LIST OF SUBJECTS TO BE STUDIED FOR PGDPD Sl.

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Semester I DPD 1.1 Fundamentals of Printing and Publishing DPD 1.2 Computer concepts DPD 1.3 Introduction to fundamentals of Word Processing DPD 1.4 Advanced word processing using In Design (Page Maker) DPD 1.5 Graphic Designing using CorelDraw and PhotoDraw Semester II DPD 2.1 Bitmap Image editing using Photoshop DPD 2.2 Color management DPD 2.3 Illustrator Elective Paper DPD-E-1 Kannada Software Nudi DPD E-2 Web designing in Dream weaver DPD 2.5 Project

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DPD 1.1 : Fundamentals of Printing and Publishing Unit 1: Types of Printing Introduction Letterpress printing Lithography Offset Printing, Principles involved in different printing processes , Machines for letterpress, Offset, Gravure, Flexography and Screen Printing, Web Offset, Printing Materials, Print Design and Products , Factors involved in Print planning, Typography and Design principles,
Unit 2: Processes involved in Printing various kinds of printed products , their formats, Designing factors, colour application, Film Assembly and Plate Making , Binding And Finishing, Fonts and Graphics Font styles Dimensions of Fonts Loading and operating vernacular font, different types of fonts Text File Formats , Vector Graphics Raster Graphics Graphic file formats. Unit 3: Typesetting Selection of Types of various jobs , Style of the House, style of the work casting off, Typesetting for various kinds of jobs, Proofing methods. ,Basic structure of Computer, Hardware , Input and Output Devices, Software , operating system; , Software used in Desktop Publishing; Digital imaging method, Scanners, Image Editing, Colour Correction, Colour Management, Laser Printer Paper, Poly master , Methods of Colour Proofing, Care and Maintenance of Computer Division. Unit 4: Desktop publishing DTP operators arsenal Page setting, Character, level & paragraph level formatting Hyphenation alignments indentation single sided and double sided documentation. Generic process in DTP.

DPD 1.2 Computer concepts Unit-I Introducing Computer Systems, The Computer defined, Computers for individual users, Computers organizations, The parts of a computer system, The information processing,cycle, Essential computer hardware. Interacting with Computer, The Keyboard The standard keyboard layout, How the computer accepts, input from the keyboard, The Mouse, Variants of the mouse. Inputting data in, other ways Devices for the hand, Optical Input Devices, Audiovisual Input, Devices. Video and sound Monitors, Data projectors, Sound systems, Printing Commonly used printers - Dot Matrix Printers, Ink Jet Printers, Laser Printers. Basic Concept - Binary Cell, Semiconductor memory. Types of Memory - RAM and ROM in detail, Memory Chips: RAM and ROM EPROM
Unit-II Input Devices and Output Devices Keyboard, Point and Draw Devices - Mouse, Trackball, Joystick, Electronic pen, Touch Screen. Data Scanning Devices: Image Scanner: Flat-Bed and Hand-held Scanner, Optical Character Recognition Device, Optical mark reader, Bar-Code Reader, Magnetic-Ink Character Recognition. Digitizer. Electroniccard Reader. Voice Recognition Devices. Vision-Input System, Monitors Printers: Dot-Matrix Printers, Inkjet Printers, Laser Printers. Screen Image Projector. Voice Response Systems: Voice Reproduction System, Speech Synthesizer Unit-III Secondary Storage Devices Secondary Storage Devices: Limitations of primary storage, Sequential and Direct- Access Devices. Magnetic Disk, Basic principle of operation, Storage Organization, Storage Capacity, Access mechanism, Access Time: Seek Time, Latency, Transfer Rate. Disk Formatting, Disk Drive, Disk Controller, Types of Magnetic Disks, Hard Disks: Zip Disks, Disk Packs, Winchester Disk, Advantages and Limitations of Magnetic Disks, Uses of Magnetic Disks. Optical Disk, Basic principle of operation, Storage organization, Storage capacity, Access Mechanism, Access Time, Optical Disk Drive, Types of Optical Disks: CD-ROM, WORM Disk, Advantages and Limitations of Optical Disks, Uses of Optical Disks. Unit- IV Computer Software What is Software? Relationship between Hardware and Software, Types of Software: System Software, Application Software, Functions of System Software, Type of System Software: Operating Systems, Language Translators, Utility Programs, Communications Software. Application Software, Commonly Used Application Softwares: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database, Graphics Personal Assistance, Education, Entertainment Software. Logical System Architecture showing relationship between hardware, system software, application software and users of a computer system. Firmware, operating system,

