@ 02 CHAPTER After the completion of this chapter, the student © learns about what Desktop publishing is. © creates documents using PageMaker © creates Text Blocks © changes a Text block size © inserts text from other software like MS-Word in the PageMaker document © uses frames to hold text in place of using text blocks and so many 2.1__Desktop Publishing We hear and see the term ‘Desktop publishing’ a lot these days, What exactly is it? What does it mean? Desktop publishing (abbreviated DTP) is the creation of page layouts for documents using DTP software. Today, there are several Desktop Publishing (DTP) software available in the market. Some of the popular DTP software are Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, etc 2.2 Introduction to Adobe PageMaker Adobe PageMaker is a page layout software. Itis used to design and produce documents that can be printed. You can create anything from a simple business card to a large book. Page layout software includes tools that allow you to easily position text and graphics on document pages. For example, using PageMaker, you can create a newsletter that includes articles and pictures on each page. You can place ire 2.4 Various page layout softwarespictures and text next to each other, on top of each other, or beside each other—wherever you want them to go. Figure 2.1 shows various page layout softwares 2.3 Opening PageMaker In the Windows 7 operating system, we can open Adobe PageMaker using the command sequence Start->All Programs > Adobe > Pagemaker 7.0 > Adobe PageMaker 7.0. ‘The Adobe PageMaker window will be opened as shown in Figure 2.2 ‘alc ‘lest Loy Tre overt Utes Ver Window Heb AT] E Figure 2.2 Adobe PageMaker window 2.4 Creating a New Document ‘To create a new document, 1. Choose File > New in the menu bar. (or) Press Ctrl + N in the keyboard. Now Document Setup dialog box appears.(Figure 2.3) 2. Enter the appropriate settings for your new document in the Document Setup dialog box. 3. Click on OK. Chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe PagemakerNow a new document called Untitled - 1 opens on the screen as shown in Figure 2.4. A document page is displayed within a dark border. The area outside of the dark border is referred to as the pasteboard. Anything that is placed completely in the pasteboard is not visible when you print the document. You can use the pasteboard to temporarily hold elements while designing your document. - Menu Bar ‘fel Pasteboard (The pasteboard stores items for later use.) 2q 10828 fPoTHI, Figure 2.4 Workspace Chapter 2 An Introduction to‘The main components of the PageMaker window are Title bar, Menu bar, Toolbar, Ruler, Scroll bars and Text area. Let us have a look at these components Title bar Figure 2.5 Title bar It is the topmost part of the window. It shows the name of the software and the name of the document at the left, and the control buttons (Minimize, Maximize and Close) at the right. In Figure 2.5 we can see the name of the software (Adobe PageMaker 7.0) at the left. It is followed by the default name of the document(Untitled-1) which can be changed when we save the document with a user-supplied name. We know that on clicking the Minimize button the document window is minimised to a small icon and kept in the task bar, Maximise button is used for maximising the current document window to fit the whole screen area, and the Close button closes the software itself. Menu bar GE] le Edt Layout Type Bement Utities View Window Help Figure 2.6 Menu bar It contains the following menus File, Edit, Layout, Type, Element, Utilities, View, Window, Help. When you click on a menu item, a pulldown menu appears. There may be sub-menus under certain options in the pull-down menus. Refer Figure 2.6 Toolbar If you place the mouse pointer on a button in the Toolbar, a short text will appear with its description called "Tool Tip’. Refer Figure 2.7 CERBWL Pals ae aelelen eerie?) Figure 2.7 Toolbar ‘Toolbox ‘The Figure 2.8 shows the PageMaker toolbox. ‘To move the toolbox, drag the toolbox by its title bar. Select a tool from the default toolbox by clicking it. If the toolbox is not available on the screen, you can perform these steps to show the toolbox. Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe PagemakerPointer Tool ‘Text Tool Rotating Tool Cropping Tool Line Tool Constrained Line Tool Rectangle Tool Rectangle Frame Tool Ellipse Tool Ellipse Frame Tool Polygon Tool Polygon Frame Tool Hand Tool Zoom Tool Figure 28 Toolbox 1. Click on Window. The Window menu will appear. 2. Click on Show tools. ‘The toolbox appears in front of your document window. If you want to hide the toolbox, you can perform these steps to hide the toolbox. L. Click on Window. The Window menu will appear. 2. Click on Hide tools to hide the toolbox. ‘The Keyboard shortcuts and Toolbox usages are shown in Table 2.1 & Table 2.2 1 Pointer Tool F9 2 Rotating Too! Shift + F2 3 Line Tool Shift + F3 4 Rectangle Tool Shift + F4 5 Ellipse Tool Shift + FS 6 Polygon Tool Shift + F6 7 Hand Tool Shift + Alt + Drag Left mouse button. 