Desktop publishing Books

Book SynopsisNigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and software trainer based in Sussex, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (Adobe Press), a regular speaker at Adobe MAX, and has recorded many courses for the popular online training library LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com). His website is www.nigelfrench.com.   Hugh D'Andrade is an award-winning illustrator and designer based in Oakland, California. He is Creative Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and has taught at the California College of Arts & Crafts, as well as the San Francisco Art Institute. His website is www.hughillustration.com. Table of Contents 1 Pastiche 2 Short Text 3 Longer Text 4 Typographic Portraits 5 Type as Image Index of Typefaces

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Book SynopsisNiels Floor is a pioneer in the field of learning experience design (LXD). He created the Learning Experience Canvas (lxcanvas.com), initiated the LXDCON conferences, and founded LXD.org. Floor owns Shapers, an international LX design and training agency and has delivered talks, workshops, and training around the world.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The power of experience Chapter 2 Why learning experience design matters Nine rules of learning experience design Chapter 3 What is learning experience design? Chapter 4 Experiential learning Chapter 5 How to design a learning experience Chapter 6 The Learning Experience Canvas Chapter 7 Design tools Chapter 8 Case studies Chapter 9 What's next?

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Book SynopsisThe authors are all long-standing and respected members of the information development community at IBM. Although the authors have served in various roles throughout their careers, information quality has always been and continues to be their primary focus.   Michelle Carey is an information architect and technical editor at IBM and has taught technical communication at University of California Santa Cruz Extension. Michelle is the co-author of the book DITA Best Practices: A Roadmap for Writing, Editing, and Architecting in DITA. She is an expert on topic-based information systems, software product error messages, grammar, embedded assistance for user interfaces, and writing for international audiences. She also writes computational linguistic rules for a grammar, style, and terminology management tool. Michelle enjoys teaching, grammar, herding cats, and riding and driving anything with a lot oTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the authors Part 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Technical information continues to evolve Embedded assistance Progressive disclosure of information The technical writer’s role today Redefining quality technical information Chapter 2. Developing quality technical information Preparing to write: understanding users, goals, and product tasks Writing and rewriting Reviewing, testing, and evaluating technical information Part 2. Easy to use Chapter 3. Task orientation Write for the intended audience Present information from the users’ point of view Focus on users’ goals Identify tasks that support users’ goals Write user-oriented task topics, not function-oriented task topics Avoid an unnecessary focus on product features Indicate a practical reason for information Provide clear, step-by-step instructions Make each step a clear action for users to take Group steps for usability Clearly identify steps that are optional or conditional Task orientation checklist Chapter 4. Accuracy Research before you write Verify information that you write Maintain information currency Keep up with technical changes Avoid writing information that will become outdated Maintain consistency in all information about a subject Reuse information when possible

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Book Synopsisxtine burrough is a hybrid artist and educator. She is the editor of Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design and co-author of Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design with Adobe Creative Suite. She uses remix as a strategy for engaging networked audiences in critical participation. A Professor and Area Head of Design + Creative Practice in the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication at The University of Texas at Dallas, burrough is the Creative Director of LabSynthE, a laboratory for synthetic and electronic poetry.Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Are the Foundations of Digital Art and Design? Section 1: Bits, Pixels, Vectors, and Design 1. The Dot, the Path and the Pixel 2. Drawing Expressive Lines 3. Modify Basic Shapes Section 2: Digital Photography 4. Creating and Organizing Digital Photographs 5. Resolution and Value 6. Color Models Section 3: Digital Manipulation and Fair Use 7. Repairs and Hoaxes 8. Select, Copy, Paste, Collage 9. Prototyping Experiences for Mobile Audiences Section 4: Typography 10. Type and Image 11. The Grid 12. Continuity Coda: Revision Practices Bonus Section available in digital books and online from Peachpit.com Section 5: Effective Work Habits 13. Automation 14. Pagination and Printing

