Adding and Deleting Pages & Working with multiple open publications &Correcting Mistakes(PageMaker)

Adding and Deleting Pages:

Before you start with adding or deleting pages there are some points, you should keep in your mind. To preserve text or graphics on the pages your remove, first drag them to the pasteboard.

The Pasteboard is the area surrounding the page on the PageMaker screen. If you are refining your layout, you can move pictures, objects, and blocks of text onto the Pasteboard until you decide where to place them in your document. There is only one Pasteboard (not a separate Pasteboard for each page). Your view of the Pasteboard will not change when you change pages. 

1)To view the pasteboard, click View on the main menu then click Entire Pasteboard.

2) To go back to the page view, click the View menu then click Fit In Window.

You can also add or remove master pages.

Master pages is a template used to automatically copy or link elements and graphicdesign styles to some or all the pages of a multiple page document.

To add pages anywhere in the publication:

To add pages anywhere in the publication you have to follow few below noted steps:

1.Go to place where you want to insert pages.

2.Choose Layout > Insert Pages.

3.Type the number of pages you want to add, and select a location for the new pages.

4.Specify the master pages you want to apply, and then click Insert (Optional).

To remove pages:

To remove pages Choose Layout > Remove Pages.

Working with multiple open publications:

Several publications can be open at the same time, so it is easy to move or copy graphics and text from one publication to another. You can also compare page designs, search for and replace text and formatting, and check the spelling in all open publications at once. However, number of publications you can open simultaneously is limited by the amount of memory, or RAM, available on your Computer.

Each publication opens in its own window. To activate a window (bring it to the front), click any visible part of its window or choose an open publication from the list in the Window menu – Window > Tile/Cascade. The Window menu lists each open publication and any open story windows associated with the publication.

Window > Cascade

Window > Tile

In PageMaker for the Macintosh, you can send a window from the front to the back of all open windows by pressing Option and clicking the title bar.

The Right Mouse Button

Using right mouse button can make your work easier and will save lots of your valuable time. How? The answer is many of the PageMaker commands available from menus or palettes are also available from a special context-sensitive pop-up menu that appears when you click the right mouse button. The contents of the menu depend on whether you click an object, page or pasteboard.

Options appear on clicking Object:

Options appear on clicking Text:

 Options appear on clicking  Pasteboard:

Note:   You can press Shift and click the right mouse button to zoom in to Actual Size view and zoom out to Fit in Window view – the point you click becomes centered in the window.

Correcting Mistakes:

PageMaker provides two ways to correct mistakes or to reverse actions you have taken – (i) using Edit Menu command (Choose Edit  >  Undo) and (ii) using File Menu command (Choose File > Revert).

Correcting Mistakes using Edit Menu Command: 

PageMaker remembers your last action and lets you reverse it by choosing Edit > Undo. However, you must choose this command before performing any other action, as this command only reverses your most recent action. If you accidentally click anywhere on the pasteboard, you won’t be able to undo your last action as intended.

 Correcting Mistakes using File Menu Command:

This command (File > Revert) lets you go back to the last saved action. 

However, it can also restore your last mini-saved version, a version of the file that PageMaker saves automatically whenever you move to a different page, insert or delete a page, change the document setup, or print. Other operations that cause a mini-save include switching between layout view and story editor, using the Clipboard, and clicking the active page icon. To use mini save command you have to follow this –

1)Hold down Shift            2)Choose File > Revert.