User manual ADOBE PAGEMAKER 6.5 TRAINING MANUAL

[. . . ] Adobe PageMaker 6. 5 Foundation Level Training Manual Corporate Edition CCTGLOBAL . C O M © 1995-2001 Cheltenham Computer Training Crescent House 24 Lansdown Crescent Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LD, UK Tel: +44 (0)1242 227200 Fax: +44 (0)1242 253200 Email: info@cctglobal. com Internet: http://www. cctglobal. com All trademarks acknowledged. © Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 No part of this document may be copied without written permission from Cheltenham Computer Training unless produced under the terms of a courseware site license agreement with Cheltenham Computer Training. All reasonable precautions have been taken in the preparation of this document, including both technical and nontechnical proofing. Cheltenham Computer Training and all staff assume no responsibility for any errors or omissions. [. . . ] Normally, text that you edit as a unit should be contained in a single story. When you edit one article in a newsletter, for example, you don't want other, unrelated articles to change. Note: When adding, removing or formatting text that has been Threaded, all the changes you make will effect how the rest of the story flows. You may have to take a look at all the threaded stories to make sure they are still flowing the way you want them to, so that nothing is missing. FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 - www. cctglobal. com 36 2001 Cheltenham Computer Training Working With Type PageMaker 6. 5 Intermediate Threading Text Blocks · · When you are Threading imported text using a Text Block, you will see a loaded text icon. / , you can use one of three options to With the loaded text icon thread the text. To flow an entire story automatically: · If the Automatic Text-flow icon does not display as a loaded text icon, turn it on by choosing Layout > Autoflow from the main menu: · · Place the loaded text icon where you would like the top of the first text block to start. Click to begin flowing the text: · The text will continue filling the Column or Publication Page, residing within the page margins. Pages will be added automatically until the text is finished flowing. To flow one column of text at a time: · If the Manual Text-flow icon does not display as a loaded text icon, turn it off by choosing Layout > Autoflow from the main menu: · Place the loaded text icon where you would like the top of the first text block start: FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 - www. cctglobal. com Working With Type PageMaker 6. 5 Intermediate 37 2001 Cheltenham Computer Training · Click to begin flowing the text: Note: Text will flow to the bottom of the page or column and then stop flowing. In order to continue to flow the text, you will have to click on the Overset text icon (the red arrow at the bottom of the text block or frame handle), to display the loaded text Icon that is required to thread text: · Repeat above steps until the text has finished flowing. Note: The text frame or text block handle will appear empty when there is no more text to place. To define an area in which to place text: · Place the loaded text icon to the left corner of where you would like the text block to start. · Release the mouse button to flow the text into the defined area. · Note: If there is more text than can fit into the text block, the rest of the text will remain inside the Text Block. In order to continue to flow the text, you will have to click on the Overset text icon, to display the loaded text icon that is required to thread the text. Note: To temporarily switch between Manual and Automatic text-flow, hold down the Ctrl key as you click to place the text. FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 - www. cctglobal. com 38 2001 Cheltenham Computer Training Working With Type PageMaker 6. 5 Intermediate Threading Text Frames · · Unlike Text Blocks, Text Frames must be threaded together manually. When you delete a threaded frame, the text in the frame will move to the next frame in the thread. Text frames can be threaded whether or not they contain text. To thread text frames: · From the tools palette, select the Pointer tool. · Click the center of the bottom frame handle, to display the thread icon: · Click the text frame you would like to thread to. Note: When the frames are threaded, a Plus sign appears at the top and or bottom of the text frame handles. The Plus sign indicate that there is text before of after the selected frame. If the frame contains more text to flow, the Overset icon will appear in the bottom frame handle. FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 - www. cctglobal. com Working With Type PageMaker 6. 5 Intermediate 39 2001 Cheltenham Computer Training Working With Paragraphs Working With Paragraphs · The Paragraph Specifications dialog box allows you to apply many formatting commands that are not available on the Control palette. © Cheltenham Computer Training 2001 Adobe PageMaker 6. 5 - Slide No 16 Displaying the Paragraph Specification s dialog box · The Paragraph Specifications dialog box allows you to apply many formatting commands that are not available on the Control Palette. To display the Paragraph Specifications dialog box: · From the main menu, choose Type > Paragraph OR press the Ctrl + M key combination: FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 - www. cctglobal. com 40 2001 Cheltenham Computer Training Working With Type PageMaker 6. 5 Intermediate Using the Paragraph Specification s dialog box The available options in the Paragraph Specifications dialog box are: · · · · · Indent: Left, First and Right Paragraph Space: Before and After Alignment: Left, Right, Center, Justify and Force Justify Dictionary Options: Keep lines together Column break before Page break before Include in table of contents Keep with next Window control Orphan Control When you format a paragraph, your changes will affect the alignment, indents, and the space before and after the paragraph. Formatting paragraphs · To format a paragraph: · From the tools palette, selected the Text tool. · Point and click the mouse in a paragraph you want to format OR highlight several paragraphs at once. · Click the OK button. FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2001 - www. cctglobal. com Working With Type PageMaker 6. 5 Intermediate 41 2001 Cheltenham Computer Training Using the Paragraph Rules dialog box · The Paragraph Rules dialog box allows you to add a horizontal rule above or below a paragraph. [. . . ] From the Scripts palette, click on the arrow next to the Run Plug-ins script folder and double-click the Balance Columns script: · From the Balance columns dialog box, select the following options: Alignment - Bottom Add leftover lines - Right · · Click the OK button. Press the Ctrl + S key combination to save your work. FOR USE AT THE LICENSED SITE(S) ONLY Cheltenham Computer Training 1995-2002 - www. cctglobal. com EXERCISE - Scripts PageMaker 6. 5 Advanced 21 2002 Cheltenham Computer Training · · · From the Library palette, select the Butterfly item and drag it onto page 15. Select the placed picture and press the Ctrl + Alt + E key combination to open the Text Wrap dialog box. Enter the following into the Text Wrap dialog box: Wrap option - Middle icon Text flow - Right icon Left Standoff - 0. 25 Right Standoff - 0. 25 Top Standoff - 0. 25 Bottom Standoff - 0. 25 · · Click the OK button. [. . . ]