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HOW TO USE ADOBE PAGEMAKER 7.0: Setting Up a New Document

  1. On the main menu, click File, then click New.
Click File, then New.
 
  1. The Document Setup window will open.
 the Document Setup window
 

PAGE SIZE AND DIMENSIONS

 

  1. Click the arrow next to the Page Size box.
 Choose your paper size.
 
  1. A drop-down menu of page sizes will appear.

    Scroll through the drop-down menu, then click the page size of your choice.

 Choose your page size.
 
  1. The height and width of the page size will automatically appear in the boxes next to "Dimensions".
 Your page size appears in Dimensions.
 
  1. If the page size you want is not in the Page Size drop-down list:
  1. Click the arrow next to the Page Size box.

  2. A drop-down menu of page sizes will appear. Scroll through the drop-down menu, then click Custom.
 Creating a custom paper size.
 
  1. Type the dimensions of your Custom page size in the space provided.

    Type the page width in the first space.

    Type the page height in the second space.

Creating a custom paper size.
 

ORIENTATION

  1. To make your page taller than it is wide, click on Tall. (In Word and WordPerfect, this is called portrait orientation.)

    To make your page wider than it is tall, click on Wide. (In Word and WordPerfect, this is called landscape orientation.)

tall and wide paper orientations

 Choosing paper orientation.
 

OPTIONS

  1. If you want your pages to:
    1. Print on both sides of the page--click Double-sided.
    2. Be folded or bound on the left--click Facing pages.
  2. To automatically re-position text and graphics if you modify page size, margins, or Master Pages—click Adjust Layout

    The Adjust Layout option will be unavailable until you create your document. After your document is created, you can reopen the Document Setup window and click Adjust layout.

  3. To restart page numbering in each separate file in a book publication (instead of numbering every page in the book publication sequentially)--click Restart page numbering.
 Document setup options.
 

NUMBER OF PAGES

  1. Click on the box next to Number of Pages, then type the number of pages you want your document to be.

    When creating a saddle-stitched publication (a publication composed of large sheets of paper, folded in half and bound in the middle) the number of pages must always be a multiple of 4.

    You can add pages later if necessary.

  2. To begin your page numbering on a number other than 1, click the space next to Start Page Number, then type the number.

  3. To change page numbers from the default Arabic numbers to alphabetic characters or Roman numerals, click the Numbers... button.
 page numbering options
 
  1. Clicking the Numbers button will open the Page Numbering window. To select your page numbering scheme, click either:
    • Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3 . . . )
    • Upper Roman (I, II, III . . . )
    • Lower Roman (i, ii, iii . . . )
    • Upper Alphabetic (A, B, C . . . )
    • Lower Alphabetic (a, b, c . . . )

  2. Click the OK button to close the Page Numbering window.
 page numbering options
 

MARGINS

  1. To set top, bottom, outside, and inside (next to the fold or binding), click in each box, then type the value in inches of your margins.

    When creating a bound book, make your inside margin a bit larger than your outside margins.

setting your margins

TARGET OUTPUT RESOLUTION

The Target Output Resolution controls the resolution, or dots per inch (dpi) of your printout. Choosing a high dpi will yield a finely detailed printout, but printing will be slow. Choose a low dpi to print a draft copy. A dpi of 96 or 300 is adequate for a high-quality printout of an all-text document.

  1. Click the arrow next to the Target output resolution box.

  2. A drop-down menu of resolutions will appear. Scroll through the drop-down menu, then click the dpi of your choice.
target output resolution
 

COMPOSE TO PRINTER

  1. Click the arrow next to the Compose to printer box. A drop-down menu will appear. All of the printers connected to your computer and all of the PostScript printer drivers you have installed on your computer will appear on this menu.

  2. Scroll through the drop-down menu, then click the PostScript printer driver of your choice.
Choose your printer driver.
 
  1. Click the OK button to close the Document Setup window. Your new PageMaker document will open automatically.
 Click OK to close the Document Setup window.
 
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