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Unit 2: Designing and Desktop Publishing Tools

Specify the number of columns as 2 and the spacing between the columns as .25 inches. The Notes
page layout changes and now looks like Figure 2.35. PageMaker will place text only
within the specified columns.
2. We can also place text into a PageMaker document from any other word processing
application. For instance, create a document in Microsoft Word and copy the text you want
in the report by selecting the text and pressing Ctrl + C. Now click anywhere within the
column bounds in the PageMaker document, and paste the text there by going to Edit 4
Paste or by pressing Ctrl + V. The selected text gets pasted into the column and now our
page looks like Figure 2.35.

3. The text is not easily readable at small fonts, but what we are seeing on the PageMaker
screen is not the actual size of the text. To see how the text will actually look go to View 4
Actual Size. Now the text looks like Figure 2.36. This is the actual text size and if we want
to change it we can do so by selecting the text tool in the Tools Palette, selecting the text we
want to resize and changing its size in the Control Palette.

Figure 2.36: Actual Display

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4. Another way of inserting text into a PageMaker document is to “place” a text file in it. Go
to File 4 Place. A dialogue box that looks like Figure 2.37 will appear. We choose the text
file we want to put into the document and click Open.

Figure 2.37: Place Dialog Box

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