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LinkedIn Learning

Design a Newsletter

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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Discover how to build an eye-catching newsletter with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Learn how to set up a document, work with text, choose and manipulate images, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
  • Using the exercise files
1. Planning the Newsletter
  • Logistics and document setup
  • Create a nameplate
  • Create the master page and add page numbers
  • Add layers and create a wireframe
  • Choose a color palette
  • Add page furniture
  • Use a template and library items
2. Working with Text
  • Types of articles and paragraphs
  • Place and clean up text
  • Flow text
  • Create and apply styles
  • Work with a baseline grid
  • Design the table of contents
3. Working with Images
  • Evaluate, choose, and place images
  • Fit images
  • Improve images
  • Create and text wrap cutout images
  • Create partial cut outs
  • Text wraps and finesse image positioning
  • Add captions and credits
  • Work with inline images
4. Printing the Newsletter
  • Preflight the document
  • Create a print-ready PDF
  • Create printer spreads
  • Archive the project
5. Creating a Screen Version of the Newsletter
  • Create a screen PDF
  • Create a Publish Online document
  • Using an online distribution service
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Nigel French

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