8 ‘Text Tool Shift + Alt + FL ° Cropping Too! Shift + Alt + F2 10 Constrained Line Tool Shift + Alt F3 J1___ Rectangle Frame Tool Shift + Alt+ Fa (Chapter 2 An tntoduction to Adobe Pagemaxer TANTable 2.2 Biyol Pointer Tool BI be oe move, and resize text objects ‘Text tool I ‘Used to type, select, and edit text. Rotating tool ae Used to select and rotate objects. Cropping tool a Used to trim imported graphics. Line tool + | Used to draw straight lines in any direction. Constrained line |l- fb | Used to draw vertical or horizontal ines. tool Rectangle tool [o) | Used to draw squares and rectangles. Rectangle frame a af _| Usedto create rectangular placeholders for tool | text and graphics. Ellipse tool fo) | Used to draw citcles and ellipses. Ellipse frame tool @| ae | ee Polygon tool | oO + | Used to draw polygons. Polygon frame tool & | + en & Udo rol he page (on arate to tool a] Q tel to magnify or reduce an area of the Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe PagemakerScroll bars Scrolling is the process of moving up and down or left and right through the document window. There are two scrollbars namely Vertical and Horizontal scroll bars for scrolling the document vertically or horizontally. Rulers ‘There are two ruler bars. One is at the top and the other is at the left side. ‘To show the ruler 1. Click on View. The View menu will appear. 2. Click on Show Rulers. Rulers appear along the top and left sides of the document window. To hide the ruler 1. Click on View. The View menu will appear. 2. Click on Hide Rulers to hide the rulers. 2.5 Entering Textin the Document In PageMaker the text can be typed inside a text block. So, you must use the ‘Text tool to create the text blocks. After creating a Text block, you can type the text directly into the text block. As the characters are typed, the flashing vertical bar called the insertion point or I-beam which moves to the right. When the text being typed reaches the end of the text block, PageMaker will automatically wrap the text to the next line. The Enter key must not be pressed at the end of the each line in text block. The Enter key should be pressed only at the end of a paragraph or when a blank line is to be inserted. 2.6 Editing Text in the Document Editing means making changes to the text. ‘When you edit a document, you revise the text. Editing may be inserting and deleting words and phrases, correcting errors, and moving and copying text to different places in the document. 2.6.1 Selecting Text Text can be selected using the mouse or the keyboard. Selecting Text using the mouse To select text using a mouse, follow these steps : 1. Place the Insertion point to the left of the first character to be selected. 2. Press the left mouse button and drag the mouse to a position where you want to stop selecting. 3. Release the mouse button. 4, The selected text gets highlighted. A Word Double-click with I-beam A Paragraph —_Triple-click with I-beam Selecting Text using the Keyboard To select text using a keyboard, follow these steps : 1. Place the Insertion point to the left of the first character you wish to select. 2. The Shift key is pressed down and the movement keys are used to highlight the required text. 3. When the Shift key is released, the text is selected Ghapter2 An Introduction to Acobe Pagemaker‘One character to the left One character to the right One line up One line down, ‘To the end of the current line To the beginning of the current line Entire Document 2.6.2 Deleting Text You can easily delete a character, or word, or block of text. ‘To delete a character, do the following : 1. Position the insertion point to the left of the character to be deleted. 2. Press Delete key on the keyboard. (or) 3. Position the insertion point to the right of the character to be deleted. 4. Press Backspace key on the keyboard. ‘To delete a block of text, do the following : 1, Select the text to be deleted. 2. Press Delete or Backspace in the keyboard (or) Edit > Clear command. 2.6.3 Undo Command ‘The Undo command is used to reverse the action of the last command. To reverse the last command, click on Edit>Undo in the menu bar (or) press Ctrl + Z in the keyboard. Ghapter 2 An Introduction to Ad 2.6.4 Copying and Moving Text The Copy and Paste commands of PageMaker can be used to copy text from one location in a document and paste it at another location. The Copy command creates a duplicate of the selected text, leaving the original text unchanged. The Paste command pastes the copied text at the position where the insertion point is placed. The Cut and Paste commands can be used to move text from one position in a document to the other. The Cut command deletes the selected text from its original position. The Paste command then places this text at the position where the insertion point is placed. Moving the Text The selected text can be easily cut and pasted in the required location. ‘To cut and paste text . 1. Select the text to be moved. 2. Choose Edit > Cut in the menu bar. (or) Press Ctrl + X in the keyboard (or) Click the right mouse button and choose cut from the pop-up menu. 3. Insertion point is moved to the place where the text is to be pasted. 