2. In this short section, I shall cover numerous features of the PC design
software ‘Adobe InDesign’ and the tasks that will be provided. These
features will be utilised during the production of my magazine- particularly
the double-page spread. Said tasks will include:
Bringing in a Masthead from another document.
Creating Text Columns for the designated areas.
Inserting Page Numbers at the Bottom of the Pages.
Including a By Line to recognise the writer of the article.
Implementing a Grab-Quote.
How to use InDesign.
3. Firstly, we obtained a merged and cropped masthead
design that we used for the other pages. This would be
decreased in size and placed in a designated corner. The
file had to obtain a Photoshop format in order to
preserve a transparent background. This file would then
be placed via the “Place” tab in the navigation bar.
Importing the Masthead.
4. To do so, we would edit the text boxes, then navigate
via the bar situated at the top of the page. On the very
left of said bar, there is a text icon and a paragraph icon.
Once clicking on the paragraph icon, a new ensemble of
tools. The highlighted tool alters how many columns are
included.
Creating Text Columns.
5. This step was simple as it entailed us linking the double-
page spread that we are creating to the contents page;
we used the designated page numbers to do so. The
numbers were written outside of the border at the
bottom of each page. This was done via the text tool.
Inserting Page Numbers.
6. The by line simply recognises the writer of the article.
This is placed via another text tool and is usually smaller
in size than the remainder of the text. For this article, it
is placed just above the sum of text.
Inserting a By Line.
7. The grab quote refers to an enlarged quote within the
sum of text that is significant in some way. The enlarged
typography draws the reader’s attention. This was done
via using text wrap and an enlarge section of text.
Implementing a Grab-Quote.
