Preparing Good Looking Documents

A set of six topics for staff developing learning resources, with each topic introducing some basic guidelines for publication design using standard University-installed software. They cover the preparation of resources in both print and on-screen formats.
 

Slide Show: PowerPoint for learning

• Notes (DOCX)  • Notes (PDF)  • Slides (PPTX)  

• template design and set-up
• condensing the content
• controlling type and placement
• adding images and transitions
• adding multimedia elements

Poster Power: meaning & message

• Notes (DOCX)  • Notes (PDF)  • Slides (PPTX)  

• what is the poster for/about
• setting up the poster file
• adding text and images
• arranging and styling the content
• outputting the file for printing

HTML Basics: getting your code to work

• Notes (DOCX)  • Notes (PDF)  • Slides (PPTX)  • Sample files (ZIP)  

• understanding HTML elements
• web page structure and layout
• elements for modifying text
• combining images and multimedia
• styling for accessibility
• restoring order to broken files

Document Design: templates for learning

• Notes (DOCX)  • Notes (PDF)  • Sample files (ZIP) (UA Staff access only)  

• document design and layout
• setting up a template
• adding styles and page elements
• using headers and footers
• installing and using the template

Table Talk: using tables in Word

• Notes (DOCX)  • Notes (PDF)  • Slides (PPTX)  • Sample files (ZIP) (UA Staff access only)  

• using tables for data or layout
• determining table size/dimensions
• controlling table rows and columns
• adding borders and shading
• using basic functions
• tables for merge documents

Picture Perfect: image formats & resolution

• Notes (DOCX)  • Notes (PDF)  • Slides (PPTX)  

• what is resolution: screen vs print
• colour spaces: rgb, cmyk, grayscale
• raster and vector formats
• commonly used image file types
• image editing tools

Contact

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