PageMaker 7.0 : Level 1 (Windows)

Course Specifications

Course number: 078171

Software Version Number: 7.0

Course Description

Overview: Adobe PageMaker is a powerful page layout application you can use to create professional looking publications. In this course, you will learn basic techniques and skills that will give you a solid understanding of the software as you create a four-page color newsletter.PageMaker is a robust application that offers a high degree of control over many aspects of page design. To learn how to use it to its fullest capabilities, you need to understand basic principles and techniques. As you progress through this course, you'll learn these techniques and use them to work with PageMaker efficiently and produce great looking documents.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you have experience using your computer's operating system.

Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Navigate in the PageMaker environment.

• Set up a document.
• Import text and graphics.
• Format text using fonts, sizes, type styles, indents, alignment, and tabs.
• Use styles to format text.
• Use master pages and guides to design a document's layout.
• Add page numbers to a document.
• Wrap text around a graphic.
• Create a booklet
• Create and use templates.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating a Newsletter

• Topic 1A: The PageMaker Environment
• Task 1A-1: Navigating in PageMaker
• Topic 1B: Document Setup
• Task 1B-1: Set Up a New Document
• Topic 1C: Typing Text and Manipulating Text Blocks
• Task 1C-1: Typing and Manipulating Text in a Document
• Topic 1D: Basic Text Formatting
• Task 1D-1: Formatting Text
• Topic 1E: Importing and Manipulating Graphics
• Task 1E-1: Importing Graphics
• Topic 1F: Using Master Pages
• Task 1F-1: Using Master Pages

Lesson 2: Using Text

• Topic 2A: Importing Text
• Task 2A-1: Importing A Text Document
• Topic 2B: Spacing Text
• Task 2B-1: Spacing Text in a Document
• Topic 2C: Indenting Text
• Task 2C-1: Indenting Text
• Topic 2D: Using Tabs
• Task 2D-1: The Indents/Tabs Ruler
• Topic 2E: Using Styles
• Task 2E-1: Formatting with Styles
• Topic 2F: Using the Story Editor
• Task 2F-1: Using the Story Editor to Edit the Newsletter

Lesson 3: Using Graphics

• Topic 3A: Drawing Shapes
• Task 3A-1: Drawing Graphics
• Topic 3B: Applying Colors
• Task 3B-1: Applying Color
• Topic 3C: Text Wrapping
• Task 3C-1: Applying Text Wrap to Images in the Newsletter
• Topic 3D: Manipulating Graphics
• Task 3D-1: Manipulate Graphics
• Topic 3E: Cropping Graphics
• Task 3E-1: Cropping a Graphic in the Newsletter
• Topic 3F: Inline Graphics
• Task 3F-1: Placing Inline Graphics in the Newsletter

Lesson 4: Printing with PageMaker

• Topic 4A: Creating and Applying Spot Colors
• Task 4A-1: Creating Spot Colors
• Topic 4B: Updating Links
• Task 4B-1: Updating Links in the Newsletter
• Topic 4C: Creating a Booklet
• Task 4C-1: Creating a Booklet
• Topic 4D: Printing a Proof
• Task 4D-1: Print a Proof
• Topic 4E: Collecting Files for Output
• Task 4E-1: Collecting Files in the Newsletter

Lesson 5: Creating an Identity System

• Topic 5A: Creating Templates
• Task 5A-1: Create Templates
• Topic 5B: Using Templates
• Task 5B-1: Use Templates
• Topic 5C: Drag and Drop Between Documents
• Task 5C-1: Dragging and Dropping Content into the Newsletter
• Topic 5D: Using a Library
• Task 5D-1: Using the Library Palette