Desktop Publishing

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Desktop Publishing

• Business Technology Applications

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What is Desktop Publishing?

• The use of a personal computer, special software
  and a printer to produce professional looking
  documents suitable for publication.

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Newsletters

• You can create, print and distribute newsletters.

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Advertisements

• Create a wide variety of advertisements,
  including flyers, signs, banners, and print ads.

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Brochures and booklets

• Create brochures describing a product or service.
  You can make booklets on any topic imaginable.
• What is a tri-fold brochure?

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Manuals

• Most how-to manuals are desktop published. The
  manual may include steps, technical information,
  tables, and other elements.

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Business Forms

• Create professional business forms. You can make
  invoices or even your own business cards.

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Personal stationery

• Design your own stationery. Having a party? You
  can desktop publish an invitation. You can also
  create postcards and greeting cards.

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Other Uses of Desktop Publishing

• Calendars
• Flyers
• Banners and Signs

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Types of Programs

• Microsoft Publisher
• Print Shop Pro Publisher
• Adobe PageMaker

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Differences between a typeface, font, style and
point

• Typeface the letter style
• Font entire set of characters of a particular
  typeface
• Times New Roman
• Courier
• Bookman Old Style
• Wingdings
• Arial

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Differences between a typeface, font, style and
point

• Point size of letters
• 72 points1 inch
• The larger the number, the larger the letter
• Style refers to the enhancement
• Bold
• Italics
• Underline

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Desktop Publishing Tools

• Computer
• Printer must be able to print graphics, laser
  is best
• Monitor
• Additional input devices
• Scanner
• Mouse

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Orientation

• Landscape
• Portrait

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Places youll find desktop publishing

• Small Businesses
• Publishing Fields publishers, editors, writers,
  advertising agencies, journalists, etc.
• Schools school newsletter

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Features and Benefits of Desktop Publishing
Programs

• More economical
• Greater text control
• More text formatting options
• Better graphics placement
• Better output
• Automatic references
• Style consistency

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Understanding The Program Tools

• Menu bar and formatting toolbar
• Object toolbar text frames, drawing tables,
  adding WordArt, inserting pictures, adding clip
  art, and drawing common shapes (line, oval,
  rectangle)
• Ruler helps you align items in your layout
• Guides
• Wizard help
• Status Bar

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Assignment

• Create a flyer for your before prom photo shoot
• Need info, when, where, what to bring
• Need at least one graphic
• Must take up the whole page so organize
  accordingly
• Add any borders or colors of your choosing