CA 119 Office Desktop Publishing 1

1. Define and describe desktop publishing (DTP) and its publishing system (hardware and software). 
2. Carry out the planning activities required for a successful publication.
3. Use typography vocabulary to describe successful typographic techniques. 
4. Apply industry standard basic design principles to office publications. 
5. Use basic color and graphic options appropriate for office publications. 
6. Follow copyright rules for graphics and publications. 
7. Apply desktop publishing software skills in the production of office publications. 
8. Apply principles of publication planning, designing, printers’ measurement systems, typography, and layout when producing office publications.
9. Use the methods for producing color in office publications, including spot color and tints. 
10. Explain current methods to print and finish office publications.

• Desktop Publishing Defined
• Desktop Publishing Systems
• Publication Planning
• Typography
• Principles of Layout and Design
• Copyright Rules
• Graphics and Color
• Development of Desktop Publishing Software Skills
  • Viewing, arranging, and working with palettes
  • Creating and working with layers
  • Using context menus
  • Setting up and printing publications
  • Creating and editing master pages
  • Creating, formatting, and modifying frames
  • Adding, importing, threading, placing, and editing text and images
  • Apply typographical components including fonts, type style, kerning, and tracking
  • Using and formatting frames
  • Methods of producing color
  • Printing and Finishing
  • Using graphics tools to import, link, and manage graphics
  • Creating, importing, and formatting tables
  • Colorizing, changing opacity, blending, feathering, and adjusting transparency
  • Defining, creating, and indexing books
• Production of Office Publications