Is Desktop Publishing Still Relevant? If Yes, How?

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Is Desktop Publishing Still Relevant? If Yes, How? Desktop publishing today is not what it was back in the 80s. And yes, the name is probably a bit dated as well. But it's familiar. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. So, this week we're focusing on what desktop publishing was, is, and continues to be, not matter where it originated or what you call it. Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Expert The Importance of Desktop Publishing in the Modern Office While it was way back in the dark ages of the 1980s when desktop publishing first made an appearance, desktop publishing software is no old fossil. It has evolved, just as traditional publishing has evolved and is just as relevant today as when Adobe PageMaker first graced our desktops.  READ NOW Share Why Everyone Needs to Know Desktop Publishing Knowing how to do desktop publishing can help you make more money, help you save money, and even help you get better grades in school. And you don't have to be afreelance desktop publisher or have a job doing primarily desktop publishing. You don't even have to have a job at all.  READ NOW Share Why We Don't Need Desktop Publishing Born in the 80s it boomed in the 90s. But is desktop publishing on its last leg? Some would argue that this dinosaur needs to head to the tar pits. Then again, maybe desktop publishing just needs a new PR rep.  READ NOW Share How to Do Desktop Publishing and Desktop Printing This is aimed at those doing desktop publishing from home, for their own personal use primarily. These are the key steps to creating an attractive layout in most types of page layout software and printing it from your desktop printer.   READ NOW Share How Do I Do Graphic Design? Let's not debate the finer points of how graphic design and desktop publishing differ and just skip down to the part about "How to Do Graphic Design in 3 Steps."    READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • AT&T FamilyMap Phone Location Tracking • 10 Things You Should Never Post on Social Networks • 5 Sites to Help You Find Lyrics to Any Song • Internet Trolls: How They Effect You and Tips for Dealing with Them • What is PCI Express? • The Biggest Mistakes of a New eBayer • What Does the iPad 2 Offer in Terms of GPS? • Make the Most of Your Torrenting with These 9 Top Rated Bittorent Sites Advertisement About Tech   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Desktop Publishing newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved