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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Cross-Language Information Retrieval: Layout Strategies for Gloss Translation
In this experiment, we study some issues on the user interface design of Cross-Language Information Retrieval (CLIR). In particular, we study some enhancements to the current user interface design for the University of Maryland Translingual Information Retrieval System web page.
Elnahrawy, Eiman M., Nagia M. Ghanem and Moustafa A. Youssef. University of Maryland (2001). Design>Document Design>Localization>Search
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Desktop publishing has evolved tremendously over the last 10 years, coming from manual paste-up and manual design to complete digital photo-editing and digital graphic design. The challenges and issues we face in the translation industry are directly related to the authoring methods and build-environments of today’s writers. One of the biggest issues to date is the use of more than one platform for the authoring and localization (translation) of texts, ads, publications and software. The two most prominent platforms used for publishing media are the PC platform (Win 95 & 98) and the Macintosh. When a document is created, it is often authored for the source language; in other words, the authoring is not done with translation in mind.
Knoerndel, Dan. STC Proceedings (1999). Articles>Publishing>Document Design
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While Acrobat comes pre-loaded with a selection of stamps, including 'Approved', 'Declined' and 'Accepted', users can also create custom stamps of such things as company logos for use on their PDF documents. Complex or graphically rich stamps can be created or prepared in imaging applications before being added to Acrobat's selection. This tip explains how to create a custom stamp using an existing file.
Shea, Dan. PlanetPDF (2007). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
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We recently converted our documents from Word to FrameMaker. Most of the people in my department had been using Word for years and had grown accustomed to applying character formatting using key commands or buttons on the toolbar. I was afraid that they would use the same methods in FrameMaker simply out of habit, rather than using character tags.
Henkel, Rick. Docspages. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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With Adobe InDesign® you can create and edit custom dash, dot, and stripe stroke styles, giving you more control and freedom over how strokes look in your publications. You can also save the stroke styles you create, and then use them over and over again in other InDesign publications.
Adobe (2003). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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CyberText Consulting: Newsletter/Blog
Lots of hints and tips for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, AuthorIT, etc.; cool URLs; interesting book reviews; pet peeves; and whatever else piques my interest.
Bracey, Rhonda. CyberText Consulting. Resources>TC>Document Design>Blogs
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One of the advantages that print journalists have is that they learn document design on the job. Today, thanks to computers and design packages, design awareness is very high. Even the novice computer user becomes proficient in designing documents within a few days, if not weeks. Usually, templates are available for brochures, reports, books, etc. All you need to do is fill in the contents in the readymade template.
Kamath, Gurudutt R. IT People (2003). Articles>Document Design>Document Design>Visual Rhetoric
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The Design Elements of Medieval Books of Hours 
The commonsense principles of modern document design are direct descendants of the principles used in the Books of Hours, a hybridized religious instruction manual created in the commercial scriptoria of the 13th century. This article analyzes the design of Books of Hours and discusses how these medieval documents fit within the four design criteria (supertextual, extra-textual, intratextual, and intertextual) put forth by Kostelnick and Roberts [1]. The analysis reveals the early user of good document design features as the medieval scriptoria worked to address the audience and task requirements of the Books of Hours.
Webb, Mary and Michael J. Albers. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (2001). Design>Document Design>History
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To design for attention -- and then be sure the message is read -- several lessons can be learned from that most mundane of printed material, the newspaper.
Woolf, Gordon. Document Design (2001). Design>Document Design
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When you're working with complex data, a table may be your best option. Often, a logical series of rows and col-umns can communicate more clearly than paragraphs. Adobe® InDesign® 2.0 introduces a robust table feature that makes it easy to line up those rows and columns—and to format them in striking ways. Here we show you how you can make an easy-to-read table while using the graphical power of InDesign to integrate it into the style of your document.
Cole, Tim. Mac Design Magazine (2003). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign
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Designing Automated Custom Templates as Part of A Global Corporation's Style Guide 
When CH2M HILL staff ignored the Times 12 standard for document production and began inventing their own formats, they often bypassed the company's Publications groups, resulting in client bewilderment and anger. We will orient the audience to how creative thinking and innovative programming made it easy for staff to produce consistently attractive and effectively formatted documents. We also will demonstrate the final Toolset version and supply information about how you can apply the benefits of a Toolset product in your company's environment.
