DMA-205 (fall 05) Project 1-Print Design

Due

Monday, 10/18/04:Work in progress review

Finals week:Completed project

Description

Incorporate your applied exercises into an 11”x8.5” InDesign print file (representing a spread of two 5.5”x8.5” pages, see below). Build a design template on the master page, using placeholders for the image and for your text.

Use stylesheets to control typographic elements.

Requirements/Procedure

The following must appear in your document:

• Front cover w/table of contents
• Back Cover w/date, credits etc.
• 12 Exercises w/title, date of completion, and description/observations about what you learned and challenges you faced.
• Supporting sketches, inspirational graphics, etc. that contributed to each design.

The document should be set up as follows:

1. Create a new folder called username_pr1_205 on the desktop of the computer station you are working at. Copy all of your applied exercises into the folder.
2. Create a new document in InDesign, at 11” wide x 8.5” high. Set margins to .25” or less, and make sure facing pages is turned off.
3. Save your InDesign file into your folder.
4. On your master page, drag a guide to the 5.5” mark. Draw a frame on the right half of the page to hold your images.
5. Draw a textbox on the right half of the page to hold your text. Type in “Title”, hit return. Type in “Date”, hit return. Type in “Description”. You now have 3 paragraphs. Style each paragraph as you wish, and then, with the cursor in the paragraph, make a new Paragraph Stylesheet for that paragraph. Title the stylesheet after the paragraph it was taken from; make sure the stylesheet is applied to each paragraph by clicking in the paragraph and selecting the appropriate style from the stylesheet list.
6. Draw a textbox and go to Type>Insert Special Character>Auto Page Number. Style the page number as you wish and create a paragraph stylesheet for it.
7. (optional) Add any graphics that will appear throughout the document; a logo, a graphic element like a stripe or arch, etc.
8. Drag 12 pages from the master page section into the document section, in the page layout palette. Each page represents a “spread” of how the book will look when spread open (laid flat) to any page*.
9. On the first spread (page 1), design the front and back cover. The front cover goes on the right, the back on the left.
10. On the rest of the pages, shift-apple click the frames and text boxes to unlock them, and import graphics/add text as needed. Make sure your exercises are sized comfortably in the frame they are placed in; remember to right-click on them, and select Content>Fitting>Fit content proportionally, and Content>Fitting>Center content.

Printing

Each book will require 6 sheets of quality inkjet paper. If possible, use double-sided. Pages with exercises on them will need to be run through the printer twice*. Proof on plain paper for direction/registration. Print at high quality after testing.
Score each spread down the middle, stack spreads, and staple WITH THE COVER ON TOP. Fold flat and trim edges with ruler/xacto

Turn in

• One book, printed and bound (saddle-stitch)
• Project folder in benscomputer