CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Desktop Publishing Assignment

Fill in the Blanks

Question: _________ means spacing between two or more lines
Answer: Leading

Question: Frames __________ related information and graphics.
Answer: Combine

Question: Meaning of WYSIWYG _________
Answer: What You See Is What You Get

Question: We can __________ documents in many ways.
Answer: print

Question: Fastest colored laser printer can print _ no of pages in a minute.
Answer: 200

Write True or False

Question: Headers are written at the bottom of the page.
Answer: False

Question: MS Word is a Desktop-Publishing software.
Answer: False

Question: We need not to plan during Page preparation.
Answer: False

Question: Style includes bullets etc.
Answer: True

Question: Scaling is the space between two or more lines.
Answer: False

Short Questions of Exercise

Question: What is meant by Desktop Publishing?
Answer: Desktop Publishing is also known as DTP. DTP applications are those applications which are used to print good quality Visiting Cards, Magazines, Calendars, and Advertisements etc with the help of computers. This task is related with the publishing and printing.
DTP applications are used to prepare beautiful, correct and high quality design of documents. It is easy to prepare Page Layouts using DTP applications. We can control each object (text and graphics) separately in these programs.

Question: What are the different Methods of Printing?
Answer: There are two ways of printing:
1. Offset Printing: In this type of printing, ink sets on paper for printing documents. If we want multiple copies or printing, than we have to use the offset printing. It is the cheap and best way of printing.
2. Lazer Printing: This is the common printing method. It prints text and graphics with good quality. It uses lazer technology to print the documents.

Question: Explain the concept of Scaling, Tracking and Leading.
Answer: These are the different ways for setting of fonts. These are explained below:
Scaling: Scaling means increasing or decreasing of size of characters without increasing or decreasing the font points.
Tracking: Tracking means setting space between characters of a word or line. It is measured in points.
Leading: Leading means increasing or decreasing gap between two or more lines. It is measured in points.

Question: What is meant by WYSIWYG?
Answer: The full form of WYSIWYG is What You See Is What You Get. It means we will get the same print of document as it is seen on the computer screen before printing. The documents prepared with DTP seem very close to WYSIWYG.

Question: What are Margins?
Answer: When we prepare documents, we set extra space along with the edges of the page. This extra space is called Margin. It is the gap between text and edges of the page. Margins can be set at top, bottom, left and right edges of the page. We can increase or decrease the value of margins according to our requirements.

Question: What is meant by Page Layout?
Answer: Page layout means preparing the structure of the document. By structuring, we mean that where to put objects on the page. Object can be a text, picture or it can be a special symbol. During the setup of page layout, we should take care about the margins of the page, objects, text, font size, color and design. To control the layout of a page, we have to use Desktop Publishing Software. Before designing the Newspapers, magazines, business cards etc, we have to create the layout of these publications.

Question: What are Fonts?
Answer: Font means shape of characters. It is the combination of type face and other features of characters such as Font size, its width etc. Some of the commonly used fonts are ARIAL, Times New Roman etc. Arial, Times New Roman are the type faces that define the shape and size of characters. Many different types of fonts are used to create documents in desktop publishing software’s. Set of fonts having similar type faces are called Font-Family.

Question: Write the difference between DTP and Word Processor.
Answer: The common differences between Desktop Publishing and Word Processor are given below:

Question: What is meant by document Planning?
Answer: Document planning means preparing a plan to create a document. Following points should be considered carefully while planning to create a document:
1. Page Layout: Page layout defines the structure for the document. By structuring, we mean that where to put objects on the page.
2. Style: Style means how to format the document to be created. It includes header, footer, bullets etc.
3. Margins: When we prepare documents, we set extra space along with the edges of the page. This extra space is called Margin. It is the gap between text and edges of the page. Margins can be set at top, bottom, left and right edges of the page.
4. Header: It is usually a text that is printed at the top of every page. It may include name of the chapter, page no etc.
5. Footer: It is usually a text that is printed at the bottom of every page. It includes commonly the page no.
6. Fonts: Font means shape of characters. It is the combination of type face and other features of characters such as Font size, its width etc. Some of the commonly used fonts are ARIAL,Times New Roman etc.

Question: What is Desktop Publishing? What is its need? Which software’s are used for Desktop Publishing?
Answer: 
Desktop Publishing: Desktop Publishing is also known as DTP. DTP applications are those applications which are used to print good quality Visiting Cards, Magazines, Calendar and Advertisements etc with the help of computers.
This task is related with the publishing and printing.
Ned of DTP: DTP applications are used to prepare beautiful, correct and high quality design of documents. It is easy to prepare Page Layouts using DTP applications. We can control each object (text and graphics) separately in these programs.
Desktop Publishing Software: Desktop publishing is commonly of three types as given below:
- Page Layout: Adobe Pagemaker software is used for scuh type of publishing work.
- Editing: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photo Paint etc are used for such type of publishing work.
- Illustration: Corel Draw, MS Publisher etc are used for such type of publishing work.