ADOBE INDESIGN

Adobe InDesign – Useful Tutorials

With thanks to St Andrew's Catholic School website

 – How to create a DPS (Double Page-Spread)
In order to get the most out of this software, make sure you follow the steps below BEFORE watching the step-by-step tutorials:
i) Read a DPS Interview of inspiration in order to gather some understanding of the mode of address, language devices used and what types of Questions/Answers you need to include in the interview. The layout of the page and where certain conventions go is also critical to understand.
ii) Refer to your Contents & DPS analysis work completed during the Planning & Research (20 marks) phase – WWW/EBI
iii) Type your interview up in Microsoft Word – Proof read it – get someone else to proof read it as well!!!

• Is it interesting?
• Is it engaging?
• Does it feel like an casual conversation?

iv) Refer to your Photography Plan – Take the pictures intended (if you haven’t already done so) – place them into Adobe Photoshop – Manipulate the image(s) to the required standard – Save the FINISHED document as a .JPEG ready to place into Adobe InDesign.
v) Download the required font styles (DaFont.com) you intend to use for the headlines, drop capital etc.

9 Helpful Videos (open link)

YOU MUST refer to the videos below for advice and guidance on HOW to create your DPS using Adobe InDesign.

1) How to create a DPS
Other helpful tutorials are available via. Youtube once you go to this link.
2) How to place an image into a DPS

3) How to “wrap” text around an image
4) How to create a Drop Capital and Pull Quote
5) How to thread text (Linking text from 1 column to the next)(missing)
6) How to create shapes in InDesign
7) Swatches/Creating Colours in InDesign
8)Character & Paragraph Styles
9) Background Colours and Fill Options

Exporting the DPS to upload onto your Blog Page

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OR as any file name you like – MUST be a PDF File though!

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a) Make sure the ‘Range’ matches the page Layout

b) Click on Spreads as well

Save – THEN Open the file and ‘Save As’ a .jpeg file.