This document provides an introduction to Adobe PageMaker, including definitions, features, advantages, disadvantages, and how to use it. PageMaker is a desktop publishing program that allows users to design documents like books, brochures, and newsletters. It includes tools for placing images, data merging, improved PDF support, and updated filters. The document also explains how to create a new PageMaker document and utilize various palettes that control objects, text, styles, layers, master pages, and hyperlinks.

1. INTRODUCTION TO
ADOBE PAGEMAKER
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2. INTRODUCTION

3. DEFINITION
PageMaker. A full-featured desktop publishing program for
Windows and Macintosh from Adobe. PageMaker was the
de facto standard in the graphics arts industry for many
years for creating ads, brochures, newsletters and books of
all sizes and kinds.

4. FEATURES
 P L A C E N AT I V E A D O B E P H O T O S H O P F I L E S ;
 E X PA N D E D S U P P O RT F O R P L A C I N G
N AT I V E I L L U S T R AT O R F I L E S ;
 P L A C E A D O B E P D F F I L E S C R E AT E D I N
O T H E R A P P L I C AT I O N S ;
 U P D AT E D E P S F I LT E R ;
 D ATA M E R G E ;
 I M P R O V E D U S E R I N T E R FA C E F O R
E X P O RT I N G A D O B E P D F F I L E S ;
 TA G G E D P D F S U P P O RT ( E B O O K S ) ;
 U P D AT E D C O N V E RT E R F O R Q U A R K X P R E S S
& M I C R O S O F T P U B L I S H E R ;
 U P D AT E D F I LT E R F O R M I C R O S O F T W O R D
& RT F F I L E I M P O RT ;
 E N H A N C E D O P E R AT I N G S Y S T E M S U P P O RT.

5. ADVANTAGES
 PageMaker makes your work more efficient
 PageMaker makes your time more productive.
 Designing and producing document is very easy with
PageMaker.
 In PageMaker there is too creativity freedom.
 PageMaker is rich in tools which regularly makes it more flexible.

6. DISADVANTAGES
 Only one undo command is possible
 No spreadsheet support
 The Import of Adobe PDF is only possible as a graphic
 The Spell-Checker works in the text mode window only
 Generating of bad HTML source code

7. USE OF PAGEMAKER
 Adobe PageMaker is an application from Adobe Company.
 It is a software used for Desktop Publishing. That means, we
can design e-books, brochures, hand bills, visiting cards and other
printing works.
 After designing in Adobe Pagemaker, you can take print in printing
press.

8. TOOLBOX

9. TOOLS
Toolbox contains all the tools used to create a publication in pagemaker. Choose window and select show tools
to display the toolbox.
ICON FUNCTIO
N
DESCRIPTION
Version Window Displays, when clicked, the version of PageMaker that is being
used. To remove the Version Window, click inside this window.
Pointer Selects lines, shapes, graphics, and text boxes. Selected items can
be moved, resized, and have their attributes changed.
Text Selects text or sets insertion point for adding text.
Rotate Rotates text blocks and graphics to almost any angle.
Crop Crops graphics (press and hold the [Shift] key to crop
proportionally).
Line Creates straight lines at almost any angle.
Constrained
Line
Creates vertical, horizontal and 45-degree-angle lines.

10. ICON FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
Rectangle Creates square and rectangle shapes.
Rectangle Text
Box
Creates rectangular-shaped text boxes.
Ellipse Creates circular and oval shapes.
Ellipse Text Box Creates circular and oval-shaped text boxes.
Polygon Creates basic polygons.
Polygon Text
Box
Creates polygon-shaped text boxes.

11. HOW TO CREATE A NEW DOCUMENT

12. DOCUMENT SETUP

14. CONTROL PALETTE
The control palette displays the properties for the selected paragraph,
character or object. It is a sort of shortcut to the object, text, and
paragraph properties. Choose window and select show control palette
to display the control palette.

15. 1.THE CONTROL PALETTE IN OBJECT MODE
Thecontrol Palette when it has an object selected displays the objectproperties such
as the reference point, position, size, scaling,cropping, printer resolution, rotating,
skewing and horizontal andvertical reflection.
 Horizontal/vertical mirror : mirrors the currently selected object along the x or y-
axis.
 Height/width: sets the height and width of the currently selected object, either
numerically in inches or in percentages of the current size.
 Rotate: Rotate, is used to rotate the selected object around an axis. Thecenter of
rotation is set as the object's center and exact measurementscan be used.
 Skew: This skews, the currently selected object, in degrees.
 XY position: sets the horizontal and vertical position of the upper-left corner of the
currently selected object.

16. 2. THE CONTROL PALETTE IN CHARACTER MODE
TheCharacter Palette is displayed when the text tool is selected. It
hasoptions for changing text styles, size, leading, tracking, width
andKerning. There is a toggle button to shift betweenparagraph view
and character view.

17.  Kerning: Text Kerning adjusts the spacing between characters in text. It
isselective, so you can adjust just one or two characters, or
wholesections of text. Negative numbers move characters closer
together,whereas Positive numbers space them out.
 Leading: TextLeading adjusts the spacing between lines of text. This is
applicableon line-by-line basis. Positive and Negative numbers have the
sameeffect as they have on Kerning, except that the spacing is between
thelines of text.
 Tracking: TextTracking adjusts how closely characters follow each
other. Very tighttracking brings text closer together, very loose spreads
it out a bit.
 Size: Text Size adjusts point size of text.
 Position: TextPosition adjusts the placement of the text on a given line.
PositiveNumbers move the text into a super text position (above the
line), andNegative numbers move it into a subtext position (below the
line).
 Width: TextWidth adjusts the character width and does not affect height.
Thelarger the percentage, the wider the word. Percentages over 100%
make itproportionately larger than the standard sizing, under 100%
make itproportionately smaller.

18. 3. THE CONTROL PALETTE IN PARAGRAPH
MODE
 The control Palette displays options for the paragraph style, alignment,
indents, spacing, grid spacing and grid alignment

19. THE COLOR PALETTE
Use the Color Palette in PageMaker to assign spot, process and tints forall
objects and text within the document. Note that placed EPS graphicswill
import their colors within the color palette. This is an example ofwhen
consistent color naming is essential. Remember to delete unusedcolors before
sending files to Printing Services. There should be onlyone entry in the color
palette for each unique spot color.

20. THE STYLE PALETTE
The Style palette contains styles (combinations of typographical
means) which are applied to the corresponding items in the text (e.g. chapter
heading, caption) in order to give them their distinctive appearance in the
publication.
Most publications contain structural text items, such as chapter
headings, body text, listed enumerations, captions, etc.,
PageMaker has a palette with standard styles, but using the
option Define styles under Type menu, you can make your own Style palette.
Part 2 of the course explains in detail how to do this.

21. THE LAYER PALETTE
Layers offer you unprecedented control over your documents. The Layer
Palette is used where a multiple layers document structure is required. Layers
allow you to separate the different elements that makeup your document. You
can hide, display, add or delete layers as required. Choose Window and select
Show Layers to display the Layers Palette.

22. THE MASTER PAGES PALETTE
The master Pages palette is used to create and apply masters. It displays a list
of available master pages for a particular document. The master page icon at
the bottom of the window is used when you want to go to a master page for
editing. Choose Window and select Show Master pages to display the master
Pages palette.

23. THE HYPERLINK PALETTE
A hyperlink has two parts: a source, which is the hyper linked text, or
graphic that you click, and a destination, which is where the source jumps.
Inside a PageMaker publication, destinations are called anchors. You can
also give a valid web hyperlink. Choose Window and select Show
Hyperlinks to display the Hyperlinks palette.