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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By : Scott Faranello
Book Image

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)

Chapter 5. Icons, Images, and Text

If you are serious about wireframing then, before long, you will be creating some very interesting designs, much of which will contain icons, images, and text. We have already used all three in the previous chapters and now it is time to take a closer look, utilizing what you already know and building upon it.

Note

As a reminder, all the examples in this chapter, and throughout this book, were created using the latest version of Balsamiq, 2.1.19 at the time of this writing. If you are using an older version, some of the examples presented in this chapter may not work.

The following list shows what we will cover in this chapter:

  • Exploring icons

  • Importing icons

  • Images

  • Text usage and formatting

  • Additional tips