4. Choose Edit > Paste in the menu bar. (or) Press Ctrl + V in the keyboard. (or) Click the right mouse button and choose Paste from the pop-up menu, ‘The text can also be moved in this way to another location.Copying the Text ‘The selected text can be easily copied and pasted in the required location. ‘To copy and paste text 1. Select the text to be coped. 2. Choose Edit > Copy in the menu bar (or) Press Ctrl + C in the keyboard (or) Click the right mouse button and choose Copy from the pop-up menu. 3. Insertion point is moved to the place where the text is to be pasted. 4. Choose Edit > Paste in the menu bar (or) Press Ctrl + V in the keyboard (or) Click the right mouse button and choose Paste from the pop-up menu. ‘The text can also be copied in this way to another location. 2.7_ Text Block A text block contains the text you type, paste, or import. You can't see the borders of a text block until you select it with the pointer tool. You can create text blocks in two ways: 1. Click or drag the text tool on the page or pasteboard, and then type. 2. Click a loaded text icon in an empty column or page. 2.7.1 Creating a Text Block with the Text tool To create a text block with the text tool: 1. Select the text tool (T) from the toolbox. The pointer turns into an I-beam, Refer Figure 2.9 9 Text creation using toxt tool Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker2. Onan empty area of the page or pasteboard, do one of the following: Click the I-beam where you want to insert text. (Refer Figure 2.10) This creates a text block to the width of the column or page. By default, the insertion point jumps to the left side of the text block. Figure 2.40 3. Type the text you want. Unlike with a text frame, you do not see the borders of a text block until you click the text with the pointer tool. Refer 2.11 ECs Figure 244 Text borders HEED =— Chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemaker2.7.2 Moving a Text Block ‘To move a block without changing its shape, place the cursor anywhere inside the block, and click and drag it to the required position. Refer 2.12 (H) Fie Edt Layout Type Element Utlities View Window Help Figure 2.42 Moving a text block 2.7.3. Resizing a Text Block When you select a text block with the Pointer tool, the block’s boundaries become visible. Two handles are seen above and below the text block. These handles are called Windowshades. There is a dark square on both ends of the handle. These are used to change the size of the text block. Refer Figure 2.13 to Figure 2.15 | | Figure 2.43 Resizing text block Step 1 Ghapter2 Anlntroduction to Adobe Pagemaker = ZN‘To resize a Text block . Click on the Pointer tool. 2. Click either the left or right corner handle on the bottom of the text block and drag. When you release the mouse button, the text in the text block will reflow to fit the new size of the text block. ee 1 Fl (Gi Fie Edt Layout Type Element Utities View Window Help Figure 2.14 Resizing text block-Step 2 3. Ared triangle in the bottom windowshade means there is more text in the text block than is visible on the page. Drag the windowshade handle down to show more text. Figure 2.15 Resizing text block-Step 3 SENET Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe Pagemater2.7.4 Splitting a Text Block into two To splita text block into two 1. Place the cursor on the bottom handle, lick and drag upwards. When you release the bottom handle will contain a red triangle, Refer Figure 2.17-18 (empl onl AL anL | LL | ee | a | | | |] @| THI] @ | © [ma ; CRT RR TP TP Figure 2.46 Splitting a Text block-Step 4 2. Click once on this, and the cursor changes to a loaded text icon. 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Choose File > Place, The Place dialog box will appear, ‘Fle Edt Layout Type Element _utiites View Window _Help Figure 2.49 Importing Text Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker2. Locate the document that contains the text you want to place and select it. b 12/3/2018 6:52 AM bi Corel 12/3/2018 1:11PM Fie folde, }) Custom Office Templates 12/2/2018 9:53PM Fie folde Bb CyberLink 12/3/2018 8:50 AM Fie folde J) My Palettes 12/3/2018 12:45... File folde bi Serif 12/3/2018 2:28PM File folde ~: | in ferme Po Files oftype: [impotabeFies .... ¥) _ Cancel es Size: Lost | Place URL... Place Options © Asnewitem TF Show fiter preferences FF Convert cuotes © Replacing entire story F Retain format T= Read tags © Inserting text F Retain cropping Data Figure 2.20 Document selection during import 3. Click on Open in the Place dialog box. Manual text flow ‘The pointer changes to the loaded text _ Position the loaded text icon ata corner icon (EB ). of the area where you want to place 4. Make a text block to place the text. text, hold down the mouse button, and (Or) Click in the page to place the drag to define the text block. Release text. The text will be placed in the the mouse button. Page. @ Text flows into the defined area. If Ifthe text to be placed is too big to fit there is more text than that fits in the ‘on one page, PageMaker allows you text block you defined, a red triangle to place it on several pages. This can appears in the bottom windowshade be done manually or automatically. handle. Ghapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe PagemakerFigure 22% Load Text ‘¢ Click once on this and the loaded text icon reappears. Now generate