Design Cad software training: Word Excel Access PageMaker PhotoShop AutoCAD IntelliCAD

			Design Cad Pty Ltd PO Box 464, Marleston, South Australia, 5033 T: +61 (0) 418 414 932 ABN 38 007 890 146 www.designcad.com.au

Courses	Canberra	IntelliCAD		Downloads	FAQs	Find Us

This course introduces you to the classic Windows tool for 'high end' desktop publishing - Adobe PageMaker. If you want to produce high quality documents with great control over the placement of text and graphics on the page, PageMaker is the tool for you.

We assist you to design and build several publications, starting with single page documents and leading to the creation of complex multi page documents, rich in graphics with data incorporated from PageMaker's table application.

At the end of the course, we will work with you build a publication which is focussed on your own requirements.

Course duration:

Adobe PageMaker normally runs over a full day session. Cost is $250.00 per person and includes GST.

Prerequisites:

An understanding of basic computer operation including the ability to create, save and locate files. We would expect that you have used a word processor such as Microsoft Word and reached a reasonable level of skill with it.

If you do not have these skills, look at our companion courses 'Introduction to Computing' and 'Windows - getting more from your computer'

What we will cover:

The table below provides an overview of the course content.

Module	Description
Preliminaries	Some steps to take before beginning serious DTP work. Creating some work folders, installing and configuring PageMaker.
PageMaker in Action	Showing PageMaker in action. Viewing some sample files produced by our students. Editing your first publication - a brochure for a catering company. Placing graphics in a frame. Adjusting frame contents. What is Desk Top Publishing? What are the advantages and disadvantages of DTP over conventional publishing methods? What hardware and software are required? Comparing DTP and word processing. Using PageMaker templates. Our first serious publication - a label for a floppy diskette.
Plan your document	Planning a PageMaker publication is of crucial importance. Sketch design ideas by hand at an appropriate scale. Involve management and prepare a project charter.
The User Interface	The PageMaker Interface. Drop down menus, rulers, guides, opening and closing palettes, the Toolbox, dialog boxes. Screening frames. Manipulating layers.
A Single Page Document	Creating a simple one-page document - a fact sheet for a plant nursery complete with description and photographs. Importing text from external word processors. Building a two-page document. Using layers. Creating and applying watermarks. Editing and printing your own certificate in PageMaker.
Text and Graphics in Documents	A multi page document using columns. Setting stories such that they flow from a column on one page to another. Linking graphics, using the story editor, creating and manipulating styles. Placing more text and graphics. Editing graphics in situ.
Page Design	Reviewing page design. 'Playing' with typography. Symmetry and asymmetry. Text flow. Headings and structure in documents.

In addition to providing courses in our dedicated training centre located within a campus of the University of Adelaide, we also run many courses via our distance learning program. This course is available via the distance learning program.