The document describes the steps taken to create preliminary front cover and contents pages for a school magazine as part of a task to familiarize oneself with Adobe Photoshop CS4. It outlines 15 steps for creating the front cover, including adding a masthead, school logo, cover stories, images, and publication details. It then outlines 17 steps for creating the contents page, such as adding logos, borders, photos, masthead, issue date, page numbers, and social media links. The preliminary pages were created to test formatting and layout before designing final versions for a main task.