Creating Publications
Serif PagePlus, Microsoft Office Publisher, Quark XPress
From creating eye-catching posters to advertising your company with brochures, sales flyers or newsletters, a desktop publisher is the right piece of software for you. By taking this course you'll learn the skills you need to get the most out of the software and create professional looking documents.From creating a new publication using built in templates to learning how how to add extra impact to your publications with special effects, colour, texture, and backgrounds.
While there are no hard and fast rules, there are guidelines, best practices, and tried and trusted methods that result in attractive pages that effectively communicate the intended message. Our training programme will bring you up to speed with such best practices used for desktop publishing including how to keep the design simple, leave plenty white space, use of simple fonts and avoid embedding text in graphics.
This training is designed to suit different levels of ability. So whether you'd like to learn the very basics or just develop some of the skills you already have, we can help to move you forward. Whatever you're struggling with, we can tailor our training to match the context of what you are doing so that you really get the most out of it.
| Aimed at: |
Small business owners, community group leaders, anyone who needs to make a flyer, leaflet, or newsletter. |
| Ideal Software: |
Serif PagePlus, Microsoft Office Publisher, OpenOffice, Adobe InDesign, and Quark XPress |
| Duration: |
Available in a 1/2 day face to face workshop format or full day training session. See specific dates for learning objectives |
| Prior Learning: | Delegates may have a small amount of experience with creating publictions, but basic use of a computer such as using the internet is essential. |
Delegates may also wish to consider attending the Manipulating Images workshop
