Adobe PAGEMAKER 6.5 User Manual

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Foundation Level Training Manual

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INTRODUCTION TO PAGEMAKER ...................................................................................................... 1

HAT IS PAGEMAKER

What is PageMaker?.............................................................................................................................. 2

Types of output....................................................................................................................................... 2

Adobe PageMaker website..................................................................................................................... 2

AGEMAKER EXTENSIONS

Extensions.............................................................................................................................................. 3

Using Publication files .......................................................................................................................... 3

Using Template files .............................................................................................................................. 3

ENERAL PREFERENCES

Using General Preferences.................................................................................................................... 4

Setting Measurement ............................................................................................................................. 5

Setting the Vertical Ruler....................................................................................................................... 5

Setting the Graphics Display................................................................................................................. 5

Setting the Control Palette..................................................................................................................... 5

Setting the Save Option.......................................................................................................................... 6

Applying Guides..................................................................................................................................... 6

EVIEW QUESTIONS

PAGEMAKER INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................... 9

ORK ENVIRONMENT

Using the PageMaker Environment..................................................................................................... 10

Using Blank Pages............................................................................................................................... 11

Using the Pasteboard .......................................................................................................................... 11

OOLBOX

OLORS PALETTE

ONTROL PALETTE

ULERS/GUIDES

EVIEW QUESTIONS

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Using the Toolbox................................................................................................................................ 12

Using the Colors Palette...................................................................................................................... 13

Using the Control Palette .................................................................................................................... 15

Using the Character View.................................................................................................................... 15

Using the Paragraph View .................................................................................................................. 16

Using the Object View ......................................................................................................................... 17

Using Rulers ........................................................................................................................................ 18

To Change the Ruler Measurements.................................................................................................... 18

Using the Zero Point Option................................................................................................................ 18

Using Guides ....................................................................................................................................... 19

To add a Guide .................................................................................................................................... 19

To remove a Guide............................................................................................................................... 19

Applying the Snap to Option................................................................................................................ 19

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DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 21

EW DOCUMENTS

Creating New Documents .................................................................................................................... 22

Using the Document Setup dialog box................................................................................................. 23

Applying Page Size .............................................................................................................................. 23

Applying Dimensions........................................................................................................................... 23

Applying Orientation ........................................................................................................................... 23

Applying Options ................................................................................................................................. 24

Applying Number of Pages .................................................................................................................. 24

Applying Start Page #.......................................................................................................................... 24

Applying the Margins .......................................................................................................................... 24

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Changing the Document Setup ............................................................................................................ 25

ASTER PAGES

Setting Up Master Pages ..................................................................................................................... 26

To Display the Master Page content.................................................................................................... 27

AVING DOCUMENTS

Using the Save and Save As commands............................................................................................... 28

File Types ............................................................................................................................................ 30

PENING DOCUMENTS

Using the Open command.................................................................................................................... 31

Using the Open As option .................................................................................................................... 32

PANOSE Font Matching...................................................................................................................... 32

Using the Cannot Find dialog box....................................................................................................... 32

LOSING DOCUMENTS

Using the Close command ................................................................................................................... 33

EVIEW QUESTIONS

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TOOLS ........................................................................................................................................................ 35

ASIC TOOLS

Using the Pointer Tool......................................................................................................................... 36

Using the Text Tool.............................................................................................................................. 36

Using the Rotating Tool....................................................................................................................... 36

Using the Cropping Tool ..................................................................................................................... 36

RAWING TOOLS

Using Drawing Tools........................................................................................................................... 37

Using the Line Tool ............................................................................................................................. 37

Using the Constrained Line Tool......................................................................................................... 37

Using the Rectangle Tool..................................................................................................................... 38

Using the Rectangle Frame Tool......................................................................................................... 38

Using the Ellipse Tool ......................................................................................................................... 38

Using the Ellipse Frame Tool.............................................................................................................. 38

Using the Polygon Tool ....................................................................................................................... 38

Using the Polygon Frame Tool............................................................................................................ 38

ISUAL TOOLS

Using Visual Tools............................................................................................................................... 39

Using the Hand Tool............................................................................................................................ 39

To move your page............................................................................................................................... 39

