Gateacre Community Comprehensive School

1. y13 – Unit 7 Desktop Publishing Gateacre Community Comprehensive School AO2-Create page layouts for each document. Learning Objectives

2. Pass • Candidates create templates for each document. • The templates will include, as a minimum, at least one aspect from each of the following: • font (face, size, emphasis, alignment or leading) • character, line or paragraph spacing • indents or tabs • bullets • The templates may not be fit for purpose. Gateacre Community Comprehensive School Learning Objectives - Unit 7 Desktop Publishing – AO2

3. Merit • Candidates create templates for each document. • The templates will include, as a minimum, the full range of each of the following: • font (face, size, emphasis, alignment or leading) • character, line or paragraph spacing • indents or tabs • bullets • The templates will mostly be fit for purpose Gateacre Community Comprehensive School Learning Objectives - Unit 7 Desktop Publishing – AO2

4. Distinction • Candidates create templates for each document. • The templates will include, as a minimum, the full range of each of the following: • font (face, size, emphasis, alignment or leading) • colour schemes • character, line and paragraph spacing • indents or tabs • bullets • grids or columns • The templates will be fit for purpose. Gateacre Community Comprehensive School Learning Objectives - Unit 7 Desktop Publishing – AO2

5. Both of these will be saved in the templates. Although templates need to be created for each type of document, eg newsletter, report, brochure, these may be based on one master template, where the styles are set. There is no need to put in any more detail of text/graphic frames than would be necessary to provide a blank template for all publications of the particular type – it should be noted that layout and frames are not included in the grading grid. However, it should also be noted that the list in the grading grid is a minimum and some layout will be necessary to provide standard items necessary for the house style, without which the templates are unlikely to be considered fit for purpose. Chief Examiners Report AO2 requires candidates to create templates that include the settings required for each publication. At a minimum these should include a range of styles (not just one) that include all the aspects listed in the grading grid. The additional items required at Distinction level (colour scheme and grids/columns) would need to be set in the templates. The language used will be different according to the software used – in many cases these will be called style sheets. In Microsoft Publisher the styles will be set as text styles and additional features will need to be set in Master pages. Gateacre Community Comprehensive School Learning Objectives - Unit 7 Desktop Publishing – AO2

6. Chief Examiners Report cont’d ..... • Both of these will be saved in the templates. Although templates need to be created for each type of document, eg newsletter, report, brochure, these may be based on one master template, where the styles are set. • There is no need to put in any more detail of text/graphic frames than would be necessary to provide a blank template for all publications of the particular type – it should be noted that layout and frames are not included in the grading grid. • However, it should also be noted that the list in the grading grid is a minimum and some layout will be necessary to provide standard items necessary for the house style, without which the templates are unlikely to be considered fit for purpose. Gateacre Community Comprehensive School Learning Objectives - Unit 7 Desktop Publishing – AO2