Lecture Notes

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• PageMaker and Quark: both examples of publishing applications.
• Both of these applications assume, for the most part, that all text and images are produced elsewhere and then imported into the layout.
• There are several steps in setting up a layout:
• Page size
• Margins
• Decide if facing pages are wanted
• Page orientation
• Number of pages
• As in Photoshop, guides can be created by placing the cursor on the ruler and dragging the guide to the desired location.
• The rulers aid in accurate text and image placement.
• The "R" denotes the master page.
• Anything placed on the mater page (guides, text, and images for example) will appear on every page.
• Frame-the box constraining an image, or text after placed on a page.
• The user can treat the space surrounding the actual page as working space. Items can be placed here in preparation for layout.
• Control, Alt, P
• Code used to auto place page numbers on every page.
• If an imported text ‘overflows’ the frame, click on the resulting red triangle at the base of the frame and create a new frame. The text will then flow from the first frame to the second.