Each lesson is well organised, from the opening rundown of what will be covered to the final chapter review, complete with quiz questions (and answers). Projects are the sort of practical challenges that most desktop publishers face today: flyer, letterhead, project proposal, CD jewel-case booklet, brochure, print and Web-based newsletters, colour catalogue and more. You learn how to work with master pages, styles and inline graphics, and how to format a sidebar and use the story editor.

Each project also addresses real-world practicalities such as spot colours, trapping, registration, bleeds and other pre-press issues. Understanding how each of these affects your print piece will be invaluable when it's time to talk with your printer. In addition, readers learn how to format and generate an index and a table of contents and how to use the version 7.0-enhanced Export PDF command.

One of the more compact books in this series, Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book won't leave readers buried under excessively detailed projects. There's no wasted space and the trim, to-the-point text makes it enjoyable to work through the exercises while learning the software. Whether you use Pagemaker casually or as a daily part of your workload, you'll definitely want to pick this one up. --Angelynn Grant

Book Description
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to master Adobe PageMaker, fully updated to cover version 7.0.
Classroom in a Book format teaches PageMaker in short, project-oriented lessons.
Cross-platform format for both Macintosh and Windows users.
First new edition of the Adobe PageMaker Classroom in a Book in four years! It's been over four years since the last release of Adobe PageMaker, and long-awaited version 7 is finally available! This page layout program now offers loads of new features, including a new simplified workflow with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and added integration with popular business tools such as Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress, and more. PageMaker 7.0 also features integrated Portable Document Format (PDF) creation tools, as well as new data merge capabilities that use images and text exported from databases — enabling PageMaker 7.0 to assist in direct mail pieces, for example. PageMaker is ideal for educators, business professionals, small office/home office users, and anyone wanting to create professional-quality documents such as brochures, newsletters, flyers, business reports, and more. Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book is a self-paced learning course in a hands-on workbook. It offers complete training based on real-life projects, organized by chapter. Practical, focused lessons are designed to fit into busy schedules and teach the ins and outs of PageMaker quickly and easily. This cross-platform book contains a CD-ROM with specially created files and images, so readers can work through the lessons and projects at their own pace.
The Adobe Creative Team is made up of members of Adobe's User Education group. They take their expertise in training users to work with Adobe products, combine it with the creative talents of the Adobe PageMaker team, and add the valuable content of the CD-ROM to make a unique learning package from Adobe Systems.

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