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BUS 162 – Desktop Publishing II

 

Course Description:

 

Emphasizes intensive use of desktop publishing software to create publishing such as advertisements, proposals, manuals, catalogues, and newspapers.  Topics include: Advanced layout and design, style sheets and templates, advanced graphic design, printing capabilities, and practical applications.

 

Competency Areas:

Hours

 

Advanced Layout and Design

Class

2

Style Sheets and Templates

D. Lab

6

Advanced Graphic Design

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Printing Capabilities

Credit

5

Practical Applications

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite:  BUS 101, BUS 104, BUS 161

 

 

Corequisite:

 

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

ADVANCED LAYOUT AND DESIGN

5

5

0

Paragraph specification

Set tabs and indents.

 

 

 

 

Change spacing between paragraphs.

 

 

 

 

Change paragraph alignment.

 

 

 

 

Set leading for text.

 

 

 

 

Use both manual and automatic kerning.

 

 

 

Master pages

Create master pages.

 

 

 

 

Create headers.

 

 

 

 

Create footers.

 

 

 

 

Apply page numbering.

 

 

 

STYLE SHEETS AND TEMPLATES

5

5

0

Styles

Create a style.

 

 

 

 

Use default style sheets.

 

 

 

 

Edit a style.

 

 

 

 

Apply a style to selected text.

 

 

 

 

Remove a style.

 

 

 

 

Override a style.

 

 

 

Templates

Create a template.

 

 

 

 

Use default templates.

 

 

 

 

Edit a template.

 

 

 

 

Replace text in a graphic placeholder.

 

 

 

 

Replace graphic in a graphic placeholder.

 

 

 

ADVANCED GRAPHIC DESIGN

7

7

0

Captions

Create a graphic caption.

 

 

 

Bullets

Create customized bullets.

 

 

 

Drop caps

Create customized drop caps.

 

 

 

Scanner

Operate a graphics/text scanner.

 

 

 

 

Enhance graphics with image control.

 

 

 

Clipart

Use clipart illustrations to enhance publications.

 

 

 

Formats

Recognize graphic format.

 

 

 

Drop shadows

Create drop shadows.

 

 

 

Color

Define colors in DTP software.

 

 

 

 

Print color separations.

 

 

 

 

Apply spot color overlays.

 

 

 

 

Print spot color overlays.

 

 

 

PRINTING CAPABILITIES

3

3

0

Preparation

Create and print registration marks.

 

 

 

 

Create and print crop marks.

 

 

 

 

Print enlarged or reduced pages

 

 

 

Page mechanical

Prepare a camera-ready page mechanical on boards to be sent to a commercial printer for shooting.

 

 

 

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

0

40

0

Assignments

Create advertisements, proposals, manuals, catalogues, and newsletters.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books

 

Altman, R., & Altman, R. (1991).  Mastering PageMaker 4 on the IBM PC. San Francisco: Sybex.

 

Eakins, J. (1990).  Desktop Publishing using PageMaker 3.0 on the Macintosh IBM PC and PS/2.  New York: McGraw=Hill.

 

Hulume, K. (1990).  An introduction to desktop publishing.  Boston: Boyd & Fraser.

 

Kruse, B.  Desktop publishing: Producing professional publications.  Albany, NY: Delmar.

 

Larson, S. B. (1990).  Desktop publishing applications.  New York: Gregg Division, McGraw-Hill>

 

Litchy, T. (1989).  Design principles for desktop publishers.  Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.

 

Moore, L. J., & Arnston, L. (1991).  PageMaker 3.0: Concepts and applications for the Desktop Publisher IBM version. [City, State]: [Publisher].