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Pages 3.0
Creating Publications with Pages 3.0

Make Extraordinary Publications with Pages 3 - leveraging iLife '08

Course Description

This one-day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Pages 2.0. In this course, you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customizing preferences and settings, creating various types of documents - newsletter, marketing package, three panel brochure and creating a Script, Storyboard and Presentation. (Apple Training Series Curriculum)

Who should attend?

This class is designed for anyone looking to create publications with Pages. Understanding of the Macintosh operating system and basic computer navigation is desired. The course is designed for those who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the full functionality of Pages 3.0.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

What You Will Learn:
•	Working with the Columns
•	Cropping Images Using Masks
•	Working with multi-page layouts
•	Adding artwork from iPhoto
•	Creating a Postcard, Poster and Brochure
•	Working with the Styles Drawer
•	Grouping Objects
•	Exporting to PDF
•	Integrating with Keynote

Course Outline

Topic	Description
Day 1
Chapter 1 Creating a Newsletter	Learn the basic functions of pages by working toward a basic objective of making a newsletter. Choose a template, replace placholder text, replace placeholder graphics, crop images using a mask. Customize text colors using colors from embedded images. Work with multiple columns. Insert pages into the layout. Export to PDF.

Chapter 2 Creating a Marketing Package	Create three elements of a marking package including a poster, a postcard and a flyer. Organzie assets that will be used for all three document types, create a poster, work with color fills and manipulate text sizes, import pictures from iPhoto, work with the wrap, text, image and chart, document and layout Inspector.

Chapter 3 Creating a Three-Panel Brochure	Use the inspector, styles and a three panel template to create a three-pane brochure.

Chapter 4 Creating a Script, Storyboard, and Presentation	Tie together an outline, storyboard and Keynote presentation.

Chapter 5 Bonus Exercises	Optional bonus exercises including: Import a layered Photoshop file into Keynote or Pages, Export animated Keynote chart as a self-playing movie for use in a video project and others.