Moving Objects Between Layers

In this exercise you will learn to move objects between Layers.

Click Layer 2.

Drag it on top of Layer 4 and release the mouse Button. Now in the Work area you can see the Red Circle in Layer 2 coming in front of all other objects.

Select Layer 4.

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Transforming Objects

Transforming a Rectangle

In this exercise you will learn to transform a rectangle.

Select the Pointer Tool.

Click the Rectangle to select it.

Now you can see the change in Control Palette at the bottom of the work area using which you can transform the rectangle. In the Control Palette change the Rotation to 25 degreesand press the Tab Key.

Change the Skew angle to 25 degrees and Press the Tab Key. click the width column

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Percentage

Print Options can be opened by clicking options button in printing your document dialog box

You can scale the pages to any size before printing.

Reduce to fit

While printing if the paper size is smaller than the page designed by you, the Reduce to fit command enables you to print the document on the paper even when the paper size is small.

Thumbnails

Are an easy way of looking at all the pages in a document, to see the overall design theme. This is used to print miniature editions of the pages as icons with a maximum number of 16 pages per sheet of paper.

Duplex

Duplex can be used to print on both sides of the page during one pass through the printer. This is a very handy feature if you need to print front and back originals. The various options here are None, Short edge and Long edge.

Options

Here are the various options, which can be printed on the page itself, that is the Printer's marks and Page information. Tiling breaks up the ultimate size into smaller pieces that fit on the page size specified in the page Setup dialog box. PageMaker sets an automatic overlap of the tiles that takes into account the unprintable margin around the edge of the page or you can manually set the overlap, if you wish.

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Ellipse Tool

Ellipse tool is used to draw both Ovals and Circles. In this exercise, you will learn to use Ellipse Tool.

Select Ellipse Tool.

Point the Cursor on A and hold the mouse button down. Drag it to Point B to draw an Oval.

Now draw a Circle using an Ellipse Tool. Point the Cursor on C and hold down the Shift Key and drag the mouse button down to Point D to draw a Circle.

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Publishing on the Internet

Creating a PDF Document

If you're creating a publication for distribution on the World Wide Web, design it for the screen and then use one of two ways given above to prepare the file for the Internet. Use the File > Export > Adobe PDF command to create a PDF file that can be distributed electronically across the World Wide Web. PDF files can be downloaded, viewed, and printed from several different platforms with the page layout and typography of the original document intact.

Creating an Html Document

Use the File > Export > HTML command to create hypertext-linked pages that you can publish on the World Wide Web. If you select the Preserve Approximate Page Layout option in the Export HTML Options dialog box, PageMaker uses HTML tables to replicate the design of each exported page, including the number and width of columns, and the size and position of graphics on the page.

Publishing a document on the Net

PageMaker is used to create documents that can be published on the World Wide Web. You have to first convert the file into PDF or HTML format, to do this click File menu.

Select Export.

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Understanding Pagemaker Tools

Toolbox

Toolbox contains all the tools used to create a publication in PageMaker. Choose Window and select Show Tools to display the toolbox. The individual tools will be explained in detail later in this session.

Zero Position

Zero Position allows you to set the zero position on the screen. Zero position is the position, where both the top and the left side rulers are at zero. By Zero positioning all measurements in the pages are made relative to this point. Click it and drag it to anywhere on the workspace to set it as the Zero Point

Pointer Tool

Pointer tool is used to pick, drag and drop graphics and text.

Text Tool

Text Tool is used to edit and select text and insert text frames. Click the text tool and click anywhere in the document and start entering text. The text tool creates a free flowing text box

Rotate Tool

Rotate tool is used to rotate text and graphic objects. Click the rotate tool, then click on the object reference point and drag to rotate the object.

Crop Tool

The Crop tool is used to crop imported graphic images to the required size. The crop tool only works on TIFF type of images. Click on the toll and, drag the image handles, to crop the image.

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Opening a New Publication

Click File.

Select New.

The Document Setup dialog box appears. Enter 2 in the number of pages text box and press the TAB key.

Enter 1 inch as the inside margin and press the TAB key.

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Color Options

Color Options can be selected by clicking the Color button in printing your document dialog box. This gives control over handling color separations and printing color.

Composite

Composite is opposite of separations. When this option is selected colors will not be separated instead they will be printed in place as either shades of gray or as close approximations of the colors. To print colors on a color printer, click the Composite button. If you are using a laser printer then, using this option you get shades of gray.

Print Colors in Black button

Makes all the colors print in shades of black in the same-screened percentages acquired with process and spot separations.

Separations

When you select the separations button, the separations pop-up list becomes active. This contains the process colors and any spot colors you have defined for this document. From this, select the colors whose separations you want to print and click 'Print This Ink' check box to add an X in the pop-up list. PageMaker only prints separations for the colors with X's in the Print column.

Print All Inks

This command is used to mark all the colors with X's.

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 Oblique Line Tool

Oblique Line is used to draw slanting lines. To draw a line, click the oblique line tool, click and drag to draw a line in any direction.

Constrained Line Tool

Constrained Line tool will draw lines at 45degree intervals, i.e., horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Box Tool

Box tool is used to draw a box

Rectangle Frame

Rectangle Frame is used to type text inside a box. First select the toll and draw the area to be enclosed by the rectangular frame, then select the text tool and click inside the drawn frame to enter text. The text will be constrained to the rectangular frame.

Circle Tool

Circle tool is used to draw a circle or elliptical graphic. To draw a circle or an ellipse, select the tool, click and drag to draw a circle on the document.

Circular Frame

Circular Frame is used to type text inside a circle or an oval. Use the Circular frame tool to draw the frame and then click inside with the text tool to start entering text. The entered text will be constrained to the circular frame.

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Locking Objects

You can lock individual objects in place in order to help preserve the design of your pages through all stages of production. You can change a color or fill applied to a locked object, but not its degree of rotation or its skewing angle. You cannot cut or delete a locked object without unlocking it first, but you can copy a locked object; it will be pasted as an unlocked object. The Apply button in the Control Palette appears gray when the selected object is locked. The cursor changes to a lock icon when you try to move a locked item.

Locking Objects

In this exercise you will learn how to Lock objects.

Select the Pointer Tool.

Click the Circle drawn on the Work area to select it.

Click Element menu.

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Entering Text

In PageMaker, text is typed in text blocks or frames. Text blocks are defined by the amount of text and the margins of the page.

To open a text block First click the Text tool.

Click anywhere on the page within the margin guides.

Press the mouse button and drag the insertion point to the right. Release the mouse when you have opened the box to the correct size.

Type "Layout Galaxy".

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