Part A : Introduction :
Chap. I : Welcome to Desktop Publishing :
1. Why Learn Desktop Publishing (DTP)?
2. What is DTP?
3. Letterpress Printing :
i. Wooden Types and Metal Types
ii. Hot Metal Types
iii. Printing Photographs
4. Lithography and Offset Printing
5. Gravure
6. Hardware Requirement
7. Software Requirement
8. DTP Operator's Arsenal :
i. Text Editors
ii. Word Processors
iii. Vector Illustration Applications or Drawing Applications
iv. Bitmap Image Editing Applications
v. Page Layout Applications
9. Scanning
10. Printing
11. Monitor
12. Input and Output Devices, and Storage
13. Vector Graphics and Raster Graphics
14. Fonts :
i. Font Styles
ii. Serif and Sans Serif
iii. Dimensions of Font
iv. Fixed Pitch Fonts and Proportional Spaced Fonts
v. Scaling, Tracking, Kerning, Leading and Ligatures
vi. Fonts in Your Computer
vii. Vector Fonts (or Outline Fonts) and Bitmapped Fonts
15. Character-level and Paragraph-level Formatting
16. Drop Caps
17. Hyphenation
18. Alignments
19. Indentation
20. Single-sided and Double-sided Documents
21. Headers and Footers
22. Footnotes and Endnotes
23. Using the Mouse
24. Using the Keyboard
25. Selecting the Text and Graphics
26. Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clipboard
27. Graphic File Formats
28. Half-tone Images
29. Screen Colours (RGB) and Printer Colours (CMYK)
30. Spot Colours and Process Colours
31. Colour Separations
32. Colour Half-tone Images
33. Generic Process in Desktop Publishing
Part B : CorelDRAW 10 :
Chap. II : The Fascinating CorelDRAW 10 :
1. Welcome to Corel DRAW 10 :
i. Starting CorelDRAW 10
ii. Creating the Very First Drawing
iii. Saving the Drawing
iv. Closing the Drawing and Shutting Down CorelDRAW 10
2. Opening an Existing Drawing
3. The Dialog Box Open Drawing
4. Status Bar
5. Cartesian Coordinates
6. The Property Bar
7. Creating a Text File
8. Basic Terms
9. The Toolbox
10. Page and Pasteboard
Chap. III : Adventures with CorelDRAW 10 :
1. Standard Tool Bar
2. Handling Shapes Using the Property Bar
3. Rotating Objects
4. Lines and Arrows
5. Page and Document Setup
6. Rulers. Guidelines, and Grid
7. Using Docker Windows
8. Using Text :
i. Artistic Text
ii. Paragraph Text
iii. Formatting Text
9. Using Help
10. Printing a Drawing
11. Arrangement of Objects
12. Using the Library of Clip Arts and Bitmap Images
13. Fun with the Artistic Media Tool
Part C : COLOUR PLATES
Part D : Photoshop 7 :
Chap. IV : The Exciting Photoshop 7:
1. Welcome to Photoshop 7
2. Opening an Image
3. Saving an Image
4. Closing an Image and Shutting Down Photoshop
5. Creating a New Image
6. Using the Toolbox
7. Tool Options Bar
Chap. V : More Fun with Photoshop 7 :
1. Using Layers :
i. The Layers Palette
ii. Adding a New Layer
iii. Hiding a Layer
iv. Renaming a Layer
v. Removing or Deleting a Layer
vi. Merging Layers
vii. Copy and Paste with Image
viii. Flattening the Image
2. Seeking Help
3. Paths for Saving Selections
4. Fascinating Colours :
i. Various Colour Models
ii. The Colour Picker
iii. The Colour Palette
iv. The Swatches Palette
v. ICC (Inter-Colour Consortium)
5. Inserting Text in Images
6. Printing Images
7. Filters to Improve the Images
Part E : PageMaker 7 :
Chap. VI : THE MARVELLOUS PAGEMAKER 7 :
