InDesign First Attempt

This was my first attempt at using the InDesign software. I learnt how to insert columns, titles, images and I have also included a dropcap at the beginning of my article. To create a DPS like this I had to open up a 3 page document which meant that these two pages were joined. I was also able to specify the number of columns I wanted to be created. I opted for 3 as it is the most common number of columns seen in media products. The more columns you have, the lower the intelligence level of your target audience as small bloack of text are easier to understand. Having just one or two columns generally means that your target audience is intelligent as they are able to deal with large blocks of dense text. To insert the text I had to drag out boxes within my coulmns then to insert the text I did not copy and paste, I used the place tool to import text from another document. This was a similar process when inserting images, dragging out a box then using the place tool and selecting the image from my documents. I was able to specify the number of lines I wanted to extend my dropcap using a tool in InDesign. To create my title I had to use Photoshop, save it as an image then use the same process as insterting images to get my title into place.