Desktop publishing

If you're on a budget, we have an entry-level desktop publishing service. With training and experience using Adobe InDesign® CS3 and Adobe Photoshop® CS3 , we can organise contract services for:

• document and page layout
• typographic design
• graphic layout
• indexing
• copyright and legals
• preparation of print-ready files.

We can also repurpose documents for print publications (PDF, EPS, Adobe InDesign® CS3), or for the web or CD-ROMs (optimised PDF, XHTML). Our services cover all aspects of book design:

Document and page layout

• Document planning
• Headings and sub-headings
• Table of contents
• List of illustrations
• References
• Appendices
• Headers and footers (book and chapter titles, page numbers).

Typographic design

• Appropriate typeface, style and size
• Back cover blurb
• Pull quotes and story boxes.

Graphic layout

• Design of cover and inside pages
• Image editing/formatting and preparation of illustrations
• Imposition.

Indexing

• Back-of-book indexing
• Hypertext indexing of PDF or XHTML documents.

Copyright and legals

• Copyright permissions
• ISBN, bar code and Cataloguing-in-Publication (CiP).

Preparation of print-ready files

• Reformatting documents for print or web publication
• Pre-flighting
• Conversion of colour system for images (CMYK, RGB)
• Conversion to print-ready PDF, EPS, Adobe InDesign® CS3, XHTML
• Optimising PDF documents for web or CD-ROM publishing
• Accessibility.