...3-dimensional space. InDesign CS5 Extensive photo editing options available in a side toolbar. Very strong typography with effects, layouts and other features. Automation, allowing a user to let the program itself to automatically do repetitive tasks. Includes many templates with more available for download from the internet. Xpress 8.0 Very strong typography options with effects, layouts, and other features. Strong photo editing options. Some templates included in the program itself with some available for download from the internet. Overall, Microsoft Publisher 2010 fits the company’s needs the most. Xpress 8.0 and Adobe InDesign can be looked upon as industry standards and are used by professionals doing desktop publishing for a living. Xpress 8.0 and Adobe InDesign CS5 are beyond the company’s needs. Ease of Use of the Three Programs Publisher 2010 Easy to use compared to the other two candidates. Can be a little intimidating to learn with its new design and layout especially coming from an old version of Publisher. Some tutorial articles and tutorial videos available on the internet. An extensive list of help items available in the program itself and in Microsoft’s website. Installation is very easy. InDesign CS5 A lot of tools and options available and intended for end-users. Many...
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...Spreadsheet; provides a wide range of built-in functions for statistical, financial, logical, database, graphics, and date and time calculations. I.e., Microsoft Excel, IBM Lotus 1-2-3, Google Spreadsheet, Apple Numbers and Sun Calc. 3) Database; stores, manipulate, and retrieve data. I.e., Microsoft Access, IBM Lotus Approach, Borland dBASE, and Sun Base. 4) Graphics; develop graphs, illustrations, and drawings. I.e., Adobe Illustrator and Adobe FreeHand. 5) Project management; plans, schedule, allocate, and control people and resources needed to complete a project according to schedule. 6) Financial management; provides income and expense tracking and reporting to monitor and plan budgets. I.e., Intuit Quicken. 7) Desktop publishing; use with personal computers and high-resolution printers to create high-quality printed output, including text and graphics, various styles of pages can be laid out; art and text files from other programs can also be integrated into published pages. I.e., Quark Xpress, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe PageMaker, Corel Ventura Publisher, and Apple Pages. Workgroup Application Software Support local and international teamwork and utilizes groupware; software that helps groups of people work together more effectively. Groupware is defined by Ernst & Young’s rules “Three Cs”. * Convenient; if it’s too hard to use, it’s not used; it should be as easy to use as the telephone. * Content; it...
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...quality control) serve as appropriate overhead cost pools for Colorscope. These are the major states in the production process. Hours are not clocked in these departments in fixed proportions. In order to effectively determine the amount of overhead in each overhead cost pool, we first allocated overhead to the cost pools(the five departments), and then allocated : Before desktop publishing became popular, Colorscope possessed a competitive advantage through its expensive proprietary computer equipment that could produce complicated print special effects. Colorscope has also been able to build strong relationships with valuable customers through the years. The company has always possessed a solid reputation for providing high quality work in its field. Another reason why Colorscope could compete with the large printers was due to the high fragmentation of the pre-press industry. This, in part, was due to the fact that most pre-press companies focused on just a few print products(e.g. catalogs, newspapers, or coupons) and had strong specialized expertise in these matters. Before the advent of desktop publishing, competition was based primarily on quality as opposed...
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...Kirndeep sanghaInformation Systems Proposal | April 29th, 2013 BIS/220 Jan Martin E-Mail: Kirndeep.sangha@gmail.com | | Table of Contents There are many Information Systems that could be beneficial to our company but I have narrowed the list to the 5 most valuable to use. They are listed below in the order that they will be discussed from most advantageous to least. * Office Automation System- This system would help us because it supports the clerical staff, lower and middle managers, and knowledege workers. Our employees would develop word processing and desktop publishing software which could help us from scheduling customers to checking our email. * Transaction Processing System- The TPS is very helpful in that it would allow us to monitor, collect, store, and process data from our basic business transactions. * Management Information System- This would help us produce reports that are summarized from transaction data from the sales we record to customers. * Supply Chain Management System- This system will help us record how the flow of our materials are transported from suppliers to factories to the customer. * Funtional Area IS- This supports the activities within a specific functional area and could be used as setting up a process for payroll. Information System | Cons | Office Automation System | Does not support Executives | Transaction Processing System | Mostly done online now, need computer knowledge necessary | Management Information System...
