Editing Text in PageMaker

Editing Text:

You can edit text in layout view or in story editor, which is a build-in word processor. You switch between the two views using the Edit Story and Edit Layout commands. In Layout view, you select and edit text with the text tool. This is useful when you need to see how the revisions look on the page or when you are making only a few changes to the text.

In Story editor, you work only on the text, not the layout, so revising text is fast and easy. Working in Story editor is a convenient way to type or edit lengthy blocks of text. You can apply formatting to text in story editor, but you won’t see most of the formatting until you return to Layout view. You can also use Story editor to find and change text.

To work in Story editor:

1)      Click in a story with the text tool or the pointer tool.

2)      Choose Edit > Edit Story.

3)      When you are finished working in the story editor, choose Edit > Edit Layout to return to Layout view.

Moving between pages:

You can easily move from one page or spread to another when you are working on a publication with multiple pages. You can go directly to a specific page or thumb through pages in sequential order. You can also view master pages.

To move between publication pages:

Use the technique that suits your needs:

1)    Click a page icon along the bottom of the Layout window (Click the left or right arrows to view lower or higher-numbered page icons).

2)      Choose Layout > Go to Page, and type the page number you want.

3)    To go to the previous page, press the Page Up key and to go to the next page, press the Page Down key.

4)    To go to the beginning of the text line (Windows) or text block (Mac OS), press the Home key. To go to the end of the text line (Windows) or text block (Mac OS), press the End key.

5)     To move sequentially through the publication as in a slide show, press Shift and choose Layout > Go to Page. To stop the slide show, click the mouse, or press any key on the keyboard.