Course Description

Adobe PageMaker is a powerful page layout application you can use to create professional publications. In this course, you will learn advanced techniques and skills as you create a full-page color advertisement for publication in a magazine, and a catalog with tables that you will prepare for both print output and as an Acrobat PDF file designed for desktop printing or electronic distribution via the Web. Although PageMaker is a robust application that offers fine control over typography, page layout, colors, and printing, not all of its features are on the surface, so you may be missing out on the best ways to create professional-caliber publications. Additionally, you need some background information in each of those areas to fully exploit them and to create as polished a document as possible. As you create the documents in this course, you'll delve deeply into each of these areas, enabling you to work efficiently and get great results.

Lesson 1: Formatting Using Advanced Typography

Topic 1A: Choose Typefaces

Topic 1B: Balance Columns

Topic 1C: Align Type

Topic 1D: Align Type to a Grid

Topic 1E: Kern Type

Topic 1F: Hyphenate Text

Topic 1G: Create Type Effects

Lesson 2: Applying Advanced Layout Techniques

Topic 2A: Use Graphics Frames

Topic 2B: Use Layers

Topic 2C: Adjust Layout Automatically

Topic 2D: Create Multiple Master Pages

Lesson 3: Applying Color Management and Printing

Topic 3A: Define CMYK and Spot Colors

Topic 3B: Set Up Color Management

Topic 3C: Use Color Management

Topic 3D: Create Printer Styles

Topic 3E: Print Color Separations

Topic 3F: Control Inks

Lesson 4: Creating Tables

Topic 4A: Create a New Table

Topic 4B: Import Table Text

Topic 4C: Format Text in a Table

Topic 4D: Format a Table

Topic 4E: Change Borders and Shading

Topic 4F: Use Tables in PageMaker

Lesson 5: Creating Acrobat PDF Documents

Topic 5A: Export a PDF Document

Topic 5B: Create a PDF for Print

Topic 5C: Set Up Hyperlinks

Topic 5D: Create a PDF for the Web