Using the Zoom Tool ........................................................................................................................... 39

To magnify part of a page by dragging ............................................................................................... 40

To zoom in and out while using another tool....................................................................................... 40

ODIFYING TOOLS

Using the Preferences dialog box........................................................................................................ 41

Using the Character Specifications dialog box ...................................................................................42

Using the Custom Stroke dialog box.................................................................................................... 42

Using the Rounded Corners dialog box............................................................................................... 43

Using the Fill and Stroke dialog box................................................................................................... 44

Using the Frame Options dialog box................................................................................................... 45

Using the Polygon Settings dialog box................................................................................................ 46

EVIEW QUESTIONS

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COLORS AND FILLS ............................................................................................................................... 49

USTOM COLORS

Using the Define Colors dialog box..................................................................................................... 50

Creating Colors ................................................................................................................................... 51

Editing Colors...................................................................................................................................... 51

Removing Colors ................................................................................................................................. 51

OLOR OPTIONS DIALOG BOX

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Using the Color Options dialog box.................................................................................................... 52

Applying a Color Name ....................................................................................................................... 53

Applying Color Type............................................................................................................................ 53

Applying a Color Model ...................................................................................................................... 54

Applying a Color Field ........................................................................................................................ 54

Previewing Colors ............................................................................................................................... 54

OLORS PALETTE

Using the Stroke Button....................................................................................................................... 55

Using the Fill Button ........................................................................................................................... 56

Using the Both Button.......................................................................................................................... 56

Applying the Tint Percentage .............................................................................................................. 56

Using the Color Icon ........................................................................................................................... 56

Using the Color Model Icon ................................................................................................................ 57

Using the Color Type Icon................................................................................................................... 57

Using the EPS Color Icon.................................................................................................................... 57

Using the Color-Level Tint Icon .......................................................................................................... 57

Using the CMS Display........................................................................................................................ 57

Using the New Color Button................................................................................................................ 57

Using the Trash Button........................................................................................................................ 57

EVIEW QUESTIONS

TEXT ........................................................................................................................................................... 59

LOCKS VS

Using Text Blocks ................................................................................................................................ 60

To Create a Text Block ........................................................................................................................ 60

To Resize a Text Block......................................................................................................................... 61

Overset Text Icon................................................................................................................................. 61

Using Text Frames............................................................................................................................... 62

To Create a Text Frame....................................................................................................................... 62

To Resize a Text Frame ....................................................................................................................... 63

Overset Text Icon................................................................................................................................. 63

NPUTTING TEXT

Inputting text into a Text Block............................................................................................................ 64

Inputting text into a Text Frame .......................................................................................................... 65

LACING TEXT

Using the Place dialog box.................................................................................................................. 66

Choosing File Name ............................................................................................................................ 68

Choosing File Types ............................................................................................................................ 68

Kind field ............................................................................................................................................. 68

Size field............................................................................................................................................... 68

Last Modified field............................................................................................................................... 68

Setting Place ........................................................................................................................................ 69

Setting Options..................................................................................................................................... 69

Text-Only Import Filters...................................................................................................................... 70

DITING TEXT

To Highlight Text in a Text frame or text block with the mouse.......................................................... 71

To Highlight Text in a Text frame or text block with the keyboard...................................................... 72

Adding and Removing text................................................................................................................... 72

Copying, Cutting and Pasting text....................................................................................................... 72

To Copy Text........................................................................................................................................ 72

To Paste the copied Text...................................................................................................................... 72

To Cut Text and Paste.......................................................................................................................... 73

To Paste the cut Text............................................................................................................................ 73

EXT CONTROL PALETTE

Using the Character View.................................................................................................................... 74

Using the Paragraph View .................................................................................................................. 74

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HARACTER SPECIFICATIONS DIALOG BOX

Using the Character Specifications dialog box ...................................................................................75

To display the Character Specifications dialog box ............................................................................ 75

Choosing Font Names.......................................................................................................................... 75

Setting Font Size .................................................................................................................................. 76

Setting Leading .................................................................................................................................... 76

Setting Horizontal Scale ...................................................................................................................... 76

Setting text Color ................................................................................................................................. 76

Setting Color Tint ................................................................................................................................ 76

