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FrameScript Tutorials: Styles for FrameMaker Graphics
If you are making a lot of FrameMaker graphics, such as lines with arrowheads, the thought of having to change them later can give you nightmares. Wouldn’t it be nice to have 'stylesheets' for graphic objects? With FrameScript, you can apply 'styles' to your graphics so that their properties can be globally changed.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
#21583
Templates for Quark products to create newsletters, business cards, brochures, and other documents.
#21238
From Writer to Trainer: Designing an Effective Technical Training Class 
You spend six months working side by side with the designers and engineers, learning every nuance of the new system. You then spend another six months writing a complete set of training and reference manuals. Face it, you know this system inside and out. So it should come as no surprise when your boss decides you are the perfect person to conduct the training class.
Michaels, Dana. STC Proceedings (1995). Articles>Education>Instructional Design>Software
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When it comes to Web authoring tools, none is as simple to use at Microsoft FrontPage. With its generous amount of wizards and it's library of templates and images, it's a beginner's dream. You won't need a large staff to create a site that's both useful and professional.
Dreier, Troy A. Intranet Journal (2000). Resources>Web Design>Software>FrontPage
#21939
The next best thing to buying a new system: getting the most out of PageMaker's performance on the one you have.
Cutler, Jim. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#20507
In the publishing world--when every word counts--knowing exactly how much space you have to work with is crucial. Because Adobe InDesign® 2.0 and Adobe InCopy 2.0 are tightly integrated and share the same composition engine, content.
Adobe (2003). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#21845
Inline frames in Adobe InDesign help you keep your text and graphic frames (or text frames or groups) sticking together.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1999). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#21962
Working with leading grids can make your PageMaker layouts faster, easier, and better-looking - and you don't even have to be Swiss.
Cole, Tim. Adobe Magazine (1995). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#28060
Getting the Most Out of Guides
If you're used to other layout applications, you may be unaware of all the things you can do with ruler guides in InDesign. If you use guides in your work, read on.
Cole, Tim. Creative Pro (2006). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
#18959
Getting The Most Out of PDF Annotations 
Acrobat's annotations are a handy way to keep track of your thoughts as you review a PDF document. To get the most from this feature, try these tips.
PDFzone (2003). Design>Publishing>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#18580
Giving the Human Touch to Software
Making too many assumptions about users’ expectations and levels of competence can get software developers into a lot of trouble. Here, Yogita Sahoo tells her own story about designing an application for an industry she was deeply familiar with—but that industry knowledge didn’t keep her from making some big usability blunders.
Sahoo, Yogita. StickyMinds (2003). Design>Human Computer Interaction>Software
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Your requirements document needs to focus on the user’s goals. They should not be marketing’s list of features 'we’ve got to have' because the competition has these features. They should not be a list of things the programmers think ought to be included 'because we can add those things for very little cost.' Feature bloat does not benefit the user.
Ferlazzo, Ellen Lawson. Sprezzatura Systems (2002). Articles>User Centered Design>Specifications>Software
#24751
GoLive: The Interaction Designer's Hammer and Nail
In web development projects, HTML based prototypes have some advantages when it comes to usability testing. In this article we'll take a look at the HTML editor Adobe GoLive, which has a number of features that makes it a decent prototyping tool.
Olsen, Henrik. GUUUI (2004). Design>Web Design>Software>Adobe GoLive
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Radella discusses the advantages of graphic electronic editing with Adobe Acrobat 4.0 over traditional hard copy editing.
Radella, Marjorie Joyce. Intercom (2000). Design>Collaboration>Software>Adobe Acrobat
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Graphics Don't Appear or Won't Print
Objects in the drawing layer are visible in Page Layout (Print Layout) view and Print Preview but not in Normal view. Interestingly, a frame is a sort of hybrid object that can appear to float (and text can be wrapped around it), but it is actually inline and can be viewed (though not in position) in Normal view.
Barnhill, Suzanne and Dave Rado. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Graphic Design>Software>Microsoft Word
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Grokker, o la Navegación Visual
La aparición de navegadores cada vez más visuales y mejor estructurados como Vivísimo, Grokker o TouchGraph está empezando a agitar un mundo que parecía estático. Pparece que el referente en este campo está aún más allá del horizonte, pero cada día estamos más cerca.
Dursteler, Juan Carlos. InfoVis (2004). (Spanish) Articles>Information Design>Software
#21860
PDF moves toward its destiny as the full-service, customizable digital file format we all want.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#26986
Hand Tinting a Photograph with Photoshop
Before the age of color film, when black-and-white photography was the only option, it was common practice for photographers to tint a black-and-white image with colored dyes to mimic real-life colors. Although we now have all the advantages of stunning color photography, we can still use Photoshop to replicate this technique, and add great charm to black-and-white images.
Shelbourne, Tim. Photoshop Tips and Tricks (2006). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#21944
Tips and advice on creating PDF files that are attractive, readable, and easy to download.
Nordling, Tamis and Wendy Katz. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#20883
Help! Tips for Working in Dreamweaver MX
Before starting work in Dreamweaver, sketch out basic screen layouts, a site map, and a system of navigation. Knowing everything you want to include and how you want it to look before starting to build your site will save time and frustration.
Agena, Kate. Purdue University (2003). Articles>Web Design>Software>Dreamweaver
#20882
Help! Tips for Working in Photoshop 7
A 'quick start' guide to creating graphics using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
Agena, Kate. Purdue University (2003). Articles>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#25187
I have a photo of a pearl necklace, which has one bright flash spot on each pearl. How do I reduce the brightness without making the pearls appear dull and gray?
Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#18525
How to Blur the Background Around an Object
Working in your new layer, and on the item you wish to keep in focus, find a starting point, click the mouse once and begin slowing tracing around the object. Once it has been entirely traced, return to your starting point and double-click to select your object. Under the SELECT menu choose INVERSE. Then under the FILTER menu choose BLUR » GAUSSIAN BLUR. When the Gaussian Blur window appears, use the radius slider bar to choose the amount of pixels to blur. I chose 4.5 for my example. When you are satisfied with the preview, click OK.
Hill, Julie. Presentations (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#18366
How To Blur The Background Around An Object
Julie Hill shows you a quick and easy way to enhance a photograph's point of interest using Photoshop 7.0.
Hill, Julie. Presentations (2003). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop
#22698
How To Create Broken Text Effects With Adobe Photoshop
This Adobe web tutorial will show you how to create a broken effect to your text.
