Objective:
- Identify and effectively use the functions available in the default Palettes.
- Create and modify text using the InDesign tools.
- Place text onto a page and format it using the Character and Paragraph Formatting Controls.
Vocabulary:
- Default Settings
- Pages Palette
- Layers Palette
- Links Palette
- Stroke Palette
- Color Palette
- Swatches Palette
- Fill
- Stroke
- 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
Links:
Topics Discussed:
- Adobe InDesign CS5.5
Assignment:
- Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the videos in the Links section above.
- In your InDesign document, create two pages:
- Page 1: Five different shapes with a different colored stroke and fill, placed on a new layer (Layer 2).
- Page 2: 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.
- When your document meets all the requirements, save it as “YOUR NAME – InDesign Day 2”
- Upload a copy to the Google Classroom assignment titled “InDesign Lesson 2 – Text and Effects”.
Assigned: August 25th, 2016
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 30th, 2016