You can also draw rectangles and ellipses shapes by using the same technique as used in line drawing.
1. To draw a rectangle or ellipse: Click on the Rectangle or Ellipse tool from the toolbox. The cursor changes to a crosshair.
2. Click and drag anywhere on the screen. As you drag, a rectangle or ellipse appears
3. Release the mouse button when the rectangle or ellipse is of the desired size. Press the Shift key while you're drawing to constrain the shape to a square or circle.

1. Select the Line tool from the toolbox. The cursor changes to a crosshair
2. Click and drag on the screen to draw your line. As you drag, a line appears.
3. Release the mouse button and the line will be drawn and selected, with sizing handles on either end. Resize the line by clicking and dragging the handles, if necessary.

The scrolling procedure is as follows:
1. To scroll left and right the left and right arrow respectively should be clicked.
2. To scroll up and down the up and down arrow respectively should be clicked.
3. To scroll a relative distance in the document the scroll box should be drawn up or down

1. Choose File > Open in the menu bar (or)Click on the Open icon ( ) in the Toolbar (or) Press Ctrl + 0 in the Keyboard. An Open Publication dialog box as shown that appears on the screen
2. The file name is given in the File name list box. The name of the file to be opened can be chosen from the list, which is displayed.
3. Then click on the Open button. Now the required file is opened

(i) You can save a document with a new name or in a different location using Save As command. Save As command creates a new copy of the document. So, two versions of the document exist. The versions are completely separate, and the work you do on one document has no effect on the other.
(ii) To save a document with a new name or in a different location
1. Choose File > Save As in the menu bar. (or) Press Shift + Ctrl + S in the keyboard. Now Save Publication dialog box will appear.
2. Type a new name or specify a new location.
3. Click the Save button.

1. Choose File> Save in the menu bar. (or)
2. The file name is given in the File name list box.
3. Then click on the Save button to save the document. The document is now saved and a file name appears in the title bar. Once a file is saved under a name, to save it again the name need not be entered again. The file can be saved simply by selecting the File > Save command or by clicking theSave button (or) clicking Ctrl + S in the keyboard.

1. Choose File ⟶ Place. The Place dialog box will appear.
2. Locate the document that contains the text you want to place and select it.
3. Click on Open in the Place dialog box. The pointer changes to the loaded text icon.
4. Make a text block to place the text. (Or) Click in the page to place the text. The text will be placed in the page. If the text to be placed is too big to fit on one page, PageMaker allows you to place it on several pages. This can be done manually or automatically.

To split a text block into two
1. Place the cursor on the bottom handle, click and drag upwards. When you release the bottom handle will contain a red triangle.
2. Click once on this, and the cursor changes to a loaded text icon.
3. Position this where the second part of the text is to be, and click

To select text using a keyboard, follow these steps:
1. Place the Insertion point to the left of the first character you wish to select
2. The Shift key is pressed down and the movement keys are used to highlight the required text.
3. When the Shift key is released, the text is selected

1. Click on the Pointer tool.
2. Click either the left or right corner handle on the bottom of the text block and drag. When you release the mouse button, the text in the text block will reflew to fit the new size of the text block.
3. A red triangle in the bottom windowshade means there is more text in the text block than is visible on the page. Drag the window shade handle down to show more text

To create a text block with the text tool:
1. Select the text tool (T) from the toolbox. The pointer turns into an I -beam.
2. On an empty area of the page or pasteboard, do one of the following:
a. Click the l-beam where you want to insert text.
b. This creates a text block the width of the column or page. By default, the insertion point jumps to the left side of the text block.
3. Type the text you want. Unlike with a text frame, you do not see the borders of a text block until you click the text with the pointer tool.

Deleting Text
You can easily delete a character, or word, or block of text.
To delete a character, do the following:
1. Position the insertion point to the left of the character to be deleted.
2. Press Delete key on the keyboard. (or)
3. Position the insertion point to the right of the character to be deleted.
4. Press Backspace key on the keyboard.
To delete a block of text, do the following :
1. Select the text to be deleted.
2. Press Delete or Backspace in the keyboard (or) Edit ⟶ Clear command.

To select text using a mouse, follow these steps :
1. Place the Insertion point to the left of the first character to be selected.
2. Press the left mouse button and drag the mouse to a position where you want to stop selecting.
3. Release the mouse button.
4. The selected text gets highlighted.

1. Click on the Pointer tool.
2. Click either the left or right corner handle on the bottom of the text block and drag. When you release the mouse button, the text in the text block will reflow to fit the new size of the text block
3. A red triangle in the bottom windowshade means there is more text in the text block than is visible on the page. Drag the windowshade handle down to show more text.