Adobe Pagemaker - Training Course

What is Adobe pagemaker?

Adobe pagemaker is a software application which is used to create PDF articles, visiting story editing and books publication etc.

Tools

1. Pointer Tool:- 

This tool is called as pointer tool, which is used to select, move and resize text object and graphics.

2. Line Tool:- 

This tool is called as line tool, which is used to draw straight line in any direction

3. Rectangle Tool:- 

This tool is called rectangle tool which is used to draw square and rectangle

Note:- 

To change corner style of draw rectangle square double click on rectangle tool and change the style. 

4. Ellipse Tool:- 

This tool is called as ellipse which is used to draw circle and ellipse.

5. Polygon Tool:- 

This tool is called as polygon  tool, which is used to draw polygon.

Note:- 

To change the no of sides or star shape polygon double click the polygon button and select no of sides or star insert.

6. Hand Tool:- 

This tool is called hand tool which is used to scroll the page or to preview or text hyperlink.

7. Text Tool:- 

This tool is called text tool which is used to type the text select the text and edit the text.

8. Constrained Line Tool:- 

This is called as constrained line tool which used to draw vertical or horizontal line.

9. Frame Tool:- 

This tool is called as frame tool which is used to create placeholder shape

10. Zoom Tool:- 

This tool is called as zoom tool which is used to magnify or reduce an area of the shape.

Menu Bar

Type Menu:-

This menu bar is used to apply different font style, type size, type style to give alignment, hyphenation and many more to the selected text.

1. Font:- This command is used to change and apply the different font to the selected text.
2. Size:- This commands is used to change the size of selected text.
3. Leading:- This command is used to give line space between select paragraph.
4. Type style:- This command is used to apply different styles on the selected text like bold, italic.
5. Expert kerning:- This command is used to automate kerning to give you tight control over letter space for headlines, poster type and other display type at large size.
    
  Steps:-
              - Select the text with text tool to be kerned
              - Click on type menu
              - Click on expert kerning
              - Type the kern strength that you want PageMaker to use when                          creating kerning pair or use the slider bar to set the value
              - Click on ok

6. Expert Tracking:- This command is used to give space between single character of selected text
7. Character (Ctrl+T):- This command is used to character formatting.
8. Paragraph (Ctrl+M):- This command is used to give indentation space between paragraph, alignment etc. to the selected paragraph.
9. Indent and Tabs:- Indents and tabs are powerful tools for positioning text. indent move text inward from the right and left edges of a text object and tab position text at a specific location in a text object you can create a left and right aligned tab. center tab (Which center around the tab) and decimal tab (Which aligned character at a decimal point) you can also apply a leader of any style to any tabs. A leader is a repeated pattern, such a series of dots or dashes, between the tab and the proceeding text. 
    
    Steps:-
                  - In a layout view, select the paragraph or text
                  - Click on type menu
                  - Click on indent/tabs
                  - Click a tab alignment icon (Left, right, center, or decimal) for the                      first tab you want to set
                  - Click a tab location on the rular to the position new tab or move                        an existing tab by dragging its marker along the rular
                  - If you want the tab leadered, select the tab and choose an option                      from the leader menu and then one or two character
                  - Click apply to preview the changes to your text
                  - Click on ok to accept the changes

10. Hyphenation:- This command is used to control several aspect of at a hyphenation paragraph and paragraph style level. Hyphen sign is not applicable in justified text.

11. Style:- PageMaker make it easy to create and edit style for your publication. if the style you want already exits, either in another pagemaker publication or in file created in a word processing application, you can import those style for use in your current publication.

12. Defined style:- This command is used to create your own styles.
      
    -Steps:-
                         - Click on type menu
                         - Click on define style
                         - Click on new style
                         - Click on paragraph or character to create your style
                         - Click on ok

Note:- To apply the style , select the text or paragraph , then go to type menu, click on style and then click on style name.

