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Outcomes

You will learn

• the purpose and function of Desktop Publishing
• the major features of Desktop Publishing
• how Desktop Publishing are used to produce documents

Students will

• create and/or organize textual content
• create and acquire visual images appropriate to the content
• apply the elements and principles of visual design to the organization of content in a document layout
• create mock-up sketches of document layout
• apply typographic principles to the presentation of text
• use manual and software techniques to create document layouts
• produce documents complete with copy and graphic elements

Prerequisites

To be successful in this lesson, it would be helpful to know the following:

• page and document layout
• content organization
• traditional compositing process