Explains the costs, uses, and options of desktop publishing for the business communications community. (MS)

Reviews the current state of printing software and printing hardware compatibility and capacity. Discusses the changing relationship between author and publisher resulting from the advent of desktop publishing. (LMO)

Three articles discuss new computer hardware and software options which produce professional looking documents with the use of microcomputers; evaluate several computer programs that enable microcomputer users to design, typeset, and paste up publications electronically; and describe the Hewlett-Packard and Apple personal laser printers. (MBR)

Discusses new possibilities that computers and laser printers offer instructional technologists. Includes a brief history of printed communications, a description of new technological advances referred to as "desktop publishing," and suggests the application of this technology to instructional tasks. (TW)

This color-coded teacher's guide contains curriculum materials designed to give students an awareness of various desktop publishing techniques before they determine their computer hardware and software needs. The guide contains six units, each of which includes some or all of the following basic components: objective sheet, suggested activities…

This document contains teacher and student materials for a course in graphic arts. Ten units of instruction cover the following topics: (1) orientation; (2) shop safety; (3) shop organization; (4) printing processes; (5) paper; (6) typography; (7) typesetting; (8) design principles; (9) paste-up principles and procedures; and (10) proof procedures…