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2005-Sep-05 | Sara Froehlich | Filed: Features | Illustration | Tutorials

Can you use Microsoft Word for Desktop Publishing?

You just received this wonderful PDF from one of your clients. It was made from Word. On top of that, the client who gave you that PDF wants you to make some changes to the text. How do you make those changes using the PDF itself and what do you have to do to make that PDF press ready?

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2005-Aug-29 | Elisabetta Bruno | Filed: Features | Graphic Design | Tutorials

This is the first of a series of tutorials on Quark 6.x. It will cover the work area to give an orientation to new users.

QuarkXPress is a high end program which has been used by DTP professionals for years. Even though it now shares the “industry standard” status with InDesign, QuarkXPress is still a powerful program.

Read more on QuarkXPress QuarkXPress’ Work Area…

2005-Aug-28 | Elisabetta Bruno | Filed: Features | Graphic Design | Tutorials

This is the first of a series of tutorials on InDesign CS. We will explore the work area and the palettes.

InDesign CS is Adobe’s latest layout program. It was to be a re-write of PageMaker, Adobe’s layout program which is now discontinued, but it then became a different layout program on its own. Adobe InDesign is now one of the most powerful layout programs for professional desktop publishers and graphic designers.

Read more on InDesign InDesign’s Work Area…

2005-Aug-27 | Elisabetta Bruno | Filed: Features | Graphic Design | Tutorials