Essentials of Adobe PageMaker 7 "Skills and Drills" Learning [Spiral-bound]

Kevin A. Siegel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 25, 2001

Learn PageMaker 7 at your desk, at your own pace. This book brings a certified technical trainer and professional desktop publisher to you... at a fraction of the cost of attending a 4-day training course.

By the time you've completed step-by-step training tutorial (most people finish within 4 days) you'll be able to produce simple to complex publications such as flyers, brochures, newsletters and magazines. You'll work with the excellent formatting tools available in PageMaker that will speed-up your work. You will become an expert on styles, tags and master pages. You will learn how to use the Control Palette to change the way elements appear on your page. You will also use the layering tools to create multiple versions of a layout in one publication, and you will learn to use and control frames to create complex layouts. You'll even learn to use PageMaker's new merge features to create form letters.

Here's some of what you'll learn:

Work with all of PageMaker's drawing tools | Work with Text Blocks | Change Font and Font Size | Place Text | Change Paragraph Alignment | Create a Two Column Grid | Thread a Text Block | Set Leading | Set a First Line Indent | Add Paragraph Rules to Text | Use the Control Palette to Format Text | Use the Control Palette | Work with Proxy Points | Align Objects Command | Group and Ungroup Elements | Work With a Stack | Check for Import Filters | Place a Graphic | Control Tab Stops | Set and Move a Tab Stop | Add a Tab Leader | Place Text Using Standard Flow | Place Text Using Autoflow | Insert and Remove Pages | Use Semi-Automatic Text Flow | Add Ruler Guides | Explore PageMaker's Plug-Ins | Learn about Points, Picas, and Inches | Use a Library | Create Mutltiple Master Pages | Work with Styles | Work with Tags | Use Frames | Use Layers | Work with Tables | Work with Long Documents | Work with Links, Templates and Scripts | Convert a Document to HTML | Create and Link to Anchors | Create a PDF | Create a Data Merge.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Kevin A. Siegel is the founder and president of IconLogic, Inc. He has written more than 100 step-by-step computer training books including "Essentials of RoboDemo 3, 4 and 5," "Essentials of Dreamweaver MX 2004," "Accelerated QuarkXPress 6," "Essentials of PageMaker 7" and "Essentials of RoboHelp HTML X5."

Kevin spent five years in the U.S. Coast Guard as an award-winning photojournalist and writer, and has more than 20 years experience as a technical writer and publisher. He is a certified technical trainer, has been a classroom instructor more than 11 years and is a frequent speaker at trade shows and conventions. Kevin holds multiple certifications from companies such as Adobe, Macromedia and CompTIA.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 260 pages
• Publisher: IconLogic (September 25, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 1891762745
• ISBN-13: 978-1891762741
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,191,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Step-By-Step Lessons for Learning PageMaker 7, November 20, 2001

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Sarah Peterson (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essentials of Adobe PageMaker 7 "Skills and Drills" Learning (Spiral-bound)

Once again I find myself singing the praises for IconLogic books. It seems with every IconLogic book I use, I find they outdo themselves.

I needed to get up and running with PageMaker in a hurry. I was hoping IconLogic had a book about PageMaker. Yayyyy! They did.

I can guarantee one thing if you buy the book and go through all of the lessons: after a few days you WILL be ready to work with PageMaker on your own.

My only criticism of past IconLogic books is that they didn't cover advanced stuff. Not so with this one--it has it all. I am now comfortable with style sheets, master pages, templates, html, layers, process color, the plug-ins, pdf, and mail merge. And I loved the labs! They kept me on my toes and made me prove I knew what I was doing.

Great, great job guys! Keep em coming.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black and White, It's Just Right, April 16, 2003

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Jessie Savage "jessie_savage" (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essentials of Adobe PageMaker 7 "Skills and Drills" Learning (Spiral-bound)

I never do this. I never spend time writing reviews. But based on a previous review posted here, I almost didn't buy this book. (I'm talking about the review about the book's lack of color.) I asked myself if color pages in a tutorial really mattered to me. My final analysis: sure, color would make the book look prettier, but if the book enabled me to learn Pagemaker, I'd overlook the color thing. I'd be bummed if this were a black and white Photoshop book, who I didn't think a black and white desktop publishing tutorial would be a problem.

I just finished going through the book. Final grade: A+++. This book does not put on airs, and it's a great tool for teaching yourself PageMaker. The same person who was unhappy with the book's lack of color pages made it seem like the lessons are bland and you don't work with color. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the lessons are fun. You learn to create a newsletter (The Weekly Winer) and learn style sheets and master pages at the same time. I had a blast!!!!!!

I would recommend this book for anyone who needs a kickstart with PageMaker.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you have no time but need to learn real fast!, November 5, 2002

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Aminah Kamble (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essentials of Adobe PageMaker 7 "Skills and Drills" Learning (Spiral-bound)

I found the book most remarkable. Icon Logic books are truly unique! Straightforward.....effective....uncomplicated! I am very pleased with the book. Very practical! You get down to business right away. Easy to understand language and fun to work with. I recommend this book to anyone who has little time at their disposal but need to learn the skills of Pagemaker real fast.