The first of a three-volume set of instructional materials for a graphic arts course, this manual consists of 13 instructional units. Covered in the units are orientation (career overview, shop safety, shop organization, photo-offset theory, legal restrictions, and applying for a job); principles of copy planning (overview of copy planning and preparation, typography, design principles, and paste-up principles and procedures); and composition (composition, typesetting procedures, proofs, proofreading, and corrections). Each unit contains some or all of the following: performance objectives, suggested activities for teachers, information sheets, assignment sheets, job sheets, visual aids, tests, and test answers. Instructional materials in the publication are written in terms of student performance using measurable objectives. (MN)