Learn PageMaker 7 at your desk, at your own pace. This book brings a certified technical trainer and professional desktop publisher to you... at a fraction of the cost of attending a 4-day training course.
By the time you've completed step-by-step training tutorial (most people finish within 4 days) you'll be able to produce simple to complex publications such as flyers, brochures, newsletters and magazines. You'll work with the excellent formatting tools available in PageMaker that will speed-up your work. You will become an expert on styles, tags and master pages. You will learn how to use the Control Palette to change the way elements appear on your page. You will also use the layering tools to create multiple versions of a layout in one publication, and you will learn to use and control frames to create complex layouts. You'll even learn to use PageMaker's new merge features to create form letters.
Here's some of what you'll learn:
Work with all of PageMaker's drawing tools | Work with Text Blocks | Change Font and Font Size | Place Text | Change Paragraph Alignment | Create a Two Column Grid | Thread a Text Block | Set Leading | Set a First Line Indent | Add Paragraph Rules to Text | Use the Control Palette to Format Text | Use the Control Palette | Work with Proxy Points | Align Objects Command | Group and Ungroup Elements | Work With a Stack | Check for Import Filters | Place a Graphic | Control Tab Stops | Set and Move a Tab Stop | Add a Tab Leader | Place Text Using Standard Flow | Place Text Using Autoflow | Insert and Remove Pages | Use Semi-Automatic Text Flow | Add Ruler Guides | Explore PageMaker's Plug-Ins | Learn about Points, Picas, and Inches | Use a Library | Create Mutltiple Master Pages | Work with Styles | Work with Tags | Use Frames | Use Layers | Work with Tables | Work with Long Documents | Work with Links, Templates and Scripts | Convert a Document to HTML | Create and Link to Anchors | Create a PDF | Create a Data Merge.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Extremely helpful and Very Practical:
I recently became a volunteer editor for two publications and it was suggested to me to learn the program Pagemaker 7, since that was used on prior publications. Though I did get the program, it was very hard to learn from the self help section. I came across Kevin Siegel's book while searching on Amazon, bought the book and I am amazed in such short time with what I have been able to understand, learn and remember and more importantly, put to use. I just wish there was a similar book by Mr. Siegel on... more info
A great book for people who have anxiety about learning softward:
Kevin Seigel has put together the simplest, handiest, user- friendliest book I can imagine on Pagemaker and I recommend it to everybody who has the software as a basic reference. I have always considered myself to be too impatient to learn Pagemaker. I've taken Pagemaker classes and felt like I failed & they failed because they're so boring and it all seems so easy, but when I leave class I forget it all and none of the manuals or handouts are very good and when I try to put a page together I just get... more info
Essentials of ADOBE PAGEMAKER 7:
Very well written. Easy to understand. Well supported by author.
The go-to guide for learning PageMaker 7 from scratch:
This is quite possibly the best approach to a training guide I've seen for a software program. Very concise and clear with hands-on exercises. The graphics could be crisper, but after a few pages, the black-and-white illustrations were not a distraction at all. I also applaud the fact that the book is spiral bound, which allows you to lay the book down next to the keyboard and follow along. Using this book in conjunction with the Visual Quickstart Guide has made me a competent, skilled PageMaker user in... more info
