### First steps

If you haven't previously worked with a desktop publishing program, this is the place to begin. Here you'll learn some basics of working in iCalamus.

On the other hand, if you're already familiar with frame-oriented desktop publishing programs, this chapter is optional.

In this chapter you will learn

- how to create a basic document in iCalamus!

- what kind of elements you can use in documents

- how to use the most important tools

- some working steps that you'll use frequently

After going through this chapter, you should be ready to typeset the real examples described in the chapters that follow.

Welcome to the world of typesetting, and to desktop publishing with iCalamus!

- Create a document
- Create a frame
- Pipe text frames
- Import content
- Edit content
- Print a document