DESKTOP PUBLISHING (DTP)

By L. DILII

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2 DESIGN BASICS 4 CHAPTER 3 DTP USING MS WORD 19 CHAPTER 4 DTP USING MICROSOFT PAINT 50 CHAPTER 5 MS PUBLISHER 68 CHAPTER 6 PAGEMAKER 7 0 92 CHAPTER 7 ADOBE INDESIGN 99 CHAPTER 8 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 177 CHAPTER 9 ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 263 CHAPTER 10 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 302 CHAPTER 11 ADOBE FLASH 313 CHAPTER 12 COREL DRAW 341 CHAPTER 13 MATH TYPE 357 CHAPTER 14 QUARKXPRESS 9 377 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT IS DTP DESKTOP PUBLISHING IS AN INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER AND PUBLISHING TECHNOLOGIES THAT LETS YOU PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY DOCUMENTS QUICKLY AND EASILY AT A FRACTION OF THE COST NORMALLY CHARGED BY MOST COMMERCIAL SERVICES THIS DEFINITION CAN BE EXPANDED UPON GREATLY BUT IT SIMPLY STATES THE CASE DESKTOP PUBLISHING ENCOMPASSES MOST TYPES OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IT S NOT AS SOME INDIVIDUALS SEEM TO THINK SIMPLY A PAGE LAYOUT PROGRAM USED TO DESIGN AND PRINT PAGES DTP SYSTEMS USE A VARIETY OF SOFTWARE INCLUDING WORD PROCESSORS DRAW AND PAINT PROGRAMS CAD PACKAGES AND PAGE LAYOUT PROGRAMS IT COMBINES COMPUTER HARDWARE TO INCREASE ITS POWER AND VERSATILITY INCLUDING SCANNERS HIGH RESOLUTION MONITORS HARD DISKS LASER PRINTERS AND MORE WHY DESKTOP PUBLISHING THERE ARE MANY REASONS THAT DTP SYSTEMS HAVE FLOURISHED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS SOME OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR GROWING USES OF DTP ARE COST EFFECTIVENESS WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN THE PER PAGE COST YOU LL FIND THAT DTP IS EXTREMELY INEXPENSIVE WHEN QUALITY DOCUMENTS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF LAYOUT SPECIALISTS AND OTHER TECHNICAL STAFF THEREBY SAVING MONEY ON SALARIES OFFICE SPACE ETC FASTER PRODUCTION AND TIMELINESS CREATING DOCUMENTS BY YOU CAN DRAMATICALLY DECREASE PRODUCTION TIME INSTEAD OF WAITING HOURS FOR A BACKLOGGED PRINTING HOUSE TO PRODUCE A REPORT OR SALES PRESENTATION YOU CAN PRINT IT YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN CREATE PAGE LAYOUTS YOURSELF YOU SPEND LESS TIME TELLING A PRINTER WHAT YOU WANT IT REDUCES FOOT WORK AND LETS YOU MAKE LAST MINUTE CHANGES WITHOUT RETURNING TO THE PRINT SHOP CHAPTER 1 1 A DTP SYSTEM WILL HELP BUSINESSES PRODUCE DOCUMENTS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF CLIENTS IN A MORE RELEVANT MANNER INSTEAD OF PENCILLING IN DATA ON A BROCHURE BECAUSE THE OLD COPY IS OUTDATED YOU CAN QUICKLY PRINT A NEW VERSION WITH YOUR CHANGES WHEN A CUSTOMER WANTS REVISIONS IN A LAYOUT A FEW MINUTES OF WORK WILL LET THEM SEE AN ACTUAL COPY OF WHAT WILL BE PRINTED QUALITY DOCUMENTS YOU PRODUCE WITH A WORD PROCESSOR GENERALLY RELY ON A PRINTER S BUILT IN FONT SET OR A LIMITED RANGE OF FONTS INCLUDED WITH THE SOFTWARE PAGE LAYOUT PROGRAMS INCLUDE A WIDER IMPORTED LINES AND BOXES CAN BE ADDED AND EACH COMPONENT CAN BE PRECISELY PLACED WITHOUT THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF CUT AND PASTE DTP SYSTEMS PRODUCE CAMERA READY COPY THAT IS IDENTICAL TO THE FINAL VERSION WHICH MEANS NO MORE MOCK UPS TO APPROXIMATE THE FINISHED PRODUCT CONTROL WHEN A DOCUMENT IS FINISHED IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO NOT THE WAY A LAYOUT ARTIST OR EDITOR THOUGHT YOU WANTED IT FROM THE SIZE OF THE HEADLINE TO THE FONT STYLE AND LINE WIDTH USED DTP LETS YOU DISPLAY YOUR MESSAGE IN EXACTLY THE FORMAT YOU WANT IF THE PRINTOUT IS INADEQUATE YOU CAN MAKE SOME QUICK CHANGES AND PRINT IT AGAIN SATISFACTION DOING IT YOURSELF CAN BE ENJOYABLE IT IS A CREATIVE FORM OF SELF EXPRESSION THAT CAN BE USED FOR VIRTUALLY ANY TYPE OF DOCUMENT DTP REQUIRES A LITTLE PATIENCE BUT THE RESULTS ARE QUITE PLEASING WHO USES DESKTOP PUBLISHING BUSINESSES THAT CAN T AFFORD TO PATRONIZE A PRINT SHOP CAN STILL ADD DTP CAPABILITIES TO THEIR EXISTING COMPUTER SYSTEM AT A REASONABLE PRICE EDUCATORS ARE AVID FANS OF DTP AS THE QUALITY DOCUMENTS THEY PRODUCE CAN BE DIRECTED TO A SPECIFIC GROUP OF STUDENTS AND HELP IMPROVE GRADES AND INCREASE COMPREHENSION HOME COMPUTER USERS DESIRE DTP SYSTEMS TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS GARAGE SALE FLYERS SCHOOL REPORTS AND CHURCH BULLETINS DOCUMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE READ WHEN THEY ARE CAREFULLY PREPARED WITH A VARIETY OF FONTS AND GRAPHICS LOOK BEYOND DESKTOP PUBLISHING IT S EASY TO FORGET THAT DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE IS ONLY A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING YOUR DESIGNS ALL TOO OFTEN DESKTOP PUBLISHERS WILL UN CONSCIOUSLY BEND THEIR DESIGNS TO FIT THE SEPARATE THERE S ALWAYS A WAY TO IMPLEMENT A GREAT IDEA TO FOCUS ON DESIGN WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL TRAPPINGS SKIM PROFESSIONAL DESIGN PUBLICATIONS THAT SHOWCASE ELEGANT DESIGN EXAMPLES TRY JOINING A LOCAL ADVERTISING GROUP ART DIRECTORS CLUB OR COMMUNICATIONS FORUM IT DOESN T MATTER IF YOU RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE ADVERTISING OR PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELDS DESKTOP PUBLISHERS FROM THESE MEETINGS WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN EFFORTS 2 DESKTOP PUBLISHING DTP SOFTWARES USED IN DTP NOW A DAYS MANY SOFTWARES ARE USED IN DTP IN THIS BOOK WE WILL LEARN TO USE THE FOLLOWING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN ADOBE READER COREL DRAW ADOBE FLASH CONCLUSION DTP SOFTWARES ARE VALUABLE TOOLS IN DESIGNING INDUSTRY RANGING FROM SMALL BUISINESS TO LARGE BUSINESS EVERYONE USES DTP SOFTWARE FOR A VARIETY OF WORK THERE IS A HUGE DEMAND OF MARKETPLACE 3 DESKTOP PUBLISHING DTP