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...improving its features and uses, but now we’ll talk about InDesign history. InDesign is the successor of Adobe PageMaker, wich was acquired with the purchase of Aldus in the late 1994. By 1998 PageMaker had lost almost the entire professional market to the comparatively feature-rich QuarkXPress 3.3, released in 1992, and 4.0, released in 1996. Quark stated its intention to buy out Adobe and to divest the combined company of PageMaker to avoid anti-trust issues. Adobe rebuffed the offer and instead continued to work on a new page layout application. The project had been started by Aldus and was code-named "Shuksan". It was later code-named "K2" and was released as InDesign 1.0 in 1999. In 2002, InDesign was the first Mac OS X-native desktop publishing (DTP) software. In version 3 (InDesign CS) it received a boost in distribution by being bundled with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat in the Creative Suite. InDesign exports documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) and has multilingual support. It was the first DTP application to support Unicode for text processing, advanced typography with OpenType fonts, advanced transparency features, layout styles, optical margin alignment, and cross-platform scripting using JavaScript. Later versions of the software introduced new file formats. To support the new features, especially typographic, introduced with InDesign CS, both the program and its document format are not backward-compatible. Instead, InDesign CS2 has the...
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...Agbor ESTHER Question: 1A. What is Internet Environment: Answer: The Internet Environment is a Global Computer Network, a Network that links Computer Networks all over the world by satellite and telephone, connecting users with service networks such as e-mail and the World Wide Web, a computing framework- a framework which a computer, program or user operates. Question: 1B. List Five Uses of the Internet Answer: 1. The internet has enabled millions of workers around the world to telecommute - and leave their cars at home - much less carbon monoxide and other poisonous gases in the air we breathe. 2. The internet has allowed us to buy "virtual" copies of music through excellent services like Apple's iTunes. In the past couple of weeks, millions of Michael Jackon songs have been downloaded from the internet instead of being stamped onto physical Audio CDs, which get scratched, thrown in the trash and then dumped into land fills. 3. The internet has allowed us to collaborate virtually, using Digital Video Conferencing, Skype, etc eliminating the need for excessive business travel. Less cars on the road again and less airplanes in the air. 4. The internet allows us to read newspapers and other news sources like "NowPublic.com" online instead of chopping down millions of trees to print hard copies, which are trashed, burnt or buried in land fill. 5. The internet provide essential Services: Many services are now provided on the internet such as online banking...
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...been very satisfied with their work, and therefore we have resisted the trend toward using desktop publishing software. But recently I hired a new assistant who has experience doing desktop publishing and would like to continue doing this kind of work. Also, at trade show recently I saw a demonstration of your software, At My Desk. I was very impressed with the demonstration, but unfortunately I lost the brochure, so I no longer have the specific details on the software. 1. How much is the software? 2. Are there discounts for multiple copies? 3. What else can the software do? 4. What kinds of software is it compatible with? 5. Will it be compatible with our printers? 6. Can pictures be scanned into it? 7. What kind of technical support do you offer? 8. Can you do an on-site demonstration? Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me at 773 555-5555. Sincerely, Herman Bartleby Publications Director bartleby@midsize.com VERSION 2 MIDSIZE COMPANY 8025 W. Irving Park Road Chicago, IL 60647 773 555-5555 July 9, 20xx James Carter Big Software Company 816 N. Dearborn Chicago, IL 60607 Dear Mr. Carter: I saw a demonstration of At My Desk desktop publishing software at the Publishers Trade Show in Chicago...