Different functions of operating system, Introduction to DOS and Windows, System files, booting sequence, Internal and external commands. Batch files REFERENCES

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Computer Concepts Basics, Dolores J Wells, Publisher: Course Technology ,Edition Number: 4 , ISBN: 1423904621,EAN: 9781423904625, Publish Date: 2008-12-31 2. Computer Concepts: Illustrated Brief, Dan Oja, ISBN: 0538749547, Edition:8 , Publisher:Course Technology 3. Computer Concepts And C Programming , Kumar, Udaya; Jeyapoovan; ISBN: 8125916458 , EAN: 9788125916451 , Edition: Paperback , Publisher: Vikas Publishing House 4. Computer Concepts and C Programming, J B Dixit, ISBN: 8170081130 Publisher: Laxmi publications PVT.LTD 5. Computer Concepts and C Programming, Dr S Ravishankar , Publisher: Himalaya ,Edition Number: 2 ,EAN: CHIMPUB110247

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Computer Concepts & C Programming, Sangameshwara Bg, SANGUINE TECHNICAL

PUBLISHERS, ISBN: 8188849308

DPD 1.3 Introduction to fundamentals of Word Processing Unit-1 Notepad, word pad and Ms Word, Using Tools and Menus, Working in Documents, Cutting, Copying, and pasting, Saving a Document, Getting Help, Advantages of Word Processing under Windows, Various Word Processors available under Windows. Opening a New Document, Opening an Existing Document, Recently opened files, Opening from the Documents menu, Exporting and Importing Files, Setting Up Your Pages, Choosing page Size and Orientation, Changing page Size, Changing Orientation, Setting Margins, Centering Page, Controlling Page Breaks, Typing in the Document, Inserting Today's Date Moving Around in the Document, Creating Sections, Inserting a Section break, Formatting a Section, Viewing Sections, Using Columns, Numbering Pages, On Your Own, Saving a File, Quitting Word
Unit-2 Formatting Text Formatting Characters, Choosing Fonts, Enhancing Text Appearance, Inserting Special Characters, Changing Character Spacing, Formatting Paragraphs, Aligning Paragraphs, Indenting Paragraph, Setting Tabs, Changing Line Spacing, Adding Borders and Shading Creating a Bulleted List, Creating a Numbered List On Your Own, Selecting Styles, Selecting Text, Deleting Text, Correcting Mistakes, Using Undo, Using Redo, Using Auto Correct, Moving Text, Using Menu Commands to Move Text, Using Drag,and,Drop Editing _ Copying text, Checking Your Document, Finding and Replacing Text, Finding Text _ Replacing Text, Checking Your Spelling, Checking Your Grammar, Looking Up Words in the Thesaurus, Inserting a Picture from the Clip Art Gallery, Inserting a Picture, Adding a Border. Unit-3 Creating Headers and Footers Adding Footnotes and Endnotes, Working with Tables and Graphics, Use a Wizard to help create and format a table, Enter and edit data in a table, Add borders and shading to a table, Convert a table to text, Add clip art to a document, Using Wizard to Create and Format a Table, Starting the Table Wizard, Using Table Auto Format, Entering Data into a Table, Moving Around in the Table, Entering Text, Working with Columns and Rows, Inserting and Selecting Columns and Rows, Deleting Columns and Rows, Inserting Columns and Rows, Changing Cell Height, Adding Borders and Shading, Applying Shading, Converting Text into a Table Unit-4 Mail Merge Mail Merge, Templates, Wizards and Printing Techniques, Understanding Templates Using Templates. Using Wizards, Printing Techniques, Viewing the Document before Printing, Print Preview, Printing Your Document. Creating a PDF document and email attachments

Reference:

