Publish a Magazine online or print If you have the ability to save to PDF, then you can print online using Issuu, a digital publish platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books and more, and displays them in a slick, interractive, magazine or book-like format. You can also have a hard copy published directly from the Issuu site. 1. Working in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or, for the industry standard professional approach, Adobe Indesign, create the pages of your document. 2. Save them in pdf form. 3. Go to www.issuu.com and create a free membership. 4. Upload your deck of pdfs to creat your online publication. Link to an example of a student newspaper published with Isuu. http://issuu.com/rozendaalel/docs/thescrolljan2014/1
For step-by-step directions for creating an 8.5x11 format magazine in Indesign see the attached instructions sheet.
8.5X11”!Magazine!
Block&Pages!Like%a%Pro!–!Publish(Hard#copy%or%Digital!
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! 1.!Open!Adobe!InDesign!–!Select!the!InDesign!drop8down!>!Preferences!>!Units!&!Increments!&!then! set!&!change!Origin!to!Page!and!Ruler!Units!to!Inches!
! ! 2.!!Select!File!>!New!>!Document!&!set!up!your!new!document!based!on!these!requirements:!
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Document!Preset:!Custom! Intent:!Print! Number!of!Pages:!1! Page!Size:!Letter! Width:!8.5! Height:!11! Margins:!.25!all!sides! Bleed:!.125!all!sides!
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3.!You!should!now!see!a!vertical!document!with!purple!and!pink!lines!showing!the!margins!and!bleed! requirements.!Next!go!to!View!>!Grids!&!Guides!>!Show!Document!Grid.!You!should!use!this!grid!to!design! an!aligned!and!aesthetic!page.! ! 4.!Adding!Elements! • Text!Box!–!Select!the!text!(T)!tool!in!the!left!hand!vertical!tool!bar.!Then!drag!and!drop!a!text! box!into!your!document.!! o To!see!how!text!will!look!in!your!document,!and!to!get!your!word!count,!select!Type! >!Fill!With!Placeholder!Text! ! o To!create!columns,!change!the!#!of!columns!in!the!top!formatting!toolbar! ! ! ! ! ! ! • To!check!word!count,!select!the!text,!select!Window!>!Info.! ! • Lines!–!Select!the!Line!tool!(/)!from!the!left!hand!vertical!tool!bar,!under!the!T!tool.!You!can! use!lines!vertically!or!horizontally!to!create!content!separations.!Put!a!line!horizontally! across!the!page!at!the!vertical!1”!mark.!!Hold!shift!while!making!the!line!to!keep!your!line! horizontal.!!Above!this!is!where!the!page!header!will!go.! ! ! ! !
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! 5.!Adding!Images!(Should!be!atleast!300!ppi)!–!Note!Image!will!show!with!a!brown! box!&!the!frame!will!show!with!a!blue!box! ! • Create!a!box!where!you!want!your!photo!by!using!the!rectangle!frame!tool! from!the!left!hand!vertical!tool!bar.!Drag!and!drop!your!box!where!you!want! it,!matching!the!height/width!ratio!to!your!chosen!image!and!matching!the! width!to!your!text!box!or!columns.! • With!the!box!active,!select!File!>!Place!>!the!file!you!want! • With!the!image!active!–!brown!box!visible!–!select!!Object!>!Fitting!>!Fill! Frame!Proportionally! • With!the!box!active!–!blue!box!visible!–!right!click!(control!click)!and!select! Caption!>!Generate!Static!Caption!! • With!the!box!and!caption!active!–!blue!box!visible!on!both!–!use!the!wrapping! tool!from!the!horizontal!tool!bar!above!to!wrap!the!text!around!the!image!&! caption.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Settings(for(specific(projects( ! Name!of!Publication:! ! ! Title!Font:! ! ! ! Size:!! ! ! ! Color:!! ! Body!Copy!Font:! ! ! Size:!! ! ! ! Color:!! ! Byline!Font:! ! ! Size:!! ! ! Caption!Font:! ! ! Size:! ! ! Colors:!! CMYK! ! Other!thematic!considerations:! • All!text!must!be!within!the!margins.! • Other!design!elements!can/should!bleed!to!or!past!the!bleed!mark.! • Black!text!smaller!than!30pt!!are!Process!Black!&!larger!than!30pt!Super! Black!(c50m40y40k100)! • All!images!are!a!minimum!300!dpi!