Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!BRL-SMOKE.ARPA!pracuff From: pracuff@BRL-SMOKE.ARPA (Phillip R. Acuff) Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: Re: Books About IBMPC DTP Message-ID: <8707081858.AA07658@brillig.umd.edu> Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 23:22:05 EDT Article-I.D.: brillig.8707081858.AA07658 Posted: Sat Jun 27 23:22:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 17:04:16 EDT References: <8706241911.AA14092@brillig.umd.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pracuff@brl.arpa (Phillip R. Acuff (AMSMI-RGS)) Distribution: world Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 24 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu In article <8706241911.AA14092@brillig.umd.edu> JTT58@ALBNYVM1.BITNET (Jim Tedeschi) writes: >I am aware of many books on various software applications. Some of them are > better than the manuals for those applications. For example, Tips and Tricks > in Using WordPerfect is much better than the Manual. Are there similar books > for DTP applications for the IBM (e.g., PageMaker, Ventura, etc.)? If the > response warrants, I will post replies to the list. I found one book that covers DTP on the IBM PC in general terms. It is written by the technical editor at PUBLISH! and a contributing editor at PC WORLD and PUBLISH!, so these authors are experienced. I found the book a good beginners manual to DTP because it explains a lot of the publishing terms, shows examples of popular typefaces ( you know, the ones everyone sees on the printed page but no one knows the names) and discusses laser printers for both the MAC and IBM. Book info follows: Felici, James & Ted Nace, "Desktop Publishing Skills - A primer for Typesetting with Computers and Laser Printers", Reading, Massachusetts:Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1987. List Price $19.95 Note: The authors typeset the book themselves, Addison-Wesley just reproduced it from camera ready copy supplied from the authors.