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Straight To The Point - MS Office 2000. Dinesh Maidasani ,ISBN : 81-7008-881-X , Edition : Second, 2006 MS Office, S. S. Shrivastava ,ISBN : 978-81-318-0290-8, Edition : First, 2008 Fundamentals of Information Technology Including MS Office ,Dinesh Maidasani , Jai Narayan Yadav , ISBN : 81-318-0037-7 ,Edition : First, 2007

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MS OFFICE ACCESS 2007 BIBLE W/CD ,by MICHAEL R GROH / JOSEPH C STOCKMAN / GAVIN POWELL MASTERING VBA FOR MS OFFICE 2007 ,by RICHARD MANSFIELD COMDEX COMPUTER COURSE KIT WINDOWS VISTA WITH MS OFFICE 2007 W/CD COLOUR EDITION ,by VIKAS GUPTA

DPD 1.4 Advanced word processing using Indesign (Page Maker)

Unit-1 Getting to know tools, panels, and workspaces, Learning how to navigate and zoom in a document ,Working with layers for efficiency and organization, Setting up master pages in a document, Building automatic page numbering and sections, Creating text and graphics placeholder frames, Placing text and graphics on document pages, Understanding text and graphics frames, Grouping and transforming frames, Formatting text using paragraph and character styles, Flowing, threading, and spell,checking text in text frames, Unit-2 Adding color: swatches, gradients and tints, Frequently used shortcuts and techniques, Working with typography, including tracking and kerning, Creating drop caps, rules, tabs, dot leaders and hanging indents, Developing paragraph, character and object styles, Nesting character styles within paragraph styles, Loading styles from one document to another ,Placing, managing and editing linked graphics Unit -3 Adjusting the viewing quality of the document, Working with clipping paths and alpha channel masks, Workflow tips for placing graphics into InDesign, Using the Library panel for placing frequently used content, Using Adobe Bridge for placing graphics, Creating tables from spreadsheets; formatting cells and text, Placing graphics within the cells of a table, Working with Live Preflight, Exporting documents to PDF for commercial printing, Setting up preferences and color management Unit-4 Using advanced frame techniques, Drawing with the Bezier Pen, Transparency features, feathering, drop shadows, Applying transparency settings to text, Working with transparency flattener preview, Adding and editing hyperlinks, bookmarks, and page transitions, Placing video, and building JavaScript buttons for web enabled PDFs, Commercial printing: troubleshooting, preflighting, and packaging, Options for exporting files to PDF for commercial printing, Exporting to Flash, Expanded features of Adobe Bridge CS4 References

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PAGEMAKER IN EASY STEPS, by SCOTT BASHAM PAGEMAKER 7 - ULTIMATE REFERENCE , by CAROLYN M CONNALLY PAGEMAKER 5 FOR WINDOWS FOR DUMMIES,by DEKE McCLELLAND / GALEN GRUMAN INDESIGN CS4 IN SIMPLE STEPS , by KOGENT SOLUTIONS INC ADOBE INDESIGN CS2 BIBLE, by GALEN GRUMAN ADOBE INDESIGN CLASSROOM IN A BK W/CD , by ADOBE ADOBE INDESIGN CS4 HOW TOS, by JOHN CRUISE / KELLY KORDES ANTON

DPD 1.5

Graphic Designing using CorelDraw and PhotoDraw

Unit-1 Introduction of CorelDraw, The CorelDraw Menus, The Draw Toolbox, Using the Drawing Tools, Using the Zoom Tool, Using the Text Tool, Using Pick Tool, Using node editing (Shape) Tool, Using the Outline Tool, Using Fill tool, Arranging Objects, Layering, Combining and Grouping Objects, Stacking Order, Aligning Objects, Type Casting Typeface or Font, Types of Typeface, Using and manipulate type in CorelDraw, Using Fonts in your Drawings and in other Documents Unit-2

