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Creating Your Document

Creating Your Document. Desktop Publishing. Objectives. Learn to modify default settings of software Explore elements of DTP window Understand use of rulers as DTP tool Compare tools available in various DTP software packages Understand importance of frames in DTP design

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Creating Your Document

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  1. Creating Your Document Desktop Publishing

  2. Objectives • Learn to modify default settings of software • Explore elements of DTP window • Understand use of rulers as DTP tool • Compare tools available in various DTP software packages • Understand importance of frames in DTP design • Learn to use master pages to simplify design process

  3. Default Settings • Default: a setting that is already established when software is first opened • Pagination: the setup of a document, margins, footers, headers, and orientation • DTP documents are typically published in one of two ways: traditional print with margins and columns or via the Web. Web documents do not have page restrictions, they can scroll on and on

  4. Measurements • High-end DTP software uses Picas and Points rather than inches and fractions for measurements in documents • Picas: measurement equal to 1/6 of an inch • Points: measurement equal to 1/72 of an inch, 12 points in a pica • Pitch: describes the width of a character. Pitch equals the number of characters that can fit side-by-side in 1 inch; for example, 10 pitch equals 10 characters-per-inch

  5. Twelve points in each pica

  6. Elements of DTP Window • Spread: when facing pages are both displayed on the same screen • Pasteboard or Scratch: The area outside the document page itself • Bleed: placing an image or color so that it extends to the edge of the page • Slug: nonprinting area, you can type directions on the document that will not print.

  7. Rulers • Zero Point: the point on the horizontal and vertical ruler is set at zero • Guides: the vertical and horizontal lines that are used as visual points to align text and graphics. These will not print if left on the document.

  8. Tools • Fill: The area inside an object or text • Stroke: The border around an object or text • Frame: box that encloses text or images that enables you to move the object as a unit • Bounding box: the area surrounding a frame • Jump line: statement at the end of a page indicating that the information is continued on the next page

  9. Master Pages: Contain recurring items such as page numbers as well as other design elements • Footer: recurring info that appears at the bottom of a page • Header: recurring info that appears at the top of the page • Palette: a bar or area on the screen that provides additional features for tools

  10. Shortcuts • Almost all actions in DTP software has a shortcut. By learning the shortcuts, you can speed up time in completing projects.

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