1.  Recognize and appreciate the complexities of desktop 
publishing.
2.  Demonstrate use of desktop publishing technology by 
creating and manipulating text and graphics.
3.  Demonstrate applications of desktop publishing by 
developing and designing a variety of effective publications.
4.  Integrate knowledge of components related to applications 
of desktop publishing and instruction such as composing, 
editing, word processing, and software troubleshooting.
5.  Develop, design, and format a variety of DTP formats used 
by graphic artists, designers, writers, editors, production 
artists, typesetters, or pre-press professionals.
6.  Identify common instructional approaches used for teaching 
skill-based courses, including desktop publishing.

The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; 
deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be 
necessary.

1.  Orientation to the course
2.  Design software overview
3.  Design guidelines
4.  Principles of design and tools for effective design
5.  Page assembly, importing text and graphics, drawing 
graphics, columns, keying text
6.  Arranging text and graphics, using colors and tints
7.  Using master pages, resizing objects, page numbering, 
leading, tracking, kerning
8.  Layers, frames, reverse text, rules, text flow, modifying 
controlling images 
9.  Polygon frames, text within frames, creating and editing 
styles, plug-ins, adjusting layouts, formatting, editing and 
adjusting master pages
10. Spell-checking, story editing, widows, orphans, hyphenation