs I
Setting Tabs II
Paragraph Styles
Intro Paragraph Styles
Creating Styles I
Creating Styles II
Creating Styles III
Mixed Styles
Style Tags
Next Style
Importing Styles
Working with Graphics
Place vs. Cut and Paste
Cutting and Pasting
Linking and Embedding
Placing and Linking Images
Replacing Images
Inserting Into Frames
Working with Graphic Frames I
Working with Graphic Frames II
Separating Content from Frame
Cropping and Panning Cropped Images
Creating a Keyline I
Creating a Keyline II
Manipulating with the Control Palette
Intro
Positioning
Scaling I
Scaling II
Magic Scale
Rotating
Skew
Mirror
Anchoring the Proxy Button
Removing Transformations
Arranging Objects
Order
Align
Distribute
Grouping
Masking
Text Wrap
Irregular Text Wrap
Locking Position
Image Control
Bitmap Effects
Non Printing Items
Story Editor
Opening Story Editor
Formatting in Story Editor
Find and Change
Finding Special Characters
Spell Check
Using Styles
Editor Defaults
Misc Text
Bullets and Numbers
Special Characters
Drop Caps
Inline Graphics
Working in Long Documents
Document Set-up
Setting Up Master Pages
Adding Page Numbers
Advanced Numbering
Multiple Master Pages I
Multiple Master Pages
Overriding Master Pages
Intro to Layers
Order on Layers
Creating a New Layer
Moving in Longer Documents
Slide Show
View in High Res
Sorting Pages
Managing Links
Adobe Table
Intro to Table
Entering data
Importing Data
Selecting Cells
Formatting Text
Cell Width and Height
Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns
Formatting Cell Outlines
Formatting Fills
Final Formatting
Exporting Tables
Linking and Updating
Printing
Intro to Printing
Printing Options I
Printing Options II
Printing Separations
Exporting to PDF
Saving For Service Bureau
Build Booklet
Miscellaneous
Defaults
Overprinting and Trapping
PageMaker ClipArt and Images
Picture library
Templates
Data Merge I
Data Merge II
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