a new text block and click. Repeat this process until there is no more text to place. TMM A Figure 2.22 Continue loading textSimilarly if you want to place the text in a page, position the loaded text icon at the top of the page and click. Text flows into the page. If there is more text than fits in the page, a red triangle appears in the bottom windowshade handle. Click once on this and the loaded text icon reappears. Now generate a new page (or pages) by selecting Layout > Insert Pages in the menu bar. Place the loaded text icon at the top of the next page and click. Repeat this process until there is no more text to place. Automatic text flow Before importing the text, first select Layout > Autoflow in the menu bar. ‘Then you should import the text. Now the loaded text icon looks different - it contains a squiggly arrow([UQ ). Place the loaded text icon at the top of the page and click. Now the text will automatically flow on to the succeeding pages, creating new ones, if necessary. 2.8__Understanding story A PageMakerstoryissimilartoanewspaper article. The front page of a newspaper may contain several independent articles, some of which continue on other pages. In PageMaker, several stories may appear on the same publication page and continue elsewhere in the publication. 2.9 Threading text blocks All text in PageMaker resides inside containers called text blocks. A Text block can be connected to other text block so that the text in one text block can flow into another text block. ‘Text blocks that are connected in this way are threaded. The process of connecting text among Text blocks is called threading text. Text that flows through one or more threaded blocks is called a story. Once you have a loaded text icon, you can use one of three text-flow options to place text in text blocks. ‘To cancel a loaded text icon, click the pointer tool in the toolbox, now the text is deleted. A threaded text block can be identified by a plus sign in its top and/or bottom handles. Refer Figure 2.23-Fig 2.25 Unthreaded text is whereatextblock stands alone, without being connected to any other block. These blocks have nothing in their top and bottom handles. IM Figure 2.23 Unthreaded text Mi Figure 2.24 Threaded text Chapter2. An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker| I A Figure 225 Threaded text-2 2.9.1 To unthread a threaded block Method - 1: Select the block that you wish to unthread with the pointer tool. Click on Edit > Cut in the menu bar.(the block disappear). Now click on the Edit > Paste in the menubar. The block will reappear in the same position, but it is now an unthreaded block. Chapter2 An introduction to Ad Method - 2: Select the block that you wish to unthread with the pointer tool. Then choose the Text tool and select all the text in the block. Then click on Edit > Cut in the menu bar.(the block disappear). Now click the insertion point within an existing threaded block. Then click on Edit > Paste in the menu bar. The text will be added in this block. 2.10 Placing Text in a Frame You can also use frames to hold text in place of using text blocks. Refer Figure 2.26To place text ina Frame 4. Locate the document that contains 1. Click on any one Frame tool from the text you want to place, select it. the Toolbox. 5. Click on Open. 2. _Drawa frame with one of PageMaker’s 6. Click inside the frame to place the Frame tools (Rectangle frame tool or text Ellipse Frame Tool or Polygon frame . . Tool). sure the object remai ‘The text will be placed in the frame. selected. 3. Click on File > Place. The Place dialog box will appears. Figure 2.26 Place text ina Frame Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker EIN2.10.1 Linking Frames containing 1. Draw a second frame with the Text Frame tool of your choice. A single frame may not be large enough to 2. Click the first frame to select it. hold an entire story when you are using a 3. Click on the red triangle to load the large amount of text, you can link frames text icon. together so that an entire story is visible. 4. Click the second frame. PageMaker To link Frames containing text flows the text into the second frame. * pe) Figure 2.27 To link Frames containing text 2.10.2 Converting textin a Text block to a Frame After created text in a text block, if you 3. Click the frame while pressing the ‘want to convert it to a frame. You can do Shift key. Now both elements will be this by using these steps. selected. 1. Draw the frame of your choice using 4. Choose Element > Frame > Attach ‘one of the PageMaker’s Frame tool. Content on the Menu bar. 2. Select the text block you want to 5. Now the text appears in the frame. insert in the frame. Refer Figure 2.282.10.3 Separating Text from the Frame ‘Once text has been attached to a frame or flowed inside it, you can separate the text and frame. ‘To separate text from a frame 1, Click the frame with the Pointer tool. 2. Choose Element > Frame > Delete Content in the menu bar. The text will not appear in the frame. The below section explains about various operations with the documents. 