1. Why PageMaker?
2. Creating a New Publication in PageMaker 7 :
i. Starting PageMaker 7
ii. The Dialog Boxes Document Setup and Save Publication
iii. Closing the Publication and Shutting PageMaker 7
3. The Dialog Box Open Publication
4. Text Blocks :
i. Drawing a Text Block by Dragging the Mouse-cursor
ii. Empty Text Blocks are Deleted Automatically
iii. Creating a Text Block by a Mouse Click
iv. Fitting Text Blocks on a Page
v. Inserting Pages While Placing Text
5. Handling Pages :
i. Inserting Pages
ii. Deleting Pages
iii. Go to the Desired Page
6. Flow of Text in Linked Text Blocks
7. Using the Toolbox
Chap. VII : The Power of PageMaker 7 Unleashed :
1. Using the Tool Bar
2. Importing Text
3. Manual, Semi-automatic and Automatic Text Flow
4. Importing Pictures
5. Wrapping Text Around Pictures
6. Character-level Formatting
7. Paragraph-level Formatting
8. Opening Multiple Publication Windows
9. Using Story Editor :
i. Editing an Existing Story
ii. Creating a New Story
iii. Using Story Editor Effectively
10. Spelling, Find, and Change :
i. Checking Spelling
ii. Dialog Boxes Find and Change
11. View, Page, and Pasteboard
12. Grouping and Arranging
13. Using Styles :
i. Using Predefined Styles
ii. Creating a New Style
iii. Using Styles Effectively
14. Using the Document Master Pages :
i. Why Use Master Pages?
ii. Numbering Pages
iii. Creating the Sample Publication : Nature
15. Sample Publication
16. Printing and Colour Separations
Part F : MORE APPLICATIONS :
Chap. VIII : A Quick Tour of Quark XPress, MS Publisher, Corel VENTURA, and Adobe Illustrator :
1. A Quick Tour of Quark XPress 4.0 :
i. Creating a New Document
ii. Saving a Document and Creating a Template
iii. Closing and Opening a Document, Shutting the Quark XPress
iv. Using the Tools Palette
v. Creating and Linking Text Boxes
vi. Importing Text
vii. Importing Pictures
viii. Resizing and Relocating Boxes
ix. Formatting Text
2. Quick Tour of MS Publisher 2000
3. Quick Tour of Corel VENTURA 5.0
4. Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator 9.0
5. Generic Tips for DTP Professionals
Welcome to the Rapidex Desktop Publishing Course. This book is meant for beginners who want to learn desktop publishing, and it is also for experienced users who want a good reference book on desktop publishing. Although the market is Hooded with books on desktop publishing, the books in the Rapidex series always stand apart from the crowd and this book will be no exception.
Gone are the days when computers were used only in cities. Today, computers are even proliferating in rural India. One aspect of this widespread proliferation is that there is a shortage of competent computer operators or data entry clerks. You may be proficient in typing and have some hands-on knowledge of computers, but this is not enough to land you a job as a computer operator. Knowledge of desktop publishing is essential to secure a job as a computer operator. This book will be your passport to a computer operator's job, provided you study it carefully. Alternatively, you may also wish to start your own DTP studio.
This book assumes that you already know something about MS Windows and also know how to use a typical Windows-based application like Word or Excel. If this is not true, you will need to first acquire knowledge of Windows and at least one Windows-based application like Word or Excel. There are many introductory books on Windows in the market. Try, for example, the Rapidex Computer Course : Windows 98/Me, English Edition, edited by JL Neogy, Gupta, et al., and published by PUSTAK MAHAL, New Delhi. Also, note that knowledge of typing is essential for every computer operator. A number of good books on typing are available in the market. You could opt for A Practical Course in Touch Typing by Charles Smith.
After studying this book, you will have enough knowledge to work as a computer operator, data entry clerk, or desktop publishing operator. This book covers three software packages : CorelDRAW, Photoshop, and PageMaker at the beginner and intermediate level. To learn these packages at an advanced level, use the built-in help. Simply choose Help I Help Topics, and you will be offered valuable information. If you intend to make a career in desktop publishing, you will be required to read comprehensive books on the subject and learn more software packages. The market offers a number of comprehensive books on desktop publishing.
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