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...Is Adobe InDesign best for DTP? What is desktop publishing and why is it important? According to www.dicitionary.com, desktop publishing is the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a microcomputer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics (Collins, 2012). In other words it’s a means of producing quality publications with computer software. In my opinion, Abode InDesign is the best program to use when completing the process of desktop publishing. Adobe InDesign allows designers to successfully create publications with ease of mind. Abilities such as various layout options, changeable workspace options and ability to export files to .SWF and .EPUB format for digital publications makes Adobe InDesign my top pick for desktop publishing. Adobe InDesign was released in 1999 as the successor of the most valued program Page Maker. The new and improved features make publication designing more fun and easier for designers worldwide. When creating any publication the first thing to determine is the media and the layout for the publication. By knowing which size and what the publication is going to apply to, the design process can be determined. With InDesign, new features like liquid design allows users to form a publication and have the ability automatically adjust content when you create an alternate layout with a different size or orientation. This saves time on reformatting the entire publication with a few simple clicks of the mouse...
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...What is desktop publishing and why is it important? According to www.dicitionary.com, desktop publishing is the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a microcomputer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics (Collins, 2012). In other words it’s a means of producing quality publications with computer software. In my opinion, Abode InDesign is the best program to use when completing the process of desktop publishing. Adobe InDesign allows designers to successfully create publications with ease of mind. Abilities such as various layout options, changeable workspace options and ability to export files to .SWF and .EPUB format for digital publications makes Adobe InDesign my top pick for desktop publishing. Adobe InDesign was released in 1999 as the successor of the most valued program Page Maker. The new and improved features make publication designing more fun and easier for designers worldwide. When creating any publication the first thing to determine is the media and the layout for the publication. By knowing which size and what the publication is going to apply to, the design process can be determined. With InDesign, new features like liquid design allows users to form a publication and have the ability automatically adjust content when you create an alternate layout with a different size or orientation. This saves time on reformatting the entire publication with a few simple clicks of the mouse. Other settings like alternate layout...
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...and social reform, as the modern magazine era was entered new categories were added at an exponential rate. Today there seems to be a magazine to cover every topic imaginable. Some of the new magazine genres are fashion, health, interior design, pets, teen life, children, parenting, adult entertainment, mechanics, military, and technology. This sub-category division of magazines is advantageous for advertisers making it easier to reach their target demographic. Copyright laws evolved alongside the rapidly expanding literary market in order to protect the published material from pirating by other publications. Newspaper is perhaps the one word most commonly referred to as a mass media, and it is the oldest form. The modern advent of desktop publishing has made the journalist's and publisher's jobs much easier. Stories can be typed into a laptop computer in the field and transferred directly to the editor via Internet or fax modem. Editing, formatting, and layout can all be done on a computer and sent to the printer with smallest additional steps. Correction, additions, deletions, and rearranging can be done...
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...Jimeno, Aldian C. BSIT 1 ScID: 19032 Microsoft Publisher * Publisher is a desktop publishing program that helps you create professional-looking publications and marketing materials. Whether you start with a blank page or choose one of hundreds of pre-designed layouts, Publisher can help you create great-looking publications in the same amount of time (or less) than you'd spend using a word-processing program such as Word. Features: * Consistent with Other Office Applications Publisher looks and works like Microsoft Word, so it's easy to get up and running quickly. * Flexible Wizards Wizards provide step-by-step instructions that guide you through setting up a publication, then allow you to make global changes to your publication at any time. * Color Schemes Publisher includes more than 60 coordinated Color Schemes that can be applied to any publication and are professionally designed to look good together. Color Schemes are also customizable so you can create your own. * AutoConvert Documents can be automatically reformated to a new size, layout or publication type with just a click of a button, retaining any changes made to the publication. * Automatic Copy Fitting Headlines, captions and text within design elements can be adjusted automatically to fit the layout. * Personal Profiles Publisher builds a personal profile for you, as you work. It includes your address, phone number, name, logo and color scheme, and is automatically...
