PageMaker Copyfitting

Copyfitting
Ultimately what we are working towards is a layout where all the text and graphics are seamlessly combined together in a ba …

Fine-Tuning

Fine-Tuning
Eventually, using all the tricks available – and compromises where necessary – a working layout is achieved. No …

PageMaker Colour

Colour
Apart from the management of text and graphics, the designer’s third tool for grabbing, keeping and controlling the reader …

Preparing for Print

Preparing for Print
The layout is now complete, so the next stage is to prepare it for commercial print. Eventually the design will be …

DTP Top Ten Tips

Top Ten Tips

Always think of your design from the reader’s point of  view. Would you be attracted by a given layout, keep …

The Professional DTP Competition

The Professional DTP Competition
In the master class I’ve concentrated on using PageMaker because it’s pretty dominant on …

Merge records with a publication

Tired of copying and pasting when doing mass mailings? Take advantage of the new data merge feature in Adobe PageMaker to create form …

Create or open a target publication

 Create or open a target publication.

The target publication contains the text and graphics that appear the same in each merged …

Select the data source

 Select the data source.

Before selecting your data source in PageMaker, use the data source program Save As or Export text fea …

Troubleshoot the data fields

Troubleshoot the data fields.

If only the first field name appears in the Data Merge palette, your data source file might not be in …

Insert text fields into the publication

 Insert text fields into the publication.

To insert a text field, select placeholder text or click an insertion point in your p …

Insert image fields into the publication

Insert image fields into the publication.

To insert an inline image field, click an insertion point in the text or select placeholde …

Preview the records in the target publication

 Preview the records in the target publication.

Select the Preview checkbox in the Data Merge palette to preview your records i …

Merge the records with the publication

Merge the records with the publication.

Choose Merge Records from the Data Merge palette menu.

If you’d like multiple re …

Hyperlinking documents in PageMaker

These four supertips deal with adding links to your Adobe PageMaker 7.0 online documents:

* Learn how to create anchors and sim …

Create the destination for your link

 Create the destination for your link.

Set the destination or “anchor” for your link by selecting a range of text or …

Create the source of your link so that you can ...

 Create the source of your link so that you can test the link in PageMaker.

Go to the page containing the text or graphic that …

Set the destination for your link

 Set the destination for your link.

Choose New URL, Import URL from File, or Import URL from Web from the Hyperlinks palette po …

Create a link that goes to the same destinatio ...

 Create a link that goes to the same destination from every page.

For example, a link might go back to the home page (main or i …

Use Netscape Navigator to drag linked text

 Use Netscape Navigator to drag linked text.

With your PageMaker document open, select the text or graphic you’d like to …