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- Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv
- From: gwp@cs.purdue.edu (Geoff Peters)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pagemakr,alt.aldus.pagemaker,alt.aldus,comp.text,comp.text.desktop,comp.answers,alt.answers,news.answers
- Subject: Desktop Publishing Resources FAQ
- Supersedes: <dtp/resources_804769871@rtfm.mit.edu>
- Followup-To: poster
- Date: 23 Jul 1995 14:16:24 GMT
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- Lines: 145
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
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- Message-ID: <dtp/resources_806508928@rtfm.mit.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu
- Summary: This posting delineates the FAQs that can be found in the
- PageMakr Archives and contains further information that may
- be of interest to the modern desktop publisher.
- X-Last-Updated: 1994/08/30
- Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
- Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu bit.listserv.pagemakr:8039 alt.aldus.pagemaker:12184 comp.text:14950 comp.text.desktop:8054 comp.answers:13277 alt.answers:10847 news.answers:49123
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- Archive-name: dtp/resources
- Last-modified: 1994/08/09
- Posting-Frequency: tri-weekly
- Version: 4
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- August 30, 1994
-
- Welcome!
-
- This document is posted periodically to various Desktop Publishing groups
- to remind readers of some of the resources available on the Internet for
- today's Desktop Publisher.
-
- This list is by no means a complete list. Check out the DTP Internet
- Jumplist on the World Wide Web for more resources. The URL is
-
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- You can also contact Geoff Peters at gwp@cs.purdue.edu to obtain a text
- version. If you have access to the Web, this document is *highly*
- recommended -- it supercedes this one and contains many more resources.
-
- Much of the force behind this compilation is the Bitnet listserv PAGEMAKR
- and thus, many of the documents have a slight slant towards PageMaker.
- Several of the documents (such as the scanning FAQ), however, are
- universal.
-
- Also FAQ stands for "Frequently Asked Questions" and is used to describe
- a document that answers some of the commonly asked questions on the
- Internet about a specific subject.
-
- Some of the more popular files (and highly recommended) in the PageMaker
- archive are list below. A description of how to access these files can
- be found at the end of this file.
-
-
- ============================================================================
-
- BOOKS.FAQ This file contains a list of recommended books and
- magazines for Desktop Publishers.
-
- DTPTIPS.FAQ This document has a number of suggestions and tips for
- Desktop Publishing in general.
-
- FAQ.FAQ This file is a comprehensive list of the most Frequently
- Asked Questions concerning PageMaker. It is also available
- in a Windows Helpfile version and (soon) an HTML version.
- This is quite a large collection and contains much
- information that is helpful for general Desktop
- Publishers. Strongly recommended!
-
- PMTIPS.FAQ Within this file is a list of tips for PageMaker users,
- including an extensive list of documented and undocumented
- keyboard shortcuts and assists.
-
- SCANTIPS.FAQ This excellent document created by Jeff Bone describes
- the ins and outs of scanning. Highly Recommended! A
- new HTML version of this document has just come out and
- is a must stop on the infobahn... ;-) (See W3 section below)
-
- ============================================================================
-
- These are some of the other misc. documents available for browsing:
-
- ALDUSFAQ.TXT Aldus' own FAQ for PageMaker (nowhere near as good as
- ours ;)
- BOOKS2.FAQ This file contains a list of PageMaker-related books
- that comes from the CompuServe Aldus Forum.
- DEFAULTS.FAQ This article describes the concept of setting defaults
- for PageMaker.
- GLOSSARY.FAQ Henry Budgett's massive glossary of DTP related terms
- MISC.FAQ This text file contains various interesting postings
- from the PageMaker list. This includes some short, fun
- postscript "programs" and information on Applelink.
- PM_FILLS.TXT An addendum by Olav Martin Kvern to his article in Aldus
- Magazine about how to create your own fill patterns.
- PM5_DESC.TXT Description of PageMaker 5.0.
- PM5A_INF.TXT Description of PageMaker 5.0a patch version.
- PM5PRINT.FAQ A FAQ on printing problems associated with PageMaker 5.0.
- PM6_WISH.TXT This is a wish list of features for upcoming versions of
- PageMaker. It was conducted along with the survey of 1994.
- PMFAQHLP.ZIP This is a special hypertexted version of the PageMaker FAQ
- using Microsoft's Help File Format. Just decompress the
- file and add it to your Windows Shell for instant, access
- to the PageMaker FAQ.
- README.TXT This file.
- SCANTIP2.FAQ Misc. stuff concerning the Scanning FAQ.
- SURVEY1.TXT The results of the first PageMaker Listserv survey
- conducted in the Fall of 1992.
- SURVEY2.TXT The results of the second list survey that was conducted
- in the summer of 1994.
- SYLLABUS.FAQ A sample syllabus for teaching PageMaker.
- WHOSWHO.TXT A Who's Who list of the members of the PageMaker List.
- This is meant for "desktop publishers community" purposes;
- please respect the privacy of the matter contained within.
-
-
- Most of these files can be downloaded all together with the DTPFAQxx.ZIP
- file as well.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- Now that you know what is available, let me tell you how it is available.
- As you probably know, there are a number of tools available for the Internet
- user. Some that can be used to access the previously mentioned DTP files
- are:
-
-
- FTP ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- All of the files listed above can be downloaded via anonymous FTP at
- the site ftp.dopig.uab.edu in the info/pagemakr/faq directory area.
- This is likely the most preferable method for obtaining the documents.
- If ftp.dopig.uab.edu seems to be down, you can also try
- wuarchive.wustl.edu in the doc/misc/pagemakr directory. If you have any
- troubles FTPing, please contact Geoff Peters (gwp@cs.purdue.edu) or
- Jeff Bone (jbone@dopig.uab.edu).
-
-
- E-Mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- The text files listed above can also be received via e-mail. To get a
- file, simply send a message to either Geoff Peters (gwp@cs.purdue.edu)
- specifying which file you would like to receive. If you do not get a
- response, you can also write to Jeff Bone (jbone@dopig.uab.edu).
-
-
- W3 / Mosaic ----------------------------------------------------------------
- All of the documents can also be accessed via the World Wide Web. They
- can be access via the DTP Internet Jumplist whose URL address is:
- http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html or via the PageMaker
- Jumplist at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/pagemaker.html.
-
- The scanning FAQ can be reached directly with the following URL:
- http://www.dopig.uab.edu/dopigpages/FAQ/The-Scan-FAQ.html
-
-
- If you have any questions regarding any of the above files, please do not
- hesitate to contact me.
-
- Geof Peters
- [gwp@cs.purdue.edu]
-
-