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    UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

    BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA)


    DEGREE PROGRAMME
    SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024

    Year: II Semester: III


    Desktop Publishing Practical 220S32
    Common for B.C.A. , B.Sc.-SA , B.Sc.-CSc , B.Sc.-CSc-wAI , B.Sc.-CSc-wDS
    Credits 2 Lecture Hours:2 per week

    Learning Objectives: (for teachers: what they have to do in the class/lab/field)


     The objective of the course is to provide the participants understanding of the
    techniques essential to build their career in desktop publishing using suitable
    hardware and software tools.
     This course offers a range of topics of immediate relevance to industry and makes the
    participants exactly suitable for DTP Industry.

    Course Outcomes: (for students: To know what they are going to learn)
    CO1:Understand basics of computer and its related terminology.
    CO2:Write, Edit & Print documents using MS-WORD & EXCEL
    CO3:Understand various software used for Desktop Publishing andwould be able to create
    and design documents with text and graphics like newspaper ad, wedding cards, visiting
    cards, greeting cards etc.
    CO4:Using PageMaker, CorelDraw & Photoshop. Understand Colourconcept in Printing

    Units Contents
    I Computer Fundamentals - Generations of Computer, Advantage and disadvantage of
    Computer, Block Diagram of a Computer, Description of Different parts of a
    computer. System Software and Application Software MS Office Introduction to MS
    Office, Word Processing Software, Electronic Spreadsheet, MS Paint

    II PageMaker Introduction to various versions, concepts and applications of


    PageMaker Guides & rulers. Drawing tools. Fills & outlines Photo Shop -History &
    introduction, the file menu, the tools, Drawing lines & shapes Photo editing inserting
    starting with Setting Up, introduction of layers,Understanding Design principles and
    color theory

    III Coral Draw-Drawing-lines, shapes inserting-pictures, objects, tables, templates, Use


    of various tools such as Pick tools, Zoom tools, Free hand tool, square tool, rectangle
    tool, Text tool, Fill tool etc. and all fonts used in designing of monograms, logos,
    posters, stickers, greeting cards, wedding cards, visiting cards, etc Design Principles
    & Color Harmony Introduction to colors Primary and Secondary in both RGB &
    CMYK schemes/modes

    List of Programs
    1. Using windows explorer and other windows elements
    2. Creating and opening a document in page maker
    3. Formatting and editing a document
    4. Saving and printing a given document
    5. Insertion of text and graphics in a given document from external source
    UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
    BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA)
    DEGREE PROGRAMME
    SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024

    6. Using columns utility, to give the document column look


    7. Using various fonts and styles to make a document more beautiful
    8. Use of page maker to make transparencies
    9. Saving and printing a file that has been created
    10. Formatting a given file by using undo/redo, repeat, cut, copy, paste, delete, duplicate
    and clone utilities
    11. Inserting objects in the drawing, aligning, ordering, grouping and ungrouping of
    those objects
    12. Use of combine, break apart, weld, intersection, trim and separate tools in given
    drawing
    13. Use of mode edit tools ie, to line, to curve, to stretch, and rotate
    14. Creating special effects i.e, transform roll-up, envelop roll up, add perspective,
    extrude roll up, contour roll up, power line, power clip, clear effects
    15. To insert character and paragraph text in a drawing and frame, setting of tabs,
    indents, bullets and spacing in paragraph text
    16. Filling of text to a given path, aligning it to base line, straighten text and edit text
    17. Using tools such as spell checker, and thesaurus
    18. Using find and replace text utility and type assist
    19. Adding various symbols to a drawing and creating different pattern

    Learning Resources:
    1. Desk Top Publishing From A to Z by Bill Grout and Osborne; McGraw Hill
    2. DTP (Desk Top Publishing) for PC user by Houghton; Galgotia Publishing House
    Pvt. Ltd., Daryaganj, New Delhi.
    3. ADOBE PAGEMAKER 6.5 - Shashank Jain & Satish Jain - First Edition 2001, BPB
    Publications
    4. DESKTOP PUBLISHING ON PC-M.C. Sharma, BPB Publications
    5. Corel draw the Official Guide By Gray David Bouton, Corel Press.
    6. The complete Reference Getting Started with Page Maker, McGraw-Hills
    7. Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom In A Book (2020), Adobe Press.
    8. Computers Today S.K.Basandra, Galgotia Publications.
    9. Microsoft Office: Will Train, Gini Courter, Annette Marquis BPB Publication.
    Suggested equivalent online courses:
    http://www.nptelvideos.com/adobe/adobe photoshop tutorials.php
    https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec20 cs05/preview
    https://eskillindia.org/Course/course detail/117206920200221051647
    https://www.udemy.com/course/desktop-publishing-for-you/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJYgNUYUvZe

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