When you need to do just one thing-design a newsletter-and do it fast, this efficient, to-the-point, highly visual guide delivers. Designers Katrin Straub and Torsten Buck show novice InDesign newsletter producers like you each step of the process-from acquainting you with standard newsletter elements to setting up the document, using typography and artwork effectively, and publishing for print, email, and the Web. Simple, direct, step-by-step instructions are linked to large four-color illustrations so you can see exactly how to use InDesign to turn your own content into a well-designed newsletter.

introduction

vii

what you'll create

viii

how this book works

ix

useful tools

xi

before you begin

xii

the next step

xiii

set up document

1

(14)

newsletter basics

2

(2)

create a new document

4

(2)

set up baseline grid

6

(1)

use master pages

7

(2)

insert page numbers

9

(3)

edit page numbers

12

(1)

extra bits

13

(2)

work with text frames

15

(18)

create a text frame

16

(2)

add placeholder text

18

(1)

make second frame

19

(1)

position the text frame

20

(2)

add placeholder text

22

(1)

set column number

23

(1)

create graphic frame

24

(1)

wrap text

25

(1)

link text frames

26

(2)

use the story editor

28

(1)

add ``continued'' text

29

(2)

extra bits

31

(2)

creating and applying styles

33

(30)

font overview

34

(1)

create headline

35

(2)

align headline

37

(1)

format body text

38

(1)

align and justify text

39

(1)

add byline

40

(1)

format byline

41

(1)

create caption

42

(2)

format caption

44

(1)

format ``cont'd'' text

45

(1)

align text with baseline

46

(1)

make second frame

47

(1)

format text frame

48

(1)

create body style

49

(2)

assign body style

51

(2)

create byline style

53

(1)

create caption style

54

(1)

add large head style

55

(1)

add medium head

56

(1)

add small head style

57

(1)

justify small headline

58

(1)

extra bits

59

(4)

add lines and color

63

(16)

what you'll do

64

(1)

create a line

65

(2)

copy line

67

(1)

create color swatches

68

(2)

create a color head

70

(2)

overwrite head style

72

(2)

place/position head

74

(1)

prepare more heads

75

(2)

extra bits

77

(2)

images and tables

79

(26)

place a prepared image

80

(1)

position the image

81

(1)

resize an image

82

(2)

enlarge and crop

84

(2)

create a table

86

(1)

change width/height

87

(3)

adjust layout

90

(2)

fill cells with color

92

(1)

use background color

93

(1)

turn off cell lines

94

(2)

format cells for text

96

(1)

enter text

97

(1)

create layers

98

(2)

create text frame

100

(2)

extra bits

102

(3)

print and publish

105

(14)

create a hyperlink

106

(2)

export for viewing

108

(1)

print a proof

109

(1)

run preflight check

110

(1)

create a package

111

(2)

extra bits

113

(6)

appendix: embed or link graphics

119

(2)

index

121

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