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Book SynopsisA self-employed graphic designer from Northern Ireland, David Airey writes three of the most popular graphic design blogs on the Internet: DavidAirey.com, LogoDesignLove.com, and IdentityDesigned.com. David's blogs have attracted hundreds of thousands of loyal fans who read and are inspired by his writing every day. Airey is also the author of Work for Money, Design for Love.Table of Contents Introduction Part I: The importance of brand identity Chapter one. We’re surrounded Chapter two. It’s the stories we tell Chapter three. Elements of iconic design Part II: The process of design Chapter four. Laying the groundwork Chapter five. Skirting the hazards of a redesign Chapter six. Pricing design Chapter seven. From pencil to PDF Chapter eight. The art of the conversation Part III: Moving forward Chapter nine. Staying motivated Chapter ten. Your questions answered Chapter eleven. 31 practical logo design tips Chapter twelve. Beyond the logo

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Book SynopsisMichael Janda has been in most positions on the graphic design world org chart over his 16-year career. He has served as production artist, designer, freelancer, and creative director (including a few years as senior creative director over two of Fox's Internet divisions). Since 2002, Janda has owned and operated his own agency, Riser, which boasts such high-profile clients as NBC, ABC, Fox, Google, National Geographic, Warner Bros., and Disney.Trade Review"The straightforward and funny advice in Janda's book is what most people learn only after toiling in the corporate trenches for years. (Um, how dare he share ALL our secrets?!) I hope he's charging at least a year's worth of school tuition for this book. Seriously, take copious notes on the practical suggestions offered here to help steer your own career, whether it's your first job or your 15th freelance gig. The drama-free work approach and leadership style outlined in Burn Your Portfolio is what makes working with him and all the folks at his company, Riser, FUN and worthy of the cupcakes we send to celebrate each of our successes together." -Michelle SullivanVP Digital, Kids & Family Publishing and Media, National Geographic (aka 800 pound Gorilla Client) "This book should be a mandatory course at art schools...no, at all schools! The message transcends occupation; it's about maneuvering through the unspoken rules and dynamics of various personalities in your workplace. Mike is a perfect person to deliver this message; his long-term relationships and success of his business are the true testimony of his skills on managing up, down, and sideways. Your talent alone will take you nowhere if your character doesn't support it. If you want longevity in your field, this book is a must-read."-Jane BhangConsulting Art Director, Sony Pictures Entertainment "I wish I could take every designer I've ever worked with and smack them over the head with this book...which would hurt, because it's big! After that, I'd tell them to read it cover to cover, because Michael Janda will show them how to stop making the business mistakes nearly everyone in design is making."-Dave CrenshawAuthor of The Myth of Multitasking and The Focused Business "Do you want to supercharge your design career? Drop that Wacom pen and immediately pick up Burn Your Portfolio, and read it cover to cover. Michael Janda clearly outlines practical, actionable advice that will make your design business better, your clients happier, and your teams more productive. Even if you're a freelancer just striking out on your own-no, especially if you are-the insights, truisms, and humor in this book will prove to be valuable tools in your design arsenal."-Marc SirySVP, Media Products, NBC Universal "I've worked with Michael and Riser for many years, and the thing that differentiates Michael and his team from other agencies is their ability to speak my language versus design speak! Michael and his company Riser are not only super-creative, they are total professionals. Communication is a big reason why Michael and his team are so successful at what they do. They are good at not only listening to a client who is not a designer and is trying to convey the details of a project, but also on working with the client to get the job done well, on time, and also on budget. I can't think of a better person to give advice to designers who need to work with clients in the real world."