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Desktop Publishing Training Videos and CD-ROMs

Teach yourself from home with desktop publishing training videos and CD-ROMs on the most popular desktop publishing software programs and tasks such as scanning and font management.

Training videos and CDs provide visually-oriented desktop publishing software training. These can be a cost-effective alternative to classroom instruction if you like to be able to see someone demonstrating tasks and have the ability to replay tasks over and over again. Videos/CDs are often comparable in price to some of the big book/CD-ROM titles now offered for the major software packages. Some sites ofer free downloadable movies on many desktop publishing topics.

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• Certificate (in design / printing related field - not software certification)
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• Workshops, conferences, seminars
• Self-paced, independent study (including informal classes, training videos)
• On-the-job training
• None
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Scanning Principles with: Taz Tally, Ph.D. - Overview and Free Videos
To whet your appetite for a subscription and access to all the video tutorials of the Online Training Library at Lynda.com you can sample the first 5 movies on Scanning Principles.
VTC Professional Desktop Publishing on the PC - CD Review
VTC Professional Desktop Publishing on the PC is a desktop publishing training CD that provides a slightly dated but still fairly thorough overview of the process of desktop publishing using graphics and page layout software. 31 Free Demo videos are immediately ready for viewing.
Free Videos on Concepts and Creating a Logo
31 Free Demo videos in QuickTime format, from the VTP Professional Desktop Publishing on the PC, cover basic concepts and creating a logo.
Apex Web Media: Desktop Publishing Training CD
View demos before you buy CD-ROM training for Creating a Logo. Other titles cover creating letterhead, a business card, a newsletter, and other projects.
e-TrainOnline
Offers CD-ROM training programs for QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, and many other programs.
Lynda.com Training CD-Roms
From specific applications such as Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and CorelDRAW to desktop publishing tasks and concepts including scanning and typography, lynda.com offers free access to some movies from each CD-ROM or you can purchase the entire package.
Lynda.com: Acrobat 7 Essential Training CD-ROM
Create a PDF then tweak it with these movies. The first 6 movies are a free download but there are dozens more on the CD.
Lynda.com: Illustrator CS2 Essential Training CD-ROM
Dssigned for new and intermediate users, get free training for getting started and selecting and arranging or get the full CD-ROM to access dozens more training movies for Illustrator.
Lynda.com: InDesign CS2 Essential Training CD-ROM
Targeting new and intermediate users, 16 movies are a free download. The full CD-ROM contains many more on learning how to use Adobe InDesign CS2.
Lynda.com: Learning QuarkXPress 6 CD-ROM
This movie-based workshop for beginning QuarkXPress users contains over 50 movies. A couple are available for a free download.
Lynda.com: Photoshop CS2 Essential Training CD-ROM
Sample the first 15 movies free. Buy the CD-ROM to get the complete set of training movies for beginning users of Photoshop CS.
Lynda.com: Prepress for Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to prepare photos for commercial printing. 10 of the movies can be downloaded free.
Lynda.com: Scanning Principles CD-ROM
Taz Tally leads this movie-based workshop on scanning. 5 of the introductory movies are available for free download.
Lynda.com: Typographic Principles CD-ROM
Don Barnett and Lynda Weinman teach the principles of typographic design through 8 movies. One on Tangents is a free download to sample.
MacAcademy / WindowsAcademy CD-ROMs
Purchase CD-ROM training for Illustrator, Office, PowerPoint, Acrobat, InDesign, and many other software titles.

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