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Adobe PageMaker Text and Fonts

From Adobe Magazine Archives

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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 working with text and fonts in Adobe PageMaker. The issue title links to the PDF containing the tips listed.

From the Autumn 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

    Win/Mac 6.5x: Text frames not centering vertically.

From the Summer 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

    Win/Mac: Handle on text block snaps shut instead of displaying the text that hasn't been flowed yet.

From the Spring 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

    Win/Mac: Using the ATM 4.0 Deluxe font auto-activation feature with PageMaker.

From the Winter 98 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

  • Win/Mac 6.x: PageMaker tags in imported text documents not always importing correctly.

  • Win/Mac 6.x: How to get text to scale in a grouped set of objects when resizing the group.

From the Autumn 97 Adobe MagazineQ&A:

  • Win/Mac 6.x: Include Downloadable Fonts vs. embedding fonts and how to avoid font substitutions in exported PDF files.

  • Win/Mac: How to get column baselines to align at the bottom of columns when there are headings or subheads in the text. (using a leading grid)

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