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The Illustrated

Handbook of Desktop

Publishing and

Typesetting by Michael L.

Kleper. (TAB

Professional and Reference

Books.

Soft cover;

770 pages; $29.95.)

This is

ambitious encyclopedia of

desktop publishing and

typesetting.

large 8.5

x 11 " format, and

weighing

almost

five

pounds,

it's a treatise

on the

current state of the art

in which the mi-

crocomputer

has the starring

role. It

combines an

historical chronicle of

the

field with

software

and hardware

typical-

used today

with healthy doses of how

to information. Furthermore,

material is

beautifully

presented

with

crisp, clear

text and is tastefully

illustrated

with

many photographs and pleasantly

rend-

ered artwork.

The handbook opens

with

a discussion

type and typesetting,

including mea-

surements

(point size, em,

styles, etc.),

then segues to the

chapter

word

processing. Here, both

phototypesetting

and

word

processing

on microcomputers

are discussed,

followed by a chapter

that

details popularly

used microcomputer

word

-processing

packages by phototype-

setters, such as

familiar

WordStar

and

Xywrite packages

and the lesser -known

Gutenberg

for Apple II computers,

T-

Word for

the portable

Model

100,

etc.

Chapter

digs

into text creation,

genera-

tion and

reformatting. Included

here are

synonym

finders, macro programs,

etc.

Next,

logically, is a chapter devoted

telecommunications

move data to ty-

pographic output devices

and between

systems.

Then a data

manipulation and

conversion chapter

discusses

various

software

and hardware

for these pur-

poses, such

as Compat to convert

to MS -DOS,

MCS- Transfer to generate

IBM PC or

Radio Shack Model

III or IV

data to a

form that can be used

by a Com-

pugraphic phototypesetting

machine (an

in -house system used

for

setting

the type

you see

here), ReadySetGo -MW

to do

the same

for an Apple

Macintosh (both

text

and graphics) and

Cauzin Soft -

strip equipment.

Succeeding

chapters

present

typeset-

ting

hardware tools that enhance

produc-

tivity, such

as special

-purpose keypads

and

a hardware

/software

font- develop-

ment system;

professional

typesetting

software,

such as

Easy

-K,

which inte-

grates software

and

hardware being

used

for

publishing purposes,

such

as, say,

WordStar software

and a Kaypro com-

puter.

Others include

PC -TS,

which

con-

verts

an IBM PC or

compatible

to an

emulator of a Compugraphic

MCS

text -

input station,

page layout

software, and

variety

of others. Some descriptions

into

great

depth, illustrating how

they

work with

accompanying

video

screen displays.

A chapter on

specialized typesetting

languages

particularly

interesting. Mi-

croTEX, a technical

text processing sys-

tem, for example,

implements complex

math

expressions;

GenCode deals

with

software

code

a document

according

to content,

such as type

face and size for

captions.

Not surprisingly,

a host of

chapters are devoted

to desktop publish-

ing,

which has

become

important as-

pect of microcomputing.

A great many

software packages

for this purpose

are

explored

for the Apple

LaserWriter sys-

tem

and IBM desktop publishing

alterna-

tives.

About 200 pages,

in fact, detail the

workings of products

used to

implement

such publishing

methods

with

the two

major personal computer

systems,

in-

cluding

Postscript,

Xerox

Ventura, and

Pagemaker software.

A follow

-up chap-

ter covers output

devices, such

as the HP

laserjet, phototypesetting

equipment

such

as Allied Linotype,

and accessory

prod-

ucts such as

interfaces.

Rounding

out the

handbook are chap-

ters on

making typesetting

decisions, busi-

ness

information, such

as costs and bill-

ing; desktop publishing

and typesetting

applications,

such

as details on

produc-

ing a newspaper,

processing

input

for fi-

nancial printing,

newsletters,

user pro-

files, etc.;

and, concluding,

helpful

sources of

information, such

vendors,

user

groups, and

trade organizations.

For anyone

interested in

desktop pub-

lishing or

having material set

by profes-

sional typesetting

equipment

through da-

ta generated

by a personal

computer,

this

is a

very

valuable

book.

It's also an

inter-

esting book

from an

historical

perspec-

tive.

Like all books of

this nature,

the

very latest products

cannot be

included

since

new

products are continually

de-

buting. Large

books such as

this one

have

a longer

than normal

preparation

period,

too,

which puts them

further

behind.

Consequently,

the

book does

not address

the

most currently

available

products

such

as the

HP Series

II laser

printer,

Ventura Version

1.1,

etc.

But this

hand-

book is not

meant to be

a buyer's guide

the latest equipment

and software

any-

way. What it

is is a trip through

the

va-

ried developments

that have

been used

set type and computerize

operations right

up to and

including text and graphic page

layout.

Anyone

who

thought they knew

all by reading

special-

interest

computer

magazines

is in for a big surprise because

people

involved professionally

in prepar-

ing

copy

and graphics

for publication

often use a host of

products that

others

do not. Author

Kleper, therefore,

pro-

vides

the reader

with

breadth and depth

the desktop publishing

and typesetting

field. Thus,

this

illustrated

handbook is

more than a source of

information. It's

also educational and entertaining.

In all,

the author and

its publisher

did

very

commendable

job.

Guide

Satellite

Television

Installation

by John

E. Traister. (Prentice

-Hall.

Hard cover. 148 pages.

$24.95.)

This

book provides a comprehensive

first

source on basic theory,

installation

and servicing of TVRO systems.

Its

easy

to -read and -understand text

is fully sup-

ported by schematic diagrams,

nicely

rendered

two- and three -dimensional

drawings and photographs.

brief

introductory

chapter

contains

the basic elements needed to understand

satellite TV receiving systems.

Written in

basically

non -technical format, this

chapter

contains

satellite

locator draw-

ing and a blow

-by

-blow

guide

to the

most useful TVRO satellites. After this,

the

remainder

of the book

devoted en-

tirely to

installation, maintenance and re-

pair of the typical TVRO system. The

aim of the book is to show the reader how

to spot troubles and correct them

with

minimum of time and effort.

Chapters are arranged

in logical

order.

Antennas is followed by cable and con-

ductors,

leading

low

-noise

amplifiers,

receivers and

antenna

drive systems, each

discussed in a chapter of its own. Under

system troubleshooting,

the reader is

served a short course

theory,

general

information

and

specifications and is in-

troduced to analysis of the

various

sub-

sections that make up a TVRO system.

The closing chapter, Blueprint

Reading,

covers reading schematic diagrams,

iden-

tifying components (and their

functions)

and

reading assembly drawings.

This well -

rounded guide fulfills

its

stated purpose.

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February 1988 Say

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