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Use of ICT in Publishing
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What is Desktop publishing (DTP)?
It refers to the process of using the computer to produce professional documents, also through
photo image and editing software.
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Who uses DTP?
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Newspaper and Magazines
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Staff who design the layouts for newspapers and magazines will use DTP to help them achieve a professional and eye-catching
design.
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Book Publishers
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Book covers may be created by usingimages drawn by artists and then
incorporating them with text using DTP software.
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Business and Charities
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They may use DTP to create leaflets, posters or flyers to advertise their business or to publicise an event.
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Teachers
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Teachers often use DTP software to produce worksheets or exercises for
students to use in class.
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Hardware requirements
Computer Printer Scanner Digital Camera
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Computer
A Very powerful computer is needed with a lot of memory and a large hard drive, because manipulating pictures on the
screen takes a lot of computing power.
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Printer
Ink-jet printer is used that is capable of printing in colour.
Laser printers produce better quality, but colour laser printer are very expensive.
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Scanner
A scanner is used to scan photographs and hand-drawn drawings into a document.
If there is large amount of text to input, this can also be scanned in.
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Digital Camera
Digital cameras are able to take photographs that are digitised and stored
inside the camera.
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Advantages of Digital Camera
There is no need for films Don’t need to have the photos developed Images transfer directly to the computer Images can be altered and sized
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Features available in DTP Software
Templates Style Sheets Text Frame
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Templates
The templates come with a laid out design with little, images and text already in place.
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Advantages of using templates
Templates can save time Consistent style – if everyone in an
organisation uses the same template
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Text Frame
Text and graphics are placed in frames. These frames can then be moved around
the document and repositioned.
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Style Sheets
Style sheets are used to help make the text, headings and subheadings consistent.
It also makes it easier and quicker to apply styles to the document.
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Done By :
Moza Al-Moosa