Desktop Publishing by Design has seen multiple printings and multiple editions. The fact that this book sells enough copies to warrant multiple editions and multiple printings is an indication that there is quality and usefulness inside.
December 8, 1997
Once again Desktop Publishing by Design brings us an enlightening gallery of interesting design ideas and layout techniques. The new section titled PageMaker Basics contains considerably more than basics and is bound to have a new tip or trick for even the most jaded of PM users. The section on color has been expanded to cover the new color editing power of the new PM release. The tutorial approach along with a compendium of PM information ensures a "whole earth" type of approach to learning layout techniques and electronic page assembly. Typography basics are covered perhaps more thoroughly than in any other DTP guide available. Layout basics starting with grid setup and proceeding through the preparation of a wide variety of dtp projects carry the reader through the design process.
Although DTP beginners are the primary audience for Desktop Publishing by Design, there is no doubt that even seasoned graphics professionals can make good use of the book. Seed ideas for new page and ad layouts are scattered throughout. Look around in the Web Developer's Journal and you may detect a few layouts reminiscent of ones seen in Desktop Publishing by Design.
The manuals provided by Aldus with PageMaker are some of the best software manuals I've seen but I always have use for more tips, tricks, and techniques for programs I use frequently. There are a bunch of books on PageMaker and, although this isn't strictly a PageMaker how-to book, it is an invaluable PageMaker companion.
