Desktop publishing involves combining text and graphics electronically on a computer to create professional publications like flyers, newsletters, and magazines. The process includes planning the publication, designing page layouts, adding text and artwork, finalizing the design, and printing and distributing the publication. Popular desktop publishing software options are MS Publisher, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, and MS Word, with MS Publisher simplifying the design, creation, and publishing of documents.

1. Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing is the process of combining and assembly of text and graphic images electronically
on a computer screen to output professional looking publication such as flyers, newsletters, brochures,
business forms, books and magazines.
STEPS IN PUBLISHING
1) Planning the publication
2) Preparing preliminary page designs
3) Preparing the text
4) Preparing the artwork and graphics
5) Finalize the page layout
6) Printing
7) Reproducing
PUBLISHING SOFTWARE EXAMPLES
i) MS Publisher
ii) Adobe Photoshop
iii) Corel Draw
iv) MS Word
WHY USE MS PUBLISHER
It simplifies the design, creating and publishing of professional looking documents
MS PUBLISHER
What is a publication?
- It is a document meant for the use of the public
ELEMENTS
These are facilities where you put your text and graphics. These are independent. This allows control the
size, shape and/or appearance
GRIDS
Its helps to see the positioning of visual effects. This allows the document to be presentable and a great
public feel of the document
Plan:-
This is defined as how the requirements of the brief will be aligned. A brief is a clear description
of both the desirable outcome sort and the constraint to be met by the solution