13. Alignment:- With this option we can give alignment in our selected object.

                                   I. Align Left (Shift+Ctrl+L)

                                  II. Align Center (Shift+Ctrl+C)

                                 III. Align Right (Shift+Ctrl+R)

                                 IV. Align Justify (Shift+Ctrl+J)

                                  V. Force Center (Shift+Ctrl+F)

Element Menu

1. Fill:- This option is used to apply different fill colour to different cell within 
the same table or any selected object.

2. Stroke:- This option is used to apply the different line style. We can 
change the width of the line drawn with the drawing tools and the width of borders around rectangles, ellipse and polygons.

3. Fill and Stroke (Ctrl+U):- With this option we can do both (fill colour 
within the selected object and also  change line pattern)

4. Frame:- With this option we can add content to selected frame or we 
can create text frame etc.

Note:- You can apply space, called an insert button the text and the boundary    of the frame. you can also align text vertically between a text frames top and bottom boundaries.

5. Arrange:- This option is used to change the order of selected object.

                                         I. Bring to front

                                        II. Bring forward

                                       III. Send to back

                                       IV. Send backward 

6. Align Object (Shift +Ctrl+E):- With the helps of this commands we can give  alignment between two selected object horizontally or vertically.

        -Steps:-

                       - Select the object you want to align

                       - Choose element menu and click on align and select the                                     direction for align

                       - Click on ok

7. Lock position (Ctrl+L):- With the helps of this command we can lock 
the object position after that we can not do any changes to the object.

8. Unlock (Alt+Ctrl+L):- With the helps of this commands we can unlock 
the object.

9. Group (Ctrl+G):- With the helps of this command we can create group of our  separate and after that we can combine.

10. Ungroup (Shift+Ctrl+G):- With the helps of this command we can 
ungroup our object.

11. Mask (Ctrl+6):- It is the way of covering part of an objects so that only 
a portion of it appear through a shape drawn with the rectangle ellipse or polygon tool.

12. Unmask:- With the helps of this command. we can unmask the mask object and after that object and picture will be separated.

         -Steps:-

                        - Select the masking object

                        - Click on element menu

                        - Click on unmask

13. Rounded corner:- With the help of this command we change the shape 
of draw rectangle and we can also add, move or delete the line segment in a drawn polygon.

           -Steps:-

                             - Select the rectangle you want to change

                             - Choose element menu

                             - Click or rounded corner

                             - Select the corner style you want click on ok.

14. Polygon setting:- This command is used to change the number of 
sides. same as rounded rectangle .

Edit Menu

1. Undo (Ctrl+Z)

2. Cut (Ctrl+X)

3. Copy (Ctrl+C)

4. Paste (Ctrl+V)

5. Paste Special:- With the helps of this command we can paste our 
selected text according to option like formatted or unformatted.

6. Paste multiple:- With the help of this command we can paste the copy 
object no of times by giving same distance. We can paste object in horizontal or vertical.

                       - Steps:-

                                      - Select the object

                                      - Click on edit menu

                                      - Click on copy

                                      - Click on paste multiple

                                      - Give no of object in horizontal or vertical

                                      - Click on ok.

7. Insert object:- With the helps of this command we can insert bitmap image 
or object from any other application can we insert in our file

8. Edit story:- With the helps of this command we can do editing in the 
selected  text and also we can use find, replace command.

Layout Menu

1. Go to Page (Alt+Ctrl+G):- With the helps of this command we can go to 
one page to another page by giving page no.

2. Insert page:- With the helps of this command we can insert new page in 
our file.

3. Remove page:- With the help of this command we can delete page 
from opened file.

4. Sort page:- With the help of this command we can see all the insert pages 
in our file.

5. Go back (Ctrl+Page up):- With the help of this command we can go back 
to the selected page.

6. Go forward (Ctrl+Page down):- With the help of this command we can 
go forward to the selected page.

7. Column guide:- With the help of this command we can insert column guide 
in our file.

8. Auto flow:- With the helps of this command we can design the book. 
After switching on the auto flow option, We can insert many pages at a time it is used for publication purpose.

