2. First I opened InDesign and created a new document with 4 pages and 3 columns. In the
top right hand corner, I clicked the button pages so that I can see all the pages I have in
my document.
3. I then right clicked the
double page and unselected
‘Allow document pages to
shuffle’. This allowed my to
rearrange the pages so the
double page spread was last.
I did this by dragging the page down to
the fourth page and dropping it next to
a black line closest to the other page.
4. I used this
button to
create a text
box and
write
This tool
changes the
colour of my
font to
whatever
colour
the stroke
button
creates a
black outline
around the
font
This tool changes and
increases the font size
This tool
allows you to
change the
font from
narrow to bold
5. To create a standfirst I made a text box with the text tool on the left hand side and placed it
underneath the headline. I then changed the font size, colour and stroke using the same
tools that I used for the headline.
I also added a byline underneath the standfirst and made it italic using the button called
‘bold’ underneath the font
6. 2. To add text, I clicked on type
and selected ‘fill with place
holder text’. This filled the text
box with random words.
1. First, I
clicked the
text tool and
created a text
box across the
whole page.
3. With the column tool, I
typed in three columns to
allow the text to be sorted
into three columns.
4. I then created another text box on the rest of this page. I clicked on the main arrow
tool and clicked on a small box in the text box. I then clicked on the text on the other
side of the page which brought over text that didn’t fit on there to the other side.
7. 3. You then use the button
called ‘drop cap number of
lines’ and increase the size to
how big you want the letter to
be.
1. To create a
drop cap, I first
clicked the
mouse into
the paragraph
I want the
drop text to be
in.
2. I then
clicked the
paragraph
button
8. 1. To create a
pull quote,
firstly I copied a
bit of text, and
pasted it on the
other side. I
changed the
font to a
different one
and increased
the size.
2. I then dragged the quote over the text and
placed it where I wanted it to go and pressed
this button so the text runs around the quote.
3. I used the text wrap tool by clicking
windows at the top and then text wrap to
create more space around the quote so the
text isn't squashed next to the quote.
9. I then clicked file, place and selected an image. I then dragged my image to the sixe I
wanted it to be.
If I wanted to resize my image, I would press down Alt, Ctrl and shift at the same time
so the photo resizers correctly and not distorted.
10. To include a caption, I made a
text box using the text tool and
placed it underneath the
image.
If I was placing
the caption
over the image
and it wasn't
visible, I would
right click the
text, click ‘text
frame options’
and click
‘ignore text
wrap’ so the
writing can be
seen over the
image.
11. 1. To get my masthead, I opened my front cover
into Photoshop. I clicked file, new, and set the
background contents as transparent. Then I
dragged my masthead to my new file.
2. I then
used the
crop tool to
resize it
smaller
around my
masthead.
Then I
saved it as a
Photoshop
file and
placed it
into
InDesign
12. To get my
masthead
onto InDesign I
clicked file and
place. To resize
it I pressed
shift, ctrl and
alt together.
14. First I have learnt that when I want to place something from my front cover, I need to
go through Photoshop first. For my headline, I went into Photoshop for my front
cover and copied my main headline and placed it onto my InDesign page. I then used
the text tool on the left hand side for the ‘article by’ and changed the font to italic.
15. I then learnt how to changed the colour of the headline to fit my colour scheme by clicking
here. I then wrote a standfirst and positioned it to fit next to the headline and underneath a
byline. I then got my masthead from my front cover in Photoshop and placed it in my
InDesign double page into the corner. I then added in my picture that I had edited on
Photoshop too. From this I have learnt to hold down shift, alt and ctrl when I want to
reposition something so it doesn’t distort.
16. Next I created a text box with the ‘T’ tool and copied my article and pasted it into
the box. I learnt how to put the text into three columns by selecting the number
here. I also learnt how to create a drop text by clicking in the article, clicking the
paragraph button at the top bar and increasing the size
17. I learnt how to create pull quotes from my article. First, copied the quote I wanted from the
article and pasted them in a new text box. I increased the size to 15 and the font to ‘cooper
Std’. I also changed the font colour to yellow and created a stroke of 1 in black. I have learnt
that by changing the font it can bring out certain parts of the magazine that you want to
emphasise. When I placed the pull quote where I wanted in the article, I selected ‘wrap around
object shape’ so the article runs around the quote. By learning this, the spread looks tidy as
there writing isn’t squashed together.
18. Once the pull quotes, article and image were positioned, I repositioned my masthead
and byline where there was empty space that needed filling. For my standfirst, I
changed the font to ‘constantia’ and size 11 and made it bold. From this step I learnt
to fill empty space to make the magazine look complete and professional.
19. For my image, I needed to make it bigger by increasing the background and the ground
so there was more space the article to go on. For this I learnt how to use the clone
stamp tool. Firstly, I used the magic wand tool to select the area I wanted to work in.
next, I clicked on the ground that I wanted to copy and clicked alt and then clicked on
the selected area. This copied the ground over. I continued doing this until the space was
filled with the ground.
