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Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Graphics in Pagemaker Overview - Graphics can add interest and variety to your publication and are placed in PageMaker in much the same way as text. Graphics can be cropped, sized, and moved in PageMaker, but no changes can be made to the graphic itself; that must be done in a graphics program, such as Adobe Photoshop.
Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Working with Graphics - Importing and modifying graphics in Pagemaker. Contains exercises six to nine
Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Drawing with Pagemaker - PageMaker offers a unique graphics environment. In PageMaker you can move and resize graphics with ease, and format text around them (see Using Text Wrap). You can also use PageMaker’s drawing tools to create your own basic shapes.
Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Working with Inline Graphics in Pagemaker - Graphics placed as inline graphics become part of the text block. As you edit the text, the graphic retains its same relative position to the text but it will change position on the page (or may actually change pages) as you edit the text. Inline graphics are appropriate for documentation and reports where the graphic must accompany specific text.
Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Working with Independent Graphics in Pagemaker - Independent graphics are simply placed on the page. Regardless of what you do around the graphic, the placement will not change unless you move
Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Getting Started with Color in Pagemaker - PageMaker gives you a wide variety of options for using colors. Several colors are provided in the Color Library, but you may also create your own colors using PageMaker's color-matching system.
Pagemaker Graphics Tutorials - Creating a Color Library in Pagemaker - The Color Library is a custom set of colors that you create. You may want to create a Color Library for specific projects or simply to maintain and quickly access the colors you use most frequently.
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