-Melissa Van MeterVP, Marketing & Advertising, TV Guide NetworkTable of ContentsSECTION 1: Human Engineering1) The Big Fat Secret2) The Extra Mile3) Soak Up Advice4) You Are Not Your Work5) Be Nice to Everyone6) Drama Is for Soap Operas7) No More Flying Solo8) Gripes Go Up9) The Stress Bucket10) Two Types of Grandpas11) Be a Wall Painter12) Every Position Can Be Electrifying13) Lead or Be Led14) Half the Victory15) The Value of Downtime16) I'm Not a Writer17) Toot Your Own Horn18) Don't Work in a Vacuum19) The Graphic Design Megazord20) Live as a Team, Die as a Team21) Everyone Does Something Better Than You22) You Are Responsible for Your Own TimeSECTION 2: Art Smarts23) OCD Is an Attribute24) Polishing Turds25) Hairy Moles26) This Is Not Verbatimville27) Shock and Awe28) Art Is Meant to Be Framed29) It Is Never Too Late for a Better Idea30) Filler Failures31) A River Runs Through It32) Comps or Comprehensive?33) Design Like the Wind34) Type Fast35) How to Eat an Elephant36) The Venus Initiative37) Process-a-Palooza38) Hiking Your Way to Successful Projects39) Solving End-of-Day Rush40) Why Projects Blow Up41) The Lo-Fi PDA42) Bring Out Your Dead43) Shake the Bushes or Get Bit44) Red Flags and Extinguishers45) Brainstorms Are 90 Percent Bad Ideas46) The Communal BrainSECTION 3: Two Ears, One Mouth47) The Ultimate Email Formula48) Beware the Red Dot49) Email Black Holes50) Even the Lone Ranger Had Tonto51) Canned Communication52) Tin Can Phones53) Vicious Vernacular54) An Army of Support55) Friendly Updates 56) Deadline Ballet 57) Big Brother 58) The Domino Effect 59) Avoid the W.W.W. 60) Be Afraid to Click 'Send' 61) The Tragedy of Time ZonesSECTION 4: Happy Head Honchos62) Designers Are from Mars, Clients Are from Venus63) Let Your Client Leave Their Mark64) 'Forgiveness' Points65) Let Your Client Be the 800-Pound Gorilla66) Do Your Genealogy67) Never Give Your Client Homework68) Assume That People Are Clueless69) Long-Term Relationship Value vs. Single Transaction Profit70) Oddities at the Start Mean Oddities at the End71) Don't Be the Desperate Girlfriend72) Stand in Manure, Smell Like Manure73) Never Fire a Client?74) 'We Decided to Go Another Direction' Means 'You Suck'75) There Are Such Things as Stupid Questions76) You Can't Get Mad at Math77) You Have 65 Seconds to Land a Job78) How to Ask for a Raise Without Asking for a Raise SECTION 5: Mind Your Business79) Do What You Love; the Money Will Follow80) A Business That Looks Orderly81) Making Cents of It All82) How to Calculate a Burn Rate83) The Fixed-Bid Pricing Dartboard84) Beware of Line-Item Pricing85) 'No Charge' Doesn't Mean 'Free'86) How to Flush Out a Budget87) Twenty-Piece Chicken McNuggets88) Nonprofits for Non-Profit89) The Code of Fair Practice90) Contractual Mumbo Jumbo91) 'Etcetera' Has No Business in Your Business92) You Don't Have to Sign Off on This93) B.A.M. Lists94) One Line That Changed Everything about Collections95) A Business Is an Organism That Wants to Die96) If I've Got a Dollar, You've Got a Dollar, but No Partners 97) If You Want to Win the Game, You Have to Know the Score98) There Is No Such Thing as a 'Meet and Greet'99) How to Make a Capabilities Presentation100) Floods Happen101) Flexibility, Not Freedom102) Never Do Undocumented Work103) Next Worry Date104) Nickels and Dimes Are for Lemonade Stands105) Only Terrorists Like Hostage Situations106) Oh Where, Oh Where Has My $100k Gone? Oh Where, Oh Where Can It Be?107) Don't Do Anything You Can Pay Someone $10 Per Hour to Do108) 'Skin in the Game' Usually Means 'Free'109) Three-Month 'Lifetime' Guarantee110) 'Being Your Own Boss' Whatever That Means111) How to Bite the Bullet

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Book SynopsisWritten by an expert on Adobe software training for some of the largest and most prestigious magazine, book and newspaper publishers in the world, InDesign in easy steps, 3rd edition is ideal for anyone wanting to get started with InDesign basics and become a competent and confident InDesign user. You'll master the fundamentals and then progress to exploit the full creative potential of this powerful tool. In easy steps, you'll learn:The InDesign environment and creating pages.Entering, editing and formatting text. Adding images and graphic frames. Arranging objects, layers and groups. Working with color creatively. Using tables and tabs to present data clearly. Printing and exporting for e-publishing. Packed with clever tips throughout, you'll soon be creating professional documents, stunning brochures, creative publications, and more! For Windows and Mac users.

