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Adobe PageMaker Setup, Tools, Customization
From Adobe Magazine Archives

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

The PDF file of each Adobe Magazine archive issue contains a variety of tips and answers to Adobe software questions in addition to these specific tips on setup, tools, and customization in Adobe PageMaker. The issue title links to the PDF containing the tips listed.

From the Autumn 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

    Win/Mac: Slow screen redraws on large publications, in spite of plenty of RAM, etc.

From the Summer 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

  • Win/Mac: How to create color libraries using any or all of the colors from the Colors palette (those you've created or those from other libraries such as Pantone).

  • Win/Mac 6.5: Error message resolution: "Problem installing hyphenation module" "Cannot initialize language dictionaries"

  • Win/Mac 6.5: Extra language dictionaries -- how to locate and install plus extra tip on seeing which dictionaries, filters, and plug-ins are installed.

From the Spring 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

  • Win/Mac: How to index a list of proper names (such as for a directory of business contacts).

  • Win/Mac: TIP on ways to optimize PageMaker to make it perform faster, more efficiently.

From the Winter 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

    PC: TIP on how to change the default blue, cyan, and magenta colors of PMs column, ruler, and margin guides. (hint: requires modifying the Windows registry)

From the Autumn 97 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

    Win/Mac 6.x: Converting multiple PM5 files to PM6.5 using the Publication Converter plug-in.
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