Design Desk does offer PageMaker instruction as customized
on-site training.

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In the two-day Adobe PageMaker Workshop you will learn how to combine graphics and text into pleasing layouts with ease. Beginner through advanced level classes are available and students are placed according to their ability. It is essential that students are aware of basic computer commands. Design Desk uses only Adobe certified instructors.

Our workshops cover basic features for the beginner, intermediate features for those familiar with the program, and specific training for advanced students. Please discuss your needs, specific or general, prior to placement in a class. Student class book is Adobe PageMaker Classroom in a Book by Adobe Press.

Topics covered in the class include:

  • Explore features that increase efficiency like keyboard shortcuts, setting preferences, using style sheets, drag n' drop, and using libraries.
  • Create new documents by typing from scratch and importing graphics.
  • Work with templates and master pages to cut down on production time.
  • Format text and paragraph attributes, import text files, and create text wraps.
  • Create and define style sheets versus using paragraph overrides.
  • Use text utilities to check spelling, to find and change text content, text attributes, special characters or text formatting.
  • Manage longer documents by combining multiple files into a book then build indexes and table of contents.
  • Use layers to manage complex layout or create multiple versions of a layout.
  • Pre-flight check document, define printing options and trapping.
  • Create interactive HTML or PDF web pages.