Flip To Next Page:

Pressing Command-Tab will flip to the next page/spread and Command-Shift-Tab will flip to the previous page/spread.



PDX Files:

PDX files are no longer necessary for PageMaker 5. You can throw them all away!



Resize Bitmaps:

Holding down the command key while resizing bitmapped graphics will constrain the graphic to the proportional resolution of your target printer.



Magnifying Glass:

Holding Command-Space Bar will bring up the magnifying glass and allow you to click-and-drag-zoom up to 800%. Command-Option-Space Bar will allow you to zoom out (just like Freehand, Illustrator & Photoshop)!



Importing And Compressing TIFF Files:

Holding down Command-Option while importing an uncompressed TIFF image will compress the TIFF and save it in the same folder with the new compressed name (adding an 3LD2 to the end of it) and link the imported graphic to the new compressed file.



Maintained Character Spacing:

PageMaker (since version 2.0) has always maintained character spacing attributes within the document, so even if you have the wrong font loaded it will not re-flow! (Unfortunately, if you try to edit that text block then the font takes on the attributes of the substituted font, and you'll get re-flow!)



Remove Linked Text:

To remove some text from a linked text grouping, Cut it to the Clipboard then Paste it back down.



Other PageMaker Resources:
http://www.eyewire.com/tips/mini/pmtextedit.html
http://www.eyewire.com/tips/mini/pm-thumbnails.html
http://www.eyewire.com/tips/mini/pictureplace.html
http://www.eyewire.com/tips/mini/pagemakerstart.html
http://www.eyewire.com/tips/mini/zoomtext.html
http://www.desktoppublishing.com/pagemaker.html
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/pagemaker.html

 

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