Setting Type Style................................................................................................................................. 77

Setting Position.................................................................................................................................... 78

Setting Case ......................................................................................................................................... 78

Setting Track........................................................................................................................................ 78

Setting Line End................................................................................................................................... 78

EVIEW QUESTIONS

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PICTURES.................................................................................................................................................. 81

LACING PICTURES

Using the Place dialog box.................................................................................................................. 82

Choosing File Types ............................................................................................................................ 83

Kind Field............................................................................................................................................ 83

Size Field ............................................................................................................................................. 83

Last Modified Field.............................................................................................................................. 83

Setting Place ........................................................................................................................................ 83

Linking and Embedding Pictures......................................................................................................... 84

Retaining Cropping Data..................................................................................................................... 84

ODIFYING PICTURE

Using the Object View ......................................................................................................................... 85

Positioning pictures on page ............................................................................................................... 85

Setting the Frame Size ......................................................................................................................... 86

Setting the picture Scale ...................................................................................................................... 86

Rotating picture ................................................................................................................................... 86

Skewing picture.................................................................................................................................... 86

Flipping pictures.................................................................................................................................. 86

To Copy a Picture................................................................................................................................ 87

To Paste the copied picture ................................................................................................................. 87

To Cut a picture................................................................................................................................... 87

To Past the cut picture......................................................................................................................... 87

Wrapping Text around pictures ........................................................................................................... 87

Colorizing pictures .............................................................................................................................. 87

To Colorize a bitmap ........................................................................................................................... 87

ROPPING

Cropping pictures................................................................................................................................ 88

Positioning pictures in Frame ............................................................................................................. 89

EVIEW QUESTIONS

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OBJECTS.................................................................................................................................................... 91

ELECTING OBJECTS

Selecting single Object with the Pointer Tool...................................................................................... 92

Selecting multiple Objects with the Pointer Tool................................................................................. 93

Selecting Objects with the Marquee Box ............................................................................................. 94

ROUPED OBJECTS

Grouping Objects................................................................................................................................. 95

Ungrouping Objects............................................................................................................................. 95

OVING OBJECTS

Moving objects using the Mouse.......................................................................................................... 96

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Moving objects using the Control Palette............................................................................................ 97

Removing Objects ................................................................................................................................ 97

LIGNING OBJECTS

Using the Align Objects dialog box ..................................................................................................... 98

Setting the Align Icons......................................................................................................................... 99

Setting the Distribute Icons.................................................................................................................. 99

Using the Alignment Preview ............................................................................................................ 100

RRANGING OBJECTS

Using the Arrange menu.................................................................................................................... 101

Using Send to Back............................................................................................................................ 102

Using Send Backward........................................................................................................................ 102

Using Bring To Front ........................................................................................................................ 102

Using Bring Forward ........................................................................................................................ 103

EVIEW QUESTIONS

OUTPUT ................................................................................................................................................... 105

RINTING YOUR WORK

Using the Print dialog box................................................................................................................. 106

RINT DOCUMENT

Setting Print Document options......................................................................................................... 107

Selecting a Printer ............................................................................................................................. 107

Printing multiple Copies.................................................................................................................... 108

Collating pages.................................................................................................................................. 108

Reversing pages................................................................................................................................. 108

Setting Pages ..................................................................................................................................... 108

Printing Page Ranges........................................................................................................................ 109

Setting Non-Printing option............................................................................................................... 109

To create a Non-printing object......................................................................................................... 109

To hide or display non-printing objects in your publication: ............................................................ 109

Printing Blank Pages......................................................................................................................... 109

Orientation Options / Icons ............................................................................................................... 110

RINT PAPER

Setting Print Paper options................................................................................................................ 111

Choosing Paper Sizes ........................................................................................................................ 112

Choosing Paper Source..................................................................................................................... 112

Printing Printer’s Marks ................................................................................................................... 112

Printing Page Information................................................................................................................. 112

Tiling Pages....................................................................................................................................... 113

Scaling Pages..................................................................................................................................... 113

Printing Thumbnails .......................................................................................................................... 113

To Print Thumbnail proofs ................................................................................................................ 114

Using Fit Preview.............................................................................................................................. 114

