Graphic Design With Pagemaker

This multimedia approach to learning Pagemaker 6.5 is a must for any graphic designer, desktop publisher, or individual wishing to master the capabilities of this powerful software. When navigating through the tutorials and exercises provided in the book and CD-ROM you learn the steps needed to create professional-looking documents. Learn how to apply the features and capabilities of Pagemaker 6.5 by creating projects with detailed explanation of topics such as importing and exporting, good design and layout, typography, handling graphics and image control, defaults, templates, editing options, style sheets, palettes, and Web page creation.

Written for individuals who are new to desktop publishing, this book starts with the basics, in a step-by- step manner covering the major aspects of PageMaker as a graphic design tool. The book s self-contained Mac and Windows treatments enables readers to work efficiently in a cross-platform environment. A quick-start tutorial and shortcuts, tips, and definitions give users an advantage to learning Pagemaker 6.0.

Designers will seek out this essential guide to learning and using Aldus PageMaker 5.0 for Windows. They will benefit from lucid, step-by-step explanations that facilitate self-study; comprehensive hands-on exercises; an introduction to real-world situations and the state-of-the-art technology in today's graphic design; plus, numerous tips, shortcuts, and hints.

This comprehensive, up-to-date resource is for anyone wanting to learn about the production technology and methods for graphic design--for print, small screen, and the World Wide Web.Arranges topics logically and covers each stage in detail, from typesetting and the preparation of illustrations to prepress, printing, and finishing. Offers practical guidance and explains processes in a simple, non-technical language, making extensive use of illustrations and diagrams. Focuses on the move to computer/digital means of production for print and the explosive growth of the Internet, offering a complete guide to the net and instructions on how to write a web page with cutting-edge applications of graphic design. Profiles some of today's top designers with inspirational spreads between chapters showcasing their portfolios. Provides 'Hot Tips and Cool Tricks' problem-solving advice boxes in each chapter, and adds 55 new pictures plus 15 new artworks throughout.For graphic designers.

Before and After magazine's focus on clarity and simplicity and its insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication have won it legions of fans. If you're among them, you'll welcome the first book from B and A's founder and publisher. John McWade walks his own talk, bringing you a beautifully clear, cohesive, and elegant primer on page design. You'll learn by example how to design single-page and multi-page publications, brochures, and advertisements, applying the principles design professionals live by. You'll also learn how to choose the right font for your project, why one typeface works better than another, and lots more. Best of all, you'll discover how to think visually--transforming the images in your head into documents that communicate effectively on the page.

As the founder of the very first desktop publishing company (PageLab) and the publisher of Before and After magazine, John McWade knows graphics. He also knows business–and the depth of that knowledge comes through in every page of this handsome primer on creating effective business graphics! In these pages, a master of the medium shows you how to use today's tools to create business graphics that communicate your business's identity in a variety of forms. From creating charts, graphs, calendars, and maps to designing newsletters, creating various types of stationery, coming up with an identity, using photos to convey a message, and creating gift certificates, Yellow Pages ads, coupons, forms, and more, this elegantly designed volume shows you how to present your business to the world graphically. Best of all, you'll discover how to think visually–ensuring that your perceptions of your business are the world's perception of your business through the effective use of business graphics.

A solid seller for the last eight years, Desktop Publishing by Design offers--in this new fourth edition--a primer for using PageMaker 6 design software to create professional-quality publications. Fully covering design principles and practices using PageMaker, the guide also provides hands-on projects and a portfolio of great design ideas.

Before and After magazine's focus on clarity, simplicity, and elegance has won it legions of fans--fans who will welcome this second volume of the definitive Before and After Page Design by John McWade. Truly an icon of the graphic design community, his insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication is vividly apparent in this cohesive primer on page design and layout. And you could not hope for a better, more qualified teacher. McWade shows readers how to arrange and present information using today's powerful graphics tools. Readers will learn how to design single-page and multi-page documents, brochures, and ads; why one typeface works better than another; and much more. Best of all, they'll discover how to think visually transforming the images in their heads into something that communicates effectively on the page.

This unique guide is a graphic designer's introduction to PageMaker. The coverage of PageMaker's powerful features is simple yet complete, without the laborious essays on good design and other issues the reader learned long ago. On-disk templates are included with the book.