2.11.1 Saving a Document You can save your document for future use. Saving a document allows you to review later and edit the document. Saved file can be used on other computer also. To save a document for a first time following steps are used: 1. (a) Choose File > Save in the menu bar. (or) Converting text in a Text block to a Frame (b) Click on the Save icon fp) in the Tool bar. (or) Press Ctrl + S in the Keyboard. (c) A Save Publication dialog box as shown in the Figure 2.29 appears on the screen. Figure 2.29 Saving a Document 2. The file name is given in the File name list box. 3. Then click on the Save button to save the document. The document is now saved and a file name appears in the title bar. Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe PagemakerOnce a file is saved under a name, to save it again the name need not be entered again, The file can besaved simply by selecting the File > Save command or by clicking the Save button (or) clicking Ctrl + § in the keyboard. 2.11.2 Saving a Document with anew name or ina different location You can save a document with a new name or in a different location using Save As command. Save As command creates a new copy of the document. So, two versions of the document exist. The versions are completely separate, and the work you do on one document has no effect on the other. To save a document with a new name or in a different location: 1. Choose File > Save As in the menu bar. (or) Press Shift + Ctrl + S in the keyboard. Now Save Publication dialog box will appear. Refer Figure 2.30 2. Type a new name or specify a new location. 3. Click the Save button. Figure 2.30 Saving a Document with a new name or in a different location 2.12 Closing a Document After a document is saved, it is not closed. It remains open so that the user can continue working. When the work is finished, the user should save and close the document. ‘After saving, the document can be closed using the File > Close command in the menu bar (or) Ctrl +W in the keyboard. Chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemsker 2.13. Opening an existing Document To open a document that has been saved and closed the following steps are used: 1. (a) Choose File > Open in the menu bar (or) Click on the Open icon (3) in the Tool bar (or)Press Ctrl + O in the Keyboard A Open Publication dialog box as shown in the figure 2.31 appears on the screen. Figure 234 Opening an existing Document 2. The file name is given in the File name list box. The name of the file to be opened can be chosen from the list, which is displayed. 3. Then click on the Open button. Now the required file is opened. 2.14 Moving Around the Document We can move the insertion point to anywhere in the document by using the mouse or the Keyboard. To move the insertion point with the mouse, the mouse pointer is moved to the required spot and the mouse button is clicked. The insertion point jumps to that spot. It is to note that mouse pointer is different from the insertion point. To move the insertion point with the keyboard the arrow keys and other key combination can be used. The below Table 1.1 lists the common movement keys. If the key combination is joined with a plus sign, the first key must be pressed and held down and the second key is to be pressed. 2.15 Scrolling the Document In PageMaker, there are two sets of scroll bars; one for up and down movement and the other for the left and right movement of the document. PageMaker’s scroll bars work differently than those in a word processor. Note that they are set to the center of each bar. Also, they scroll only the page you are currently on. Use the scroll bar on the right side to move up and down. Use the scroll bar at the bottom to move left and right. The scrolling procedure is as follows: 1. To scroll left and right the left and right arrow respectively should be clicked. Chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemakerm 2. To scroll up and down the up and down arrow respectively should be clicked. 3. To scroll a relative distance in the document the scroll box should be drawn up or down. 2.16 Magnifying and reducing with the zoom tool Use the zoom tool to magnify or reduce the display of any area in your publication. You can also double-click the zoom tool to jump to Actual Size, or press Alt as you double-click the tool to go to Fit in Window view. Refer Figure 2.32 To magnify or reduce with the zoom tool: 1. Select the zoom tool. The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a plus sign in its center, indicating that the zoom tool will magnify your view of the image. (The magnifying glass shows a minus sign in its center when in reduction mode.) To toggle between magnification and reduction, press the Ctrl key. 2. Position the magnifying glass at the center of the area you want to magnify or reduce, and then click to zoom in or out. Continue clicking until the publication is at the magnification level you want. When the publication has reached its maximum magnification or reduction level, the center of the magnifying glass appears blank. Chapter 2 An introduction to Ad To magnify part of a page by dragging: 1. Select the zoom tool. 2. Drag to draw a marquee around the area you want to magnify. To zoom in or out while using another tool: Press Ctel+Spacebar to200m in. Press Ctrl+Alt+s to zoom out. Disislsialalsi Character in menu bar (or) Press Ctrl + T on the keyboard, ‘The Character Specifications dialog box appears. 