RINT OPTIONS

Setting Print Options ......................................................................................................................... 116

Sending Image Data .......................................................................................................................... 117

RINT COLOR

Setting Print Color options................................................................................................................ 118

Composite Printing............................................................................................................................ 119

Black and White Printing................................................................................................................... 119

RINT FEATURES

Setting Print Features options ........................................................................................................... 120

EVIEW QUESTIONS

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Introduction to PageMaker 1

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Introduction to PageMaker

When you have completed this learning module you will have seen how to:

• Use Publication files

• Use Template files

• Use General Preferences

• Set the Measurement In

• Set the Vertical ruler

• Set the Graphics Display

• Set the Control Palette

• Set the Save Options

• Apply Guides

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What is PageMaker 6.5?

What is PageMaker?

Types of output

Adobe PageMaker website

PageMaker is a page layout application

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 2

• This course will teach you the fundamentals of PageMaker 6.5. It is a page layout application. You can use PageMaker to create complex multi-page publications such as Text Books, Magazines and Novels, or single page publications such as a personal letter or a simple business card.

• PageMaker 6.5 publications can be outputted to high-end or low-end printers, saved as HTML files, and may even be saved as PDF files for placement in other applications.

• If you don’t already have PageMaker 6.5 you can download a Demo Version from the Adobe website at http://www.adobe.com and use it for 30 days before having to purchase it. This is a great opportunity to learn the program and see if you like it, before investing in it.

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PageMaker Extensions

• PageMaker uses two kind of Extensions:

.P65 (Publication files) .T65 (Template files )

Extensions

Using Publication files

Using Template files

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 3

• PageMaker uses two kind of extensions, .P65 and .T65

• The .P65 extension represents PageMaker Publication files, which

all of your work will be saved as this file type by default. PageMaker publication files are displayed in windows by the following icon:

Note: The PageMaker extensions and icons also make it easier to distinguish PageMaker files from other applications files.

• The .T65 extension represents PageMaker Template files. These are

used to save you time when using the same layout as the publications over again. You might consider creating a template to use as your starting point at the beginning of every production cycle, saving time and ensuring consistency.

Note: Templates have the .T65 extension. The only real difference between a template and a publication is when you open the former; you open a copy rather than the original.

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General Preferences

• This dialog box allows you to create defaults for how PageMaker will treat the content in your publications such as your text, save your files, move items, measure items, and display guides .

Using General Preferences

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 4

• From the main menu, choose File > Preferences > General to open the General Preferences dialog box.

press the Ctrl + K key combination:

• This dialog box allows you to create defaults for how PageMaker will treat the content in your publications such as your text, save your files, move items, measure items, and display guides.

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Setting Measurement

• While the default Measurement system is inches, you can change the measurement units to picas, millimeters, and ciceros:

Setting the Vertical Ruler

Setting the Graphics Display

Setting the Control Palette

• The Vertical Ruler default setting is inches, however you can change the vertical ruler units to picas, millimeters, and ciceros:

• The Preferences dialog box allows you to choose the Graphic Display options for your placed graphics:

Gray out – Can be useful if you want to concentrate on the text

elements in your publication and speed your screen redraw. Unfortunately, you cannot selectively gray out graphics. It’s all or nothing. With advent layers this option might be obsolete. If you want to hide graphics, place them on their own layer and hide that layer as needed.

Standard – The view you work in most of the time. Standard view enables your screen to redraw faster by displaying the low-resolution screen-only image. As long as your links are up to date, the lowresolution image is only for the screen. W hen you print, the real graphic is sent to the printer for high- resolution output. You can adjust the resolution PageMaker uses for Standard display in the More Preferences dialog box.

High-resolution – Will draw the screen image from the actual graphic file, be it embedded or linked. If your graphic file is more than a few megabytes in size, this process can take an eternity.

Note: For best print quality, use the High Resolution setting when you are ready to print.

