Hello Students,
To develop your print portfolio we will use Adobe InDesign's powerful layout software to create multiple page document with compelling design, color, typography and content. Use this post and the details below to explore and become familiar with InDesign.
Portfolio Tasks:
- Follow the steps below and practice to begin using InDesign
- Start laying out your portfolio with all current written content
- Format written content for consistent style, layout, type, color usage
- Begin adding your best work examples and create page dividers for each section
Launch and Explore InDesign
- Go to the dock and launch InDesign, or look in your Applications folder to find the app
- Go to the File Menu and create a New Document
- Go to the Window Menu and set your Workspace to Advanced
- Explore the tool bar, click on the text tool and draw a text box to create text, try the shape tools and look for the color modifiers to change colors at the top of the screen
- Open all the palettes under the Window Menu and explore all the functions, look at the quick guides below for reference
- See if you can create text of different sizes, change the colors, modify the text kerning and tracking and draw shapes in different colors and with different borders
- Try importing an image, use File Menu/Place... you can insert a photo into a shape, or drop it onto the page you want
- Try opening the Pages Palette and create multiple pages
- When you are comfortable, begin creating your portfolio!
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| Hidden Tools and Shortcut Keys |
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| Character Formatting Panel In InDesign |
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| Paragraph Formatting Panel in InDesign |
Have fun!
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