Sippel, Martha K., Brock McFarlane and Deborah Gillespie. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>Document Design>Style Guides
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Designing Better Instructional Documents
Demonstrates how principles of print design and visual literacy can improve the usability of course handouts.
Codone, Susan K. Intercom (2004). Articles>Education>Document Design
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Designing Documents with a Word Processor
This tutorial presents a brief overview of how to achieve interesting, effective designs for your pages using the basic features of your word processor. Specifically, it introduces you to important design principles to consider as you design a document and helps you analyze the design of sample documents. Although the design principles presented here apply to both print and online documents, the primary focus is on design strategies for paper documents.
Munger, Roger H. Bedford-St. Martin's (2007). Articles>Document Design>Word Processing
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Designing FrameMaker Templates for Use with WebWorks Publisher Professional 
Plan your FrameMaker templates' look for both print and online.
Gallagher, Linda. STC Region 7 Proceedings (2003). Design>Document Design>Single Sourcing>Adobe FrameMaker
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Designing Information-Gathering Forms
Poorly designed information-gathering forms drive up operating costs. Good design depends on a careful analysis of two users: Form-Fillers and Form Readers. Both types ofform user benefit if the form designer follows four principles of overall design. Guidelines for answer sections and user testing can also help designers produce more effective forms. Evaluation of existing forms can lead to successful revision so that costly mistakes can be avoided.
MacNealy, Mary Sue. STC Proceedings (1994). Articles>Document Design>Forms>Usability
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Designing Text to Flow Around Objects
Wrapping text around objects—from basic shapes or frames to images with clipping paths—can give any publication a unique look and feel. In this tutorial, you’ll learn several ways to work with text wrap in Adobe InDesign® to achieve the look you want.
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Designing Usable Forms: The Three-Layer Model of the Form
Why do people say 'I’m not good with forms' or 'I don’t like forms' when a form is only a piece of paper, or a screen, with some printing on it? There must be something special about forms that inspires these comments.
Jarrett, Caroline. uiGarden (2005). Design>Document Design>Forms
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Desktop Printing with QuarkXPress
Have you ever wondered why, no matter how much time you spend trying to find an option for it in QuarkXPress, you just cannot get that picture to print the way you want it? Be happy, or may be not, because it is not that you are overlooking the right options in the program. The option just does not exist in all versions of QuarkXPress prior to version 6.
Bruno, Elisabetta. About.com. Design>Document Design>Software>QuarkXPress
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A directory of websites about desktop publishing, fonts, services and software.
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Desktop Publishing and Design: Took, Tips and Techniques
The organization of your document in combination with its typographic and graphic elements comprise its design. Good design improves your document's ability to communicate effectively. Novice document designers will want to attend this workshop to learn how to use design to their advantage.
Tucker, Kimberly and Lisa Burke-Marose. STC Proceedings (1996). Design>Document Design>Typography
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Whatever the subject of lists I follow, two basic questions usually come up about every three months. Usually the person posting the question has to make a decision between: Pagemaker or Quark (and often FrameMaker), or Macintosh or PC.
Haugen, Diane. Document Design (2001). Articles>Document Design>Software
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Developing a Document Planning Template
Explains how a document planning template can establish consensus among team members regarding content and layout.
Tremmel, Martina A. Intercom (2004). Articles>Document Design>Document Design>Collaboration
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Each year we like to highlight some of the outstanding print publication samples we've seen and ask ourselves is there opportunity for a do-it-yourself project.
Showker, Fred. Design, Typography and Graphics (2002). Design>Document Design>Marketing
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Setting type means selecting and arranging groups of characters, but not all of those characters have to be part of the alphabet. Dingbats are non-typographic elements that can enhance your work by adding variety and functionality.
Strizver, Ilene. Upper and lowercase Magazine (2003). Design>Typography>Document Design
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Can somebody explain what the process of distilling is -- in simple terms?
