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If you saw my post a few days ago for the Microsoft Publisher candy wrapper templates you might get a little deja vu from this set for PagePlus. Same designs. Different software format. I created these in Serif PagePlus Starter Edition. Grab the PagePlus candy wrapper templates and personalize some tasty gifts.

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Whether or not you start with a template, there are several ways to help insure that your newsletter looks good, is interesting, and is easy to read. Start with the 3 Cs of consistency, conservation (clutter-free), and contrast and build from there.

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I'm continuing to round up and organize all the wonderful but scattered InDesign tutorials out there. As it turns out, many of the tutorials in this latest collection come from this site but there are others as well from vector tuts+ and Layers Magazine. Get up close and personal with the selection tools, type tools, transform tools, and the CS5 gap tool in these InDesign Interface and Tools Tutorials for new users.

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Got a party coming up?  Consider a A WANTED poster invite for a western-themed party or make one as a gag gift.

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Which is better, serif or sans serif? Is one more legible than the other? Is one better on screen or in print than the other? There are arguments for and against each one, some of which are touched on very lightly in this article on choosing body copy type. Some of these arguments, along with many others you may have heard, are debunked in Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (alexpoole.info; 2008). Alex addresses the issue again in a March 2012 post, Fighting bad typography research.

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