| Units: |
2.00 |
| Prerequisite: |
None. |
| Advisory: |
BUSTEC 100.1 (Keyboarding
Skills: Beginning) and CISC 300 (Computer
Familiarization) |
| Hours: |
27 hours lecture, 27
hours laboratory |
| Description: |
This course provides
an overview of desktop publishing (DTP) and a major
desktop publishing application program. It includes
page layout skills needed to produce newsletters,
brochures, flyers, reports, and other marketing
material. Additionally, it covers importing and
placing graphics and text, using layers, master
pages, frames, creating graphics using the pen tool,
and working with color both digitally and in print. |
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Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the
student will be able to:
- develop settings and preferences to create single
and multi-page documents.
- apply the vocabulary and tools associated with
navigating the desktop publishing work area.
- define the proper use of text tools, such as
leading, tracking, and kerning.
- create and apply styles to format text.
- assemble, import, and arrange text and graphics
working with frames and layers.
- create, set up, apply, and modify master pages.
- prioritize layers, and stack, align, and distribute
frames/objects on a page.
- apply colors to objects and text.
- create graphics using the Pen tool.
- originate commonly used printed marketing documents
using desktop publishing software.
- analyze the potential for desktop publishing use in
business and organizational communications.
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