SummaryReviewThis chapter is an overview of software programs, features, options, andcommands common to Navy graphics shops in the fleet. There is no attemptto identify specific programs or to support one program over another.Software and disk security emphasizes the importance to national security ofproper disk handling. The virus segment helps identify and avoid importingproblems into the system. Familiarity with features, options, and commandscommon to many software programs should encourage exploration inprogram specific attributes. The segments on directories and subdirectoriesand file formats introduce common file construction. Discussions on wordprocessing, graphics, and desktop publishing software are necessarily genericto avoid the pitfalls of locking onto one specific program. Web pageconstruction represents your command to the world and deserves carefulplanning and execution.CommentsComputers play an increasingly important part in your life as a DM withcomputer-generated imagery as one of the fastest growing commercial fieldsin the world today. Experiment with the software programs on your workcenter computer. Your attitude toward computers and your ability to workwith them may determine your future success as a DM and the future of therate in the Navy. Stay abreast of developments. To create successfulcomputer-generated layouts and graphics still requires a traditional foundationin draftsmanship, composition, color harmony, value, texture, and light.Without the knowledge of graphic design principles, computer-generated artapproaches technological sterility and discord. Cultivate applications forcomputer-generated imagery in your command. Aggressively seek and takeresponsibility for web page construction and other potential graphicapplications in your command to keep the rate alive.8-56
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