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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)

Additional tips


Here are some additional tips that I am sure you will find useful and that will aid in your design productivity.

Lorem ipsum

Much of the text you have seen in the examples throughout this book have been what is known as lorem ipsum text, commonly referred to in the design world as dummy text. Dummy text is used to create text for wireframes without having to type or use actual text that can distract from the design itself.

To find dummy text, you can go online to http://www.lipsum.com/ or you can stay within Balsamiq and use this very cool trick as follows:

  1. 1. Open project_mockup_2.bmml.

  2. 2. Click on the first paragraph under George's Accomplishments and double-click, or press Enter, to make the content editable.

  3. 3. Place the cursor somewhere in the paragraph and type the word lorem.

Like magic, Balsamiq provides you with an entire paragraph of lorem ipsum text. Very cool indeed.

Sketch it!

Just as we use dummy text so as to not distract the viewer from our design, Balsamiq offers...