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Use of ICT in Publishing
What is Desktop publishing (DTP)?
It refers to the process of using the computer to produce professional documents, also through
photo image and editing software.
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Who uses DTP?
Newspaper and Magazines
Staff who design the layouts for newspapers and magazines will use DTP to help them achieve a professional and eye-catching
design.
Book Publishers
Book covers may be created by usingimages drawn by artists and then
incorporating them with text using DTP software.
Business and Charities
They may use DTP to create leaflets, posters or flyers to advertise their business or to publicise an event.
Teachers
Teachers often use DTP software to produce worksheets or exercises for
students to use in class.
Hardware requirements
Computer Printer Scanner Digital Camera
Computer
A Very powerful computer is needed with a lot of memory and a large hard drive, because manipulating pictures on the
screen takes a lot of computing power.
Printer
Ink-jet printer is used that is capable of printing in colour.
Laser printers produce better quality, but colour laser printer are very expensive.
Scanner
A scanner is used to scan photographs and hand-drawn drawings into a document.
If there is large amount of text to input, this can also be scanned in.
Digital Camera
Digital cameras are able to take photographs that are digitised and stored
inside the camera.
Advantages of Digital Camera
There is no need for films Don’t need to have the photos developed Images transfer directly to the computer Images can be altered and sized
Features available in DTP Software
Templates Style Sheets Text Frame
Templates
The templates come with a laid out design with little, images and text already in place.
Advantages of using templates
Templates can save time Consistent style – if everyone in an
organisation uses the same template
Text Frame
Text and graphics are placed in frames. These frames can then be moved around
the document and repositioned.
Style Sheets
Style sheets are used to help make the text, headings and subheadings consistent.
It also makes it easier and quicker to apply styles to the document.