File Menu

1. New (Ctrl+N)

2. Open (Ctrl+O)

3.Close (Ctrl+W)

4. Save (Ctrl+S)

5. Save as (Ctrl+Shift+S)

6. Place:- With the helps of this command we can import any file in our 
current file like jpeg, tif, bmp etc.

7. Export:- With the help of this command we can export any file of 
the PageMaker and save with any other extension.

8. Document setup:- With the help of this command we can change the 
margin, layout, etc.

9. Print:- With the help of this command we can take print.

10. General (Ctrl+K)

11. Exit (Ctrl+Q)

Window Menu

1. Arrange icons

2. Tiles

3. Cascade

4. Hide tools:- This command is used to show or hide the toolbar.

5. Hide control palette (Ctrl+'):- This command is used for show or hide 
control palette.

6. Hide Colour (Ctrl+J):- This commands is used for show or hide colour palette.

7. Show style (Ctrl+B):- This command is used for show or hide style window.

8. Show layer (Ctrl+8):- This command is used for show for show or 
hide master page window we can create new master page.

9. Show master page (Shift+Ctrl+8):- This command is used for show or 
hide master page window we can create new master page.

View Menu

1. Display master items:- With the help of this command we can show or 
hide any of the object from the selected page which we have created on master  page.

  (>). Introduction of master page:- Master pages is used to give title and 
page no. this page is used to write those text or object which we want to 
have on all master page.

        E.g:- Title, date etc.

        Master page is of two type

(I) Left master page

(II) Right master page

Item of left master page -2,4,6,8 etc.show on the page

Item of right master page- 1,3,5 etc are show on the page

(Q):- How can we take single page in place of single master page or 
double sides page?

Ans:- To take single page master page. Go to file menu facing pages option 
in document setup and off double sided option under document set up 
to take single page in the place of double sided page.

(Q):- How to give page number?
Ans:- Click on master page
        - Draw the text tool
        - Press Alt+Ctrl+P on left or right master page

2. Zoom in (Ctrl++):- This command is used for zoom our file.
3. Zoom out (Ctrl+-):- This command is used for zoom out our file.
4. Actual size (Ctrl+1):- This command is used for show the actual size of 
the page.
5. Fit in window (Ctrl+0):- This command is used for fit our open file 
according to window.
6. Entire pasteboard (Shift+Ctrl+0):- This option is used to find or view 
object on the pasteboard.
7. Zoom to:- This command is used for zoom in or out according to percentage.
8. Hide rular (Ctrl+R):- This command is used for show or hide the rular bar.
9. Snap to guide (Alt+Ctrl+R):- This command is used for make the object 
by snaping to the guide.
10. Lock guide (Alt+Ctrl+;):- This command is used for lock the guide 
line position.
11. Clear rular guide:- This command is used for delete the rular guide.
12. Send guide to back:- This command is used to send our guide line to 
front or back.
13. Hide scroll bar:- This command is used to show or hide scroll bar.

Adobe Table

This option is used to create new table and specify the no of row and column you want. we can also give different style of formatting to creating table and export them in pageMaker.

Cell Menu 

1.Group (Ctrl+G):- By this option we can group or merge our two or more than 2 Cell

2. Ungroup (Ctrl+U):- By this option we can ungroup our group cell.

3. Insert row above:- By this option we can insert row above the selected row.

4. Insert row below:- By this option we can insert row below the selected row.

5. Insert column before:- By this option we can insert column before 
the selected column.

6. Insert column after :- By this option we can insert column after the 
selected column. 

7. Delete column (Ctrl+K):- By this option we can delete the selected row 
or column.

8. Row/Column size:- By this option we can change the row or column size.

Format Menu 

1. Format text (Ctrl+T):- By this option we can give the formatting in 
our selected text

2. Format cell (Ctrl+F):- By this option we can give the formatting in 
our selected cell

3. Text positioning:- By this option we can change the text position.

4. Define colour:- By this option we can create new colour.

(Q):- How to bring PageMaker text in adobe table?
         Steps:-
                     - Write the text in pagemaker
                     - Save the file
                     - Click on file menu
                     - Click on export
                     - Click on text
                     - Give the name and save
                     - Open the adobe table
                     - Insert the table
                     - Click on file menu
                     - Click on import text
                     - Select the file name and choose tab delimited option then click                         on open.

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