Other software features usually available with word processing software packages include spell check, mail listings, document compilation, and communication programs.    It will be your responsibility to learn the word  processing  programs  available  for  your  CRP through on-the-job training, self-study, practice, and any other type of available training you can acquire. SPREAD  SHEETS Simply stated, spread sheets are tables of rows and columns of numbers. Spreadsheets allow you to set up a  table  of  rows  and  columns  and  specify  what calculations you want performed. You must enter the values for basic information into the appropriate rows and columns. Then, simply let the processsor perform the calculations. Spread sheets can be an extremely useful tool in maintaining religious offering funds, producing budgets, and controlling expenditures and inventories. As with the word processing programs, you should take advantage of every opportunity to learn how to use spread sheets effectively. DESKTOP  PUBLISHING Desktop publishing is highly desirable for most RMFs. As we briefly mentioned in chapter 2, you can use  desktop  publishing  tools  to  create  attractive, effective printed materials such as bulletins, newsletters, advertisements,  brochures,  manuals,  and  other documents.  Remember,  first  impressions  last  and effective religious program designs will attract people to a CRP’s products, services, or points of view. Desktop publishing programs work on computer hardware such as an Apple MacIntosh or a PC. The various  programs  for  desktop  publishing  include dedicated page layouts like PageMaker or Ventura Publisher, state-of-the-art word processing programs like WordPerfect 5.1 or Microsoft Word for Windows, or others. Some  of  the  many  areas  for  which  you  can effectively use desktop publishing in the CRP are as follows: .  Bulletins.  RMF  bulletins  you  compose  using desktop publishing can include more information that is effectively placed and results in a publication that is more attractive and pleasing to the reader’s eye. . Newsletters. You can produce highly specialized RMF  newsletters  for  Navy  families  and  ship’s companies by using the most basic desktop publishing and word processing software. Your RMF newsletters could   include   eye-catching   nameplates,   logos, publication information, department headings, kickers, headlines,  lead-ins,  text,  teasers,  artwork  caption jumplines, credits, and mailing areas. .  Tabloids  and  newspapers.  You  can  produce tabloids containing front covers, inside pages, content, and back covers. You can produce newspapers using headlines, photographs, teasers, standing elements, article jumplines, and advertisements. l Special materials.   You can develop brochures, catalogs,  flyers,  and  menus  and  produce  sheets  to broaden the CRP. You can also use illustrations to communicate your message. Good marketing allows more people to get to know what the CRP has to offer. Good advertising copy requires enthusiasm, creativity, and initiative on the part of the RP. . Books, documentation, and training materials. Commands providing training and development can use desktop  publishing  to  create  books,  visual  aids, captions,  annotations,  organized  elements,  and multiple-page layouts. l Presentation graphics. RPs can employ desktop publishing  techniques  to  project  the  right  image. Chaplains can have practical speaker’s notes along with congregation  or  assembly  handouts  and  overhead transparencies or lapcharts. . Response tools. Using desktop publishing, RPs can  construct  their  own  forms  and  surveys.  These instruments should be effective and easily read so that congregations and audiences can easily understand and use them. Your creativity and your hardware and software are the  only  limits  to  your  effective  use  of  desktop publishing tools. The list of ways in which you can use these tools could go on and on. As you become involved in developing desktop design, you will find more ways to use your hardware and software. GRAPHICS Many PCs have graphics capabilities and can use programs to produce data displays such as bar charts, pie charts, and graphs or line drawings. Some PCS can use  sophisticated  drawing  and  design  programs. High-resolution  color  graphics  can  help  with  more specialized applications. Not all printers can produce graphics output. They must be capable of receiving graphics instructions and also be compatible with the software. Some character 6-15