This document discusses desktop publishing (DTP), web design, and presentation software. It provides information on various techniques used in DTP like spell checkers, mail merge, and stylesheets. It also discusses designing websites and presentations, considering techniques like animations, transitions, and links. The document emphasizes the importance of considering the target audience when designing, noting factors like their needs, experience, literacy, and interests. It provides templates to describe DTP and web/presentation techniques in more detail.

1. DTP, WEB DESIGN
& PRESENTATION
SOFTWARE
REVISION

2. DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Desktop Publishing programs are for making printed
documents
This includes Word Processing Software
(like MS Word) as well as DTP programs like MS
Publisher and Quark Xpress
Find the names of one more Word Processing
Program and one more DTP Program:
• Word Processing: ____________
• DTP: _______________

3. DESKTOP PUBLISHING
TECHNIQUES
You need to know about all of the features of DTP
Software that are listed on the next slide.
You may know about some of these features already,
but others you may need to look at more carefully.
Use the following slides to record what you have
learned about each technique. Copy and paste the
template slide if you need new blank slides.

4. DESKTOP PUBLISHING
TECHNIQUES
Spell Checker Importing files e.g.
Thesaurus clipart, csv, txt, rtf, etc.
Mail Merge Tabluation
Style Sheets Tables
Templates Borders
Header & Footer Single & double line
spacing
Pagination Manipulating
Automatic Table of graphics
Contents Autoshapes
Justify (left, centre, Watermarks
fully justified)

5. {TYPE DTP
TECHNIQUE IN HERE}
What does it do?
Why is it useful/important? (give examples of when it would
be used)
Are there any problems or limitations with using it?

6. {TYPE DTP
TECHNIQUE IN HERE}
What does it do?
Why is it useful/important? (give examples of when it would
be used)
Are there any problems or limitations with using it?

7. {TYPE DTP
TECHNIQUE IN HERE}
What does it do?
Why is it useful/important? (give examples of when it would
be used)
Are there any problems or limitations with using it?

8. WEB & PRESENTATION
DESIGN SOFTWARE
Web Design Software & Presentation Software are for
displaying information on a screen in different ways.
Find the names of three programs that are used for
web or presentation design:
1. _________
2. _________
3. _________

9. WEB & PRESENTATION
DESIGN SOFTWARE
There are a few techniques you need to know about
but you must also thing about aiming websites and
presentations at an audience.
Animations
Transitions
Links

10. {TYPE
WEB/PRESENTATION
TECHNIQUE IN HERE}
What does it do?
Why is it useful/important? (give examples of when it would
be used)
Are there any problems or limitations with using it?

11. {TYPE
WEB/PRESENTATION
TECHNIQUE IN HERE}
What does it do?
Why is it useful/important? (give examples of when it would
be used)
Are there any problems or limitations with using it?

12. WEB & PRESENTATION
DESIGN SOFTWARE
The audience is who your web page or presentation is
aimed at.
Each audience is different. You need to think about:
• Their needs
• Their previous experience
• Their previous knowledge
• Their literacy
• Their understanding of specialist vocabulary
• Their level of interest in the subject

13. DESIGNING FOR
DIFFERENT AUDIENCES
Simple More
words, complex
short vocabulary
sentences & sentences
For children For adults

14. WEB DESIGN
SOFTWARE
NAVIGATION CONSIDERING
TECHNIQUES DISABILITIES
Using standard ways How can we make
to get around a websites accessible for:
website makes it easy • Users who are visually
for first-time users. impaired?
__________________
What are some of
these? __________________
__________________
_________________
• Users with a hearing
_________________ impairment?
_________________ ___________________

15. DATA COMPRESSION
Compression makes images, sound and video smaller
so that they can be downloaded faster
Advantages of data compression:
1.
2.
3.
Disadvantages of data compression
1.
2.
3.

16. REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Here are some features of DTP used for the production of
documents:
Mail Merge
Online thesaurus
Spellchecker
(a) Give the name of the feature in the list that can be used to
find a word with a similar meaning to the word the used has
typed in or highlighted in a document. (1 mark)
________________________________________
(b) Give the name of the feature that compares words typed in
with a pre-stored dictionary of words. (1 mark)
________________________________________
(c) Give the name of the feature tjat can be used to produce
personalised letters to lots of different people easily.
(1 mark)
________________________________________

17. REVIEW QUESTIONS
2. You are producing a school magazine using DTP. Compare
the different methods you could use to obtain pictures for
inclusion in the magazine. (6 marks)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
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18. REVIEW QUESTIONS
3. A website is designed to help young children with their
reading.
(a) Explain what is meant by a target audience and state who
the target audience of the website is . (2 marks)
______________________________________
______________________________________
(b) Give three things you will need to consider when
designing this website for the target audience . (3 marks)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________