3. Make the appropriate changes in the dialog box. Click the drop-down menu arrow of the Font box and select the desired font. Click the drop-down menu arrow of the Font Size box and select the font size @ Click the drop-down menu arrow of the Font Color box and select the desired color. Click the Bold, Italic, or Underline buttons to make the text bold, italic, or underlined respectively. 4. Click on OK. Figure 2.33 Character Formatting using Character Specifications Dialog Box 217.2 Character Formatting using the Control Palette The Control Palette is especially useful when you are doing lot of formatting. Its features change based on the object that is selected on your layout. Ifthe Control palette is not showing then use the following steps: 1. Click on Window > Show Control Palette sequence in the menu bar. (or) 2. Press Ctrl + in the keyboard. ‘Now the Control Palette appears on the window. ‘Chapter 2 As Introduction to Adobe PagemakerTo modify character attributes using the Character Control Palette: 1. Select the text you want to modify. 2. Make the appropriate changes in the Control palette. Refer Figure 2.34 Font Font Size Tracking Leading Horizontal —_ Baseline Bold ‘Seale ‘Shift Htalic Underline Figure 2.34 Character Control Palette rela) e) = /aolel< Er CF Tata addi _al@)x)) [ofcs[ eal ale ATAT<]2Teall see eee ey ole) =] sla lalelm4 Fats Yds Alta atdalaaltlaadadaald adalat dadatalaits dl ‘Small LAPTOP and Pamtor computers are portable computers that work on rchageabie teres Italic Figure 2.35 Modify character attributes using the Character Contiol Palette HD Chapter? An introduction to Ado2.17.3 Changing Text Colour You can change the colour of the text. Your design may look beautiful if you choose a text colour other than black. To colour characters 1. Select the text you want to colour. 2. Choose Window > Show Colors in Menu bar. The Colors palette appears, Refer Figure 2.36 Click the colour you want to apply to the selected text. The characters change to the colour you selected in the palette. Figure 2.36 Colors palette 2.18 Drawing There are so many drawing tools in PageMaker. Line tool, Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool and Polygon tool are four main drawing tools. 2.18.1 Drawing Lines PageMaker has two Line tools. The first one creates a straight line at any orientation. The second is a constrained Line tool that draws only at increments of 45 degrees. You can change the property of tools by double-clicking on them. Refer Figure 2.37 to Figure 2.40 To drawa line 1. Select the Line tool from the toolbox. ‘The cursor changes to a crosshair. 2. Click and drag on the screen to draw your line. As you drag, a line appears. Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker3. Release the mouse button and the line will be drawn and selected, with sizing handles on either end. Resize the line by clicking and dragging the handles, if necessary. Figure 2.37 Drawing Lines To draw a Dotted line 1. Double click the Line tool from the toolbox. A Custom Stroke dialogue box appears. Figure 2.38 Custom Stoke 2. Select the required Stroke style in the drop-down list box. es Figure 2.39 Stroke style HEED — Chapter 2 An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker 3. Then click OK button. Now the cursor changes to a crosshair. 4. Click and drag on the screen to draw your dotted line. As you drag, the line appears. 5. Release the mouse button and the line will be drawn and selected, with sizing handles on either end. Resize the line by clicking and dragging the handles, if necessary. Figure 2.40 Dottediine 2.18.2 Drawing Rectangles or Ellipses ‘You can also draw rectangles and ellipses shapes by using the same technique as used in line drawing. Refer Figure 2.41 and 2.42 1. To draw a rectangle or ellipse: Click on the Rectangle or Ellipse tool from the toolbox. ‘The cursor changes to a crosshair. 2. Click and drag anywhere on the screen. As you drag, a rectangle or ellipse appears. 3. Release the mouse button when the rectangle or ellipse is of the desired size. Press the Shift key while you're drawing to constrain the shape to a square or circle.Be o7 2) Figure 2.41. Draw a Rectangle or Ellipse Drawing a Rounded Corner 2.183 Drawing Polygon Rectangle To draw a Polygon ‘To draw a rounded-corner rectangle: 1. Click on the Polygon tool from the 1. Double-click the Rectangle tool in toolbox. the toolbox. ‘The cursor changes to a crosshair. ‘The Rounded Corners dialog box . appears. 2. Click and drag anywhere on the 2. Choose a corner setting from the screen. As you drag, a Polygon preset shapes. appears. 3. Click on OK. The cursor changes to 3. Release the mouse button when the a crosshair. Polygon is of the desired size. Refer 4, Click and drag anywhere on the Figure 2.43 screen. 5. Release the mouse button when the rectangle is the desired size. Press the Shift key as you draw to constrain the shape to a rounded- corner square. Allelelel Te Figure 2.42 Draw a Rounded Comer Rectangle Figure 2.43 draw a Polygon Ghapter2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemaker = EN2.18.4 Drawing a Star using Polygon tool To draw a Star 1. Click on the Polygon tool from the toolbox. ‘The cursor changes to a crosshair. . Click and drag anywhere on the screen. As you drag, a Polygon appears. 