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Agenda – Week 7, Day 1. Debrief from Dreamweaver Transition to InDesign Explore assignment Look at sample fact sheets InDesign tutorial Previewing Thursday. Debriefing from WebDesign. This assignment required you to bring together a number of skills in a number of areas:
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Agenda – Week 7, Day 1 • Debrief from Dreamweaver • Transition to InDesign • Explore assignment • Look at sample fact sheets • InDesign tutorial • Previewing Thursday
Debriefing from WebDesign • This assignment required you to bring together a number of skills in a number of areas: • Dreamweaver – Learn workspace, learn functions • HTML – Read and debug (e.g., links, images, tables) • File formats – jpg, gif, html, etc. • File transfer – FTP, Directories and folders • Image Manipulation – file size, Photoshop, Visio • “Tools of the trade” – e.g., tables • … • And some of you – Flash and JavaScript
Debriefing from Web Design • Form a group of 2-3 other students. • In your groups • Share your solutions • Prepare thoughts on the following • Pick one solution to share with the class… • What challenges did you encounter?
Getting Started Opening document Viewing document Turning on Guides Threading Text in Frames Placing and flowing text Threading text Adding a pull quote Wrapping text around an object Adding a stroke to the frame Changing the frame inset Changing the margin alignment Working with Styles Applying paragraph styles Formatting text for the character style Creating and applying a character style Placing graphics Working with grouped objects Using the pen tool to reshape an object Targeting layers when placing Rotating the photograph Cropping and moving the photograph Working with Master Pages Editing master pages Applying master pages to document pages Overriding master page items Viewing your document InDesign Tutorial 1
InDesign – Tutorial 2 • New Items • Creating new document • Specifying number and width of columns • From previous tutorial • Placing, threading, and formatting text • Placing and formatting images
Wrap - up • No Class on Thursday • Getting assistance on InDesign • Tutorial 2 provides additional guidance • I will leave Example Fact sheets in the lab • I will be around for Questions • Monday morning • Monday late afternoon/early evening • Tuesday morning