Computer Graphic Design

Intro to InDesign 2018 – Working with Type

Objective:

  • Create and modify type using the InDesign tools.
  • Place type onto a page and format it using the Character and Paragraph Formatting Controls.

Student-Friendly Objective:

  • I can use the Type tools and Palettes to create and modify type in InDesign.

Vocabulary:

  • Type Tool
  • Type on a Path Tool
  • Character Palette
  • Character Formatting Controls
  • Paragraph Formatting Controls
  • Font
  • Leading
  • Kerning
  • Tracking
  • Vertical Scale
  • Horizontal Scale
  • Baseline
  • Baseline Shift
  • Skew
  • Alignment (Left, Right, Center, Justified)
  • Indent
  • Drop Cap
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Topics Discussed:
  • Adobe InDesign CC 2017

Assignment:

  1. Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the videos in the Links section above.
  2. In the same InDesign document that we have been working with this week, use the Pages Palette to add two additional pages:
    • Page 3: Your name in 72pt type across the top of the page, and two columns of 12pt overflowed placeholder text (placed with the “Fill with Placeholder Text” command). All paragraphs should start with a 2-line Drop Cap, be Left Justified, and should be double-spaced (adjust the leading), have the tracking (space between letters), the text vertical width and horizontal height adjusted.
  3. When your document meets all the requirements, save it as “YOUR NAME – InDesign Week 1”
  4. Upload a copy to the Google Classroom assignment titled “InDesign Week 1” by end of day on Friday, August 24th.

Assigned: August 22nd, 2018
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 24th, 2018

Computer Graphic Design

Intro to InDesign 2018 – Pages, Palettes and Layers

Objective:

  • Identify and effectively use the functions available in the default Palettes.
  • Create and modify shapes using the InDesign tools.
  • Create and modify layers using the Layers palette.
  • Effectively arrange objects using Layers.

Student-Friendly Objective:

  • I can use InDesign to draw colored shapes, create layers and arrange objects with layers.

Vocabulary:

  • Default Settings
  • Pages Palette
  • Layers Palette
  • Links Palette
  • Stroke Palette
  • Color Palette
  • Swatches Palette
  • Fill
  • Stroke
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Topics Discussed:
  • Adobe InDesign CC 2017

Assignment:

  1. Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the videos in the Links section above.
  2. In the same InDesign document that we created last week, use the Pages Palette to add an additional page:
    • Page 2: Draw five (5) different shapes with a different colored stroke and fill, placed on a new layer (Layer 2).
  3. When your document meets all the requirements, save it as “YOUR NAME – InDesign Week 1”
  4. We will continue working on this document throughout this week, and turn it in on Friday, August 24th.

Assigned: August 20th, 2018
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 24th, 2018

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