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...Dorand Xhelili-121019 Paper Publishing vs E-Publishing History of Paper Publishing The introduction of printing created a medium for communication like no other. "Until the advent of radio it was the great means of communication". As paper became more widely available in the thirteenth century writing became more prominent. When the need to reproduce texts became greater, Gutenberg's movable type came about followed by a variety of other printing processes. By 1500 somewhere around 12,000,000 books in 35,000 editions had been printed. The world's first newspaper was published in Germany in 1609. But with such volumes suddenly being distributed, regulations were made to prohibit unrestrained publishing in 1637 when England limited the number of print shops and foundries by decrees. "In the cradle years of printing opposition came chiefly from organized calligraphers and illuminators whose livelihood was threatened. The content of manuscripts was seldom in question; most were classics or ecclesiastical writings and many were in Greek or Latin, which made them inaccessible to all but a few scholars and churchmen. But with the coming of the seventeenth century, printing was being viewed as a threat to established power, both religious and political. Though people like John Milton spoke out in favor of freedom of press and against requiring official censoring before publication of any text, governments' fear of political unrest kept even the first American...
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...Roxen Editorial Portal Roxen CMS Benefits Features Packaging What's new in 5.1 What's new in 5.0 Personal Edition Roxen WebServer Documentation Accolades Professional Services Component-based page editor Content authors can activate an edit toolbar in their web browser to edit pages directly. This editor is targeted at users who don't have knowledge of XML programming and simply want to publish text, images and documents on the web site. Easy-to-understand buttons, icons and wizards guide them through the necessary steps when creating, editing and publishing their web pages: The editor is based around a set of components, or page building blocks. Components can be paragraphs, images, links, tables and so on and they are stacked together to form the page using a point-and-click interface. When the page is saved the content is stored as an XML file, but the author never has to know about that. When viewing the page, the content gets wrapped inside the page layout template which adds site navigation links and other elements. The look of individual components is controlled by separate templates that can be modified or replaced individually. Aside from altering the component templates, developers and consultants may write their own component editors which act as plug-in modules in the toolbar environment. For example, such editors can be interfaces to custom web services, wrappers for complex database queries or other input forms. Spell checking The text editor...
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...MARKETING FOR MANAGERS (MKTG5009) TRIMESTER 3 2015 Individual buying behaviour vs Group buying behaviour ASSIGNMENT 1 ROBIN KARUMBA STUDENT ID: 18331141 WORD COUNT: 1450 EXCLUDING REFERENCE Introduction The consumer buying behaviour varies from one customer to another. (Graves 2013) states that it is difficult understanding human emotions effect on the buying decision process yet because we humans have very similar neural wiring we tend to make similar mistakes what he calls ‘mind gap’. This is what leads us to walk out of a shop believing we bought what we wanted. This study will attempt to understand behavioural difference between individuals and group consumers based on influence from various environmental factors. This raises the need for consumer behaviour analysis using a nominated product buying decision process. In this research I’ll use my past experience in the purchase of a laptop for university purpose and a large quantity of laptops for an organisation I worked for. This document this will be categorised into individual and Organisation buying decision process The Individual Analysis * Understanding the customer: influences Personal and Social To get an accurate individual analysis, it is important to understand the consumer demographics and background that influences the decision process. The Organisation * Understanding the customer: influences Buy class and product type The organisation is a multinational food and beverage industry...
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...European publication: It is a rationalistic effort to use philosophy in order to "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l.16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justify the ways of God to man" (1.26). It is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man. Because man cannot know God's purposes, he cannot complain about his position in the Great Chain of Being (ll.33-34) and must accept that "Whatever IS, is RIGHT" (l.292), a theme that would soon be satirized by Voltaire in Candide.[1] More than any other work, it popularized optimistic philosophy throughout England and the rest of Europe. Pope's Essay on Man and Moral Epistles were designed to be the parts of a system of ethics which he wanted to express in poetry. Moral Epistles have been known under various other names including Ethic Epistles and Moral Essays. On its publication, An Essay on Man met with great admiration throughout Europe. Voltaire called it "the most beautiful, the most useful, the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language". In 1756 Rousseau wrote to Voltaire admiring the poem and saying that it "softens my ills and brings me patience". Kant was fond of the poem and would recite long passages of the poem to his students [2]. However later Voltaire renounced his admiration for Pope andLeibniz's optimism and even wrote a novel, Candide, as a satire on Pope and Leibnitz's philosophy of ethics. The essay, written in heroic couplets...
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