The document provides instructions for various functions in InDesign, including: 1) Creating a new document and adjusting the number of pages and columns. 2) Adding and formatting text elements like headlines, standfirsts, and bylines. 3) Creating text boxes and adjusting the number of columns within boxes.

1. How to Use InDesign

2. New Document
Firstly I opened a new document
and changed the number of pages
to four, and the number of columns
I left the same as I didn’t know how
many columns I would be using yet.
Then I right clicked on one of the
pages in the top right hand corner
and unticked ‘allow document pages
to shuffle’. I then dragged one of the
pages in the middle to the bottom,
so the double page was last.

3. Adding Text
Next I added a headline by clicking
the type tool and selecting the area
I wanted my text to fill. I then
selected my text and made the size
bigger and changed the font. After
that I changed the colour of the text
and added a stroke.
Then I created the standfirst and
byline sing the same method as
adding the headline.

4. Columns in a Text Box
After that I created a text box and changed the number of
columns to 3. I then selected type and fill with place holder text
to see how the text would look.

5. Missing Text
Next I learned that if there is a red plus on the side of a text box, that it
means that not all of the text is showing. To rectify this I clicked the white
square in the top right of the text box. I then clicked into an empty text box
and the missing text appeared in it.

6. Drop Cap
To create a drop cap I clicked in the first paragraph within he text
box. I then increased the number of lines in the drop cap tool to
increase the size of the letter.

7. Pull Quote
To create a pull quote I firstly copied the quote I wanted to use and
pasted it into a new text box. I then edited the size, colour and font of the
text. Next I moved it to the place I wanted it to appear within the text and
changed the format to wrap around text, meaning that the text went
around the quote.

8. Adding an Image
To add an image I clicked file and
then place image, which then let me
browse my images to find the right
one to add. I then selected wrap
around object shape on the image
placed over the text.
To edit the distance of the edge of
the image to the text I went on the
window tap and selected text wrap. I
then changed it to a 4 mm gap.

9. Image Caption
To add a caption to my image I firstly created a text box and edited the size,
colour and font of the text. However, as the image is formatted to have text
wrap around it the text box wouldn’t appear over it. Therefore, I then right
clicked on the text box and selected text frame options. This then allowed
me to select ignore text wrap for the caption, meaning that it appeared over
the image.

10. Adding Masthead from Photoshop
To add in my magazine masthead I
firstly went onto Photoshop and
created a document with just my
masthead in. I then cropped this
document to fit around just the
word and deleted the background
layer.
Next I placed the image into
InDesign. To resize the image I
pressed the shift, ctrl and alt keys at
the same time to drag the image to
be larger or smaller.