Pagemaker Session

PAGEMAKER SESSION

Creating a Newsletter

1. Using Pagemaker – Open Pagemaker from Adobe

·  To see the finished newsletter, open the file final.p65 from the M340 web site, web links, Pagemaker Newsletter.

·  Click through page icons in bottom left to see all pages, then return to Page 1

2. Creating a new publication

·  File > New to open document setup dialog box

·  Notice the automatic page sizes available, or you can specify your own size

·  Set Page Size to Letter, dimensions at 8.5 x 11 inches

·  Set orientation to tall

·  Select both double-sided and facing pages

·  Set the number of pages for 4

·  Set all margins at .75 inches

·  Enter 1200 dpi for target output resolution

·  Click OK

·  Save the file to your cfs file.

3. Setting Up the Master Pages

·  On the master pages, we will create and include column guides, title text that

will appear as a running head on all pages, and a color block (using a color we will create) that will appear on all pages.

·  Set up the Columns

Click the Master Page icon at the bottom left of the document to show the

left and right master pages (PageMaker shows you both master pages because

you chose Facing Pages in the Document Setup dialog box)

·  Choose Layout > Column Guides and specify three columns with 0.25 inches

of Space Between Columns.

·  Click on the Set Left and Right Pages Separately option just to see how to

set different column widths for each page. If you leave it unselected,

your settings will apply to both pages.

·  Click OK. Notice that the column guides now appear on all four pages.

·  Set up a Running Head (title text that appears at the top of all pages)

·  Zoom in to the specific area where you are going to work to make it easier

·  Create a Guide Rule to help you place the running head consistently across

both pages. Make sure your rulers are showing on your screen (if not, use View >

Show Rulers) Position pointer on the horizontal ruler until it turns into a white

arrow, then hold down the left mouse key until the pointer becomes a

double headed arrow.

·  Drag a blue horizontal guide rule down from the horizontal ruler.

·  Place the guide rule at 1/4 inch on the Y axis - look either at the vertical ruler or watch the control palette to place it most accurately. Adjust the ruler’s position after you have placed it by clicking and dragging it (If you can’t adjust the ruler’s position after you have placed it, you have your lock guides selected - go to View > Lock Guides and be sure it is deselected).

·  Select File, Save.

·  Enter the Text by selecting the Text tool, and dragging a text column across the entire width of the page above the columns. Type in the words Adventure Travel

·  With the Text tool still selected, triple click or drag across the text to select all of it. In the Control Palette, make sure the Character View button is selected. Choose Ariel Bold for the font, 18 point for the size. Set the kerning (space between characters - the upper right hand icon on the Control Palette) to 0.25. Hit the Apply key. Click the Paragraph View icon and click on the Center button to center the text.

·  Select the Pointer tool, click on the text block, and move the text so that the tops of the letters align with the blue guide rule.

·  Repeat the process on the facing Master Pages.

·  Select File, Save.

4. Creating a Color and Placing a Color Block on the Master Pages

·  While still in the Master Pages, place another horizontal guide rule at 3 inches on the Y axis.

·  Select the Box drawing tool and click and drag a box on the RIGHT hand master page starting at the 3" guide rule down to the bottom and the right hand of the page.

·  Adjust the shape and size of the box selecting the Pointer tool and then clicking on the box and dragging on the control guides so that its left edge falls halfway into the space between the second and third columns and its right edge goes to the edge of the page.

To Create the Color:

·  Click on Utilities>Define Colors>New

·  Name the new color Pantone Blue

·  Select Type: Spot, Model: CMYK, and set Cyan at 100%, Magenta at 70%,

Yellow at 0% and Black at 0%, then click OK.

To Place the Color:

·  Have the box selected

·  In the Colors Palette, select the top right icon for both stroke and fill, select the Pantone Blue color and set the tint for 20 percent.

·  Place another block horizontally on the LEFT hand master page. Make this one start in the upper left hand corner of the page and go right to the far right side of the right column on the page and down to the 3 inch guide rule. Fill it with the same color and tint.

·  Select File, Save.

5. Placing art on the page

·  Click on the Page 1 icon.

·  First place horizontal guide rules at the following Y axis positions to help you place the art: 0.5, 2.5, 5.5, 5.75, and 7 inches. If the Control Palette isn’t displaying the ruler increment you want, the current magnification may be causing ruler increments to round off to the nearest pixel. If you zoon in on the page, the Control Palette and Rulers will display finer increments.

·  Select File, Place.

·  Locate and open the file from the M340 web page, web links, pagemaker newsletter/leapduo.eps. Wait until you get the graphic loaded icon, then click anywhere on the page.

·  With the pointer tool selected, you can adjust the size of the photo using the corner handles, and you can move the photo by clicking on the photo and holding down the mouse button while dragging it. Adjust the size of the photo to go across all three columns, from the 2.5 to the 5.5 inch guide rules.

·  Select File, Save.

6. Placing Text from an existing word processing file

Note: In Pagemaker, you should always create your text (unless it’s just a few words for a title or caption) in a word processing program and then place the text from the file.

·  Select File, Place.

·  Locate and open the file texta.doc from the web page, web links, pagemaker newsletter, and wait for the text icon to load.

