VCOM 2950 Visual Communication Applications
Instructor: Phil Loubere
InDesign Exercise 2
In this second exercise, we’re going to learn how to use InDesign to professionally prepare a document for print publication. We will learn how to use features such as Parent Pages, activating Adobe Cloud fonts, and preparing our final document in order to create an error-free publication package.
Download the exercise folder:
InDesign exercise 2
Expand the compressed file. The folder contains text, photos and an Illustrator document. You should save your work in this folder.
The videos below will demonstrate step by step how to complete the exercise.
Total time for the videos is about 60 minutes, so you should give yourself at least two hours and probably three to complete this exercise.
Video 1: Document setup
Video 2: Parent Pages
Video 3: The first page
Video 4: Starting the inside spread
Video 5: Activating and using Adobe Cloud fonts
Video 6: Creating paragraph styles
Video 7: Second photo with cutline and credit
Video 8: Formatting the inside spread
Video 9: Finishing the inside spread
Video 10: Finishing the first page
Video 11: The back page
Video 12: Photo prep and Publication Package
Name the publication package folder that you generated with your last name first: 'Yourname.id-ex2', zip compress it and drop it into the D2L dropbox.