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Adobe InDesign Template - Graduation

This template is the layout and fonts used for my daughter's college graduation in 2012. Free to you.

4th of July Project Ideas, Templates, Clip Art, Fonts

The clip art, fonts, and templates here (including some of my originals) can be used by anyone for whatever occasion you deem appropriate, but for those of you celebrating the 4th of July you'll find that this collection of images have a U.S. Independence Day theme. Some are useful for any project that requires a patriotic theme. Use them for your party invitations or decorations.

Birth Announcements With Marble and Brown Paper

There are 3 templates in one Publisher file. The girl announcement is purple and gray with marble. The boy announcement is brown crumpled paper and blue denim.

1.55 oz Candy Bar Wrappers in Microsoft Publisher Format

These Microsoft Publisher templates for candy wrappers are sized for a 1.55 oz Hershey's bar.

Birth Announcements With Notes on a Cork Board

Post your birth announcement on the bulletin board with these candy wrapper and card templates featuring a cork background, Post-it style notes and push pins.

Featured Free Fonts in Use

A mini-showcase of free fonts. Bispo

Blank Candy Wrapper Templates for Serif PagePlus

Start with a blank template that includes guidelines and instructions to aid in placement and printing. Add your own text and images to create candy wrappers.

Blank Candy Wrapper Templates for Microsoft Publisher

Start with a blank template that includes guidelines and instructions to aid in placement and printing. Add your own text and images to create candy wrappers.

1.55 oz Candy Bar Wrappers in Serif PagePlus Format

These Microsoft Publisher templates for candy wrappers are sized for a 1.55 oz Hershey's bar.

Christmas Project Ideas, Templates, Clip Art

Print gift tags or holiday cards. Decorate your Web page with Christmas artwork. Get into the holiday spirit with free templates, borders, Web clip art, alphabets, and other free Christmas project ideas.

Make Your Own WANTED Poster

You could use an online tool, or create your own unique customized WANTED poster using free fonts, free papers, and tutorials. Use custom Wanted Posters as gifts, party invitations, decorations, and greeting cards.

Personalize Templates

When you start with a template you save time. But sometimes templates that come with your software or are downloaded from the Web are almost, but not quite, right for your project. Learn four ways to personalize a template.

How to Cut a Perfect 5 Point Star

Fold your paper in a special way and with one scissors snip you'll have a perfect 5 point star to use for crafting projects.

Your Complete Guide to Microsoft Office 2010

Find out what's new, what's the same, and what's improved in Microsoft Office 2010, including overviews and in-depth looks at all the applications within Microsoft Office 2010.

Master Pages in Adobe InDesign CS

Use master pages in Adobe InDesign CS to achieve consistency in your page design. The master pages hold repeating elements that are to appear on all or most pages of a publication.

InDesign CS Selection, Type, and Line Drawing Tools

Take a close look at the first several tools in the Adobe InDesign Tools Palette. Learn how to use the selection, pen, type, and pencil tools and some of the options in their flyout menus.

InDesign CS Frame and Shape Tools

Draw rectangles, ellipses, and polygons to use as shapes, text frames, or image frames.

Desktop Publishing Your Family History Book

Family histories are a frequent candidate for desktop publishing. While appearances are generally less important than the memories and genealogical data preserved in these books, there's no reason they can't look good as well. No matter how small or how it is printed, there are several easy ways to make your family history book attractive and readable.

Design with Character: Character Style Sheets in InDesign

Character Style Sheets can be real time savers for designers especially in the creation of long or multi-page documents. Character Style Sheets are simply recorded format that you can then use in your design at will.

Adobe InDesign Work Area, Tools, Palettes

This tutorial walks you through the Adobe InDesign work area.

Adobe InDesign Document Area

Slug it out, let it bleed, and stick it out measure for measure. Learn your way around the document area when setting up documents in Adobe InDesign CS.

Adobe InDesign Basic Tasks - Animations

Simple Animations Show Some Basic Tasks in Adobe InDesign

The Colors of Easter

With or without the Easter bunny, what do the colors of Easter mean and what colors are pastel or related to the religious meaning of Easter?

Mother's Day Fonts

Create a special message for mom on Mother's Day with these free fonts.

Create Custom Business Card Template in Serif PagePlus Starter Edition

This tutorial shows how to choose and modify the size, margins, bleed area and other layout features of a business card using Serif PagePlus SE. Make business cards using the free PagePlus SE desktop publishing software.

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