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Book SynopsisEine genaue Abstimmung zwischen IT-Systemen, Softwareentwicklung und Unternehmenserfordernissen ist ein wichtiger Wettbewerbsvorteil für ein Unternehmen. Für die Optimierung von IT im Unternehmen werden Methoden des IT-Alignments eingesetzt. In diesem Buch werden die unterschiedlichen Ebenen des Alignments erläutert und die strategische, architektonische, strukturelle und temporale Synchronisation von IT und Unternehmen dargestellt. Besondere Beachtung findet dabei die Messbarkeit des Grades der Ausrichtung von Unternehmen, IT-Architektur und Entwicklungsprozessen. Table of ContentsBetriebswirtschaftliche Größen.- Kognitives Alignment.- Architektur.- Architektonisches Alignment.- Strategisches Alignment.- Organisationsevolution.- Softwareevolution.- COTS-Software.- Temporales Alignment.- Systemisches Alignment.- Alignmentevolution.

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Book SynopsisKelly Kordes Anton has written and edited dozens of books and training resources on publishing technologies and InDesign, including six previous editions of the Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book. She is a Communications Specialist for MillerCoors, based at the Golden Brewery, home of the famed Coors Banquet. Kelly lives in Littleton, Colorado.   Tina DeJarld has worked on the front lines of taking designs from the computer screen to real-world production since before InDesign 1.0. As both a prepress master and production designer building files that will work correctly, she has handled thousands of large and complex projects, becoming an expert on InDesign best practices and techniques.  Table of ContentsGetting Started 1 Introducing the Workspace 2 Getting to Know InDesign 3 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages 4 Working with Objects 5 Flowing Text 6 Editing Text 7 Working with Typography 8 Working with Color 9 Working with Styles 10 Importing and Modifying Graphics 11 Creating Tables 12 Working with Transparency 13 Printing and Exporting 14 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields 15 Creating a fixed-Layout epub

