Desktop Publishing with Text Boxes

Desktop Publishing with Text Boxes

<p>It’s True! Amazing Free Training Now Available for Desktop Publishers.</p><p>Here is another example of how to use an interesting layout to make boring material enjoyable. It starts off with larger type to get the readers warmed up (maybe even offering them a summary of the excitement to follow).</p><p>Then you can move on to a few major points like:  Our group had 15% fewer cavities than theirs;  The security fencing through the Gaza Strip has not increased security;  Gaul is divided into three parts;  You can still live a normal life despite the heartbreak of psoriasis.</p><p>Then we revert back to dull, boring paragraphs, but downsize the typeface so that you will think things are moving faster than they are. Notice how we used text boxes in Microsoft Word to mimic the high- priced publisher software. The headline is contained in one text box – permitting you to position and size the headline without affecting the rest of the page. You can also take a graphic approach – wmf, gif or jpg files – to contain unusual typefaces which the average user would not have (like Cleveland Semi-Bold). PUT What did the President know We also had some fun CAPTION and when did he know it? That’s using a text HERE the question on everyone’s lips these box down the days (as faithfully recorded by right-hand Homeland Security’s hidden margin to add microphones. a ruling line This question presupposes that: and reverse- lettered tab.  The President actually knew something Then you will  The Vice-President is in an note the use of undisclosed location another text box on the You have enough duct tape and  left, which plastic sheeting bumps into the  Saddam has not escaped custody main body of the page. In this instance it is being used as an attention grabber, or a brag box, where politicians can make all kinds of unsupported claims or charges. We also took advantage of the footer below to include a magazine style page reference. We did not use a header at the top of the page, since it would clash with the elegant headline we put into that text box.</p><p>Yet Another in a Series on Desktop Publishing Another good rule in printing is to limit the number of typefaces used – sans serif for headlines, serif for body, and maybe one decorative font for attention grabbing. Bear in mind the headline is in Cooper Black (fairly common in the PC World), the majority of this page was set in good, old Times New Roman, and the footer and tab were set in abundant Arial. We also used the drawing tool to draw a few lines. No big deal. </p><p>Yet Another in a Series on Desktop Publishing</p>

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