Color & Fills, Color Scheme, Color Models, Using Color in your document, Using Color in presentations, Using Fills , Texture and patterns, Special Effects, Using Envelops Using extrude, Using blend, Using Lenses, Using perspective, Rotating and skewing objects with transform Roll,up, Stretching and mirroring, Printing Your Document, Save & Close & open file Unit-3 Introducing PhotoDraw, Creating All,In,One Graphics, Producing Powerful Business Graphics, Working with PhotoDraw, Using PhotoDraw Tools, Exploring the PhotoDraw workspace Unit-4 Drawing and Painting, Using Templates, Using the Clip Gallery, Editing Pictures, Modifying Pictures, Editing Digital Photographs, Adding Text, Adding Text Objects, Creating Text Effects, Enhancing Pictures, Modifying Lines and Outlines, Applying Fills, Using Color, Applying Effects, Placing Your Pictures, Coordinating with Office, Creating Pictures for the Web, Printing
REFERENCES: 1. CORELDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE X3 TRAINING GUIDE - CORELDRAW VERSION 13 by SHARMA MC CORELDRAW X4 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE , by GARY DAVID BOUTON DESK TOP PUBLISHING INCLUDES WINDOWS PAGEMAKER VENTURA CORELDRAW by SUBHASH MEHTA / ARORA RS

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4. CORELDRAW 12 TRAINING GUIDE , by SATISH JAIN / SHASHANK JAIN 5. CORELDRAW 10 FOR WINDOWS VISUAL QUICK START GUIDE by PHYLLIS DAVIS / STEVE SCHWARTZ 6, ESSENTIAL COMPUTERS CREATIVITY CORELDRAW AN INTRODUCTION, by CHRIS DE LA NOUGEREDE
DPD 1.6 Bitmap Image editing using Photoshop
Unit-1 Introduction of PhotoShop Creating a New File, Main Selections, Picking color, Filling a selection with color, More ways to choose colors and fill selections, Painting with paintbrush tool, Using the magic wand tool and applying a filter, Saving your document Color Mode, Gray Scale Color Mode, RGB Color Mode, CMYK Color Mode, Bitmap Mode, Open a file, Preference. Foreground & background, Changing Foreground and Background colors, Using the Large color selection Boxes and small color swathes, Using the Eyedropper tool to sample Image color, Changing the Foreground Color While using a Painting Tool Unit-2 Using Brushes, Selecting the Brush Shape, Drawing a vertical and Horizontal Straight lines with any brush, Drawing connecting Straight Lines ( at any angle) with any brush, Creating a New Brush, Saving Brushes, Loading Brushes, Creating a Custom Brushes, Using the Painting Modes, Fade, Airbrush Options, Pencil Options Unit-3 Rubber stamping an Aligned Clone, Rubber Stamping, Impressionist Style, Using line tool, Using the Editing Tool, The Smudge Tool, The Blur and Sharpen Tool, The Dodge / Burn Tool, Shadows, Mid,tones and Highlights, Selection Tools, Making Rectangular and Square Selections, Feathering a Selections, Lasso Features, Lasso Options, Making selections by color or Gray Scale value using the Magic Wand, Moving an anchor point or Direction point to change the shape of curve, Adding and Removing Anchor points, Moving Path, Saving, Loading and Creating New Path, Filling & Stroking Path Unit-4 Introduction of layers, Creating & editing New layers, Adding a background, Creating Layer Mask, Layer Masks, Adjustment Layers, Adding Fills and Gradients, Filling with paint bucket tools, Filling type with grading Fills, Applying Filters, Blur Filters, Render Filters, Sharpen Filters, Sketch Filters, Texture Filters, Other Special Filters, Printing your document, Save your file, Save file as a JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG Reference:

1. TEACH YOURSELF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6 IN 24 HOURS , by CARLA ROSE 9

2. LOOK & LEARN PHOTOSHOP 6,by DEKE McCLELLAND 3. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP VER .8 CS IN 10 SIMPLE STEPS OR LESS, by MICAH LAAKER
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4. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS W/CD, by MARTIN EVENING 5. CALLIGRAPHY WITH PHOTOSHOP , by GEORGE THOMSON 6. PHOTOSHOP CS3 IN SIMPLE STEPS, by KOGENT SOLUTIONS INC

