Getting Started with PageMaker 7

PageMaker is a document layout program that has extensive typographic controls, page design capabilities, and customization options. You can add, create, import, and arrange text and graphics and then place them anywhere on the page. PageMaker can also be used as a word processor (complete with a spell check) when in the Story Editor mode (found under the Edit menu). A word of caution, however: saving a document takes longer in PageMaker than in Word and the file size is larger too. Due to this, it is recommended that you create your text documents in Word, unless your text is relatively short. PageMaker can be used for single page documents (such as fliers or announcements) or multi-page documents (such as chapters or brochures). In addition, pages can have single or multiple columns, and text can be threaded throughout a document (just like a newspaper article that starts on the front page and ends on a different page).

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