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Book SynopsisA tutorial on the most popular text processing system used in the academic community. It explains formatting fundamentals and the more complex techniques for typesetting mathematical formulas. The text is suitable for people with no previous LATEX experience.Trade Review"...The book is nicely presented, with a useful set of goals at the beginning of each chapter. A good and comprehensive start towards creating a new and important sub-discipline...", , , Times Higher Educational Supplement, 17th September 1999 #"Full review: It does not need me to tell you that we are currently experiencing an explosion of information in an ever increasing number of formats - CD ROM, the Web, online databases and archives come immediately to mind. Moreover this information is found increasingly in a wide variety of different formats - not only text, but still an moving images, sound files and data held in spreadsheets. Hypermedia and the Web is a book which takes on the challenge of considering how to develop hypermedia processes based on sound engineering principles. Interactive information is approached as a structure that requires management, quantification and documentation. The authors describe the goal of the book as one of being a resource that can be used to improve the development of hypermedia data, to engender an awareness that successful development of hypermedia data requires a disciplined approach, and to demonstrate the possible future of this particular field over the next five years. It is divided into three parts. T he first - Hypermedia development fundamentals - gives a definition of hypermedia, describes how it can be modelled and engineered, and discusses how to obtain a quality product and process. The second section covers the development process, methods and techniques. The final section is devoted to research developments, such as research projects, Matilda, Microcosm (an open media system), the Amsterdam Hypermedia Model and Relationship Management Methodology for example. The intended readership of Hypermedia and the Web is anyone involved in the development of hypermedia products, be they application developers, application analysts, Web developers, and content and information experts. Both theoretical concerns and practical issues are dealt with, so it will appeal to anyone with an interest in either aspect. The book is not, however for the faint of heart nor for those with just a passing interest in the subject. It goes into considerable detail and makes valuable use of graphics in order to provide clarity w hen the going gets tough. Having said that, the reader is still faced with a densely packed book full of theory and practical analysis and, although it is written in a friendly and approachable style, it's not exactly the type of book you'd want to read on the beach. This shouldn't be seen as a criticism, since that isn't an intention of the author of course. Nevertheless it is a book that requires considerable concentration in order to get the most out of it. On the other hand, once you can get involved in the book the authors carry you along at a fair pace and make few assumptions, explaining in detail as they go and bringing in examples as needed to illustrate particular points. Indeed, they point out that a technical background is not necessary. I have my doubts as to whether or not Hypermedia and the Web would appeal to the majority of information professionals in their day-to-day work. However, if you have an active interest in the development of hypermedia and really want to get to grips with the subje ct you could do no better than get a hold of a copy. Furthermore, it should be within easy reaching distance of anyone who is producing anything other than the very basic Web pages or databases, and really should be a must in the personal library of anyone seriously developing databases and Websites which combine a variety of types of information in different formats.", Phil Bradley, Internet Consultant, Trainer, Web Designer & Author, #Table of ContentsWhy Use It? Getting Started. Fancy Prose. List-Like Environments. Boxes and Tables. Making Bibliographies. Making Indexes Standard Document Classes. Basic Mathematical Formatting. More Mathematical Formatting. Introducing AMS-LATEX. Simple Diagrams Mathematical Symbols. Useful Notions. Glossary. When Things Go Wrong Differences. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers all aspects of computer document preparation text processing and printing. This volume contains contributions from several established leaders in the field, and a number of research articles referred by an international programme committee.Table of ContentsContents; Preface; 1. The design of Lucida®: an integrated family of types for electronic literacy C. Bigelow and K. Holmes; 2. Tabular typography R. J. Beach; 3. A simple mechanism for authorship of dynamic documents P. J. Brown; 4. VORTEXT: VictORias TEXT reading and authoring system V. A. Burrill; 5. An approach to the design of a page description language D. J. Harris; 6. Intelligent matching and retrieval for electronic document manipulation E. J. Yannakoudakis; 7. A disciplined text environment R. Hamlet; 8. Semantic guided editing: a case study on genetic manipulations M. Nanard, J. Nanard, J. Sallantin and J. Haiech; 9. Trends and standards in document representation V. Joloboff; 10. Textmaster - document filing and retrieval using ODA M. H. Kay; 11. Combining interactive document editing with batch document formatting D. D. Cowan and G. de V. Smit; 12. Formatting structure documents: batch versus interactive? G. Coray, R. Ingold and C. Vanoirbeek; 13. Advanced catalogue production at unipart B. Gowan; 14. Legibility of digital type-fonts and comprehension in reading C. Y. Suen and M. K. Komoda; 15. An overview of the W document preparation system P. R. King; 16. Grif: an interactive system for structured document manipulation V. Quint and I. Vatton; 17. Procedural page description languages B. K. Reid; 18. A strategy for compressed storage and retrieval of documents P. Goyal and V. Kotamarti; 19. CONCEPT BROWSER: a system for interactive creation of dynamic documentation U. Corda and G. Facchetti; 20. An integrated, but not exact-representation, editor/formatter R. Furuta; 21. An annotated bibliography on document processing J. C. van Vliet and J. B. Warmer; Systems used.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers all aspects of computer document preparation text processing and printing. This volume contains contributions from several established leaders in the field, and a number of research articles referred by an international programme committee.Table of ContentsContents; Preface; 1. The design of Lucida®: an integrated family of types for electronic literacy C. Bigelow and K. Holmes; 2. Tabular typography R. J. Beach; 3. A simple mechanism for authorship of dynamic documents P. J. Brown; 4. VORTEXT: VictORias TEXT reading and authoring system V. A. Burrill; 5. An approach to the design of a page description language D. J. Harris; 6. Intelligent matching and retrieval for electronic document manipulation E. J. Yannakoudakis; 7. A disciplined text environment R. Hamlet; 8. Semantic guided editing: a case study on genetic manipulations M. Nanard, J. Nanard, J. Sallantin and J. Haiech; 9. Trends and standards in document representation V. Joloboff; 10. Textmaster - document filing and retrieval using ODA M. H. Kay; 11. Combining interactive document editing with batch document formatting D. D. Cowan and G. de V. Smit; 12. Formatting structure documents: batch versus interactive? G. Coray, R. Ingold and C. Vanoirbeek; 13. Advanced catalogue production at unipart B. Gowan; 14. Legibility of digital type-fonts and comprehension in reading C. Y. Suen and M. K. Komoda; 15. An overview of the W document preparation system P. R. King; 16. Grif: an interactive system for structured document manipulation V. Quint and I. Vatton; 17. Procedural page description languages B. K. Reid; 18. A strategy for compressed storage and retrieval of documents P. Goyal and V. Kotamarti; 19. CONCEPT BROWSER: a system for interactive creation of dynamic documentation U. Corda and G. Facchetti; 20. An integrated, but not exact-representation, editor/formatter R. Furuta; 21. An annotated bibliography on document processing J. C. van Vliet and J. B. Warmer; Systems used.