DPD 1.7 Illustrator

Unit-1 Understanding paths, views, selection tools, fills and strokes, Setting up preferences and color settings, Creating basic geometric shapes with the Shape tools, Using a grid and smart guides to aid symmetrical drawing, Using the Bezier Pen, Direct Selection tool, and Convert tool efficiently, Applying and editing color gradients to filled regions, Creating and using swatches, tints, gradients, and patterns on filled regions Unit-2 Transform tools including scaling, rotating, distorting, shearing, and reflecting, Using the pathfinder panel to make complex shapes, Working with the Blend tool / command and its options, Creating a compound path Unit-3 Changing blending modes and opacity, Using and editing an opacity mask, Using layers to keep your art project organized, Creating clipping masks, Tracing a scanned image with Live Trace, Applying warp effects and the envelope feature, Understanding the Appearance panel, Creating effects and styles, Using multiple strokes and fills, Creating and manipulating type, Creating symbols and using the symbol tools, Understanding and creating the four kinds of custom brushes, Using the mesh tool for complex gradients, Applying 3,D effects Unit-4 Using Illustrators tools to create special effects, Creating realistic shadows, Creating repeating patterns for fills and borders, Drawing 3,D artworkisometric, dimetric, and trimetric views, Drawing using custom guides for perspective, Creating line effects for maps, Live Trace to Live Paint to Live Color explorations, Creating type effectsmasks, applying a paintbrush effect, and circle text, Applying 3,D effects to shapes, Using the graph tool to create bar and pie charts

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ILLUSTRATOR CS A BEGINNERS GUIDE, by DAVID KARLINS FOUNDATION ILLUSTRATOR 10 , by VICKI LOADER / BARRY HUGGINS ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 , by DINESH MAIDASANI BASIC RENDERING EFFECTIVE DRAWING FOR DESIGNERS ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS by ROBERT W GILL LEARNING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 9,by RAMESH BANGIA ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4 BIBLE ,by TED ALSPACH

DPD 1.8 Color management

Unit-1 What color is, Color theory and models, How the eye interprets color is how the monitor makes color, How devices and software interpret color, Setting up a color management workflow in the Adobe Creative Suite, Color management at the OS level Windows ,Software that doesnt color manage and why, Assessing your system for improvement by calibration, Building and editing ICC profiles that work, Recommended colorimeters and/or spectrophotometers, Hands-on calibrating a monitor, Hands-on calibrating an laser/inkjet proofing printer Unit-2 Color Principles, Color Perception, Color Models, Jargon of Color, Goals of Color Management, Profile, Gamut, Colorimetry, CIE LAB, Gamut Conversion, Rendering Intents

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Unit-3 Illumination and Viewing, Delta E, Critical Viewing ,Color Tolerance, Photoshop Color Management Setup ,Color Measurement Programs & Instruments, Hands-On Inkjet ,Ink Limiting-What to look for ,Profiling New Media, Building profiles -Test target choices -Number of patches to choose and why, Testing Profiles Unit-4 RIP Based Color Management, RIP vs. Third Party Approach Hands on Profile Building, Patch Counts, Rendering Intents, Workflow, Profile Viewing-Comparing Programs, Profile Tweaking, Color Management in Various Programs

References:

1. DIGITAL COLOR MANAGEMENT, by JAN PETER HORMANN 2. HAND COLORING PHOTOGRAPHS - HOW TO CREATE COLOR IMAGES FROM
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS , by JAMES A MCKINNIS 3. COLOR HARMONY PASTELS A GUIDE BK FOR CREATING GREAT COLOR COMBINATIONS, by MARTHA GILL 4. ARTISTS COLOR MANUAL THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WORKINGWITH COLOR,by SIMON JENNINGS 5. COLOR HARMONY A GUIDE TO CREATIVE COLOR COMBINATIO ,by HIDEAKI CHIJIIWA 6. EASY SOLUTIONS COLOR MIXING WATER COLOR, by STEPHEN DOHERTY M 7. COLOR HARMONY NATURALS A GUIDE BK FOR CREATING GREAT COLOR COMBINATIONS,by MARTHA GILL 8. COLOR GRAPHICS THE POWER OF COLOR IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, by LEATRICE EISEMAN 9. CREATIVE COLORED PENCIL PORTARAITS,by VERA CURNOW