3. Release the mouse button when the Polygon is of the desired size. 4. Choose Element > Polygon Settings in the menu bar. Now Polygon Settings dialogue box appears. 5. Type 5 in the Number of sides text box. x 6. Type 50% in Star inset textbox. . Click OK. Now the required star appears on the screen. Refer Figure 2.44 - 2.46 _ “44 Drawing a Star using Polygon tool HEEID Chapter 2. An Introduction to Adobe Pagemaker Figure 2.45 Polygon tool setting Figure 2.46 Polygon Drawing a star with given number of sides and required inset 1. The value of ‘Star inset’ is 50% ‘The number of sides is 15 The result of the star shape is shown Figure 2.47.2. The value of ‘Star inset’ is 25% The number of sides is 25 The result of the star shape is shown Figure 2.48. Figure 2.48 Drawing a star-2 3. The value of ‘Star inset’ is 35% The number of sides is 70 The result of the star shape is shown Figure 2.49. Figure 2.49 Drawing a star3 2.18.5 Filling Shapes with Colors and Patterns Filling Rectangle with colour 1. Drawa rectangle using Rectangle tool. 2. Select the rectangle. 3. Choose Window > Show colors in the menu bar. (or) Press Ctrl + J Now Colors palette appears. 4. Click on the required colour from the Colors Palette. 5. The rectangle will be filled with the colour. Refer Figure 2.50 and 2.51 Figure 2.50 Show colors Figure 254 Filing Shapes with Colors and Patterns 2.19 Working with pages _ The main purpose of PageMaker is composing pages. You can insert new pages into a document, remove existing pages, move between pages, and sort pages in a large document. 2.19.1 Going toa specific Page PageMaker provides several methods for navigating through the pages in your publication. Chapter 2 An Introduction to Aéobe PagemakerMethod 1: ‘You can move from one page to another by using the Page up and Page down keys navigation methods you will use most often. Method 2: You can move from one page to another by using the page icons at the left bottom of the screen. Click on the page icon that corresponds to the page that you want to view. The page is displayed. Method 3: ‘Using the Go to Page dialog box. Refer Figure 2.52 and 2.53 ‘To go toa specific page in a document 1. Choose Layout > Go to Page in the menu bar (or) Press Alt + Ctrl + G in the keyboard. Now the Go to Page dialog box appears. Figure 2.52 Goto page 2. In the dialogue box, type the page number that you want to view. 2.19.2 Inserting Pages Youcanadd more pages toadocument. You can insert pages before, after, or between the pages you're currently viewing. When you insert pages, PageMaker automatically renumbers the pages in your publication. Refer Figure 2.54 and 2.55 To insert pages 1. Go to the page immediately before the page you want to insert. 2. Choose Layout > Insert Pages in the menu bar. The Insert Pages dialog box appears. Figure 2.54 Insert Page 3. Type the number of pages you want to insert. 4. To insert pages after the current page, choose ‘after’ from the pop-up menu. 5. Click on Insert button. Figure 253 Type page number 3. Then click on OK. The required page is displayed on the screen. HEED chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemaker Figure 2.55 Insert page settings 6. The new pages are inserted in your publication.2.19.3 Removing Pages You can remove the unused pages from your document using Remove Pages dialog box. 1. Choose Layout > Remove Pages in the menu bar. The Remove Pages dialog box appears. Refer Figure 2.56 and 2.57 Adobe PageMaker 7.0 - [Untitied-1] Figure 2.56 Remove pages 2. Type the page range you want to eee Master Pages commonly contain repeating logos, page numbers, headers, and footers. They also contain nonprinting layout guides, such as column guides, ruler guides, and margin guides. A master item cannot be selected ‘on a document page. You can create, modify, and delete objects on master pages just like any other objects, but you must do so from the master pages themselves. At the lower left corner of a document (publication) window you can find an icon which represents the master pages. The letters L and R (L denotes left and R denotes right) mark the master page icon for facing pages. A single-sided publication icon is marked by an R alone. Refer Figure 2.58 Figure 2.57 Remove pages settings 3. Click on OK button. 2.20__Mi r Pag ‘Any text or object that you place on the master page will appear on all the document pages to which the master is applied. It shortens the amount of time because you don't have to create the same objects repeatedly on subsequent pages. 