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• ABC. Alphabetical index
  

• Publishing systems news
  

Books

• Nikolay Volkov. Layout and typesetting course (in Russian)
• S. F. Dobkin. Book Design for Editors and Authors (in Russian)
• Jan Tschichold. The Form of the Book. Selected Essays on Book Design (a chapter from the book)

Software

• QuarkXPress
  

  • QuarkXPress 3.3x and 4.x keyboard shortcuts
  • Keyboard shortcuts (PDF, English)

• FreeHand

• FreeHand 8 keyboard shortcuts and menu translation

• Copy and paste from Freehand MX into Photoshop 7 Dave Nagel
  How to make Freehand MX copy and paste drawings into Photoshop as shape layers or paths.

• CorelDRAW

• FAQ

Lessons learned

• Graphic file formats
  

• Preparing a publication for the imagesetter
  

• Scanning technique and the basics of image correction
  

• Moiré
  

• Calibration
  

Printing

• Auxiliary operations are not the ones that help but the ones that get in the way.
• Will hypodynamia become an occupational disease of pressmen?
• Average printing parameters for different paper types.
• Folding equipment.
• Several ways to determine paper grain direction.
• The recent history of quick printing in Russia through the eyes of witnesses.
• The history of small offset as an interplay of economics and technology.
• The peculiarities of small offset.
• Will the waterless oasis bloom?