Helpful Harry <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> wrote in news:291220070951150357%helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com:
> In article <xQ2dj.99856$GV4.71323@trnddc05>, "Claude Balls" > <claudeballsjr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Harry. I'll give it a try. Simple question - >> what do the plug-ins do? > > As in many other applications, PageMaker's plug-ins add > functions to make things easier or automate complicated > tasks. PageMaker comes with some and you can download more > ... but many of them are fairly useless to most users. > > PageMaker's plug-ins are found in the Utilities -> Plug-ins > menu. > > Some of the perhaps more useful ones to an average user > are: > > Drop Cap Creates a drop cap - a larger letter > that > spans multiple lines of text > > Change Case Changes the case (upper case, lower > case, > etc.) of the selected text. > > Word Counter Counts the words in the selected text. > > Keyline Adds a border around the selected > object > with user defineable style / thickness, > colour and distance from the object. > > Build Booklet Takes a document with a series of A5 > pages > (for example) and creates a new > document with A4 sized spreads - when > printed double-sided, sorted and folded > / stapled you end up with a booklet > with the pages in the same reading > order as they were in > the A5 sized document. > > Personally I've only ever bothered with the last two of > those.
Wow, you must be a good typist! I have used 'change case' at least once every third session!
> As well as Plug-ins there are Scripts, but these tend to be > even more "useless" (or perhaps the word is "specialised > for a particular use"). These are seen and run via a > palatte window you can display from Window -> Plug-in > Palattes -> Show Scripts. Other than a cursory "play", I've > never wasted time with any of these.
I have only used them a few times, but they can be VERY useful. The problem is (I have never used anything newer than 6.51 so Adobe /may/ have fixed it but I kind of doubt it) that the scripts call for certain (Mac-common) fonts and either don't run or crash the PC program (IIRC, it's been a while). [I wonder what happens on a Mac without those fonts installed.] So you have to do some script editing.
You /probably/ knew this, although you seem to be confused as whether it's a palette or a pallet or a pallette or just palatable (sorry, I can't help myself when it comes to stuff like this).
