Drop caps can add visual interest to your publication. Different desktop publishing programs each have their own way of adding drop caps to the page. This article shows you how to insert drop caps using Adobe PageMaker.

Drop caps are a great way to add a visual graphic element to your published page -- whether it be the first line of a chapter paragraph or a newsletter article. Using drop caps in Word is pretty easy to do!

Setting up and using tabs in your document will keep indents, columns and numbers in their places even if you change your font, format or import your text to a desktop publishing program.

With the growing use of iPads, eBooks, and the internet, does the future of the desktop publisher look bleak? Yes, according to one source, but I disagree. There are many opportunities presenting themselves to the desktop publisher.

Have you ever received a letter or an email from someone that just did not make sense? With the way we abbreviate what we write in email and text messages proofreading becomes more essential than ever.

Instead of going through your manuscript page by page and recording the titles and page numbers, create your table of contents by using Word 7's automatic table of contents function.

When faced with those pesky widows and orphans in your document, what can you do? Here are some ideas you can try to keep those widows and orphans from being alone.

Read to find out what possibilities exist in learning and enhancing your desktop publishing and ebook skills -- and have fun along the way!

Once set up, style sheets and templates help keep the style of your publication(s) consistent, and they can also help save you time and effort!

Ever wonder how documents were prepared for press before desktop publishing software? Learn about the tools required then and now to layout and design publications.