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Book SynopsisPeter Shillingsburg considers the potentials and pitfalls of electronic editions of literary texts. He reveals what is involved in the task of transferring texts from print to electronic media, which will produce great advances in textual study but may ultimately lead to the loss of the book as a material object.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Manuscript, book, and text in the twenty-first century; 2. Complexity, endurance, accessibility, beauty, sophistication, and scholarship; 3. Script act theory; 4. An electronic infrastructure for script acts; 5. Victorian fiction: shapes shaping reading; 6. The dank cellar of electronic texts; 7. Negotiating conflicting aims in textual scholarship; 8. Hagiolatry, cultural engineering, monument building, and other functions of scholarly editing; 9. The aesthetic object: 'the subject of our mirth'; 10. Ignorance in literary studies; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisTheres so much more to Acrobat than the application that pops up when you double click a file with a PDF extension. Learn how and why major corporations, software manufacturers, and businesses use the full version of Acrobat to create and publish documents for electronic distribution.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents Getting Started 1 Introducing the Workspace 2 Getting to Know InDesign 3 Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages 4 Working with Objects 5 Flowing Text 6 Editing Text 7 Working with Typography 8 Working with Color 9 Working with Styles 10 Importing and Modifying Graphics 11 Creating Tables 12 Working with Transparency 13 Printing and Exporting 14 Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields 15 Creating a Fixed-Layout Epub

