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Adobe PageMill 3
Foundation Level Training Course

Training Course Outline

1. INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE PAGEMILL 3

WHAT IS PAGEMILL?

• Adobe PageMill 3
• Web Site Development
• Site Management
• Adobe Web Site

PAGEMILL FILE TYPES

• HTML Files
• Image Files
• Multimedia Files
• Naming files

MAIN WINDOW

• Using the Main Window
• To toggle between Edit and Preview modes
• To toggle between Edit and Source modes
• Using the Toolbar
• Using the Status Bar

2. PAGEMILL ENVIRONMENT

INSPECTOR

• Using the Inspector
• Accessing the Frame Panel
• Accessing the Page Panel
• Accessing the Form Panel
• Accessing the Object Panel

COLOR PANEL

• Using the Color Panel
• Determining the hex value of a color
• Customizing the Color Panel with web-safe colors
• Customizing the Color Panel with non-web-safe colors
• Saving the custom Color Panel
• Resetting the Color Panel

PASTEBOARD

• Using the Pasteboard
• Adding objects to the Pasteboard
• Using an object in the Pasteboard
• Remove all objects in the Pasteboard
• Saving the Pasteboard

3. WEB PAGES

CREATING AND SAVING PAGES

• Creating a new Web Page
• Adding a page title
• Saving a page

WORKING WITH PAGES

• Opening an existing page
• Reopening a page
• Open a page from the Internet
• Closing an opened page

CHANGING PAGE ATTRIBUTES

• Changing the Base Font Size
• Changing the Base Target
• Changing the color of text, links, and background
• Using a background image
• Changing the default settings for new pages

4. TEXT

ENTERING TEXT

• Entering text directly
• Typing more than one space
• Starting a new paragraph
• Entering a line break
• Entering special characters

WORKING WITH TEXT

• Deleting text
• Importing text by copying and pasting
• Importing text by dragging and dropping
• Importing text with the Open command
• Checking spelling

FORMATTING TEXT

• Specifying fonts
• Specifying a relative font size
• Changing text color
• Using Physical Character Styles
• Using Logical Character Styles

FORMATTING TEXT BLOCKS

• Using Heading formats
• Using Paragraph formats
• Using Preformatted feature
• Using Address format
• Aligning text blocks
• Indenting text blocks
• Inserting a Horizontal Rule
• Customizing a Horizontal Rule

LISTS

• List formats
• Applying a list format
• Adding another item to a list
• Adding a paragraph to a list
• Nesting Lists

5. GRAPHICS

WORKING WITH IMAGE FILES

• Image Files
• Opening an image in the Image Window
• Creating interlaced GIF or progressive JPEG images
• Creating transparency in a GIF

BACKGROUNDS

• Page Backgrounds
• Adding a page background
• Removing a background image

IMAGES

• Adding an image with the Insert command
• Adding an image with Copy & Paste
• Adding an image with Drag & Drop
• Adding a text label for an image
• Working with image Borders
• Resizing an image with resize handles
• Resizing an image numerically
• Returning resized images to original size

TEXT AND IMAGES

• Aligning an image with text
• Aligning text to top of image
• Aligning text to middle of image
• Aligning text to bottom of image
• Aligning image to left of text
• Aligning image to the right of text
• Ending text wrap on Left Align and Right Align

6. LINKS

CREATING LINKS

• What are Links?
• Linking to a local web page
• Linking to a remote web page
• Link to email addresses
• Using the Pasteboard to add a Link

WORKING WITH LINKS

• Testing Links to a local web page
• Previewing linked pages
• Viewing the URL for a Link

EDITING LINKS

• Editing Links
• Moving a Link
• Copying a Link
• Deleting a Link

ANCHORS

• Using Anchored Links
• Creating an Anchor
• Linking to an Anchor
• Renaming an Anchor
• Moving an Anchor
• Viewing Anchor icons

IMAGE MAPS

• Adding Hotspots to an Image Map
• Creating a default Link
• Editing a Hotspot
• Changing layer order of Hotspots
• Testing Image Maps

7. TABLES

WORKING WITH TABLES

• Creating a Table
• Selecting the entire Table
• Selecting Table Cells
• Selecting Cell contents
• Adding Rows
• Adding Columns
• Deleting Rows
• Deleting Columns
• Joining Cells
• Splitting previously joined Cells
• Working with Captions

FORMATTING TABLES

• Changing the size of Fixed Tables
• Changing the size of Dynamic Tables
• Working with Borders
• Changing Cell Spacing
• Changing Cell Padding

WORKING WITH CELLS

• Entering text into a Cell
• Deleting the contents of a Cell

FORMATTING CELLS

• Changing the size of Cells
• Using the Header Cell feature
• Using the No Wrap feature
• Using the Vertical Align options
• Using the Horizontal Align options
• Changing the background color of the Cell
• Formatting the Cell contents

PAGE LAYOUT WITH TABLES

• Using Tables to constrain page width
• Creating nested Tables
• Slicing large images into Tables