Everyone appreciates professional-looking documents, whether they're newsletters and brochures or business proposals and presentations. Now, with Desktop Publishing & Design For Dummies, you can discover how to create effective, desktop-published documents yourself -- saving both the time and expense of working with designers, typesetters, and service bureaus. Leading desktop publishing guru and author Roger C. Parker shows you how to Apply basic design principles by using popular desktop publishing and page layout programs such as QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker Choose the right computer hardware and software to suit your budget as well as your needs Scan photographs and place them effectively on your pages Select the best typefaces for headlines, subheads, body copy, and captions Use color tastefully Prepare bug-free files for service bureaus and printers Talk the talk: A glossary of over 200 design terms helps you communicate with others to ensure that your job is done on time and within budget

Plus, Desktop Publishing & Design For Dummies features a special insert that takes you step by step through the process of creating successful newsletters.