Desktop Publishing

A product label provides the ingredients and nutritional information of a product, but its key function is to be visually appealing and informative enough to draw attention to the item itself and...

When you create signs, you have to keep people who have vision problems in mind. Your potential customers and supporters won't always have their glasses on when they come across your sign. There...

When publishing a newspaper, you want a logo for your newspaper that has a good balance of artistic merit and professional presentation. Newspaper logos tend to rely primarily on the name of the...

Font effects in Microsoft Word are located within the Font dialog box under the "Home" tab. Make text appear embossed, engraved or outlined in Microsoft Word with help from a computer applications...

In Microsoft Word 2007, use superscripts by highlighting the desired text and clicking on the superscripts icon on the "Home" tab. Change font formatting in a Word document with help from a...

We use labels for everything. There are mailing labels, CD labels, and labels for jars. Labels are necessary for providing essential information such as addresses, song titles, or the ingredients...

A business card is typically the first introduction of your business to prospective clients, so don't take its design lightly. Here are some tips and strategies to ensure you make a business card...

Newspapers should include trustworthy news/events that grab our attention. The information should be resourceful and to the point, with clear headings, columns and easy to follow formatting....

Presenting someone with a personalized certificate is a meaningful way to acknowledge success. Fortunately, creating and printing your own certificate is fairly easy. By using Microsoft Word, you...

Wingdings is a font type created originally by Microsoft that is composed of mostly random small images. Most fonts use the standard English alphabet and numbers in a variety of different styles....

Learn how to change the font size of any document using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint in just a few clicks of the mouse.

Using words as art will add interest to your documents and draw attention to specific areas of the document. Add them to advertising, resumes and newsletters. Use designer words to create signs...

Business cards remain one of the most cost-effective methods of spreading the word about your business. A business card, if well designed, gives potential customers enough information about your...

Newsletters are used to disseminate information because the format is ideal for presenting information in a streamlined style. Companies create newsletters for their employees, small presses often...

Microsoft Publisher is an application that allows users to design and publish various print materials, including newspapers. It offers a variety of templates and user-friendly design tools that...

QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing and layout program developed and released by the Quark company and used on the Mac operating system. Occasionally, Quark users may encounter a relatively common...

When you see the perfect font for a project on a billboard or in a magazine, for example, you may want to find it online to buy or download. That may prove difficult, however, if you don’t know...

A well-designed business card provides prospective customers and clients with a handy way to get in touch with you. It's also your introduction to prospective customers and can help them remember...

Sometimes you need to insert a special character into your document that doesn't appear on your keyboard. (By special characters I mean © for copyright, ¢ for cents, etc.) Windows...

No need to do a mail merge with a huge spreadsheet. Apple’s Address Book can make labels in no time flat. You can select all the addresses or just a group to print. Address Book allows you to...

Fliers can attract people to events, get them excited about them, make them want to come and see what it's all about. The more professional a flier looks, the more people will be attracted to it....

A one-page flier can be a quick runoff, or it can be designed to look professional. Using Photoshop, you can do either. The better looking the flier is, the more it will get noticed. Photoshop...

Using Microsoft PowerPoint to create certificates, you can change names and dates without accidentally changing the layout. Once the layout is complete the file can be given to coworkers or...

Microsoft Publisher enables the user to create a variety of professional documents using simple templates with a wide range of designs. However, you can also create customized templates. The...

Are you a small business owner or freelance worker? Whether you work from home or own a small shop, marketing materials help “brand” you and promote your endeavor. Pamphlets and...

Microsoft Publisher allows you to design a certificate for any situation. The many templates available let you customize a certificate for official use or as a simple reward to a co-worker or...

You can edit and change the look of any drop caps in your Microsoft Publisher 2007 documents. Use this process to edit a custom or pre-formatted drop cap until this decorative character achieves...

Flyers can be used for a myriad of reasons in business. Use them to call attention to the business when it is new or when it is running a special. Use flyers to draw attention to an event or a...

Want to spruce up your letters or cards and add a personal touch? Try printing a photo or clipart pictures on your envelope.

Do you like to write letters the old fashioned way with paper and pen? Do you send greeting cards for special occassions? You can add a special touch using your computer and printer.

Sometimes it's necessary to modify the font of a text in a PDF file during a final proofreading. The TouchUp text tool is a feature that allows you to make changes line by line regarding the size,...

Fonts are cool, but sometimes you want to edit them directly as objects. Luckily Adobe Illustrator lets you take a font and make it into an editable object. This guide will get you started.

Styles are a set of formatting rules that can be applied to selected text all at once. You can easily create a style in Microsoft Publisher 2007 so you can use it later to apply the formatting...

You can format your text as you type or format it afterward. You can also format a document that is already done and even a saved one.

DiscLabel is a computer program for MAC OS X that creates labels and packaging for CD and DVD discs. You can make a label using the images and tools already included in the software....

To add contrast or unity to a document, you can change the text font and size in Adobe InDesign. You may want the body of your text to be one typeface and size but change photo captions or pull...

WordArt is a fun tool to use in many Microsoft Office applications. You can choose from one of the many standard WordArt shapes and layouts in the WordArt gallery. You can also alter selections by...

When you use eBook Pro to make an eBook you are stuck with the settings you have created it in and your options are very limited. Ebook Edit Pro is an additional software program that provides you...

Letterhead gives your letters a professional look. This is particularly important for a company. Letterhead introduces you to people and gives them an image of you. Computers make it easy to...

If you need to make address labels then Pagemaker is a convenient program to use. You can use a label template that fits the size of your address labels. You can design them as desired, customize...

A Christmas card that you have created yourself is a lot more meaningful than store-bought. You can put pictures on the front that are special to you and your family. You can also truly express...

Certificates are used for many occasions. A business promotion can utilize a certificate for a product's special offer then mail or hand it out to customers. Organizational achievement awards are...

HTML, or Hypertext Mark-up Language, has been around for years and is the basis for most web programming. Although other languages are being added to supplement, and in some cases take over, HTML...

You can use QuarkXPress 3.3 and 4.0 to create fancy drop caps in your documents to jazz up the layout just like magazines do. Windows instructions may vary slightly.