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive guide to all aspects of digital publishing, from rights to eBooks, to accessibility, to content management.Trade ReviewA truly interactive resource... The guide targets professionals and nonprofessionals, and the result is both thorough and readable... Recommended especially for public and academic libraries. Library Journal The editor and contributors, who have distinguished careers in digital publishing, have exerted great effort to include all relevant information for beginners, yet they offer enough detail to capture the attention advanced users without expanding to a multivolume work or becoming too long... A superb opening gesture for creating a dialog on the scholarly communication process. Choice In a world where all things electronic have become dominant, this remarkable volume serves as a comprehensive handbook to every conceivable aspect of digital publishing... This valuable compendium is most highly recommended for all collections. -- John Maxymuk American Reference Books Annual Columbia's guide was created and edited in a text-encoded electronic format that has been used to derive both the print and Web versions... A solid electronic resource with good content... Recommended. Choice An excellent technical overview of the constantly evolving world of electronic publishing. Updates and hyperlinks add value to the online version, which is well organized and easy-to-use. Booklist Much is neatly packed into this encyclopedia of information on everything ranging from digital-rights management to digital legal issues. Columbus Dispatch This book will be a very welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone working with any form of digital publishing. It is by far the most thorough, authoritative digital publishing reference source available. Editor William Kasdorf, Past President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, has pulled together an impressive array of experts to produce this definitive guide. The Indexer The Guide is remarkably successful in fulfilling its intentions... It was a pleasant surprise to discover that although the book does contain many references to specific hardware devices and software programs, it contextualizes these references in discussions that will remain relevant for years to come. -- Maria S. Bonn Portal: Reviews [C]lear out a prominent space on your bookshelf forThe Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing... [T]his guide is a compendium of in-depth articles on all these aspects of digital publishing and more, each written by an expert in the field... Destined to become a classic,The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing will be the Bible you turn to again and again, whether you need to make publishing decisions large and small, or share a teaching resource with a manager or staff member. -- Darrill Anderson Technical Communication The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing is the War and Peace of digital communication resources. It is epic in scope and exhaustive in detail, historic, and prophetic. An original. A universe. It's long but it's all substance...The Columbia Guide may be new and it may be the first of its kind, but it has the makings of a classic. -- Linda Hengstler Science EditorTable of Contents1.Introduction: Publishing in Today's Digital Era, by William E. Kasdorf, President, Impressions Book and Journal Services, Inc. 1.01 Digital publishing is both a given and a goal 1.02 Various publishers, various solutions 1.03 What next? 2.The Technical Infrastructure, by Chris Biemesderfer, Seagoat Consulting 2.01 Overview 2.02 The basics of computer architecture 2.03 The processing environment 2.04 Display 2.05 Data storage 2.06 Data communications 2.07 Additional interesting resources 3.Markup: XML and Related Technologies, by William E.Kasdorf 3.01 Overview 3.02 HTML: HyperText Markup Language 3.03 XML: the Extensible Markup Language 3.04 Communication, cooperation, collaboration 4. Organizing, Editing, and Linking Content, by John Strange, Group Production Director, Blackwell Publishing 4.01 Overview: the transition from traditional to digital publishing 4.02 Structuring content 4.03 The impact of digital publishing on traditional publishing models 4.04 Information about content: metadata 4.05 Linking 4.06 Conclusion 5.Data Capture and Conversion, by Mark Gross, President, Data Conversion Laboratory 5.01 Overview: Entering a world of structure 5.02 Untangling content from structure 5.04 The conversion process 5.05 Analysis issues 6.Composition, Design, and Graphics, by Thad McIlroy, President, Arcadia House 6.01 Overview 6.02 Text, graphics, and page layout: The three elements of a page 6.03 Design vs. production 6.04 Three key technologies 6.05 PostScript: the language of print publishing 6.06 PDF -Adobe 's Portable Document Format 6.07 Typography 6.08 Graphic types and file formats 6.09 Color 6.10 Page production 6.11 Image capture and image processing 6.12 Work flow 6.13 Printing processes 6.14 Working with printers 6.15 Resources 7. Accessibility, by Frederick Bowes,III, Electronic Publishing Associates 7.01 Overview 7.02 A closer look 7.03 Closing summary 7.04 Resources and documents 8. Digital Printing, by George Alexander, Executive Editor, the Seybold Report 8.01 Overview 8.02 Digital printing technologies 8.03 Uses of digital printing 8.04 Available printing systems 8.05 Sales channels for digital book printing 9. Multimedia Publishing, by Florian Brody, President and CEO, Brody Inc. 9.01 Overview 9.02 What is multimedia? 9.03 Deciding on multimedia 9.04 Multimedia experience 9.05 The business of multimedia 9.06 Multimedia technology 9.07 Rights issues 9.08 Conclusion 10. Content Management and Web Publishing, by Bill Trippe, President, New Millennium Publishing and Mark Walter, Consultant 10.01 Introduction to content management 10.02 Types of Content Management Systems 10.03 Benefits of content management systems 10.04 Issues to consider in content management 10.05 Evaluating a content management system 10.06 Post-implementation issues 454 11.Electronic Books and the Open eBook Publication Structure, by Allen Renear, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Dorothea Salo 11.01 Introduction 11.02 OEBPS in a nutshell 11.03 Electronic books in general 11.04 Thinking clearly about e-books 11.05 The format problem 11.06 The OeBF Open eBook Publication Structure 11.07 In conclusion 11.08 Some advice for e-book publishers 11.09 For more information 12.Archiving, by Heather Malloy, Digital Archive Manager, John Wiley &Sons 12.01 The importance of archiving 12.02 Other concerns for archiving 12.03 Where to implement the archive 12.04 Technology issues 12.05 Issues in development and implementation 12.06 Conclusion 12.07 Resources 13.The Legal Framework: Copyright and Trademark, by William S.Strong, Partner, Kotin, Crabtree and Strong, LLP 13.01 Copyright 13.02 Trademark law 13.03 Other laws 13.04 Lawsuits: Is there nationwide jurisdiction? 13.05 Contracting with customers 13.06 Conclusion 14.International Issues, by Robert E.Baensch, Director, Center for Publishing, New York University 14.01 Overview 14.02 Internet users worldwide 14.03 The STM industry leaders 14.04 Establishing the Web Site 14.05 Understanding the global environment 14.06 Geographic and country priorities 14.07 English and other languages 14.08 New economics of information services 14.09 Worldwide on-line advertising 14.10 Marketing on the Internet 14.11 International information sources 14.12 Internet publishing law 14.13 Conclusion 15. Digital Rights Management, by Paul Hilts, Former Technology Editor, Publisher's Weekly 15.01 Overview: What is DRM? 15.02 Rights-based business models 15.03 DRM technology 15.04 DRM standards 15.05 Legal developments: important legislation 15.07 The state of the market 15.08 DRM Implementation Issues

