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Unit 14: PageMaker
z From the File Menu choose Place. Notes
z Select the.doc file and Click OK.
z Position the loaded text icon at the intersection of the left margin and the 1½ inch vertical
guide.
z Click to place the text file.
Task Create a brochure for school to describe an upcoming event
Self Assessment
State whether the following statements are true or false:
16. To select a guide hold down Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) while selecting the
object.
17. From the View Menu choose Lock Guides to lock the guides.
Case Study Adobe PageMaker
Anticipating the boom in desktop publishing, Robert Scott, editor of EOS magazine, has
been working with Adobe PageMaker since 1986.
In the early 1980s, publisher, Robert Scott, left his job as editor of a consumer photographic
magazine to start his own independent publication. Scott approached Canon to produce a
magazine for their camera user groups.
Published initially by Cannon under the name Canon User, the first issue was published in
1982 as a subscription only title. Cannon User was initially produced using traditional
methods – (typesetting and paste-up. However, Scott soon became aware of desktop
publishing when he saw a colleague producing a similar camera club newsletter using
computers. In 1986, Scott acquired a Macintosh Plus computer, a LaserWriter printer and
the original release of Adobe PageMaker.
Because computer-based printing services were rare at that time, a black and white magazine
was produced for some years using only the output of the LaserWriter.
In 1993, Canon User was replaced by EOS magazine, dedicated to providing information
on Canon’s EOS range of cameras. Over the years, Scott regularly updated both his Macintosh
system and his PageMaker software. Today, EOS magazine is produced on Adobe
PageMaker version 6.5 and enjoys a current circulation of 18,000.
“PageMaker really started desktop publishing for us,” explains Scott. “Back in 1986 it
really was the only viable package available. Since then, we’ve grown up with PageMaker
and now we do a lot of our own colour scanning.”
EOS magazine combines detailed analysis of products with tips and techniques for Canon
users. Therefore, images that have been sourced from Canon itself are assembled on the
page with images that have been produced in-house. Articles on photographic techniques
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