Adobe PageMaker Review Part 2

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Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe Illustrator 7

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Adobe PageMaker

Adobe PageMill

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Dramatica Pro

Dreamweaver

Flash

Fine Art 2

FontLab

Fontographer

FreeHand 8

Graphics Workshop

Macromedia Fireworks

Microsoft Publisher

Netsketch

Painter 5

Paint Shop Pro

Photo Folios

PhotoMontage

Pixel Monkey CD

PressWriter

PrintShop Deluxe Ensemble

Print Shop Premier Edition

QuarkXPress 4

Revision Master

Smart Sketch

TrueSpace

Articles

Battle of the consumer printing programs

Beginner's look at animated GIF software

Simple DTP

Soapbox on Fonts

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	Adobe PageMaker 6.5 - continued

"The inclusion of the new Frames utility takes PageMaker into a territory once dominated by QuarkXPress."


	By using frames one can create highly-structured files with both text and graphics. Frames also allow the choice of designing circular or polygonal text rather than having to use workarounds as in Version 6.0. The Frames options allow one to choose either of the three graphics tools - Rectangle, Oval or Polygon. Any graphics object can be turned into a frame. This release does not have a Frame palette - hopefully Version 7.0 will - and has certain key features unnecessarily buried several keystrokes away.

"The Auto readjustment feature allows an existing document's content to be resized to a new page size."

Included are preset page sizes that can be used including standard Macintosh and Windows display sizes; custom page sizes are also possible. For designers who need to set up publications for different page sizes or distribution on the Internet this feature is very welcome.

With this release PageMaker 6.5 further pushes itself as the market leader with the combination of Frames, Layer controls and Web integration. The new interface, once mastered, will allow Adobe products users to feel increasingly comfortable and benefit from the overall consistency that it offers. Improved HTML, hyperlinks and PDF export options offer greater document control and allow the transition, especially to the Internet, of greater possibilities. With the release of the Version 7.0 next year, PageMaker, unless challenged, will continue to lead the way for both the novices and professionals.

System Requirements:

Macintosh/Power Macintosh
68030 or greater processor
Apple System Software version 7.1 or later
9" (PowerBook) or 13" or larger monitor (640 by 480 pixels)
CD-ROM drive (3.5" disk set available for purchase)
6 MB of RAM available to PageMaker (Macintosh)
9 MB of RAM available to PageMaker (Power Macintosh)
26 MB of free hard-disk space for installation

Windows 95 / Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Intel486 processor
Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Workstation operating system
VGA display card
CD-ROM drive (3.5" disk set available for purchase)
8 MB RAM for Windows 95
16 MB of RAM for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Default virtual-memory settings
26 MB of free hard-disk space for minimum installation

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