Diploma In Desktop Publishing

Syllabus

Fundamentals of Computer & Desktop Publishing: Introduction to computer system, input devices and output devices, primary storage and secondary storage devices, number systems, Boolean algebra and logic unit, features of PageMaker 6.5, installing PageMaker, starting PageMaker 6.5.

Working with Photoshop: Introduction, your workspace, opening an image, image size, color mode, working with layers, adding more images, cropping, creating areas of solid colours, adding text, saving your Photoshop image.

Basics of Ms. Word, Ms. PowerPoint & Ms. Excel: Introduction of Ms Office, word wrap, page formatting, paragraph formatting, text formatting, text editing, Ms excel, data manipulation entering data, editing data, replacing cell data, deleting cell contents, copying data, power point, presentation, slides note page, handouts, creation of presentation, blank presentation.

Offset Printing Technology:  History of offset printing, advantages of offset printing, before offset printing, parts of offset printing process, type of offset presses, the inking process.

Screen Printing: High Volume Rotational Printing Processes, Screen-Printing Component, High-Speed Belt Screen-Printing Press Concept, Ink Flow in the Screen-Printing Process, Rotary Screen-Printing, Screen-Printing Press.

Digital Printing & Technology:  Printing principle and plate construction, printing presses, waterless printing inks, typical applications, waterless versus wet offset, some typical misunderstanding. History.