DETAILED SYLLABUS

PREPARATORY COURSE IN DTP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINDOWS

 

1.       WINDOWS INTRODUCTION

          Operating System

 

2.       Desk top icons

          My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer, Network Neighborhood, My Documents

 

3.       Working with windows

          How to create a Folder, Copying and cutting files, Renaming

 

4.       START ICON

          Programs, Favorites, Documents, Settings, Find, Run, Shut down

 

5.       APPLICATION ICONS

 

MS WORD

 

1.          AN INTRODUCTION TO WORD

             The Word work space, Starting and quitting Word, Creating and Manipulating Various documents, Editing of proofing files, Merging documents and macros

 

2.          HOW TO USE MOUSE AND MENU

             Working with dialog box

 

3.          PRIMARY COMMANDS IN FILE MENU

             The Open Commands, The File name commands, The New commands, The Save, Save As, and Save all  commands, The Close command, The Page setup, The Print commands, The Exit commands

 

4.          EDIT MENU COMMANDS

             The Cut, Copy, and Paste commands, The Undo and Repeat commands         

 

5.          FORMAT COMMANDS

             Font commands, Paragraph commands

 

6.          OTHER MENU

             The view menu, The Insert menu, The tool menu, The table menu, The Window menu

 

PageMaker

 

1.          Introduction

             Introduction to Desk Top Publishing, Introduction to Page Maker Advantages, Using the Mouse, Components of the Page Maker Window

 

2.          Creating a new Document

             Setting the Margins, Setting the Page Size, Changing the page Orientation, Setting Page Numbers, Changing the Page Size view, Creating New Document Windows: Displaying the Rulers, Changing the Rulers, Using Rulers, Using Guidelines, Positioning Guidelines., Adding Guidelines to Master Pages.  Aligning to Guidelines, Displaying Guidelines, Locking Guidelines.  Formatting Types: Changing Font Families, Changing Font Sizes, Changing Typeface Style, Changing Character Specifications : Changing Type leading, Changing Character Widths, Changing Tracking, Changing Type Options.  Saving Your Document:  Saving a new Document, Saving an existing Document, Saving a Document as another document, Reverting to a Previously Saved Version.  Developing Paragraphs: Typing Text, Adding special Characters to Text, Aligning Text.  Formatting paragraphs:  Changing Indents, Changing the space around Paragraphs, Changing paragraph Alignment, controlling How Paragraphs Break Between Pages and Columns, Adding lines Above or Below Your Paragraphs.

 

3.          Introduction to Creating Frames

             Converting Other Objects to Frames, Threading and Unthreading Text.  Threading additional Text, Threading Text to Different Page, Unthreading Text Blocks, Rethreading Text Blocks, Making Text  Blocks Disappear Without Deleting them, Selecting and Dragging Text, Editing Deleting Text, Cut, Copying, Pasting Text, Viewing the Contents of Clipboard, Using Undo and Revert.  Inserting and Removing Pages:  Inserting and Removing Pages, Adjusting Spacing of Characters, Words, Lines : Adjusting, Spacing and Leading, Setting and changing Tabs. 

 

4.          Introduction to Auto Flow, page maker Plug-Ins, Drop Cap, Change Case, Bullets and Numbering.

 

5.          Adding Design Elements- Introduction

             Adding Graphics to your Document, Adding Lines, Changing Lines Specifications, Adding Shapes, changing Shape specifications, Changing Line and fill, Specifications together (Fill and Stroke), Changing Round Corners, Creating Drop-Shadow, Boxes, Text wrap, Changing page maker Options: Adjusting Margins, Setting and Adjusting Columns, Setting Unequal Width Columns, Creating headers and Footers, Creating Graphics in page maker, Rotating Text, Skewing and Mirroring objects with Control Palette.  Importing Graphics into page maker : Placing, Sizing, aligning Graphics, Cropping Graphics.

 

6.          Setting Up Templates

             Setting Up Master page Templates, Creating Custom Page Sizes, Creating Custom Borders, Creating a News Paper Template, Creating New master Pages, Saving an existing Page As a Master Page.  Setting UP Custom Styles: Defining Styles, Creating, Editing, Removing Styles and Copying Styles.

 

7.          Introduction to Using layers , n- Layers Palette, Moving and creating objects. Introduction to Printing- Selecting a Printer, Printing your Document, Printing Document Dialog Box Options. 

 

8.          Adding Color

             Introduction – Using Page Makers Default Color Palette, Opening Color Palette, Adding color to Text, Working with Color Graphics, Defining Custom Colors, Creating Text Screens.

 

9.          Developing Long Documents

             Introduction – Using Story Editor: Opening Story Editor, How the Story Editor names, Tories, Switching Between Story Editor and Layout Editors, Closing Story Editor and Placing the Story Editor, Differences between Story Editor and layout Editors.

 

10.        Spellings:

             Starting the speller, Correcting Misspelled Words, Correcting Duplicate Words, Adding Words to the different Dictionaries, Correcting Duplicate Words, using find Feature, Using the change Feature, Creating an Index, using page Maker Help.

 

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

 

1.          Introduction

                 Getting Stock Image, Tools, Getting Images into Photoshop, Creating New Images, Selecting Colors and Display Mode, Selecting Tools, Path, Mask, Editing, Layers, Filters

 

2.          Saving and Developing Images

             Application using Images

 

3.          Retouching a Photography

             Remove a Stain from a Photo, Remove Blemishes, Rubbing out an unwanted person, Repairing the Cracked Photography, Cloning a Pattern, Cropping an Image, Making Things Appear Small

 

4.          working with Old Photographs

             Warped Photograph, Wrinkled Photograph, Faded Photographs

 

5.          working with Fixed Media

             Multiple mode, Paintbrush to OS, Linear gradient tool

 

6.          Preparing Image for the WEB

             Creating WEB Pages with Images

9.          Plotting charts, Sizing and moving charts, Updating charts, Changing the chart type, Using chart auto format

 

10.        Creating Macros, Recording Macros, Running Macros