My First InDesign Page

This is my first InDesign page. First, I set the document up by setting up three columns and I also created margins. To put in my title I used the text tool, I learned how to change the colour and stroke of the words.

Using the rectangular frame tool, I could insert where I wanted my text to be on the page. Once I was happy with this layout I put text onto the page by clicking 'File', 'Place' then selecting the document. At first the text wouldn't all fit and the little red icon at the bottom of the box showed this. By clicking on the red box then clicking where I wanted the text to carry on, more of the words fit onto the page.

To get the drop cap, I highlighted my first paragraph and clicked on the drop cap icon on the paragraph formatting control. I learned that for articles, it is best to use plain fonts so that the reader has no difficulty reading it, and font size no bigger that size 11.

To put the photos in place, I drew rectangles with the rectangular shape tool and placed the images into them. To re-size the frame of the picture, I know to use the black arrow tool and to control the image inside the frame I use the white arrow tool. On the image that is on the first page, I used text wrap on the image. To do this, I selected the image and went to 'Window' then 'Text Wrap' and clicked the second icon, which made the text wrapped around my image so that no overlapping happened.

On the photos on the second page, I pressed 'cmd' & 'r' to get up the rulers. I was then able to line up all of the images equally and neatly. At first I thought that the images were pixelated but I learned that if you click 'View'-'Display performance' then 'high quality display' then images are shown at the correct resolution. You can also see what the page looks like without all of the boxes by clicking 'View'-'Screen Mode'- 'Preview'.

I have also learned how to make a polaroid picture using InDesign. to do this, I placed one of my photos into a square shape I had made then drew a white box using the shape tool. I then pressed 'cmd' and clicked which allowed me to send the white shape to the background, I then added a stroke so that it was visible on the white background. When it was finished, I used the black arrow tool and drew around them, then I grouped them all together.