Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Basic Study Guide

 study guide 0-619-20476-1 © 2004
Publish date: April 29, 2004
184 pages

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CBT Planet brings you this comprehensive Adobe PageMaker 7 Basic study guide. By participating in this training program, you will become proficient in using PageMaker for the creation of publications. You'll learn how to add a visual impact to your creations using the powerful tools that Adobe has provided. You'll use colorful text, images, frames, and drawing objects to create vivid publications.

The Adobe PageMaker 7 courseware delivers real information and techniques that you can use to get started with this powerful application. Our computer training books are designed to teach you the material in the most efficient manner possible. The expert authors lay out the information in a logical unit-by-unit approach. Each section ends with exercises and review questions to further drill the information.

The Adobe PageMaker study guide in this self-study book format is a great way to study the basics of PageMaker. You can take your studies with you wherever you go and study when and where you want. This handy and portable study guide also makes a great addition to your reference collection after you've completed the course. You can refer back to the training manual anytime you need help working on a PageMaker project.

Courseware Objectives

After completing the study guide, you will have basic proficiency using PageMaker. You will be able to create publications, access Help, open and close the program, create single-page publications containing text, and save, modify, resize, and rearrange the text blocks within your publication. You will also learn how to switch default measurement systems, make multi-page publications, create and modify frames, import text, insert page numbers, import graphics, work with drawing objects, arrange the text around the graphics, and merge your text and graphics from a data source with PageMaker.

Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Basic Study Guide Contents

Unit 1 covers getting started

  • PageMaker's environment
  • Opening publications and navigating publications
  • Using PageMaker's Help
  • Closing publications and closing PageMaker

Unit 2 covers building publications

  • Single-page publications
  • How to modify text
  • Using text blocks
  • Printing your publications

Unit 3 discusses multi-page publications

  • Multi-page publications
  • Text flow
  • Using frames
  • Using pages

Unit 4 goes over objects and graphics

  • Drawing objects
  • Adding color to your drawing objects
  • Graphics
  • Arranging text around the graphics
  • Merging text and graphics

Unit 5 goes over applying character formatting

  • Format characters
  • Control character spacing

Unit 6 covers applying paragraph formatting

  • Format paragraphs
  • Working with tabs

Unit 7 covers using styles and the library

  • Create styles
  • Apply and edit styles
  • Using a library