I've alluded to the use of software in desktop publishing in some earlier lessons. Now it's time to look just a little bit closer at the tools that define desktop publishing. In reality, it's a subject that could take days to cover but I'm going to give you just two main concepts to chew on today: page layout software vs. graphics software. It's not an either-or proposition for desktop publishing. In most cases you need one from the first category (page layout) and two from the other (graphics software) to do any serious desktop publishing.
You've been wondering when I was going to get around to telling you which software is the best for doing desktop publishing, haven't you? You're trying to decide between the attractive cost of Publisher and the glamour of InDesign but a friend said he uses nothing but PowerPoint so you're stumped. Sorry to disappoint but that's not a topic I'm tackling in-depth in this class. But if you pay close attention to today's definitions and trivia, you may start to glean a better understanding of why there is no 'best' desktop publishing software and that it's not a decision to be based solely on price, prestige, or what the other guy is using.
(Oh, but I will say this... move PowerPoint over to your list of optional 'specialty' programs. It's not for page layout or graphics work. It's for slide shows and multimedia presentations.)
There are exceptions, of course. But one of the main ideas I want you to take away from today's lesson is that having Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop is usually not enough to do desktop publishing.
Class Notes: This is not simply a word-a-day course. The lessons follow a specific order in roughly the following groupings: General concepts > Things you need > Font specifics > Image specifics > Prepress & Printing > Rules & T utorials (bold indicates the stage in which this lesson fall! s)
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