So, you find or take the perfect image for your project but you do not want the background or white box around it. In this article learn one way of removing a solid background from an image using Photoshop's Magic Wand.

Drop caps are a great way to add a visual graphic element to your published page -- whether it be the first line of a chapter paragraph or a newsletter article. Using drop caps in Word is pretty easy to do!

If you possess desktop publishing and graphic design skills, and love being creative, there are many ways to combine your creative skills to produce new services or products for your clients. Here are some of my ideas on ways I made some extra money using my creative skills.

Photoshop is a terrific program to use if you know how to use it! This article covers working with and understanding how layers work in Photoshop so you can get the layout and design you want and layer away with confidence!

Whether you are into graphic design, desktop publishing, scrap-booking or arts & crafts, you can appreciate the importance of having a good variety of quality specialty papers available to use. Here are some places that offer a different variety of specialty papers.

There are so many new portable gadgets out there from smart phones to tablets to laptops. If the window and keyboard on your phone is too small and your laptop too heavy to cart around with you, check out the Nook Tablet - e-book reader, music player, web surfer, email capable and more!

Have you ever received a letter or an email from someone that just did not make sense? With the way we abbreviate what we write in email and text messages proofreading becomes more essential than ever.

When creating a publication it is good to know whether the it is going to be viewed on the Internet or printed. If printed, will the publication be printed in black and white or in color? If color, spot or full color? Knowing this ahead of time will help you in preparing your publication.

Setting up the Master Page in PageMaker is different from setting up styles or style sheets. The master page allows for the setup of columns, headers, footers, page numbers, watermark, and any other elements that will show up on all the pages of the document.

Keyboard shortcuts are good to know so that when you are keyboarding you don't have to be slowed down by having to stop and move your hand to mouse and then back to the keyboard to pickup where you stopped typing. Here is a list of the ones that I use the most and some extra ones too!