The document describes the process of laying out and designing a magazine contents page in Quark. It discusses drawing a grey box for the background to match the cover, using the same black title font and adding a drop shadow. It also describes splitting the contents into three columns with boxed subtitles, using larger page numbers, adding a red box and outline to images, and including an editor's note about the design choices.

1. Firstly I opened up all the pages in quark which
would be in your typical magazine page, the
contents page the would be on the second page
as the front cover
would be on the
first page and the
double page spread
would go on page 3
and 4.
Then I had to draw a box to colour in the
background as there is no tool which changes
the background colour, I chose grey because
it is the same colour as the front cover
background and I wanted all the colours to
match throughout the magazine pages.

2. When choosing the title font and colour I
did it the same as the front cover title, I had
it on a black box background which makes it
stand out more and also I added a drop
shadow to make the title more dramatic
and stand out.
I split my contents page into three
columns as I thought that it looked better
than just having it split into two. I added
subtitles at the top of each column which
had boxes behind them to again make
them stand out and they match the
ongoing colour scheme.

3. The numbers for all of the pages in the
magazine are all down the side of the
columns and they are bigger than the text. I
like that the numbers stand out on the page
as that’s the reason you have a contents page
to find out the page numbers.
For the pictures on the page I put a red box
behind them to give them a background and
an outline as I thought it looked better than
just having the images there with nothing
around them.

4. The pictures that I used are relevant to the
stories inside and I thought that they worked
well with the colour scheme in the magazine.
The page numbers overlap the images that
are related to each other so that you can see
which picture links with which page and story.
The text for each story are in bold with a
smaller text under it with a simple
sentence to sum up what the article is
about. I put thin black lines in between
each one as I thought it made it look better
as it was a bit plain without them.

5. My finished contents
page includes an
editors note which I
wrote about how I took
the time to think of
how to create the
magazine and what
inspired me and why I
chose to do things the
way I did. The contents
page is very similar to
the front cover with
the colours and fonts. I
like the images that I
used on the page as I think they look good and I think that the one at the top of the page
that takes over two columns looks good because it matches the colour scheme. The boxes
behind the images and titles make them stand out and look better and it makes the page
look like there is a lot going on which I think makes it better.