Desktop Publishing And Multimedia Syllabus For B.Com Computer Application

Unit-I

Importance and Advantages of DTP, DTP Software and Hardware, Commercial DTP Packages, Page Layout Programs, Introduction to Word Processing, Commercial DTP Packages, Difference between DTP Software  and Word Processing Software.

Unit-II

Types of Graphics, Uses of Computer Graphics, Introduction to Graphics Programs, Font and Type Faces, Types of Fonts, Creation of Fonts (Photographer), Anatomy of Type Faces, Printers, Types of Printers used in DTP, Plotter, Scanner.

Unit-III

History and Versions of Page Maker, Creating a new page, Document Setup Dialog Box, Paper Size, Page Orientation, Margins, Different Methods of Placing Text and Graphics in a Document, Master Page, Story Editor, Formatting of Text, Indent, Leading, Hyphenation, Spelling Check, Creating Index, Text Wrap, Position (Superscript/ Subscript), Control Palette.

Unit-IV

History, Multimedia Elements, Text, Image, Animation, Sound and Video, Text, Concept of Plain Text and Formatted Text, RTF and HTML Text, Image, Importance of Graphics in Multimedia, Image Capturing Methods, Scanner, Digital Camera, Sound- Sound and its Effect in, Multimedia, Analog and Digital Sound, Animation, Basics Principles and use of Animation, Video, Basics of Video, Analog and Digital Video.

Unit-V

Features of Multimedia, Overview of Multimedia, Multimedia Software Tools, Multimedia Authoring- Production and Presentation, Graphic File Formats, MIDI- Overview, Concept, Structure of MIDI, MIDI Devices, MIDI Messages.

Objective Questions

1. Desktop Publishing & Multimedia (DTP) Objective Set_1.