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Page-Layout Applications

Page-layout programs help you format elaborate page designs. Multiple columns are much easier to create in a page-
layout application than in a word-processing program, providing a far greater degree of control for placing elements.
These are programs generally used by graphic designers for producing final pages ready for print. Although you can
key in text as part of the page-layout process, most people write in a word-processing application and then place the
text that has been written into the page-layout application. Popular page-layout programs include Quark Express and
Adobe PageMaker. Many journals prefer that writers submit their work in a word-processing program, with the
publisher creating final pages in a layout program.

Adobe FrameMaker is a page-layout program that is preferred by technical writers. Writing in this layout application
can be as easy as writing with a word-processing program. However, FrameMaker also allows for a multitude of
format arrangements particularly suited to technical material, including the ability to set mathematical formulas. The
program enhances the indexing process by providing text markers and codes especially designed for indexing.
Templates can be created for complex designs to automate the design and paging process. Some journals, particularly
those devoted to mathematics and chemistry, accept work written in FrameMaker.
Adobe Acrobat is a kind of hybrid page-layout program. Its Distiller application converts an electronic file, both text
and images, into a

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format with universal typefaces that can be interpreted by all users. The layout of the original file is maintained,
including placement of graphics. The converted file, which ends with a .pdf designation, can be placed on the Internet
for downloading. When viewed on screen, using the freely available Adobe reader, the .pdf file simulates book pages
while at the same time offering the advantages of electronic files. When printed, the .pdf file looks like your original
file, regardless of what typefaces the viewer has available.

Specialized Applications

Different disciplines and even individual journals often have different requirements for their citation formats. In
addition, most word-processing programs do not create formatted citations for these disciplines. Applications are
available for providing you with the citation or bibliographic format you want or require. EndNote, one of the most
commonly used citation applications, allows you to customize templates to suit your needs. (See Chapter 12, "How to
Cite the References," for more on citation and bibliography programs.)

If you need to create effective tables and charts, many programs are available to you. Microsoft Word allows you to
create excellent tables. You can place as many rows and columns as you need, in the typefaces and type sizes
required by your journal. DeltaGraph Pro, for both Macintosh and Windows, has many different types of chart and
graph styles to choose from. Data can be keyed in directly or imported from a spreadsheet program such as Lotus or
Excel. Typefaces and type sizes can be customized. Grid lines can be selected by width and their locations customized
as required. Chart, a Microsoft program that is also part of Microsoft's Office 96 suite of programs, will construct
charts by using data from within the program or from Excel, another component of Office 96. It can transport a chart
you create to PowerPoint, the slide- show application in Office. The chart template designs are focused primarily on

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