Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 An Introduction to Electronic Mechanicals

Getting Started. Platform. Naming Conventions. Key Commands. The CD-ROM and Initial Setup Considerations. 1. Analyzing the Thumbnail. Elements of an Electronic Mechanical. Frames Used as Position Placeholders. 2. Creating a New PageMaker Layout. Defining Document Setup and Preferences. Modifying the Preferences Dialog Box. Adding and Deleting Pages. Moving from Page to Page. Navigating the Document Pages. Using the Pasteboard. Saving a Document. 3. The PageMaker Toolbox. 4. Using Guides. Margin Guides. Column Guides. Ruler Guides. 5. Creating PageMaker Lines and Shapes. Rectangles and Ellipses. Frame Tools. Polygons. Lines. 6. Filling and Stroking Graphics. Stroking. Filling. 7. Creating Text in PageMaker. The Text Tool. Frames. 8. Formatting Text. Character Formatting. About Fonts. The Character Specifications Dialog Box. The Story Editor. Dictionaries. The Control Palette. The Spacing Attributes Dialog Box. Pair Kerning. Leading. 9. Coloring and Controlling Page Elements. The Colors Palette. Duplicating an Element. Using PageMaker Palettes to Modify Elements. The Control Palette. Changing the Stacking Order of Objects. Review. 10. Paragraph Formatting. The Paragraph Specifications Palette. Rules Option. Indents and Tabs Dialog Box. Paragraph Space. 11. More Text Handling. Ways to Flow Text. Importing Text into PageMaker. Placing Text. Using the Select All Command. Placing or Pasting Text in Story Editor. Modifying Text Blocks. 12. Introduction to Styles. Overriding a Style. Creating a New Style. Editing Existing Styles. Using the Styles Palette to Apply Styles. 13. Introduction to Images. Importing Images into PageMaker. Placing Graphics. Pasting Graphics. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). Cropping an Image. 14. Modifying Defaults. Modifying Program Defaults. 15. Master Pages. Creating Layout Grids on Master Pages. Column and Ruler Guides. Automatic Page Numbering. Hiding Master Page Objects on Specific Pages. Deleting Master Page Items. Master Page Palette. 16. Tips and Tricks. Raised Cap. Drop Caps. Bullets and Numbering. Hyphenation. Using Find and Change. Windows Find and Change Dialogs. Spell Checker. 17. Managing Links. Linking. Links Manager. 18. Printing Your Document. Document Setup Dialog Box. Chooser (For Macintosh Users). The Print Command. Final Review. Projects. Lens Cap Ad. Breakfast Menu. Live It Up! Ad. Fun Stuff Ad. AOS Brochure. Lines Monthly Newsletter. Glossary. Index.Behoriam, Ellenn is the author of 'Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 An Introduction to Electronic Mechanicals' with ISBN 9780130961693 and ISBN 0130961698.