Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book [With CDROM]

If you're the sort who likes to buy software and then use it without consulting the manual you probably own a Mac. That's fine, because that is precisely what the folks at Apple wanted to produce, a computer that needs no manual!Still, the software that goes on that Mac or on that manual-required-before-you-start Windows=driven PC can get downright ornery. And the accompanying manual is as confusing as some passages in the Bible!If you're one of the rest of us and have bought an Adobe product, I advise you to get the Classroom In A Book tutorial. The book and accompanying cd are terrific for any new pagemaker user.If you work for on on a newspaper, newsletter or magazine you also should get Publication Production Using Pagemaker. The two go great together.

I really like this book. I think that the best way to start to learn a complex piece of software, like Pagemaker, is too get your feet wet using 'real world' exercises. And that is exactly what this book offers you. It may be true that you do not always know exactly what you are doing when you step through the nice lessons in the book, because not every step is explained in detail, but that is not so important. When you have finished all the lessons, you know very well what Pagemaker has to offer, and you are ready to make your own brochures, letters, booklets, during which you will learn all the details of every Pagemaker feature using the help or a reference book. This book is not (and not meant to be) a reference book, use the Complete Reference or the Visual Quick Start guide instead, but it gets you started in a very good and pleasant way. It may also be true that some fonts may not be present on the CD-Rom, but everyone who has used a computer once in a while must be able to locate them elsewhere (in Pagemaker's directory for instance!!!). Last, but absolutely not least, this book shows you some very nice examples of well designed DTP publications, they will inspire you!If you want to learn Pagemaker, do not hesitate, buy this book, it does what it promises.

This book is worth considering for those who want to learn the new features of PageMaker 7. I asked everyone in my shop to read through it when we upgraded to this ne program.

It's true. I didn't know how to use Adobe PageMaker at all, then I ordered this book as a last resort before giving up completely. Guess what? It worked! I'm not real computer-nerd like myself, but I could certainly work the lessons in this classroom in a book. It is magnificant and doesn't get enough exposure!