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Advanced PageMaker

( WT-1072-180 )


     Course DescriptionBack To Top

Course Offered in Partnership With DigitalThink

This course is for users who already have basic PageMaker skills. This course teaches students how to use PageMaker to accomplish advanced page layout tasks. Starting with Tabs and Indents, the course moves onto Style Sheets, the Story Editor, and the Control Palette.

This course requires Adobe PageMaker 6.0 (or later). To complete the exercises, you need a computer running Windows or a Macintosh.

eMentoring Services are included with this course.

  • Course length: 25 hours

    • Course details
        id:      WT-1072-180
        subscription duration:  180 days
        list price:  $  195.00


     
         Languages Offered Back To Top

    This course is currently available in English only.

     
         Prerequisites Back To Top

    To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate completion of Intermediate PageMaker 6.5, or equivalent knowledge and experience

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         Skills Gained Back To Top

    Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Manipulate the Control Palette to handle your text and graphics needs with confidence
  • Manhandle Tabs and Indents to order text about the page
  • Create charts, order forms, and questionnaires
  • Work with Style Sheets to gain global control over your publications
  • Create Paragraph rules and Inline graphics to add organization and visual appeal to your text
  • Work in the Story Editor to master PageMaker's word processor

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         Related Courses Back To Top

  • Before: Introduction to PageMaker
  • Before: Intermediate PageMaker

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         Course Content Back To Top



    Module 1: Adobe PageMaker to perfection Back To Top

  • Adobe PageMaker to perfection
  • What to expect
  • Requirements and resources
  • Instructor information


    • Module 2: The Control palette Back To Top

  • The Control palette
  • Three faces of the control palette
  • Control palette basics
  • Control palette preferences
  • The Apply button
  • Object control palette: the proxy
  • The Object control palette: the Position option
  • The Sizing, Scaling, and Cropping options
  • Transforming options
  • Key commands and the Control palette
  • Module two project
  • Module wrap-up


    • Module 3: Indents and Tabs Back To Top

  • Indents and Tabs
  • Indents/Tabs ruler
  • Formatting paragraphs
  • Setting indents and tabs
  • Margins and indents
  • Working with tabs
  • Typing tabs in text
  • Setting tabs
  • Indents and tabs together
  • Module three project
  • Module wrap-up


    • Module 4: Style Sheets Back To Top

  • Style Sheets
  • Style Sheets and their purpose
  • The Define Styles dialog boxes
  • Formatting options
  • Creating and applying Style Sheets
  • Editing Styles
  • Next Style
  • Based on
  • Overrides
  • Other methods of creating Styles
  • Importing Adobe PageMaker Styles
  • Importing Styles from a word processing program
  • Templates
  • Module four project
  • Module wrap-up


    • Module 5: Paragraph Rules and inline graphics Back To Top

  • Paragraph Rules and inline graphics
  • What is a Paragraph Rule?
  • The indent option
  • Gain total control
  • Paragraph Rule options
  • What is an inline graphic?
  • Working with inline graphics
  • Leading and inline graphics
  • The baseline of an inline graphic
  • Module five project
  • Module wrap-up


    • Module 6: The Story Editor Back To Top

  • The Story Editor
  • About the Story Editor
  • Creating new stories
  • Working in the Story Editor
  • Find command
  • Find options
  • Using Change
  • Change options
  • The Spellchecker
  • Running the Spellchecker
  • Dictionaries
  • The Dictionary Editor utility
  • Module six project
  • Module wrap-up
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