Practical Desktop Publishing

Provides a beginner's guide to the basic functions of a desk top publishing system. Each piece of theory is backed up with practical activities which are business specific.

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With desk top publishing becoming a "must" in most companies, there is a need for courses and corresponding texts in this area. This book provides a beginner's guide to the basic functions of a desk top publishing system - concentrating on the latest bestselling packages. It should be suitable for students and laypeople alike. Designed to be modular based, this book should be appropriate for roll-on, roll off courses run in colleges, as well as offering a structured, step-by-step approach for the full-time student. Each piece of theory is backed up with practical activities which are business specific. Amongst the areas covered are: page design; importing text; emphasizing text; importing images/graphics from other packages; combining text and graphics; creating simple graphics; creating publications and wrapping text around irregular shaped graphics.