The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book


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Explains how to create designs for awards, book jackets, invitations, self-mailers, tickets, and web projects using word processing software and a laser printer.




Desktop Publishers Idea Book


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Learn to design newsletters, catalogs, business cards, and more. Many step-by-step illustrated design recipes. Tips on working with illustrations, printers, and art sources.







The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book


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The $1,000,000 Desktop Publishing Idea Book


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In his large format, 208 page paperback Mr. Nodine makes clear the recommendations on software, hardware & training, but the emphasis of his book is, "how to create & market services & products using desktop techniques." Half of the book deals with ASSIGNMENTS. Going well beyond the typical newletters & resumes, it shows; where to find the most lucrative jobs, how to develop a printing business without a press, how to charge for products, how to structure a network of subcontractors. The second half discusses information PRODUCTS such as directories, local interest books, tourist guides, how-to-manuals, lifestyle & city magazines. It gives guidelines for developing many of these products & discusses the formula for creating a magazine's advertising rate card. The book publishing section includes examples of database & how-to products that can be compiled & marketed by those who lack literary skills. Nodine explains a multi-pronged book marketing strategy including: how to market your book with little or no ad money, how to exploit free publicity, how to market through radio & TV talk shows & how to enlist celebrity endorsements. There is a valuable resource section & appendix packed with convenient forms to copy & use. Pacific Learning Council, 251 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 391-4135.







Publisher Made Easy


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Desktop publishing software has been around for many years and is still widely used today by graphic designers, printers, advertising companies and even home users. Microsoft has one of the most widely used graphic design programs out there called Publisher and it offers some powerful tools to help create some professional looking publications. If you have some basic computer skills and a little creativity, it's not too difficult to create your own publications that you can use for your business such as brochures, flyers and business cards. You can even use it at home to make things such as birthday cards and address labels. The goal of this book is to get you up and running with Publisher and cover all the things you need to know to get you started on making professional looking publications without confusing you at the same time. It sticks with the basics yet covers a wide variety of topics to help you achieve some great results without needing to be a Publisher expert. The chapters in the book cover the following topics: Chapter 1 - What is Publisher? Chapter 2 - The Publisher Ribbon Chapter 3 - Tabs & Groups Chapter 4 - Creating a New Publication Chapter 5 - Formatting Your Publication Chapter 6 - Saving, Showing, Sharing and Exporting Your Publication Chapter 7 - Printing Your Presentation About the Author James Bernstein has been working with various companies in the IT field since 2000, managing technologies such as SAN and NAS storage, VMware, backups, Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Networking, Microsoft Office, Exchange, and more. He has obtained certifications from Microsoft, VMware, CompTIA, ShoreTel, and SNIA, and continues to strive to learn new technologies to further his knowledge on a variety of subjects. He is also the founder of the website OnlineComputerTips.com, which offers its readers valuable information on topics such as Windows, networking, hardware, software, and troubleshooting. Jim writes much of the content himself and adds new content on a regular basis. The site was started in 2005 and is still going strong today.