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Introduction to Desktop Publishing: Essential Computer Basics for Effective Document Design

Desktop publishing is the art of preparing documents with graphics, allowing for precise control over layout, typography, and design elements. It enables users to create visually appealing materials such as flyers, brochures, magazines, and newsletters. By combining text and images skillfully, desktop publishing enhances communication and branding. Whether for personal or professional use, mastering desktop publishing tools can significantly improve the presentation of documents, making them more engaging and accessible to the audience.

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Introduction to Desktop Publishing: Essential Computer Basics for Effective Document Design

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  1. Computer Basics Desktop Publishing
  2. Desktop Publishing To prepare documents with graphics with precise control of the layout is desktop publishing. There are many uses such as: Professional : Create for commercial printing - magazine, company annual report, newspaper, book, full-color advertising Small business/home office: Use a wizard or template to create a brochure, business card, or ad and print on your own printer Specialty programs: Make your own greeting cards, calendars, labels and print t-shirts.
  3. Desktop Publishing There are many desktop publishing programs. A few include: Microsoft Publisher Corel Ventura QuarkXpress PageMaker FrameMaker InDesign
  4. Desktop Publishing Vocab Layout - arranging text and graphics. Clip art - pre-drawn pictures to add to page. WYSIWYG -  What You See Is What You Get, pronounced "wiz-e-wig“. How page displays on the screen is the same as how it prints.
  5. Desktop Publishing Vocab Separations- For full color in high quality printing, the paper goes through the printing press 4 times. It goes through once for each of the colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK color system). The print shop must create separate versions of your document, called separations, for each color.

  6. COMPUTER BASICS

    Spreadsheets
  7. Spreadsheets A spreadsheet is the application of choice for most documents that organize numbers. Budgets Financial statements Grade sheets Sales records A spreadsheet can perform simple or complex calculations on the numbers you enter in rows and columns. What is the difference between a row and a column?
  8. Spreadsheets Examples of spreadsheet programs include: Microsoft Excel Lotus 1-2-3 Quattro Pro Open Office Calc Advantages: Can calculate for you using formulas Auto-update of related numbers when data changes Can display data in graphs and charts
  9. Spreadsheets Rows & columns - Creates a grid Cell - Intersection of row and column. Can contain text or numbers or a formula. Formula - Calculates value to put in cell, like a total, an average, interest amount, etc.=SUM(C21:C45)=Average(B3:W394)=.095*LoanTotal Chart - Graphical representation of the data
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