Desktop Publishing is a process in which we can make use of computer and Application Software to design a good quality document

1. N A V I T H A R A V I M
Desktop Publishing (DTP)

2. Desktop Publishing (DTP)
 DTP refers to using softwares to design document for
publication
 Web designing
 Computer animation
 Graphical designing

3. What is a DTP ?
Desktop Publishing is a process in which we can make
use of computer and Application Software to design
a good quality document which will include Text and
Picture eg News letter, Booklets, visiting cards,
Banners, Logos, Poster, reports, Calendar,
Pamphlets etc.
With the help of DTP good quality pamphlets, Books
etc can be designed and Printed and also We can
design page layouts in which picture and Fonts of
different language can be written in different ways
and can be printed.

4. History
 DTP in first started in Philadelphia (America) in year
1983 by James Besan for news paper. After this a
software come “Introduction to Mac Publisher” in
1985 and After this, a number of software are
available in market these days. With the help of
Publishing software we can print various documents
and prepare layouts. There are two kinds of Pages in
DTP.

5. Two kinds of Pages
A. Electronic Page:- It is displayed on the computer
screen eg a Web Page.
B. Virtual Paper Page: - These are the actual pages
to be printed DTP helps us to design, layout and to
control the style preparing a page layout, is a process
in which different things are placed in right place
with a right process one by one.

6. Various software of DTP
DTP software is a kind of tool for graphic designers and
computer users. By using this specialised and working
people can prepare visual communication document.
These document are used on-line and on-screen
Electronic Publishing besides desktop printing.
For example Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Page Maker, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Coral draw, etc are the
different software used for different kinds of designing
and Printing. With the help of these software we can
prepare various kinds of print documents eg: News
letters, Banners & web page etc.

7. Word Processing Desk Publishing (DTP)
1. In this we can create, Edit, and Print the doc.
2. In this we can stress mainly on the layout of
a page we cannot edit much in the doc.
3. Word Processor is uses by people for, emails,
to write list of house hold things or to write
the add of the relatives.
4. Word Processing software is used mainly by
office workers, Teachers students, small
businessmen or home users for their daily
needs.
5. Word processing software provides some
facilities eg Indexing, Spellchecking, line
spacing etc to the user.
6. MS word, word perfect and word star are the
examples of word processing software.
A. This is used in special tasks to designer a
good quality documents. with the help
B. In DTP, Text, Picture etc are consider as
different objects so we can edit the design
by changing the object.
C. DTP is used by specialized pers on with
the help of special Software to prepare
special doc eg poster brochures,
Newsletters, Postcard, visiting cards,
lable, Banners, web page etc.
D. DTP is used for specific purpose. It is
used by Graphic designer for some
special publication designs.
E. DTP stresses more on page designing. It
provides some facilities like scaling,
tracing and leading.
F. Adobe, Page maker coral draw, micro
soft publisher etc are some of the
software used in DTP.
Difference between Word Processing and DTP

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