When You Want to Get Fancy With Microsoft Word
Friday December 22, 2006
Writing about Word Page Layout Options, Word Processing Guide James Marshall says, "If your documents require advanced layout options, you may be best using a desktop publishing program." However, the ... Read More
7 Ways to Crop a Photo
Tuesday December 19, 2006
Make it a vertical photo and zero in on the action.Photo © J. Bear
Why do you crop photos? To get rid of a distracting background? To make it fit the ... Read More
Shadows - Overused or Misused Graphic Devices?
Sunday December 17, 2006
Overusing drop shadows is sometimes a sign of amateur design or laziness. Drop shadows are easy to add in page layout, graphics, presentation, and word processing software. But the use ... Read More
A Crash Course in Bookkeeping
Thursday December 14, 2006
Photo © Vanessa David (Creative Commons, Some rights reserved)
In another life, pre-desktop publishing, I was a bookkeeper. I didn't go to school to be a bookkeeper. I didn't have any ... Read More
Cropping Decisions - Who's Responsible?
Wednesday December 13, 2006
Have you ever found a photo for a project that was almost perfect, if only the photographer hadn't cut off the head or edge of the door or the top ... Read More
Park Your Mouse on a Designer Mouse Pad
Thursday December 7, 2006
Not all designers use graphics tablets. Some still grab a mouse every day. When the computer is your canvas, the mouse pad is your palette and these mouse pads feature ... Read More