Adobe PageMaker 6.5
Intermediate Level Training Course

Training Course Outline

1. MASTER PAGES

MASTER PAGES PALETTE

• Displaying the Master Pages palette
• Using the Master Pages palette
• Removing the Master Pages tab
• Selecting the Master Pages palette menu commands

CREATING MASTER PAGES

• Using the New Master Page dialog box
• Using the Save Page as Master dialog box
• Using the Duplicate Master Page dialog box

APPLYING MASTER PAGES

• Applying Master Pages to several pages at once
• Applying a Master Page to one page at a time

EDITING MASTER PAGES

• Using the Master Page Options dialog box
• Changing the Column Guides
• Changing the content of a Master Page
• Removing Master Pages

MASTER PAGE NUMBERS

• Adding Page-Number Markers to Master Pages

2. DOCUMENT PAGE FEATURES

DOCUMENT PAGES

• Inserting pages
• Displaying the Insert Pages dialog box
• Using the Insert Pages dialog box
• Inserting pages before you start a publication

REARRANGING PAGES

• Displaying the Sort Pages dialog box
• Using the Sort Pages dialog box
• Sorting pages

PAGE NUMBERS

• Changing the page numbering style

GO TO PAGE

• Using the Go to Page dialog box
• Going back and forward
• Using page icons to navigate

REMOVE PAGE

• Using the Remove Pages dialog box
• Using page icons to remove pages

3. WORKING WITH TYPE

CONTROL PALETTE TEXT FORMATTING

• Displaying the Control Palette
• Using the Control Palette Paragraph View
• Using the Control Palette to format text

TEXT THREADS

• Threading text
• Threading Text Blocks
• Threading Text Frames

WORKING WITH PARAGRAPHS

• Displaying the Paragraph Specifications dialog box
• Using the Paragraph Specifications dialog box
• Formatting paragraphs
• Using the Paragraph Rules dialog box
• Applying paragraph rules
• Using the Paragraph Rule Options dialog box

STYLE SHEETS

• Displaying the Styles Palette
• Using the Styles Palette
• Using the Styles Palette menu commands
• Using the Style Options dialog box
• Creating styles
• Creating styles that apply to the next paragraph you type
• Applying styles

INDENTS AND TABS

• Displaying the Indents/Tabs dialog box
• Using the Indents/Tabs dialog box

BULLETS AND NUMBERING

• Displaying the Bullets and Numbering dialog box
• Editing bullets
• Adding a bulleted list to a paragraph
• Adding a numbered list to a paragraph
• Removing bullets and numbering from a paragraph

4. TEXT OBJECTS AND STORIES

STORY EDITOR

• Displaying the PageMaker word processor
• Using the Story Editor

SPELL CHECKING

• Displaying the Spelling dialog box
• Using the Spelling dialog box
• Checking spelling
• Dealing with incorrectly spelt or unknown words

FINDING AND CHANGING WORDS

• Displaying the Find dialog box
• Using the Find dialog box
• Displaying the Change dialog box
• Using the Change dialog box
• Finding and replacing text

5. DICTIONARY

ADDING WORDS

• Adding words to the User Dictionary
• Adding words using the Spelling dialog box

6. COLOR MANAGEMENT

IMPORTING COLORS

• Using the EPS import filter to import colors
• Editing imported colors
• Controlling imported colors
• Using EPS imported colors

WORKING WITH PANTONES

• Displaying Pantone color libraries
• Adding Pantone colors

7. PICTURES

IMPORTING EPS IMAGES

• Using the EPS import filter to place EPS images

PHOTO EFFECTS

• Using Photoshop Effects
• Adding Plug-ins to the Effects list
• Applying Effects to images

KEYLINES

• Using Keylines
• Adding a Keyline to objects

LINKS

• Displaying the Links Manager
• Using the Links Manager
• Updating Links
• Unlinking images

MASKS

• Masking images
• Unmasking images

8. WORKING WITH MULTIPLE OBJECTS

TEXT AND GRAPHICS

• Adding Inline graphics to text

TEXT WRAP

• Using text wrap controls
• Wrapping text around a graphic
• Customizing a text wrap
• Restoring custom boundaries
• Wrapping text around another text block

LAYERS

• Displaying the Layers palette
• Using the Layers palette
• Selecting the Layers palette menu commands
• Adding new layers
• Changing target layer
• Rearranging layers
• Merging layers
• Removing layers

LOCKING

• Locking objects
• Unlocking objects
• Locking layers
• Unlocking layers

9. POSTSCRIPT PRINTING

PRINTING SPREADS

• Printing Reader's Spreads

TILING AND SCALING

• Tiling pages
• Automatically Tiling pages
• Manually Tiling pages
• Scaling pages

PAGE BLEEDS

• Printing bleeds

PRINTING WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE

• Printing Non-Printing objects
• Creating Non-Printing elements
• Displaying Non-Printing items