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Desktop Publishing Desktop Publishing Get Started Choose Software Tips & Tutorials From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing In my quest for free classes I'm currently making my way through the free online course materials for an MIT graduate class in digital typography. It takes basic typography and puts some experimental (and not so basic) spins on it. Because it doesn't come with the actual lectures I'm piecing together lists of resources from my own site and elsewhere to supplement the course as well as some alternatives for some of the assignments (much of the original assignments involved coding Java applets). But for something a bit less complex, but extremely useful, take a look at the Carnegie Mellon course described below. Only takes a few hours to do and it's complete -- no outside reference works needed and you do the hands-on exercises online. Designing Technical Documents Want a free education? Here's a good short course offered by the Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative. Monday I spent a little over 2 hours working my way through the lessons and exercises in this Visual Communication Design Course titled Designing Technical Documents. I've got a full description of what to expect from the course. And once you're done, see the Dig Deeper links to learn even more about all the topics covered in this free course. Take a Photography Class - for Free These lessons focus on selecting and using a digital camera. Your goal may not be to become a professional photographer, but learning about photography can help you take better family photos for scrapbooks and photo greeting cards and can help you when choosing photos (your own or those of others) for various desktop publishing projects. Take a Photography Class Like Us on Facebook Get the news, share your thoughts, find the occasional extra tidbits. Desktop Publishing Ads Nursery School Montessori School School Pictures School Photos School Photographs Featured Articles Web Design Tutorials Education and Training Business of Design Desktop Publishing Dictionary - Index Supplies You Need Things to Make   More from About.com Great Gadget Gifts iPad or iPod? Kindle or Nook? Point-and-shoot or DIL camera? If you're confused by this year's must-have gadgets, check out our top picks. More> The Gift of Entertainment The lowdown on the latest holiday releases, plus recommendations on the best in music, movies and more. More> This newsletter is written by: Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Desktop Publishing newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Must Reads Go Beyond Word Processing Do Desktop Publishing Big List of Desktop Publishing Software Start a Design Business Print Anything Advertisement