Class,
Here’s your homework for this week. Finish your Indesign projects (Resume and Magazine Spread). See Lesson 7 for details. Click Here
Spend more time on LinkedIn spiffing up your profile than you spend on Facebook.
Perform system maintenance on your home computer: Run disk cleanup, disk defrag and your antivirus program (or equivalent maintenance programs on your Apple).
Study for the Quiz. Here’s a memory jogger.
InDesign
- Can you still explain the difference between raster and vector graphics after one week of vacation?
- T/F the control panel is docked by default at the bottom of the screen
- Which provides better precision: tabs or spaces?
- The space between columns is called _____________
- What’s a pica?
- What’s the most widely used font?
- What is a “story”
- How do you hide tools and panels?
Indesign Practicum
* File > New [1 page / 2 column] document
* Draw two Text frames to fill both columns
* Thread the two frames together and fill with placeholder text
* Draw polygon (my choice of points)
* Fill with color
* Wrap text around object shape
* Drop cap the first letter in the first paragraph
