Like many people, you may still not be aware of Apple's iWork ’09 suite of software as a fully compatible replacement for Microsoft Office. In this course we’ll introduce you to the interface and amazing features of Pages ’09, and focus our attention on the word processing power within. We’ll teach you how to change and adjust your text, work with headers and footers, customize spell checking, and tracking changes with comments. When we're all done we'll even show you how you can export your project into a Microsoft Word or RTF file to send to colleagues and friends who don't have Pages ’09 and/or a Mac.
Intermediate
In addition to being a powerful word processor, Pages ’09 really shines with it’s amazing graphic capabilities and desktop publishing tools. In this next course we will show you how to navigate page layout modes by adding custom text boxes, shapes, photos, charts, and tables. We'll teach you how to wrap your text around pictures, and how to layer your project for a great look, whether you start with one of 180 sleek templates or from scratch.
Advanced
In addition to word processing and desktop publishing, Pages ’09 is full of many advanced features that will help you make extremely professional and impressive projects. In this course you'll learn how you can mail merge text fields with your address book, link text boxes across multiple pages and iWork ’09 documents, shape your photos into frames like circles and stars, and how to export your project as a high quality PDF. If you’re interested in web based document sharing, we’ll introduce you to iWork.com, and if you’re using iWeb, we'll even show you how you can use it in conjunction with Pages ’09 to make some powerful website templates.
Pages Overview
Whether you choose to write or design stationery, newsletters, resumes, brochures, reports, proposals, and/or business cards, Pages ’09 offers an intuitive way to create beautiful, media-rich documents using impressive features you’ll learn and master right away.
New word processing and page layout modes feature full screen views, contextual format bar and automatic outline generators to help you get your content down on the page and formatted right away.
Cross platform compatible and intuitive tracking and format tools help you manage edits and proofs from multiple editors, even if they’re working in Microsoft Word, and can even help you insert mathematical equations and bibliographies.
Pages ’09 boasts powerful graphic tools such as Instant Alpha, dynamic gradients and frames for your photos and shapes, so you can polish up all of your projects from brochures to business cards.
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