PLEASE NOTE: All CMIT modules have now been withdrawn,
and are unavailable for the 2010/11 academic year
These web pages and lecture notes are left as reference for those students
requiring CMIT modules to complete their programme only, and are not an
indication of modules currently offered.
Computer Aided Publishing I
Lectures and Practicals
Semester One
Term 1 (October - December)
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| 1 | Lecture | Introduction. Notes (Word file). Slides (Powerpoint file, 4 Mbytes). | |||||||
| Practical | No practicals | ||||||||
| 2 | Lecture | Word processor v. Typesetter. |
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| Practical | Setting up a PageMaker document. File handling. Worksheet. | ||||||||
| 3 | Lecture | Introduction of computers into publishing. |
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| Practical | Placing a word processed file into PageMaker. Page view. Text handles, threaded text. |
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| 4 | Lecture |
Printing technology - the origins of printing and hot metal. |
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| Practical | Inserting/deleting pages. Editing text, foreign accents, changing the characteristics of text. |
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| 5 | Lecture | Lithographic printing and its development from engraving. |
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| Practical | Printing. Creating separate stories. Changing paragraph layout. |
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| 6 | Lecture | Printing technology continued - the rise of lithograhy; colour printing; digital printing. |
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| Practical | Tabs. Worksheet | ||||||||
| 7 | Lecture | Computer aided publishing. History and development. The role of postscript and PDF files. The publishing process. |
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| Practical | Rulers, guides, drop caps, raised caps. Worksheet | ||||||||
| 8 | Lecture | Computer Aided Publishing - Part 2. Book size - part 1 - what can a book size say about a book?
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| Practical | Graphics - part one. Worksheet Pictures in worksheet -
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| 9 | Lecture | Book Size pt 2 - Remainder of book size lecture from last week. Page and paper sizes. Why are books often rectangular? |
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| Practical | Graphics part 2 - text wrap.
Worksheet.
Text and pictures in worksheet -
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| 10 | Lecture | No lecture | |||||||
| Practical | General problem solving. Discussing your book designs. |
Semester One
Term 2 (January - March)
| week | day | subject |
| 1 | Lecture | Square books. Children's books. Irregular shaped books. Items referred to in lecture:
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| Practical | Supervised practical on book design task. | |
| 2 | Lecture |
Margins Part 1 - practical considerations, binding. Margins Part 2 - design considerations. |
| Practical | Supervised practical on book design task. |