SPRING 2006

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Week 1/Apr. 3

Welcome to Class!
It's a pleasure to have you along for our spring tour of Adobe PageMaker 7.0. Bookmark this page: we'll meet here each week to get our assignments and guidelines for the current lesson (the Lessons page is updated every Monday). If you want to see an overview of the course, take a look at the Schedule. If you have questions or need assistance you can contact me by e-mail, phone, or face-to-face (click on Instructor).

First, some housekeeping. If you haven't done it already, do this now:

  • read the Orientation thoroughly, and be sure to let me know if you have any questions about any aspect of this course.

  • read the e-mail guidelines thoroughly. This is how you'll turn in your finished assignments; you'll need to follow them exactly!

  • Go to the Conference Room and log in to Blackboard. We'll be using this to communicate with each other throughout the term. We also use Blackboard to take occasional online quizzes. If you're new to Blackboard or need to set up a new Blackboard account, go to Getting Started in Blackboard.

Getting Started with PageMaker 7.0
In order to get started making pages with Adobe PageMaker 7.0, we'll need to check our systems and make sure we have all the right tools. So, if you haven't already done so,

  • install PageMaker 7.0 onto your computer's hard drive

  • install Adobe Type Manager (ATM Lite) onto your hard drive

  • install the fonts from the Adobe PageMakert® 7.0 Classroom in a Book® CD ROM onto your system (use ATM and follow instructions on page 2 of your text)

  • load the lesson files from your Adobe PageMakert® 7.0 Classroom in a Book® CD ROM onto your hard drive. You'll need them to do your assignments. If you do not have a CD-ROM in your computer, you'll need to come into the McLoughlin computer lab to get the files, or contact me for more information.

  • install the PPDs (Postscript Printer Drivers) from the Adobe PageMakert® 7.0 Classroom in a Book® CD ROM onto your hard drive (follow instructions on page 3 of your text). Even though you may never use these printers, you'll need to specify them for some of your projects.

  • feel free to browse the first couple of lessons to get a feel for how Classroom in a Book works. Your first project is not due until next week, but it's never too soon to get started.

Questions?
 If you have any questions or problems, please post them to the Q&A forum in the conference room, or contact Bill. If you don't mind coming to campus, you can also get help in the McLoughlin computer lab Monday-Friday from 8 am- 5 pm and Monday-Thursday evenings from 6-8:30 pm.

So what are you waiting for? Let's go!

 

assignment 1:

Reading:
Getting Started (pp. 1-15)

Weekly Lesson Plan

E-Mail Guidelines
 

© 2006 Bill Symes, Clackamas Community College

Revised 02/20/2006