Title: Identify professional pre-media software applications and their uses.
Course: Graphic Imaging Technology I (11154-I) > Section: Preparing Digital Images and Files

Identification of professional pre-media software applications and their uses should include

- Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress—page-layout software
- Adobe PhotoShop—image-editing software
- Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW—illustration software
- Microsoft Word—word-processing software
- OmniPage ScanSoft, ScanSoft TextBridge Pro—optical character recognition software.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between an illustration program and an image-editing program?
- How has page-layout software influenced the graphic imaging technology industry?
- How is optical character recognition used in the graphic imaging technology industry?
- What are the file types associated with various software?