Computer Information Science American River College
Courses

CISA 331: Intermediate Desktop Publishing

Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: CISA 330 (Desktop Publishing) with a grade of "C" or better
Advisory: BUS 100 (English for the Professional)
Hours: 27 hours lecture, 27 hours laboratory
Description: This course builds upon previous desktop publishing software concepts and study. Topics include working with effects and advanced techniques, applying styles, importing and linking graphics, tabs and tables, and working with transparency effects. It also covers producing long documents and book features, output and exporting to PDF format, and creating interactive documents for online use.

Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • assemble text using formatting styles and grids.
  • apply styles, tabs, and rules to paragraphs and long text.
  • create complicated printed documents.
  • create or import, modify, and enhance tables.
  • apply opacity, effects, color blends, and object styles to visually enhance documents.
  • create book files, table of contents, and indexes.
  • combine multiple documents into a book file.
  • export and generate an Adobe PDF file.
  • convert a print document for online use.
Certificates requiring this course: