764 Desktop Publishing Grade 10/11/12 .5 credit
An in-depth study of Desktop Publishing. Components will focus on layout and design and how they’re used in the publishing industry. Areas of concentration will be on how to publish newspapers, yearbooks, magazines and catalogs, brochures, flyers, programs and advertisements.

Instruction will focus on Adobe InDesign v2.0 as the tool for all layout and design work. A small amount of time will be spent using Adobe PhotoShop for image manipulation and interfacing with a scanner and the use of a digital camera. PREREQUISITE: Computer Keyboarding & Structured Documents and Computer Literacy.

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• Technical Notes & Help {html}
• Syllabus: Fall Session {96kb pdf}
• Syllabus: Summer Session {pdf}
• Section I
  • System Start-Up & Basic Operations {64kb pdf}
  • System Logon {128kb pdf}
  • Section Notes {160kb pdf} Getting to Know InDesign
  • Computer Exercise #1 {64kb pdf}
  • Quiz #1 {html} Wednesday, September 7, 2005
  • Computer Exercise #2 {64kb pdf}
  • Computer Exercise #3 {1.8mb pdf}
    • InDesign File Ex_03.sit {3mb sit}
    • MS Word Document 01_a.doc {64kb doc}
  • Computer Exercise #4 {2.1mb pdf}
  • Test #1 {html} Friday, September 16, 2005
• Section II
  • Computer Exercise #5 {64kb pdf} Chapter 4: Working With Objects
  • Computer Exercise #6 {4.1mb pdf}
    • Picture file 01_b.sit {96kb sit}
  • Computer Exercise #7 {288kb pdf}
  • Computer Exercise #8 {864kb pdf}
    • Graphics for Exercise #8: Graphics.sit {128kb sit}
    • Example of Plane Hoppers Flyer {192kb pdf}
  • Quiz #2 {html}
  • Computer Exercise #9 {64kb pdf} Chapter 5: Working in Color
  • Computer Exercise #10 {736kb pdf}
    • Graphics for Exercise #10: Graphics_10.sit {32kb sit}
  • Worksheet #01 {64kb pdf}
  • Test #2 {html}
• Section III
  • Computer Exercise #11 {320kb pdf} Use What You've Learned
    • InDesign File: Beans and Beyond {352kb pdf}
    • Graphic for Exercise #11: Coffee_Cup.sit {224kb sit}
  • Computer Exercise #12 {160kb pdf} Use What You've Learned
    • InDesign File: Invitation {224kb pdf}
    • Graphic for Exercise #12: baby.sit {64kb sit}
  • Computer Exercise #13 {64kb pdf} Chapter 6: Styling Objects
  • Worksheet #02 {64kb pdf}
  • Quiz #3 {html}
  • Computer Exercise #14 {256kb pdf} Character Effects
    • InDesign File: Quiz Intro {96kb pdf}
  • Computer Exercise #15 {64kb pdf} Chapter 7: Bezier Tools
  • Test #3 {html} Wednesday, December 7, 2005
  • Section IV
  • Computer Exercise #16 {64kb pdf}Chapter 8: Imported Graphics