Desktop Publishing vs. Word Processors (graphic formats)

Hi, I'm alejandro and today I'm going to talk about desktop publishing.

A desktop publisher is a program that enables you to format pages of text and graphics (e.g.images). Page layout applications gives you more control over specific text, transitions, graphic organization or positioning of graphics. Some examples of desktop publishers are: Adobe page maker (medium level), Scribus (freeware) and QuarkXpress (professional). On the other hand we have word processor which are similar to desktop publisher but are more simple and have a lower number of posibile commands, some examples are: Open Office (freeware), WriteOnline (online processor), Apple iWork (commercial).

Before using a page layout you should actually use a word proccesor because you can do it far simplear in much faster. After you finish with the basics using a word processor you should use a page layout program to give the final touch and a great atractive appearance.

Formats from a web graphics and printed graphics are normally different. Some examples of web graphic formats are: GIF files, JPEG files, Animated GIF files, MPEG files, Shockwave files, NxView files. Some of these are both web and printed greaphic formats.

There are two major 2D graphic types: bitmap and vector images. Bitmap images (also known as raster images) are made up of pixels in a grid. On the other hand Vector images are actually made-up of mathematical expressions and instructions that produce lines and curves; they also have a limited number of colors.

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents.

This is all for today.