CHAPTER Creating Your Document 3 Desktop Publishing: Chapter 3 ©2008Thomson/South-Western.

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Desktop Publishing: Chapter 3©2008Thomson/South-Western

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Default SettingsMeasurementsElements of DTP WindowsRulersToolsFramesMaster PagesPalettesShortcutsSaving

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Settings Built into the SoftwareChanges Made to Default Settings

◦Custom setting that you can assign a name Pagination

◦Design choices made Margins Columns Headers/footers Orientation

PreplanningPreplanning

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Settings Built into the SoftwareChanges Made to Default Settings

◦Custom setting that you can assign a name Pagination

◦Design choices made Margins Columns Headers/footers Orientation

Default SettingsDefault Settings


Picas◦Measurement developed by printers that divides 1 inch by 6◦6 picas to an inch◦Largest unit of printing measurement◦Used to measure large areas

Paper size Column width Margins

◦Abbreviated as p

MeasurementsMeasurements


Points◦Division of a pica◦One pica equals 12 points◦72 points in an inch◦6p3

Means 6 picas and 3 points long Slightly longer than an inch Less than a pica indicated with an 0p then the number of points Page is 66 picas long

◦Measuring type sizes and paragraph spacing Pica designation is dropped Use points only

MeasurementsMeasurements(continued)


RulersToolbarsDesign PageScratch Area/Pasteboard

◦Area outside the working page◦Store text and images to use later

Bleed◦Area outside your working page◦Allows image or color to extend to the outer edge of the

printed pageSlugs

◦Space outside the printed area◦Can place information about the document

Elements of DTP WindowsElements of DTP Windows


Rulers◦Can be set to different measurements◦ Zero point

Usually set at the upper left corner of the page Can be set anywhere

Guides◦Useful to line up frames◦Can set as many as you want◦Do not print

Margins◦Can be changed◦Margin setup is under a separate window in desktop publishing

RulersRulers


Make SelectionsDrawAdd TextRotateChange SizeAdd ColorRemove Areas

ToolsTools


ZoomSelect ColorsFill and Stroke

◦Outline or border is called the stroke◦Strokes can be variety of colors and widths◦Inside of drawing or text is called the fill◦Fills can be a color or a gradient

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Bounding Boxes◦Area surrounding a frame◦Text frames can be linked◦Can be rectangles, ovals, or polygons◦Can contain text, graphics, or empty

Continuation◦Jump Line

Statement at the end of text on one page indicating the page on which the text continues or continues from

FramesFrames


Text Boxes◦Paragraph Formatting

Tabs Indents Alignment Leading Spacing

◦Character Formatting Fonts Color Spacing between letters Other attributes

FramesFrames

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Placing Text and Graphics◦Import text◦Place text from other programs◦Some programs require a frame to be created first

FramesFrames

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Master Pages◦Pages that have elements that are reused from page to page◦Multiple master pages

Allows for different recurring page elements◦Can be named◦Created as single page or facing pages

Headers and Footers◦Most common recurring elements on a page

Page Numbers◦Usually placed in a header or footer

Master PagesMaster Pages


Can be toggled on and offCan be groupedCustomized work areas that open specific

palettesExamples of Types

◦Color and Swatch◦Character and Paragraph◦Pages and Layers

PalettesPalettes


Keyboard Shortcuts◦Saves time◦Saves searching for a tool◦Some shortcuts are single letters◦Some shortcuts use letters while holding down the

Shift, Ctrl, or Alt keys◦Find lists of shortcuts in the Help menu or by searching

the Internet

ShortcutsShortcuts


Save often◦Powerful programs can tax memory and cause crashes more often

Software saves files with a different extensionFiles can be opened by their software that

created them◦ InDesign

INDD◦Publisher

PUB◦QuarkXPress

QXP

SavingSaving


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