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 so I can add text for people to read in my documents.

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

Links:

Add Text and Art in Frames (Video)

Apply Color to an Object (Video)

Topics Discussed:

• Adobe InDesign CC 2021

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 one additional page:
   • 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.
     • 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. Hang on to this document, as we will continue working on it this week and hand it in on Friday, August 27th.

Assigned: August 25th, 2021
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 27th, 2021

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 the tools InDesign to draw colored shapes, create and modify layers and arrange objects with layers so I can effectively add and arrange shapes in my documents.

Vocabulary:

• Default Settings
• Pages Palette
• Layers Palette
• Links Palette
• Stroke Palette
• Color Palette
• Swatches Palette
• Fill
• Stroke

Links:

Add Text and Art in Frames (Video)

Apply Color to an Object (Video)

Topics Discussed:

• Adobe InDesign CC 2021

Assignment:

1. Let’s Review! If you need a refresher, watch the videos in the Links section above.
2. Produce a new Letter size (8.5 inch x 11 inch) document.
3. Draw a single large rectangle that covers the entire page and place it on the first layer (Layer 1). Lock this layer to make it the background.
4. Use the Layers Palette to create a new layer (Layer 2).
5. Draw five (5) different shapes with a different colored stroke and fill, placed on this new layer (Layer 2).
6. When your document meets all the requirements, save it as “YOUR NAME – InDesign Week 2”
7. We will continue working on this document tomorrow, and and turn it in by end of class on Friday, August 27th.

Assigned: August 23rd, 2021
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 27th, 2021