1. GRAP 3175 Computer Applications for Drafting Unit IV Application Software

2. Desktop Publishing

3. Definition -- Uses Produce camera-ready documents (ready to be printed professionally) from a desktop. Resumes Fliers Technical Ill. - placing drawings in manuals

4. Traditional Typographic Method Basic text - typewriter or computer Decisions Sent to a typesetter Cut-and-pasted by hand Past up photos & illustrations “Camera-ready” document sent to commercial printer.

5. Components of Desktop Publishing Document-composition software Microcomputer Desktop page printer Image scanner Typefaces and fonts Clip art Illustration software

6. Document-Composition Process Prepare text Prepare/identify nontext-related resources Lay out the document page(s) Fill in the text frames Fill in the picture frames Fine tune the layout Print the camera-ready document Publish the document

7. DTP Resources Text files Clip art Original artwork Photographs or hard-copy graphics Screen displays

8. Document-Composition Software Adobe PageMaker QuarkXPress Microsoft Publisher Corel Ventura Publish It!

9. DTP Compared to WP IMMEDIATE interaction between text and graphics

10. Creating Text A Place –word-processing –document format –ASCII

11. Creating Graphic Elements Draw tools Place –Formats PIC PLT DXF MOV EPS BMP TIF WMF JPEG –Clip art

12. Page Templates or Style Sheets Insert text in predesigned spaces

13. Type Format Terms Kerning Tracking Leading

14. Publishing Without Paper Electronic Publishing –Electronic documents –Online documents

15. Advantages Electronic Documents Good for environment Easily updated Richer form of communication Interactive Facilitate Navigation Searchable Tied together by hyperlinks

16. Creating Electronic Documents HTML - HyperText Markup Language PDF - Portable document format Internet, intranet, CD-ROM, & DVD