Use WordArt
Use text boxes
Group objects together
Use column formatting
Insert tables
Mail merge
PowerPoint is a presentations program but it can be used for DeskTop Publishing. It allows you to manipulate objects such as clipart and text boxes on the screen.
The features of PowerPoint that I know about include:
Text formatting – size and style
Cutting and pasting
Insert picture by using ClipArt or WordArt
Use text boxes
Group objects together
Use column formatting
Insert tables
Conferencing between computers
Animation of objects in slides
Animation and automatic transfer between slides
Publisher is a fully featured DeskTop Publishing program. It allows you top manipulate text and graphic objects on the screen and you can import images and text from other Office programs.
The features of Publisher that I know about include:
Text formatting – size and style
Cutting and pasting
Insert picture by using ClipArt
Use WordArt
Use text boxes
Group objects together
Use column formatting
Insert tables
Using templates to help start with new posters, letters and CD covers and so forth.
CorelDraw is a graphics design package that is very powerful. It has all the feature of drawing, shading and grouping objects together but I do not know how to use all the features and I do not need everything just to design a logo. You can import clipart and drawings made in other programs and then change them in CorelDraw. A big advantage of CorelDraw is that the drawing can be made bigger or smaller without getting jagged edges. This is because it uses vector drawing instead of bitmap images.
Paint is a simple drawing package that uses bitmap images. It is easy to use but the drawings get jagged at the edges when you make them bigger or smaller.
The software that I will use:
