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 Department:    OBT

 Course #:    204

 Credits:    4

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    520204

 EPC:    547

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Use Microsoft Publisher for PCs to create a variety of publication layouts that follow basic design and typography principles. In addition to learning to use the features and tools in MS Publisher, basic design and typography principles will be introduced.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: OBT 122 or OBT 124 with a "D" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Enter text into a publication (create text boxes, display formatting marks, word wrap text, import text files, and link text boxes).
2. Edit publication text (cut, copy, and paste text; find and replace text; check spelling and grammar; edit a story using MS Word).
3. Apply character formatting to publication text (change font style, size, color, and add special effects; autofit text; apply stylistic sets and alternates; create drop caps; enable ligatures; kern character pairs, insert special symbols, and copy formats with format painter).
4. Apply paragraph formatting to publications (align text, apply bullets and numbering, change line spacing, set tabs, and control hyphenation).
5. Format and modify page layouts (set margins, change page orientation, apply column formatting, set custom page sizes, create color and font schemes, add watermarks and backgrounds, and create master pages).
6. Insert, format, and modify page parts in a publication (mastheads, sidebars, pull quotes, captions, building blocks, headers and footers, and tear-offs).
7. Add graphical objects to enhance publications (pictures, clipart, WordArt, and shapes).
8. Edit graphics (apply styles and effects, recolor, crop, resize, flip, group, compress, and format shapes).
9. Use tools within Publisher to align and position objects within a publication (rulers, boundaries, guides, baselines, measurement toolbar, and scratch area).
10. Create, format, and modify Publisher tables.
11. Locate, use, and modify existing publication templates and create and save new publication templates.
12. Use Publisher to create a variety of document layouts (flyers, brochures, newsletters, stationery sets, calendars, and business cards).
13. Apply basic design and typographic principles to create visually attractive documents.
14. Analyze publications for design improvement based upon design and typography principles.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Basic publication creation commands.
2. Text entry and editing features.
3. Character and paragraph formatting commands and techniques.
4. Page layout commands.
5. Building blocks for adding pre-designed parts to pages.
6. Graphical features and graphical formatting and editing techniques.
7. Publisher tools for positioning and aligning objects.
8. Publisher tables.
9. Publication templates.
10. Design and typography principles.