Learn to design newsletters, catalogs, business cards, and more. Many step-by-step illustrated design recipes. Tips on working with illustrations, printers, and art sources.

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Explains how to create designs for awards, book jackets, invitations, self-mailers, tickets, and web projects using word processing software and a laser printer.

This design resource guide outlines the design skills necessary to create attractive, effective printed materials, such as newsletters, advertisements, brochures, manuals and other documents.

Written specifically for secondary students!

Full of relevant and easy-to-find information about Web page design, this book is the perfect companion for those eager to create outstanding Web pages. This "For Dummies" edition describes how to merge content and design with Web publishing software.