• The Control palette settings allow you to make adjustments to how the Horizontal and Vertical nudges, and the ‘Snap to’ constraints will work in the Control palette. The Control palette is simply a compact and convenient way of making changes to your publication:

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Setting the Save Option

• The Save option allows you to select the saving option appropriate for you. The default setting is Faster:

Applying Guides

• You can determine whether the Guides appear in front of or behind objects. Click the Guides radio button for Front or Back:

• You can also change the location of the guides with out going to the General Preferences dialog box, to do this: From the main menu, choose the View > Send Guides to Back

choose the View > Bring Guides to Front

Note: To select an object that is overlapped by a guide, press the Ctrl key while clicking the object. It is best to keep all your guides in front.

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Review Questions

How would you:

• Use Publication files?

• Use Template files?

• Use General Preferences?

• Set the Measurement In?

• Set the Vertical ruler?

• Set the Graphics Display?

• Set the Control Palette?

• Set the Save Options?

• Apply Guides?

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 5

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PageMaker Interface

When you have completed this learning module you will have seen how to:

• Use the PageMaker Environment

• Use Blank Pages

• Use the Pasteboard

• Use the Toolbox

• Use the Colors Palette

• Use the Control Palette

• Use the Character View

• Use the Paragraph View

• Use the Object View

• Use Rulers

• Use the Zero Point Option

• Use Guides

• Apply the Snap to Option

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Work Environment

• The PageMaker environment will display a New Publication window, a Blank Page, a Master Page, and Current Page icons, horizontal and vertical Scroll Bars, Rulers, the Control palette, the Toolbox, and other palettes.

Using the PageMaker Environment

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 6

Note: Palettes always display in front of your work window, and remain opened until you close them.

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Using Blank Pages

• When starting with a new document, you will see a blank page with/without Margin Guides set to a size specified in the Page Setup dialog box. A rectangle with a black key line and a drop shadow represents the page. If you set page margins for your page they will be represented by a bright magenta colored keyline which will be smaller than your page size, and two darker colored Column Guides on the left and right side of the page:

Using the Pasteboard

Note: If you set all of your page margins to zero, the margin guides and column guides will become the keyline of the page.

• The Pasteboard is the non-printing area outside the blank page. The function of the pasteboard in PageMaker is the same as the traditional pasteboard, simply select objects and move them onto the pasteboard for use on other pages. You can leave items on the pasteboard until you are ready to use them:

Note: If you go to another page in your document, the items on the pasteboard will still stay in place, and they will always be visible unless you delete them.

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Toolbox

• The PageMaker Toolbox enables you to access the basic tools you need to perform various actions in the publication window.

Using the Toolbox

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 7

• The PageMaker Tool palette enables you to access the basic tools

you need to perform various actions in the publication window:

Note: For more information on the Tool Palette, see the Basic Tools chapter.

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Colors Palette

• The Colors palette is used to make quick color changes to your publication.

• By default every Colors palette must contain the following colors : None, Paper, Black, and Registration.

Using the Colors Palette

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 8

• From the main menu, choose Window > Show Colors Palette

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• The Colors palette contains the following colors by default: None,

Paper, Black, and Registration.

None: Apply this color to objects you want to be transparent-that is when you want the color of a background object to show through the selected object.

Paper: This is the color of the paper you are working on; technically, it is no ink at all.

Black: This is the default color for text.

Registration: This is not really a color at all, but more of a

designation, used when you are printing separations

Process colors: These are cyan, magenta, and yellow. These colors are denoted by the process colors symbol

RGB colors: These are red, green, and blue, denoted by the RGB symbol

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Control Palette

Empty Control Palette

• The Control palette gives you a one-stop shop, enabling you to change several formatting options in one place rather than making repeat trips to the Type menu.

Character Control Palette

Paragraph Control Palette

Object Control Palette

Using the Control Palette

Using the Character View

Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - Slide No 9

• The Control palette gives you a one-stop shop, enabling you to

change several formatting options in one place rather than making repeat trips to the Type menu.

• From the main menu, choose Window > Show Control Palette press the Ctrl + ‘ key combination

• The X and Y coordinates displays the horizontal and vertical

distances of the selected object from the current zero point.

• In the Character View, click one of the font options in the Control

palette. You can view the Characters by using the toggling button to choose the Apply button, Type style, Case, Position, Type Size, Leading, Expert tracking, Horizontal Scale, Kerning, and Baseline Shift:

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Using the Paragraph View

• The Paragraph View of the Control palette offers many of the same

options as the Character View. Such as, Apply button, Character/Paragraph buttons Alignment, Style, Cursor position indicator, First line indent, Right indent, Left indent, Add space above paragraph, Grid options, Add space after paragraph:

Note: To toggle between the character and paragraph views of the Control palette, press the Ctrl + Shift + ‘ key combination.

