Some of the most popular pages on this site deal with color meanings and the emotional and physical impact of specific colors.

But does it really mean anything? Chad Engle, writing at the Fuel Your Creativity blog poses the question Is a color just a color? and challenges us with some familiar logos in not so familiar colors. How does a red Facebook look to you? Or the Target bullseye in green?

Does Color Matter, Really? originally appeared on About.com Desktop Publishing on Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 08:11:02.

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Although I have used Microsoft Publisher in the past, I\'m not a frequent user of the software. So, to test out the ease of use of the new Publisher 2010, I started creating a greeting card minutes after installing the program. If I hadn\'t been stopping to take screenshots or gotten carried away with template customization, the whole process would have taken just 15 minutes or so from start to print.

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Using Publisher 2010 Right Out of the Box originally appeared on About.com Desktop Publishing on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 09:57:27.

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Most of us are familiar with Lorem Ipsum . If it\'s getting a bit old and boring for you, consider spicing up your placeholder text with Philip the Purple Otter (Talking of Design blog). And feel free to continue Philip\'s story in the comments on Kev\'s blog.

Ditch Lorem Ipsum In Favor of a Purple Otter originally appeared on About.com Desktop Publishing on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 10:14:22.

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For Mac and Windows, Adobe Photoshop may be the top dog in photo editors but if it\'s too much power or too much price tag for you, there are still plenty of other ways you can get your photos fixed up before importing them into your design software.

Here are some top pro choices for Windows photo editors and Mac photo editors. '); document.write('