Name: _____________________________________________ Steps and procedures when using Desktop Publishing

Grade & Section: ____________________________________ Software

Quarter 3 – Week 1
Desktop publishing software doesn’t work in the same way as
Objectives: word processing software. It is different from graphics software.
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to: From setting up a basic document to complicated arrangements
• Explain the basic concept and features of Desktop of text and graphics you learn how to use desktop publishing
Publishing. software by following this step-by-step plan.
• Use Desktop Publishing Software such as Microsoft
MS Publisher, Indesign, Adobe Page Maker, Corel Step 1 applies to anyone who is new to using page layout
Draw, etc. programs. Steps 2 and 8 apply to everyone. Pick and choose
• Create designs using Desktop Publishing from among steps 3 to 7 to find the learning techniques that
work for you.
LESSON 1: DESKTOP PUBLISHING AND THE MS
PUBLISHER SOFTWARE 1. Have a plan, make a sketch
2. Choose a template
I 3. Up your document
4. Place text in your document
Desktop publishing is the process of using the computer and 5. Format your text
specific types of software to combine text and graphics to 6. Place graphics in your document
produce documents such as newsletters, brochures, books, 7. Tweak your graphics placement
Web pages and many other printed documents. 8. Apply the rules of desktop publishing
9. Print a draft and proofread it
Things to Do with Desktop Publishing 10.Print your project.
Desktop publishing is or can be:
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• Designing print communications such as brochures,
flyers, ads and posters Learning Task 1: Test Your Knowledge!
• designing print communications such as catalogues, Direction: Answer the following questions to test your
directories and annual reports knowledge on Desktop Publishing.
• designing logos, business cards, and letterhead
• designing and publishing newsletters, magazines, and 1. What is Desktop Publishing?
newspapers __________________________________________________
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• designing books and booklets
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• converting print communications to formats including
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Web and smart devices such as tablets and phones
• creating resumes and business forms (including 2. As a budding/new layout artist, a client asks you to design a
invoices, inventory sheets, memos and labels) flyer/event program/business card/report cover for his online
marketing business. How are you going to satisfy his need?
• self-publishing (books, newsletters, ebooks, etc.)
Enumerate your ideas:
• designing and publishing blogs and Web sites
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• designing slide shows, presentations and printing __________________________________________________
handouts. __________________________________________________
• creating and printing greeting cards, banners, __________________________________________________
postcards, candy wrappers, and iron-on transfers
• making digital scrapbooks and print or digital photo 3. What computer application/software are you going to use?
albums __________________________________________________
• creating decorative labels, envelopes, trading cards, __________________________________________________
calendars, and charts __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
• designing packaging for retail merchandise from
wrappers for bars of soap to software boxes 4. What are the different kinds of documents that you can
• designing store signs, highway signs and billboards produce to display your ideas and information using Desktop
• taking work designed by others and putting into the Publishing?
correct format for digital or offset printing or for __________________________________________________
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publishing online
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Learning Task 2: Picture Analysis!
Quarter 3 – Week 2
Direction: Study the pictures below and answer the following
questions. Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
• Explain the basic concept and features of Desktop
Publishing.
• Use Desktop Publishing Software such as Microsoft
Publisher, Indesign, Adobe Page Maker, Corel Draw,
etc.
• Create designs using Desktop Publishing

1. Describe what is in the picture.

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2. Is it necessary to know how MS Publisher works?
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3. In your own idea, how can MS Publisher be helpful for you?
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Learning Task 3: Let’s Do It!
Direction: Perform the Indicated steps and explore the Desktop
Publishing software to familiarize yourself with the different tools
to be used in doing creative designs. After performing a task,
Write your important learnings from this module.
Do the following to test your understanding in MS
Publisher:
1. Open Publisher on your computer. A new blank publication
will be created. (You'll need to exit Backstage view to view it.)
2. Click through all of the tabs and notice how the Ribbon
options change.
3. Try turning on and off various viewing tools.
4. Add a green guide.
5. Return to Backstage view to view your publication info.
6. Close Publisher without saving the publication.
 • To access and choose viewing tools, select the View tab
and locate the Show group. Click the checkboxes of the various
view options to turn them on and off

Publication viewing tools

• Rulers You can use the rulers to the left and top of your
publication to help you line up text, images and other objects
and get a clearer idea of exactly where those objects will appear
on the printed page. When you select an object in your
publication, a white space will appear on the rulers to show the
object's location.

Baselines
Baselines are evenly-spaced horizontal lines that you can use
to line up text. You'll learn about automatically aligning text to
your baselines in the Working with Text lesson.

The Page Navigation pane

allows you to view and work with
the pages in your publication. You
can add, delete, rearrange, and
duplicate pages in the Page
Navigation pane. You can also
Boundaries
organize your pages into
Boundaries are dark blue dashed borders that appear around
Sections.
your objects. Viewing object boundaries can be useful when you
are aligning objects or wrapping text.
Figure 5-Page Navigation

The Ribbon contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of

commands. Some tabs, like "Text Box Tools" or "Picture Tools,"
may appear only when you are working with certain items like
text boxes or images.

Guides
Guides are thin lines that help you align various objects. There
are two types of guides: Margin guides, which are blue lines that
mark the edges, or margins, of the printable area on each page
of your publication. Margin guides are automatically created
when you set your page margins.

Viewing Tools
Publisher offers a group of viewing tools to help you control
the layout of your text, images and objects on the page. These
viewing tools are for your editing purposes only.
Customizable guides, which are green lines that you can add When all settings are chosen, click the Create button to create
anywhere in your publication. the publication.
If the default setting fits the needs for a publication, just double
click on the type of publication

Backstage View
In Publisher 2010, options for saving, printing and
creating publications are all located in Backstage view. It is
similar to the Office Button Menu from Publisher 2007 or the File
Menu from earlier versions of Publisher. However, unlike those
menus, it is a full-page view, which makes it easier to work with.
Figure 13: Creating Vertical Guide
• To access Backstage view, click the File tab.

The Task Pane

The right task pane shows a larger thumbnail of the selected
design and any available settings which can be changed.
Make changes in the color scheme, font scheme, business
information, page size, layout, etc.
Some publication types do not allow for editing of some of the
options. In this case, they will be grayed out.
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Learning Task 1: What’s New?
Direction: Read the statements carefully. Write your answer on
the space provided before each number.
____________1. This tool is the process of using the computer
and specific types of software to combine text and graphics to
produce documents such as newsletters, brochures, books,
Web pages and many other printed documents.
____________2. It contains many parts that work together to
make creating documents easier.
____________3. This tool allows you to view and work with the
pages in your publication.
____________4. These tools are thin lines that help you align
various objects.
____________5. These tools contain multiple tabs, each with
several groups of commands.
____________6. It helps you line up text, images and other
objects and get a clearer idea of exactly where those objects will
appear on the printed page.
____________7. These tools are evenly-spaced horizontal lines
that you can use to line up text.
____________8. These tools are dark blue dashed borders that
appear around your objects.
____________9. These tools are green lines that you can add
anywhere in your publication.
____________10. It shows a larger thumbnail of the selected
design and any available settings which can be changed.

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Learning Task 2: Pictorial Report!
Direction: Make a pictorial report with illustration showing the
basic parts and functions of MS Publisher. Apply all the
knowledge that you have learned from this module.

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Learning Task 3: Reflective Journal!
Direction: In long bond paper, Write a Reflective Journal based
on your understanding from the lesson.