Desktop Publishing

Adobe PageMaker is a software program used to create documents that contain text and pictures such as brochures and newsletters. A number of files are associated with Adobe PageMaker, including...

Effectively designing visual interfaces will reduce the likelihood that users will find your website or software application confusing or difficult to use. Your goal is to make navigation as...

Adobe Pagemaker is a desktop publishing program that allows you to create documents that contain texts and images for brochures, invitations, fliers and many other possible uses. Adobe Pagemaker...

Aldus Corp. introduced PageMaker for the Apple Macintosh computer in 1985, and the application revolutionized publishing. After hot-lead type, large computers printed the text for newspapers on...

Adobe bought PageMaker, the original desktop publishing (DTP) software application, from Aldus, then phased it out in favor of its own InDesign. PageMaker 7 is the last in the long line of...

Adobe PageMaker is the original desktop publishing tool. During a time when publishing was done in a scripting language called PostScript, PageMaker introduced interactivity between text and...

Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 is a desktop publishing program available for PC and Mac systems. The program is geared toward businesses, home-office professionals and educational institutions who need to...

Technically, Adobe InDesign predates QuarkXPress because it is derived from PageMaker, the first desktop publishing program. PageMaker outsold QXP for many years, but QXP became the industry...

Adobe InDesign is the heir to the original desktop publishing program, PageMaker. It was PageMaker that was the "killer app" for the Apple Macintosh because it did something no other program had...

The best thing about desktop publishing software InDesign is that it was designed to integrate with Photoshop, another program from Adobe. The worst thing about it is that it still has some...

Before 1985, typesetting was done on large machines and there was no such thing as desktop publishing. Born of the marriage of Apple hardware and the PostScript language, Aldus (now Adobe)...

Pagemaker was released by Adobe in 1985 for the Macintosh and in 1987 for WIN-based systems. It featured what was considered at the time to be modern design and layout capabilities. Since its...

Adobe Pagemaker, once known as Aldus Pagemaker, is a desktop publishing program that integrates text and graphics for newsletters and other publications. Pagemaker was discontinued in 2001,...

AdobePagemaker is software used to lay out publications such as newsletters, brochures and flyers. With Pagemaker you can design your publications from scratch or select a pre-designed template....

Adobe InDesign, a part of the Creative Suite product line, is a widely-used software program for page composition, design and production. Graphic artists and digital publishers choose InDesign...

With Adobe PageMaker, you can create professional-looking publications for print and the web, or convert them to PDF (Portable Document Format) from within the PageMaker application. PageMaker has...

Adobe PageMaker is a desktop publishing program, originally released as Aldus PageMaker in 1985. This product is used to create professional-looking publications for print, web or electronic...

Adobe PageMaker is a program used to create publications for print and the web. PageMaker has built-in PDF support so any publication can be quickly converted to PDF from within PageMaker and...

Adobe's page layout program was initially launched to facilitate file preparation for print media. New renditions of InDesign claim to break the barriers between static and dynamic publishing. In...

When you are in the creative business of desktop publishing, it is very important to have a software program to meet your desktop publishing needs. Several software programs are out there to help...

This How-To will teach you how to create, design and implement a design using any graphic design software.

One of the great things about the Adobe suite of products is the ability of the programs to integrate easily with one another. Even older programs such as Pagemaker play well with the current...

PageMaker is a great program to choose when making do-it-yourself marketing materials like business cards. Although Adobe, the program's manufacturer, has since replaced PageMaker with InDesign,...

Many of the techniques for creating and editing text in Adobe PageMaker are similar to those of Microsoft Word. The main differences are that in PageMaker, you will use the Text tool, and all of...

Almost any document can be made more interesting by adding graphics. Microsoft Word has a huge variety of graphics available. You can import Clip Art or Word Art, as a graphic, into PageMaker,...

If you need to make address labels then Pagemaker is a convenient program to use. You can use a label template that fits the size of your address labels. You can design them as desired, customize...

A Christmas card that you have created yourself is a lot more meaningful than store-bought. You can put pictures on the front that are special to you and your family. You can also truly express...

If you're not the creative type or just want a quick and easy way to design something, then use a Pagemaker template. All the layout work is done for you. Just choose a design, plug in your...

If you need to make a brochure for a product that you are selling or an event that you are hosting then PageMaker is the perfect program for you to use. It is relatively simple to make a brochure...

Make your Adobe PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 documents for Windows and Macintosh look slick and professional by flowing text around your graphics. The PageMaker Text Wrap feature helps you wrap text...

Adobe PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh allow you to enter text in PageMaker documents. Text entry is not as easy as it is in various word processing applications, but it's not very...

PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 allow you to set hyphenation rules for your document, including where to break words, when to hyphenate and so on. You can also specify how many lines in a row can end with a...

Headers and footers are special areas at the top and bottom of each page and can include information such as the document title, a page number, the name of the author and so on. In PageMaker,...

PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 allow you to view your document pages in different sizes to gain a perspective of your page layout.

Both PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 provide different indent formats that you can use in your PageMaker documents. You can also use a hanging indent, in which the first line of a paragraph extends into the...

One of PageMaker's many enhanced features is the Rotate tool, which lets you rotate text and graphics on the page for greater design capability. Both PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 include this feature.

Whenever you create a document containing four or more pages, you may want to create a style sheet that describes the fonts, margins, and other settings used for a paragraph. Once you've created...

PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 let you determine tracking, or the spacing between letters and words, in your PageMaker documents. Loose tracking lightens a page because there is more space between the...

Sometimes it's easier to move separate objects on a page - a picture and a text caption, for example - when the application views them as one object. This is called grouping. You can easily group...

Creating an index in PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 is a two-part process. First, you must create index entries. To do this, see "How to Create an Index Entry in PageMaker," in the Related eHows. After...

PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 provide several palettes to customize and format your documents. If they clutter the screen too much, you can close them and open them at will.

In PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5, you can add columns on individual pages or use the master pages to add columns to an entire document.

You can easily add pages to the beginning, end, or middle of PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 documents.

You can choose from among five text-alignment formats in PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5.

You can place graphics in PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 either directly on the page or inside a picture placeholder (for more accurate placement).

PageMaker makes it easy to insert graphics (drawings, clip art, and photographs) into PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 documents. Graphics enhance the design of a document's pages and also can make complex...

It's a good idea to include a table of contents in any document longer than four pages, to help readers easily locate the information they need. After you specify TOC items, you'll then need to...

You can change the size (width) of columns in PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 documents to adjust your page layout.

By editing styles you've created in PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5, you can change the whole look of your document very quickly.