Objective:

I can use the Type tools and Palettes to create and modify type in InDesign so I can make text easier 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

Assignment:

1. Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the videos in the Links section above.
2. Create a new InDesign document, measured in inches, and with all the other settings default.
3. Place 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.
4. When your document meets all the requirements, upload a copy to the Google Classroom assignment titled “InDesign Day 3” by end of day on Wednesday, August 27th.

Assigned: Tuesday August 26th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 27th, 2025

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

Assignment:

1. Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or 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 Tuesday, August 26th.

Assigned: August 25th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 26th, 2025