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   <title>About.com Desktop Publishing: What's Hot Now</title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make a Greeting Card]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A greeting card you make yourself can be more meaningful to the recipient and just as attractive as any store-bought greeting card if you follow these basic steps and apply these desktop publishing and design principles. Here are 10 steps to make your own greeting card in any software.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Define Blind Embossing]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/blindembossing.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Blind embossing - An embossed image without ink or foil that is the same color as the paper...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Free Thanksgiving Graphics - Pumpkins #2]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/library/holidays/blpdhpump2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Free Pumpkins Graphics for print and Web: free thanksgiving graphics free graphics index public domain images thanksgiving index]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Parts of a Newsletter Quiz - Test Your Desktop Publishing Knowledge of Newsletters]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/library/quizzes/DocumentParts/bl_q1_nl_parts.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Answer 10 multiple choice questions related to parts of a newsletter, newsletter design, and newsletter use.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Family History Book]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/booksmanuals/ss/FamilyHistoryBk_6.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How you arrange photos can make your family history book more enjoyable.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Define Binding]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/binding.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Binding - Methods of securing or binding together the loose pages or sections of a book or booklet...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Forms, Folds, and Sizes]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/bookreviews/gr/formsfoldssizes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Subtitled All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find, Forms, Folds, and Sizes is a handy little reference book that answers tons of those little questions that you need to have answered in the middle of a project.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[InDesign Transform Tools]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/indesigntutorials/ss/id_transform_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Get familiar with doing simple transformations on objects using the rotate, scale, shear, and free transform tools of Adobe InDesign CS]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Counter]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typeanatomy/g/counter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Reset your font counter. Explore the difference between counter, bowl, and aperature.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Serif PagePlus X3]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/serif/fr/pageplusx3_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A really good desktop publishing software program is getting even better. The latest upgrade to Serif PagePlus focuses on some fun and useful integrated graphics tools while also adding more high-end publishing features. But it remains low-cost and very easy to use.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Free Thanksgiving Graphics - Cooked Turkey #2]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/library/holidays/blpdhturkc2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Free Turkey Graphics for print and Web: free thanksgiving graphics free graphics index public domain images thanksgiving index]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Publisher]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/software/p/mspublisher.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite its detractors, Microsoft Publisher is a major step up from consumer creative printing programs. For Windows users, it fills the void between price and pro features. The Microsoft Office Publisher incarnation has put it more into competition with Adobe PageMaker for the enterprise/small business market.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Light box Tutorial]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/scanninggraphics/ss/lightbox_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Amateur photographers and desktop publishers who want to improve their digital photography without expensive equipment can make a light tent with nothing more than a cardboard box and tissue paper. Do product shots or photograph material for your portfolio.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[InDesign Frame / Shape Tools]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/indesigntutorials/ss/id_frameshape_4.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Draw rectangles, ellipses, and polygons to use as shapes, text frames, or image frames.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letters from Santa...]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/startabusiness/a/santa_letters.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Whether desktop publishing is a major part of your business or simply a hobby, this series of articles, tips, and links can help you produce the best possible personalized letters, including Letters from Santa.&#10;&#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uncoated Paper]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/uncoatedpaper.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[More absorbent than coated papers...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[5 Point Star]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/paper/ss/5pointstar_10.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Unfold the small triangle of paper, smooth out the creases.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FPO]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/layout/g/fpo.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Find out what FPO means.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Font Aliases - G]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/findafont/a/fontaliases_g.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Find lookalike fonts, similiar fonts, and font aliases.&#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lesson 1: Greeting Card]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/courses/a/gc_lesson1_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the first lesson of the Create a Greeting Card Class we need to select software. If you don't already have software or are looking to upgrade, here's a quick rundown of the two primary types of programs used in desktop publishing - Page Layout and Photo Editing/Graphics. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[QuarkXPress Page Numbers]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/qxptutorials/ht/qxp_pagenumbers.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[QuarkXPress will automatically number pages in the style you designate when the proper page numbering code is placed on the Master Pages of your document. &#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[InDesign Swatches Palette]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/indesigntutorials/ss/id_swatches_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swatches palette goes hand in hand with the Colour palette. It can make working in Adobe InDesign easier and faster by allowing you to record frequently used color combinations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Portrait Monitors]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/monitors/a/portraitmonitor.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In word processing and desktop publishing, the portrait or full-page monitor has distinct advantages. Discover how a portrait monitor can enhance your print work and productivity.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[InDesign Gradient Palette]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/indesigntutorials/ss/id_gradient_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You use the Gradient Palette in InDesign to create colors that change from one color to another when applied to an object. Here's how it works.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Double Gatefold Defined]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/doublegatefold.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Three parallel folds and edges that meet in the middle...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lesson 5 InDesign Basics]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/courses/p/5id_basics.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In this lesson of the Adobe InDesign Basics class we'll explore the basics of the rotate, scale, shear, freehand transform, eyedropper, measurement, gradient, button, scissor, hand, and zoom tools.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tab Limited Import]]></title>
            <link>http://desktoppub.about.com/od/textacquisition/ss/tabdelimitedss_4.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here's how to export a simple spreadsheet to a page layout application and tips on using tab delimited files.]]></description>
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