Adobe PageMaker 6.5
Advanced Level Training Course

Training Course Outline

1. WORKING ON BOOKS

BOOKS

• Getting Started
• Using the Book Publication Lists dialog box
• Creating a Book list
• Removing a Book list
• Auto Renumbering Pages

CREATING A TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Defining what goes into the Table of Contents
• Using Styles to Mark paragraphs to be added to the Table of Contents
• Create a Table of Contents Publication
• Generating a Table of Contents in a stand-alone publication
• Copying a Book list

2. LIBRARIES

WORKING WITH THE LIBRARIES PALETTE

• Displaying the Libraries palette
• Using the Library Palette menu
• Using the Library Palette menu Display commands
• Using the Library palette
• Opening an Existing Library
• Deleting an Existing Library
• Adding Library objects
• Removing Library objects
• Placing Library objects

SEARCHING THE LIBRARY

• Cataloging and Searching for Library objects
• Editing the Library
• Searching the Library
• Displaying all the items in the Library palette

3. ADVANCED PLUG-INS

ADDING HEADERS AND FOOTERS

• Using Headers and Footers
• Using the Running Headers and Footer dialog box
• Positioning Headers Footers
• Using the Preview dialog box
• Previewing Headers and footers

USING THE WORD COUNTER

• Using the Word Counter

USING THE PUBLICATION CONVERTER

• Converting Publications

USING EPS FONT SCANNER

• Scanning for Fonts in EPS files

USING THE CHANGE CASE PLUG-IN

• Changing Cases

BALANCING COLUMNS

• Balancing Columns

4. TABLES

WORKING WITH TABLES

• Using Tables
• Creating New Tables
• Setting up Table
• Choosing the More button
• Using the Border Weight options
• Setting Colors for the Borders
• Opening Existing Tables
• Switching Between Tables
• Saving a Table
• Using OLE Tables
• Creating OLE Tables
• Creating an OLE Embedded Table

EDITING TABLES

• Editing and Formatting Tables
• Modifying Text in a Range of Cells
• Selecting Text and Cells
• Quickly selecting text in your table
• Using the Text Attribute Palette
• Using Vertical Decimal Alignment
• Resizing rows and columns
• Specifying a row and column size
• Changing the Size of the Table
• Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns
• Grouping Cells
• Using the Table Attributes Palette
• Using Adobe Table's Color Dialog boxes

EXPORTING TABLES

• Exporting Tables
• Exporting Tables as Text
• Exporting a Table as a Graphic

IMPORTING TABLES

• Importing Table Data
• Importing a Table with the Place Command
• Using Excel and Word Tables

5. ADVANCED TYPE

HORIZONTAL SPACING

• Using Kerning
• Using Tracking

VERTICAL SPACING

• Using Leading
• Using the Baseline Shift

HYPHENATIONS

• Using Hyphenations

6. ADVANCED COLOR

WHAT IS CMS?

• Using CMS
• Working with CMS
• Turning Off CMS

7. SCRIPTS

WORKING WITH SCRIPTS

• Displaying the Scripts palette
• Using the Scripts palette menu
• Creating Scripts
• Adding Scripts
• Removing and Restoring Scripts
• Running Scripts

EDITING SCRIPTS

• Editing Scripts
• Tracing Scripts

8. PREPRESS FUNDAMENTALS

TROUBLE-SHOOTING

• Trouble-Shooting the Publication
• Checking your Images
• Checking your Fonts
• Checking Images and Colors
• Updating Links

TRAPPING

• Using Trapping Terms

USING SAVE FOR SERVICE PROVIDER

• Using the Save for Service Provider Plug-in
• Generating Reports
• Saving files for Service Provider

9. PAPERLESS PRINTING

PRINTING WITHOUT PAPER

• Printing to an EPS
• Printing to a File

CREATING PDF FILES

• Exporting PDF files
• Converting PageMaker document to a PDF
• Setting Paper Sizes
• Saving and Reusing settings

10. WEB PUBLISHING

EXPORTING HTML

• Preparing to Export to HTML
• Converting publications to HTML