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Book SynopsisMarco und Andreas Öchsner geben eine kompakte und beispielbasierende Einführung in die Erstellung professioneller Textdokumente mittels LaTeX. Sie führen die wichtigsten Elemente eines wissenschaftlichen Dokumentes in einfacher und verständlicher Weise ein und zeigen deren Umsetzung in der Makrosprache LaTeX. Ziel ist die Fokussierung auf die grundlegenden Befehle und deren Anwendung zur Gestaltung qualitativ hochwertiger Textlayouts. Hinweise zum Bezug und zur Installation von LaTeX vervollständigen die Zusammenstellung.Table of ContentsEinführung: Was ist LaTeX?.- Voreinstellungen und Denitionen.- Text- und Absatzformatierung.-Tabellen und Bilder.- Formelsatz.- Handhabung der Bibliographie.- Software.

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Book SynopsisPrägnant und praxisorientiert erfahren Sie hier, auf welchen zentralen Prinzipien DITA beruht. Die wichtigsten DITA-Features werden anhand einfacher Beispiele erklärt, die direkt auf die eigene Umgebung übertragbar sind. Damit ist dieses essential ein guter Einstieg für alle, die DITA noch nicht kennen, und ideal als erste Entscheidungshilfe, wenn es um die Optimierung einer Informationslandschaft geht.Table of ContentsVorteile der topic-basierten Strukturierung.- Einführung in die zentralen DITA-Features und ihre Vorteile für ein modernes Informationsmanagement.- Entscheidungshilfen für den Einsatz von DITA.

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Book SynopsisJULIE DIRKSEN is an international writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator for professional organizations like the Association for Talent Development, the Learning Guild, and others. She is an award-winning translator of research into practice to help workplace practitioners.Table of Contents1 TALKING TO THE ELEPHANT 2 TAKING A SYSTEMS VIEW 3 MOVING ALONG THE CHANGE PATH 4 COMMUNICATING VALUE 5 UNDERSTANDING MOTIVATION 6 ANALYZING BEHAVIORS 7 DETERMINING IF IT'S A TRAINING PROBLEM 8 MAPPING TO SOLUTIONS 9 USING PERSUASION AND MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES 10 USING PLANNING, PRACTICE & FEEDBACK 11 USING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT 12 VALUES AND IDENTITY 13 DESIGNING RESPONSIBLY 14 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: A CASE EXAMPLE 15 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES

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Book SynopsisOffers comprehensive coverage and practice with illustrated, step-by-step instruction in advanced Word techniques. Students are taught design concepts that are reinforced throughout the chapter including focus, balance, directional flow, contrast, proportion, and consistency. Assessments challenge students and test their abilities to re-create files and solve problems independently.

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Book SynopsisThe term "DTP" (Desktop Publishing) is commonly used to create a document ready for printing using a desktop computer. A number of Software programs are available that could run on your computer.

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