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About PDF Forms

Most people are aware of PDF files, but did you know that you can also turn a PDF file into a form that can be filled-in online? A PDF form could work the same way as any form that you may have filled-in on the web - just click, type in your info into the fields, and submit...

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Added : Mar 22, 2005
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When your graphic designer costs you money

So how do you know when your graphic designer costs you financially and emotionally? When a file is not prepared correctly… When you go to press and have your media material produced in prints, and find out that the file was built incorrectly...

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Added : Apr 15, 2005
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Valuable Tips for Catalog Printing

Basic knowledge is a vital factor to save you money and avoid delays in your printing needs. So to give you this familiarity with basic information and to keep you away from printing dilemmas, here are some valuable tips that you should consider...

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Added : Apr 18, 2005
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Grouping Elements

Author : Ben Hunt

Grouping similar elements helps the brain quickly decode a page layout. Proximity, Alignment, Containment, Rhythm and Styling are all tools that help indicate grouping...

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Added : May 25, 2005
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The purpose of design

Author : Ben Hunt

Now you have a good idea what goals you want to achieve. There is another type of goal, which is the goal of the design process itself. What is design for? At the highest level, the purpose of design is: To enable communication between the consumer and the content Of course, the goal...

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Added : Jun 07, 2005
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People are impatient

Author : Ben Hunt

The web is an unusual environment, high in cognitive friction, the only place where you can suddenly find yourself somewhere completely different, lost and confused or overwhelmed with seemingly no warning...

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Added : Jun 07, 2005
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Designing for the web

Author : Ben Hunt

The purpose of design is to facilitate communication between user and content. Designing for the web means designing sympathetically with the way people actually use the web, not how we think they should. People approach web sites in very different ways to how we design them...

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Added : Jun 07, 2005
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Web Sites and Buildings

Author : Ben Hunt

A good way to get insight into the complexity of web design is to compare it to more familiar design disciplines. Like web sites, buildings are designed to support a wide range of experiences, which involves design from the high-level architecture to signage and interior furnishings...

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Added : Jun 09, 2005
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Developing An Effective Physical Therapy Web Site

Author : Jim D. Ray

Physical therapists have unique web presence needs. An effective site must:
* Introduce the practitioner, and outline his or her style of treatment;
* Provide straightforward content establishing the practitioner’s credibility;...

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Added : Jun 15, 2005
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The Need to Have Website Design Services

In the growing internet-driven economy, your business is considered only as good quality as the website design services that you choose. Even if you are able to undercut your business competitor for half percent, it still means nothing or it is useless unless you effectively get the word out there.....

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Added : Jun 21, 2005
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