Applying Multiple Master Pages: Adobe Pagemaker 6.5
Applying Multiple Master Pages: Adobe Pagemaker 6.5
Applying Multiple Master Pages: Adobe Pagemaker 6.5
5 TUTORIALS
Tour Adobe PageMaker 6.5 > Tutorials > 3Masters. Click OK (Macintosh) or Open (Windows).
page icons at the bottom left corner of the publication window to examine the current layout of the publication and to see how common backgrounds identify each section visually.
4 Pages 1-3 use the master page named Docu-
ment Master. To view the Document Master, click and hold the mouse button (Macintosh) or click the right mouse button (Windows) on the master page icon in the lower left corner of the publication window. Choose Document Master from the master pages pop-up menu.
the Adobe PageMaker 6.5 CD-ROM. In PageMaker, choose File > Open. Select the Mpages.t65 le in the following location on the CD-ROM:
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Choosing a master page from this pop-up menu lets you view or edit a master page without changing the page you were previously viewing. You cant use this pop-up menu to apply a master page to a publication page you will do that in a later step.
5 Choose View > Show Guides to see the
guide, column, and margin layout for this master page. Page 3 is designed around the Document Master guides, but doesnt need to use the Document Master elements. You will hide the master page items so that they dont display or print.
6 Click the page 3 icon at the bottom left cor-
Use the Master Pages palette to manage the list of master pages and apply them to pages. [None] and [Document Master] appear by default and cannot be deleted. Because the Master Pages palette sorts items alphanumerically, the designer of this catalog chose to begin the names of the other master pages with numbers to keep them in the same order as the sections to which they belong.
8 To apply a master page to page 10, go to page
ner of the publication window. Choose View > Display Master Items to deselect the menu item and hide the master items.
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Now you will nish the last sections of this catalog. First, you will apply an existing master page to pages 10 and 11.
7 If the Master Pages palette is not open,
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Now you will create a new master for pages 12-15. It will be a simple variation on an existing master page.
10 In the Master Pages palette, drag the
3-Faculty master page down to the new master button ( ). In the dialog box that appears, type the name 4-Information, and then click Duplicate.
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After you edit a master page, the publication window displays the master page, not a publication page. The 4-Information master page is still identical to the 3-Faculty master page, so now youll edit the 4-Information master page by changing its button and background graphics.
11 Select the text tool from the toolbox and click the word Faculty at the bottom of the 4Information master page. Choose Window > Show Styles, and then click the Button-OFF style in the Styles palette.
Now you will edit the background graphics on the master page.
13 With the pointer tool, select the graphic at the top of the page.
the page, and then choose File > Place. Select the Info.tif le in the 3Masters folder in the
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Tutorials folder. Select Replacing Entire Graphic, and then click OK (Macintosh) or Open (Windows).
in the Page Range option, and then click Apply. Examine pages 12 to 15 and see how the changes to the 4-Information master page affected them, without disturbing the rest of the pages.
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In the Colors palette, click Light Gold. By duplicating, modifying, and applying master pages, you were able to apply a consistent design to six pages very quickly, and without affecting the rest of the publication.
17 Go to page 12. In the Master Pages palette, 19 Choose File > Save. Congratulations!
select 4-Information. To apply this master to a range of pages, choose Apply from the Master Pages palette menu.
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