Document design is the field concerned with creating texts, that is books, pamphlets, posters and others that integrate words and pictures in ways that help people to achieve their specific goals for using texts at home, school, or work.
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Successfully Merging Litho and Digital 
The merger of offset lithography with digital printing is a highly successful technique that maximizes the benefits of both technologies.
Copresco (1999). Articles>Document Design>Prepress>Printing
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Supra-Textual Design: The Visual Rhetoric of Whole Documents 
Supra-textual design encompasses the global visual language of a document and operates in three modes: textual, spatial, and graphic. The rhetoric of supra-textual design includes structural functions that provide global organization and cohesion and stylistic functions that affect credibility, tone, emphasis, interest, and usability. Supra-textual rhetoric extends to other documents through conventional codes and through sets and series. Because writers may not control the end product of supra-textual design, intention may also be a rhetorical factor.
Kostelnick, Charles. Technical Communication Quarterly (1996). Articles>Document Design>Rhetoric>Visual Rhetoric
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This section explains Linear Calibration. Linear is the same as gamma 1.0 or gamma-space 1.0.
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A Systematic Approach to Visual Language in Business Communication
Although business communication relies heavily on the visual, current approaches to graphics and text design are prescriptive and unsystematic. A 12-cell schema of visual coding modes and levels provides a model for describing and evaluating business documents as flexible systems of visual language. Emphasizing clarity and objectivity, the 'information design' movement has generated guidelines for creating functional visual displays. However, visual language in business communication is seldom rhetorically 'neutral' and requires adaptation to the contextual variables of each document, a goal the writer can achieve by com bining visual and verbal planning in the same holistic process.
Kostelnick, Charles. JBC (1988). Articles>Business Communication>Document Design>Visual Rhetoric
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Tabular Data: Finding the Best Format
Discusses the results of a study comparing several formats for displaying data in tables.
Tullis, Tom and Stan Fleischman. Intercom (2004). Design>Document Design>Visual Rhetoric>Charts and Graphs
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Paper stock makes a big difference in the appearance of a product, and even though prices have come down recently, it's probably the most expensive element in your print run, so you need to make it count. Though budget is probably the biggest factor in choosing stock, here are several other considerations.
Dahlman, Gayle. Editorial Eye, The (1996). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
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Technical Writing for Desktop Publishers
Writing and book indexing help for desktop publishers. Often desktop publishers become jack-of-all-trades and need at least a basic understanding of technical writing.
Howard Bear, Jacci. About.com (2002). Resources>Document Design>Software>Technical Writing
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Ten Tips From The PDF Best Practices Gurus 
It is our hope that even one of these tips will help you rethink one of your current PDF processes.
PDFzone (2000). Design>Document Design>Workflow>Adobe Acrobat
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Characterizes the evolving trends, and helps you consider the impact of trends on your thinking and doing.
Schriver, Karen A. IDblog (2004). Presentations>Document Design>TC
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Taking FrameMaker files on the road can present a few challenges, but it doesn't have to be difficult. Here are some tips that'll help ensure that you get the best results.
Valiulis, Dave. Adobe Magazine (1997). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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Several years ago, someone used the term WYSIOP (What You See Is One Possibility) when talking about the RoboHelp HTML editor, because what developers saw in the editor didn't usually match the results. I had what I thought was an absolutely brilliant leap of logic ;-) a couple of months ago when I realized that today's WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors are really WYSIOP, because the results are determined by whatever layout template is assigned at the time the results are viewed.
James-Tanny, Char. Helpstuff (2006). Articles>Web Design>Document Design>Adobe RoboHelp
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You can find desktop publishing tutorials, tips of the day and design resources.
Bruno, Elisabetta. ThinkCreation (2005). Design>Graphic Design>Document Design>Blogs
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If you use Microsoft Word, you are used to the fact that if when your text will get to the end of a page, another page will be automatically added. With InDesign and most layout programs, this is a little bit different. This is because layout programs work with text boxes (or tex frames) which allow you more freedom when you lay out your document.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Tips for Practical Newsletter Design
Good newsletters, both HTML and plain text, explain themselves clearly and are focused, well-written information sources.
Baker, Adam. Merges.net (2001). Articles>Document Design>Journalism>Newsletters
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Tips to Save Money When Printing Translated Work
When designing things in several languages, the cost of production can become quite high. However there are ways to save money and make the printing cost of flyers, magazines, etc. much lower. These tricks also apply when doing several versions of one job even if it's in the same language.
Bruno, Elisabetta. Designorati (2005). Articles>Document Design>Prepress
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Total Control: The Next Generation
There's never been a better time to free yourself from boring, repetitive tasks using PageMaker's scripting language.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1995). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
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'Tree-free' paper - made from fibers other than wood - isn't just a gimmick.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1996). Articles>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
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Troubleshooting PageMaker Documents
This document will attempt to tell you what causes corruption, how to prevent it, and — if it’s already too late — how to attempt recovery. There are even a couple of tips for when you can’t open the document at all. There are also some links to other documents that may be of interest. Finally, you can download some scripts that may help you.
Kvern, Olav Martin, Gordon Woolf, Carol Majors, Christine Hummel, Kristina McCook and Peter C.S. Adams. Makingpages.org (2002). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
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Typographic Settings for Structured Abstracts
Structured abstracts contain more information, are of higher quality, and are easier to search and read than are traditional abstracts. However, there is a bewildering variety of ways in which structured abstracts can be printed and little is known about how the typography of structured abstracts can affect their clarity. The aim of this article is to delineate some of these major typographic variables and to comment on their effects upon the layouts of structured abstracts.
Hartley, James. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (2000). Design>Document Design>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: Classification of Type
The number of type faces in use today runs into the thousands and as such presents difficulty in selecting the appropriate design for a particular job. Because there are so many type designs to choose from, it is easier to first choose a general type style or classification to suit your graphic design, and then, look for a particular type face that relates to that classification.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: Copy Preparation
Copy preparation is a skilled job which, if done properly, assists the smooth flow of work through later stages of the production cycle. All personnel, especially those involved in the composition areas, have seen the results of ineffective copy preparation.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Editing>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: Layouts for Desktop Publishing and Printing
A printed product or job must be well planned. The combination of ideas used in planning and designing the product is called a layout. It can be defined as the arrangement of all the units or elements into a printed, usable format. These units or elements include the heading, sub-heading, text matter, illustrations, and photographs. The preparation of a complete set of layouts will require: thumbnail sketches, rough layout, and a comprehensive layout. A definite plan, predetermined, is very necessary.
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Typography and Page Layout: Margins
Margins are the imaginary vertical demarcations for text or tabular columns. Overall or primary margins are established by the line length function or the cumulative total of secondary margins (tab or text columns). Establishing margins requires careful consideration. The amount of white space surrounding printed material effects both appearance and the readability of the page. Plenty of marginal space indicates luxury or formality; small margins indicate commercialism.
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Typography and Page Layout: Principles of Design
Principles of design should always be incorporated in any graphic design project to assist its communicating and graphic interest, however in the planning of a basic design, the designer must produce a job to suit the class of work, the copy, and the tastes of the customer.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: The Printers' Point System
In the year 1898 the English typefounders, as a body, adopted a system (which had been in use in America since 1878) of casting their types to a certain fixed standard. That standard was the American pica, 83 of which equalled 35 centimetres. The pica, which measured 4.21mm, was divided into 12 equal parts called 'points', which makes the size of a point approximately 0.35 mm.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography>History
