What is DTP? (I Know)

Short Eplxanation of DTP (Desk Top Publishing)

Question: What is Desktop Publishing?

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Desktop publishing is a term coined after the development of a specific type of software. It's about using that software to combine and rearrange text and images and creating digital files.

Before the invention of desktop publishing software the tasks involved in desktop publishing were done manually, by a variety of people and involved graphic design, typesetting, andprepress tasks which sometimes leads to confusion about what desktop publishing is and how it is done.

Desktop publishing is the use of the computer and software to create visual displays of ideas and information. Desktop publishing documents may be for desktop or commercial printing or electronic distribution including PDF, slide shows, email newsletters, epub, and the Web.

Things To Do With Desktop Publishing

Desktop publishing is or can be:

designing print communications such as brochures, fliers, ads, and posters

designing print communications such as catalogs, directories, and annual reports

designing logos, business cards, and letterhead

designing and publishing newsletters, magazines, and newspapers

designing books and booklets

converting print communications to formats for the Web and smart devices such as tablets and phones
creating resumes and business forms (including invoices, inventory sheets, memos, and labels)

self-publishing (books, newsletters, ebooks, etc.)
designing and publishing blogs and Web sites
designing slides shows, presentations, and printing handouts
creating and printing greeting cards, banners, postcards, candy wrappers, and iron-on transfers

making digital scrapbooks and print or digital photo albums

creating decorative labels, envelopes, trading cards, calendars, and charts

designing packaging for retail merchandise from wrappers for bars of soap to software boxes.