PageMaker is a great page layout application, but it is a slow, inefficient word processor if you are writing more than one paragraph of text at a time. It is easier to write large documents in a word processing application then import (or place) the file into your PageMaker document. You will also import graphics files into PageMaker by placing them.
Click the Pointer button on the Tools Palette.
On the Main Menu, clickFile then clickPlace.
The Place window will open. Click the file you want to place then click the Open button.
Your cursor will change to look like the top left corner of a page. At this time you can still use the main menu, Tools Palette, and Page Indicators.
Position your cursor where you want the story to go and click your left mouse button.
Your file is now placed in your PageMaker document.
