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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By : Scott Faranello
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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By: Scott Faranello

Overview of this book

<p>Balsamiq Mockups is an easy to use, engaging tool for anyone looking to strategize and brainstorm ideas around product design and information architecture. With Balsamiq, you can strategize, create, prototype and present your ideas clearly and effectively to audiences large and small.<br /><br />"Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide" is a fast paced and easy to follow instructional book that gets you up and running quickly while challenging you to be the best you can be using the tool. With this book in hand, it will take only minutes to present an idea on screen.<br /><br />Wireframing is one of the key steps of effective user interface design and architecture. Finding the right tools to get your thoughts onto the page quickly and clearly is vital to your success. This book will have you on your way in no time. "Balsamiq Mockups Quickstart Guide" will walk you through the entire application in a fast, simple and engaging way. You will be presented with wireframe samples, exercises and real-world examples that will engage, challenge and enable you to become an expert wireframer and Balsamiq user. Whether you are looking to communicate ideas to your team, a client, a product manager, an IT developer, or if you are wireframing for the fun of it, this book is for you. By the time you are finished, you will have mastered the tools to do whatever your mind can think up. The rest is up to you.</p>
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Summary


As you have learned, symbols are a unique way to share widgets across an entire wireframe project and across wireframes of multiple projects. They are also useful, in that, you can create master pages and change things across an entire project by editing a single file. In addition, you learned how to find and use symbol libraries and what that can do for your productivity. Symbols are a powerful way to take control of your Balsamiq wireframes and can make a large project much easier to manage and more efficient.

In the next chapter, we will get into a whole new area of Balsamiq by introducing data grids, tables, building web forms, and how to provide UI developers with guidelines for the larger team to follow and understand your specifications.

So if you are ready, turn the page and let's continue.