2.20.1 Inserting Page Numbers in Master Pages To make page numbers appear on every page 1. Click on Master Pages icon. 2. Then click on Text Tool. Now the cursor changes to I - beam. 3. Then Click on the left Master page where you want to put the page number. Chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemaker|. Press Ctrl + Alt + P. ’. Press Ctrl + Alt + P. eNaue . The page number displays as ‘LM’ on the left master page. Similarly click on the right Master page where you want to put the page number. .. The page number displays as ‘RM’ on the right master page, but will appear correctly on the actual pages. Refer Figure 2.59 f H li i i f i i i i i i y 2.20.2. Hiding Master Items ‘To make the master items invisible on a particular page, switch to the appropriate page, then choose View > Display Master items (which is usually ticked). Refer Fig 2.60 Figure 2.59 Inserting Page Numbers in Master Pages 2.20.3 Showing Master Page Palette Master Pages palette organize all the command you will need to work with Master Pages. Refer Figure 2.61 and 2.62 ‘To show Master Page Palette 1. Choose Windows> Show Master Pages in the menu bar. The Master Pages Palette appears. Figure 2.60 Hiding master page items MEDD chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemaker Figure 2.61 Master page palette7 =laixi [al [s |efalelee|[e[o]n SasdalltdllatalelZlastaEbauliadS lasted Master Pages tab Master Pages List New Master Page Delete Pagesicon Icon Figure 2.62 Master page 2.20.4 Creating Master Pages By default, all Pagemaker documents have a Master Page already created ‘Document Master’, But sometimes you will require more than one Master Page. Youcan set up multiple master pages for any publication, each page containing a specific combination of headers, footers, page numbers, frames, and other elements that you want to use over and over. When you create a new Master Page, you will be asked to name the new Master page and set its margins and column guides. To create a new Master Page 1. Click the New Master Page icon in the Master Pages palette. The New Master Page dialog box appears. 2. Enter the name of the new master page in the Name field. 3. Make the appropriate changes in the Margins and Column Guides fields. k on OK. A new Master Page appears in the Master Pages palette Refer Figure 2.63 and 2.64 De Master Page. Oo CD] trea it Dap Ne” — Spacetetween: [OTE7 inches OTE? inches a | | Figure 2.64 Master page set Ghapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pagemaker2.21 Print a document 1. Choose File > Print in the menu bar (or) Press Ctrl + P in the keyboard. The Print Document dialog box appears, 2. Choose the settings in the Print Document dialog box as @ Select the printer from the Printer drop-down list box. Choose the pages to be printed in the Pages group box by selecting one of the following available options : All: This option prints the whole document. Ranges: This option prints individual pages by the page number or a range of pages. You can use commas to separate the page numbers (eg., 5.7.19). Use a hyphen to print page ranges(e.g., 10-17; this will print all pages from page numbers 10 to 17). ‘To print from a particular page to the end of the document, enter the starting page number followed by a hyphen (e.g.,5-). You may also combine individual page numbers and a range of pages (e-g., 5, 9, 15-26). Print: You can also print only odd- numbered or even-numbered pages. Select the Odd pages or Even pages option from the Print drop-down list box. Refer Figure 2.65 [reine Document Copies: [1] — Pages © au T~ Ignore “Non-Printing™ setting © Ramer [F —] Fears seas IF Collate Tr nevene — —eaneet_| T Proof Print: |Both Pages Document [ Print blank pages ( Book FF Print all publications in book Use paper settings of each publication ii fe) cil Chapter 2 An introduction to Adobe Pax Figure 2.65 Print Document setting‘Type the number of copies you If the Collate option is selected, want in the Copies text box. PageMaker will print a complete set © You can choose whether to ‘of pages | to 5, then a second set, collate the pages or not. Suppose and so on, you want to print 4 copies of a5 4, After choosing from the options in pages document. the Print Document dialog box, If the Collate option is not selected. click Print button to print the PageMaker will first print 4 copies of document. Make sure the printer is page 1, then 4 copies of page 2, and switched on. soon, ar erry ‘© Desktop publishing (abbreviated DTP) is the creation of page layouts for documents using DTP software, © Some of the popular DTP software are Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, ete. ‘© Adobe PageMaker isa page layout software. Itis used to design and producedocuments that can be printed, @ The area outside of the dark border is referred to as the pasteboard. « Editing means making changes to the text. When you edit a document, you revise the text, @ Atext block contains text you type, paste, or import. You cannot see the borders ofa text block until you select it with the pointer tool. A Text block can be connected to other text block so that the text in one text block can flow into another text block. Text blocks that are connected in this way are threaded. @ The process of connecting text among text blocks is called threading text. ‘© Text that flows through one or more threaded blocks is called a story. ‘© Any text or object that you place on the master page will appear on all the document pages to which the master is applied. © Master Pages commonly contain repeating logos, page numbers, headers, and footers. © A master item cannot be selected on a document page. ‘Chapir 2 Aa Introduction to Adote Pagemaker = ERE