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Using the Object View

• When drawing/selecting objects, the Control palette will change

depending on the object type:

Apply button: Apply changes to objects using numeric values you enter.

Proxy: Represents the selected object. Click to set a reference point, or the point you are manipulating on the object.

Nudge buttons: Use to resize, click to move, or transform an object incrementally. Press Shift while nudging to increase the nudge increment by ten.

Position pointer: Displays the X and Y coordinate values of the reference point or pointer, relative to the current rulers.

Sizing options: Specifies the width and height of the selected object or cropping rectangle. Nudge amount 0.01 inches.

Percent scaling option: Specifies the percentage change from the original size.

Scaling option: Click to use scaling option to resize an imported graphic.

Cropping option: Click to use the cropping tool to crop imported graphics.

Proportional-scaling option: Specifies whether you change an object’s height or width independently, or maintaining its original proportions.

Printer-resolution-scaling option: Constrains the scaling of imported 1-bit bitmap graphics so that they are compatible with the target printer specified in the Document Setup dialog box.

Skewing options: Skews objects horizontally –85 to 85 degrees in relation to the selected reference point.

Rotating option: Rotates the object around the reference point.

Horizontal reflecting point: Reflect the object vertically, and then

rotate the object 180 degrees so it appears to be reflected horizontally.

Vertical-reflecting button: Reflects the object vertically.

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Rulers/Guides

• Rulers can be toggled on and off by choosing View > Show/Hide Rulers OR by pressing the Ctrl + R key combination.

Using Rulers

To Change the Ruler Measurements

Using the Zero Point Option

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• Rulers can be toggled on and off by choosing View > Show/Hide Rulers

by pressing the Ctrl + R key combination. Most of the time you

will need them on. You can change the measurement system the ruler displays by going to the General Preferences.

• From the main menu, choose File > Preferences > General

press the Ctrl + K key combination:

• The Zero Point is the reference point by which you can refer to an

object’s location on the page or pasteboard. Unless you change it, the zero point reflects the top left of your page or, if you are working with facing pages, the point at which the two pages meet:

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Using Guides

• Guides are used to help you place objects precisely on your page.

These ruler guides help you align objects along the same plane, and like the margin and column guides, they do not print:

To add a Guide

To remove a Guide

Applying the Snap to Option

• Drag a guide from the left or the top ruler onto the page:

• Grab and drag a guide outside of the work area.

Note: You can have up to 120 ruler guides per page.

• When the Snap to Guides option is on choose View > Snap to Guides

press the Ctrl + Shift + ; key combination.

• You may find the movement of an object constrained by the snapping, preventing you from moving it incrementally nearer to a guide. In such cases, you should turn off Snap to Guides:

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Review Questions

How would you:

• Use the PageMaker Environment?

• Use Blank Pages?

• Use the Pasteboard?

• Use the Toolbox?

• Use the Colors Palette?

• Use the Control Palette?

• Use the Character View?

• Use the Paragraph View?

• Use the Object View?

• Use Rulers?

• Use the Zero Point Option?

• Use Guides?

• Apply the Snap to Option?

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Documents

When you have completed this learning module you will have seen how to:

• Create New Documents

• Use the Document Setup dialog box

• Apply Page Size

• Apply Dimensions

• Apply Orientation

• Apply Options

• Apply Number of Pages

• Apply Start Page #

• Apply the Margins

• Change the Document Setup

• Setup Master Pages

• Use the Save and Save As commands

• Use the Open command

• Use the Open As option

• Use the Cannot Find dialog box

• Use the Close command

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New Documents

• Creating a New Document allows you to set up the publication page with specified settings.

• You can define such things as the size of the page, the size of the margins, and even the orientation of the page.

Creating New Documents

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• Creating a New Document allows you to set up the publication page

with specified settings. You can define such things as the size of the page, the size of the margins, and even the orientation of the page.

• From the main menu, choose File > New to create a new document:

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