Bussiness Employment

Discuss the questions below after the research

The Effects on Employment by Word Processing & Desk Top Publishing
Word processing and Desktop Publishing (DTP) applications are used more often by more people every day than any other type of computer application. The basic skills used in word processing and DTP programs are also used in one way or another in most other kinds of software.
　
The past and present of publishing - what will be the future?
This web site has everything you ever wanted to know about typewriters (but were afraid to ask)
Here's another site with way too much information about old typewriters
This page has nice pictures of old typewriters
OK on with the work...
Start by reading Computer Confluence pages 126 - 133
Then do some research on Word Processing and DTP. The links below will get you started.
In Graphic Detail:
A beginner's guide to desktop publishing (DTP) for organizations without graphic design staff (April 07, 2003)http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?articleid=477

How Do You Do Desktop Publishing? - DTP Q & Ahttp://desktoppub.about.com/cs/beginners/a/how_dtp.htm

Everybody's a Designer - but are we saving money?http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/2003/2003article10.htm

Desktop Publishing: Quality tool, or an aid to mediocrity?http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/8800/8809article4.htm

Desk Top Publishing: Should You Do It In-House or Have It Done Outside?http://www.kirwood.com/copywriting/inorout.htm

Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. http://www.britannica.com/ ( 2 Feb 2003 ).
Dead medium: Typesetters: a Dead Class of Media

Workershttp://www.deadmedia.org/notes/40/406.html
Desktop Publishing and Your Business By Melanie L. Drake

Desktop Publishing is Neitherhttp://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrwizard/web/dtp.html

Then answer the questions below:

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  Describe two possible economic effects of the development of word processes and DTP on business. [4 marks]
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  Identify three benefits of using a professional publishing company and three benefits of using DTP software to publish a realty company's monthly magazine.[6 marks]
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  Discuss the effects on jobs like typesetters and offset printers when DTP was introduced into workplaces. [8 marks]
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  Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of introducing WP and DTP into the workplace. [10 marks]