·  Position the text icon in the first column right beneath the 7 inch column

·  Click once to place text.

·  Notice the windowshades on the top and bottom of the text; size the text block

vertically by using the pointer tool to grab and drag these windowshades. If the

windowshade is red, there is additional text that does not fit in the text

block. To access and place the remaining text, click once on the red arrow on the

bottom windowshade and you’ll get another text icon to place at the top of the

next column where you want to place text.

To Automatically Flow text into the columns, hold down Control when you click to

place it. The text will automatically fill available columns until it is all placed.

To SemiAutomatically flow text into the columns, hold down Shift when you click

to place it. The text will fill one column and then you will get another text icon to place at the top of the next column. This is useful when you want to control which columns will receive text.

·  You can use the corner handles on the text block to adjust its size vertically or horizontally.

·  You can drag the entire text block on the page by using the pointer tool to point to the text block and then holding down the mouse key while you drag. Fill the first two columns of Page 1 with text, then click on the Page 2 icon and place the remainder of the text using Automatic Flow (holding down control as you place the text icon in the top of the left column on Page 2.

·  Select File, Save.

7. Formatting and Editing the Text Using the Control Palette

·  Return to Page 1

·  Select the Text tool and click anywhere in the text block.

·  Choose Edit, Select All.

·  In the Control Palette, Character View, Choose Perpetua, 11 point, Auto leading. Click apply button if need. In the Control Palette, switch to Paragraph View, select Normal, Full justify.

·  Select File, Save.

8. Creating a Drop Cap

·  Select the Text Tool. Put the cursor right before the first letter of the first word. In Control Palette, Paragraph View, set first line indent to 0. Drag across the first letter to select it.

In Control Palette, Character View, change the font of just that first letter to Arial, and make it Bold.

·  Utilities > Plug-Ins > Drop Cap; set the size at 3 lines, click Apply and Close.

·  Select File, Save.

9. Adding the headline by typing text directly on the page.

·  Select the Text tool.

·  Drag a text box across the first two columns between the photo and the body copy. Type the headline: Taking the Leap in Mexico: Bungee Jumping with a return after the Mexico: to make the headline two lines.

·  Select All to highlight the entire headline. In Control Palette, Character View, set font to Arial Narrow, size to 34 points, and kerning (spaces between letters) by using the upper right hand icon in palette to -0.04. Switch to Pointer tool, adjust the size and shape of the text box using the corner handles so that it is the width of both columns, and drag to position the tops of the capital letters at the 6 inch guide rule

·  Select File, Save.

10. Creating a color block with text inside

·  Select the Box Drawing tool

·  Draw a box in the third column of Page 1, as wide as the column, starting at the 5.75 inch guide rule and going down about half an inch. Switch to the Pointer Tool and select the box you’ve just drawn. Click on the Fill and Stroke button (right hand one) in the Colors Palette, and select Pantone Blue, 100 percent. Switch to the Text Tool, and click anywhere on the desktop, and type Editor’s Note. Triple click to select all of the text, and in the Control Palette, Character View, set the font to Arial Narrow, 24 point, Bold.

·  In Control Palette, Paragraph View, center the text. With the text still selected, in the Color Palette set the color to Paper.

·  Note: You can use the Color Palette to make the text any color or any tint of any color. By selecting Paper, you are allowing the paper color to show through rather than printing a color on the paper.

·  Switch to the Pointer tool and drag the text block over the color block you created in the last step. Adjust the width of the text block so it is the same width as the column and drag it so the words are centered vertically in the color block. Once you have it placed exactly where you want it, click on the text block with the pointer tool, then hold down your Shift key and click on the color block to select them both. Element > Group will link the two together as one element so they’ll stay together if you move them.

·  Select File, Save.

11. Masking a Photo

·  Select File, Place. Place the photo called scapeduo.eps from the m340 web page, web links, Pagemaker Newsletter files. Wait for the graphic icon to load. Place it in the middle of the two left-hand columns of text on Page 1.

·  Click on your Circle Drawing Tool. Place a circle over the center of the photo. With the Pointer Tool, select both the circle and the photo by clicking on one and then holding down the Shift Key while selecting the other.

·  Select Element, Group and Mask.

·  Select File, Save.

12. Wrapping Text Around a Graphic

·  Using the Pointer Tool, click on the round photo you just created.

·  Select Element > Text Wrap Click on the second Wrap Option icon and the third Text Flow icon. You’ll get a square text wrap. To customize this wrap to the round (or any

other shape), click once on the wrap border line - everywhere you click you’ll get a new handle that you can drag. Create enough handles for you to drag the border into the shape you want it.

13. Altering an image with Image Control

·  Click on the Page 2 icon.

·  Select File, Place. Place the photo called tibtrek.tif from the m340 web page, web links, Pagemaker Newsletter files. Using the Pointer Tool, resize the photo to fill the bottom of Page 2 below the 6 inch guide rule. With the photo selected, go to Element > Image > Image Control .

·  Set Lightness at 90 %, and Contrast at 24%

·  Note that you also have access to all the Photoshop Effects you learned about in the previous class under Element > Image.

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