Paper-10 Project

Elective Paper-9 Kannada Software Nudi Unit-1 Key board practice, Opening a New Document, Opening an Existing Document, Recently opened files, Opening from the Documents menu, Exporting and Importing Files, Setting Up Your Pages, Choosing page Size and Orientation, Changing page Size, Changing Orientation, Setting Margins, Centering Page, Controlling Page Breaks, Typing in the Document, Inserting Today's Date Moving Around in the Document, Creating Sections, Inserting a Section break, Formatting a Section, Viewing Sections, Using Columns, Numbering Pages, On Your Own, Saving a File, Quitting Word Unit-2 Formatting Characters, Choosing Fonts, Enhancing Text Appearance, Inserting Special Characters, Changing Character Spacing, Formatting Paragraphs, Aligning Paragraphs, Indenting Paragraph, Setting Tabs, Changing Line Spacing, Adding Borders and Shading Creating a Bulleted List, Creating a Numbered List On Your Own, Selecting Styles, Selecting Text, Deleting Text, Correcting Mistakes, Using Undo, Using Redo, Using Auto Correct, Moving Text, Using Menu Commands to Move Text, Using Drag,and,Drop Editing _ Copying text, Checking Your Document, Finding and Replacing Text, Finding Text _ Replacing Text, Checking Your Spelling, Checking Your Grammar, Looking Up Words in the Thesaurus, Inserting a Picture from the Clip Art Gallery, Inserting a Picture, Adding a Border. Unit-3 Adding Footnotes and Endnotes, Working with Tables and Graphics, Use a Wizard to help create and format a table, Enter and edit data in a table, Add borders and shading to a table, Convert a table to text, Add clip art to a document, Using Wizard to Create and Format a Table, Starting the Table Wizard, Using

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Table Auto Format, Entering Data into a Table, Moving Around in the Table, Entering Text, Working with Columns and Rows, Inserting and Selecting Columns and Rows, Deleting Columns and Rows, Inserting Columns and Rows, Changing Cell Height, Adding Borders and Shading, Applying Shading, Converting Text into a Table

Unit-4 Mail Merge, Templates, Wizards and Printing Techniques, Understanding Templates Using Templates. Using Wizards, Printing Techniques, Viewing the Document before Printing, Print Preview, Printing Your Document. Creating a PDF document and email attachments

Elective Paper-9 Web designing in Dream weaver Unit-1 Internet Access and HTML, Planning Web Sites, The Dreamweaver Environment, Viewing and Managing HTML Code Unit-2 Defining a Web Site, Creating a Web Site, Creating a Basic Web Page and Page Properties, Building a Web Site, The Site Panel and Templates, Adding Content to Web Pages, Creating HTML documents, Adding structure tags to content. Unit -3 List Formats and Graphic File Types, Inserting a Table and Adjusting Table Properties Using Graphics in Table Cells and Nested Tables, Using Table Layout View, Creating and Using a Repeating Region Template, Unit-4 Working with Links Creating Internal and External Hyperlinks, Creating an Image Map and Anchors, Enhancing Navigation in a Site, Frame sets, Reusable Navigation Bars, Managing and Uploading a Web Site, The Site Map

References: 1. MACROMEDIAS DREAMWEAVER 4 WITH DREAMWEAVER MX W/CD , by JACOB PLACKA 2. HOW TO DO EVEYTHING WITH DREAMWEAVER 8 A BEGINNERSGUIDE ,by MICHAEL MEADHRA 3. HOW TO DO EVERYTHING WITH DREAMWEAVER MX 2004 BEGINNERS GUIDE, by MICHAEL MEADHRA 4. MACROMEDIA STUDIO MX - FLASH DREAMWEAVER FREEHAND FIREWORKS AND COLDFUSION W/CD , by JOYCE J EVANS 5. DREAMWEAVER 3 FOR PC/MAC , by CHRISTOPHE AUBRY 6. DREAMWEAVER CS4 - THE MISSING MANUAL,by DAVID SAWYER MCFARLAND 7. ADOBE DREAMWEAVER CS4 BIBLE,by JOSEPH LOWERY 8. DREAMWEAVER MX IN EASY STEPS ,by NICK VANDOME

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